The French Detention: Why We're Watching the Telegram Situation Closely

#endtoendencryption #freespeech #security #privacy #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy
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The French Detention: Why We're Watching the Telegram Situation Closely

EFF is closely monitoring the situation in France in which Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov was charged with having committed criminal offenses, most of them seemingly related to the operation of Telegram.

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

if you are a proton mail user, turn off the "writing assistant"

send @proton a clear message, we did not want LLM garbage, thank you.

#LLM #AI #EMail #Privacy

TROM II: You can trade without currencies, of course - https://videos.trom.tf/w/vZiCg1pL4j8uZcU6vWyxwz

#trade #capitalism #money #currencies #influencers #instagram #datatrade #privacy

TROM II: You can trade without currencies, of course

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

Pleased to announce the launch of Surveillance Watch, an interactive map and resource that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry: https://www.surveillancewatch.io/

By mapping out the intricate web of surveillance companies, their subsidiaries, partners, and financial backers, we hope to expose the enablers fueling this industry's extensive rights violations, ensuring they cannot evade accountability for being complicit in this abuse.

#Privacy #Surveillance #InfoSec

Youtube is doing its best and most aggressive lately to protect their ad platform. Third party services that allow you to watch youtube videos without ads or being tracked are suffering. Invidious, Newpipe, Freetube and the like.

Now Peertube is being affected and users cannot synchronize their youtube account with their peertube one. Basically a peertube instance has an IP, and google sees that this IP is trying to grab videos from their ad platform. So they blacklist the IP. Unfortunately we can't do much.

Nothing will change until we are brave enough to move to peertube entirely or similar platforms.

Therefore our https://videos.trom.tf/ is currently unable to import videos from youtube. And we may not be able to fix this.

#peertube #youtube #privacy

In #Firefox 128 you have to uncheck all these checkboxes - especially the last one!

#Privacy

Edward #Snowden just tweeted:

The NSA is just 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 from taking over the internet, and it's not on the front page of any newspaper--because no one has noticed.

source: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1779920066840055847

#omg #wtf #law #nsa #problem #usa #privacy #internet #government #politics #fail #media

Thread by @Snowden on Thread Reader App

@Snowden: The NSA is just 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 from taking over the internet, and it's not on the front page of any newspaper--because no one has noticed.

^{threadreaderapp.com}

Come

Let's switch to Signal: https://signal.org/install

#privacy #signal #messenger

A reminder that our tromsite.com domain is blocked by Google and thus we cannot send any emails form our tromsite.com domain to any Gmail accounts... We have tried to fix this but so far no luck.

Google is an ad company so better not use Gmail in the first place.

#tromlive #google #gmail #privacy

Does your public library use Overdrive/Libby for ebooks or audiobooks? ⚠️

In the US and Canada, the answer is probably yes. And you should speak to your library staff and commission about it.

Libby is now owned by a private equity firm & making sketchy changes: https://buttondown.email/ninelives/archive/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries/

The latest development is that their overbroad privacy policy allows them to sell your borrowing history to advertisers: https://infosec.exchange/@longobord/112243098104196246

Thank you @karawynn and @longobord!

#Privacy #Libraries

Christie Dudley

2024-04-09 20:15:57

Yesterday I started receiving targeted ads based on ebook borrows from my library (San Francisco Public Library). The content of those ads suggested that the targeters were aware of which books I chose to read.

#Privacy #library
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Yesterday I started receiving targeted ads based on ebook borrows from my library (San Francisco Public Library). The content of those ads suggested that the targeters were aware of which books I chose to read.

#Privacy #library
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🚨 PRIVACY WIN 🚨

#Google must destroy $5 billion worth of user data illegally collected in Incognito Mode 💪

Because #privacy matters.

Read more on the court ruling:

https://tuta.com/blog/google-incognito-lawsuit

via: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota

After a long wait, it's finally here. FreeTube now supports user created playlists! The new v0.20.0 release has dropped and comes with a plethora of new changes along with the new playlists functionality.

You can check out the full release notes over on GitHub. You can download the new release over on our website.

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/discussions/4848

https://freetubeapp.io/#download

#freetube #privacy #opensource

Release v0.20.0 Beta · FreeTubeApp FreeTube · Discussion #4848

Ending Support for Windows 7/8/8.1 and macOS 10.13 / 10.14 In order to stay in line with recent updates to Electron, this update drops support for all Windows operating systems below Windows 10 as ...

^GitHub

Thank you so much Eduard for becoming the 77th supporter of TROM! We run a unique fundraiser for TROM in that we need only 200 people to donate 5 Euros a month in order to support us for the long run.

Distributed support so that it won't put a big toll on anyone, and a limited goal so that we do not get rich.

If you appreciate the so many things that we do at TROM (see https://www.tromsite.com) then please consider supporting us.

#tromlive #foss #opensource #privacy #documentary #fediverse

#Apple, #Google, and Meta are failing #DMA compliance, #EU suspects

Not even three weeks after the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) took effect, the #EuropeanCommission (EC) announced Monday that it is already probing three out of six gatekeepers—Apple, Google, and Meta—for suspected non-compliance.
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012401

Apple, Google, and Meta are failing DMA compliance, EU suspects

Tech giants must defend against EU's "concrete evidence" of non-compliance.

^{Ars Technica}

Privacy tip: When you sell or trade-in a vehicle, remember to erase all of your data from the in-car electronics. The car dealerships will NOT do this, although they should be required to.

This wasn’t done for the last few vehicles I’ve purchased. I know one previous owners name, where she lives, what her taste in music is, where her dad lives (and how often she visited him), and what restaurants she often went to. In the wrong hands, this is dangerous as hell.

#Automobile #Privacy

Thank you Wojmir for the 10 Euros donation! Let us remind you that we desperately need help to fund our backups for all of our projects. We need to raise 300 Euros in less than 2 weeks. https://www.tromsite.com/trom-backup/

To keep on doing trade-free things in a trade-based world is a fight that requires a lot of struggles, almost like swimming against a tsunami. But what is the alternative? Give up and not do anything? That's by far the easiest solution since the water current will push you into the "normal" direction. But for now we are still trying with TROM. We have reached many thousands of minds and with very little funding required. Thus, if you think TROM is still relevant, consider to support it since I (Tio) cannot push it all by myself.

Big thanks to the few people who are still supporting TROM, financially or not.

#tromlive #foss #opensource #privacy #funding

Millions Of #google #whatsapp #Facebook #2FA #Security Codes #Leak Online

Security experts advise against using SMS messages for two-factor authentication codes due to their vulnerability to interception or compromise. Recently, a security researcher discovered an unsecured database on the internet containing millions of such codes, which could be easily accessed by anyone.

#news #tech #technews #technology #privacy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/03/06/millions-of-google-whatsapp-facebook-2fa-security-codes-leak-online/

Millions Of Google, WhatsApp, Facebook 2FA Security Codes Leak Online

A security researcher has discovered an unsecured database on the internet containing millions of two-factor authentication security codes. Here's what you need to know.

^{Davey Winder (Forbes)}

Normalize not perpetuating the myth that consumers have no choice but to obey unlawful terms of service.

#Roku #privacy #LawFedi

New podcast alert! "Smashing Security" ep 361 is out now, with special guest Paul Ducklin, yours truly, and my erstwhile co-host Carole Theriault.

We discuss how your smartphone may be toast – if you use a hacked wireless charger, we take a closer look at the latest developments in the unfolding LockBit ransomware drama, and Carole dips her toe into online AI romance apps.

https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-361/

@smashingsecurity

#cybersecurity #podcast #malware #ransomware #privacy #romance

Smashing Security podcast #361: Wireless charging woe, AI romance apps, and ransomware revisited

Your smartphone may be toast – if you use a hacked wireless charger, we take a closer look at the latest developments in the unfolding LockBit ransomware drama…

^{Graham Cluley}

Nobody listens to me...

#meme #privacy #online #internet #web #www #economy #surveillance #tracking #advertisement

Why I use #Firefox

1. The about:config page
2. Mozilla cannot decrypt my data on their servers
3. Translating web pages is also completely private
4. Mozilla develops their own browser engine
5. The best support for extensions on #Android
6. A great picture-in-picture player

I #trust #Mozilla more than I trust #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, or any other company that makes #web browsers. This trust is based on the fact that Mozilla chooses the highest level of user privacy when developing services such as Firefox Sync, Firefox Translate, and others. A web browser is an integral part of a person’s #online life, so it makes sense to choose a #browser from a company that one trusts the most.

source: https://šime.eu/3

#software #freedom #opensource #foss #floss #internet #privacy #security #www #surfing

'Facial recognition' #error message on vending #machine sparks concern at #University of #Waterloo

source: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/facial-recognition-error-message-on-vending-machine-sparks-concern-at-university-of-waterloo-1.6779835

Earlier this month, a student noticed an error message on one of the machines in the Modern Languages building. It appeared to indicate there was a problem with a facial recognition application.

#privacy #fail #FacialRecognition #face #technology #news #economy #problem #Canada

"During the Jan. 8 hearing in Fulton County Superior Court, Fowler argued that a cellphone in King’s possession on the day of their arrest, which he characterized as a “burner phone,” should be admissible as evidence of wrongdoing, even though it contained no data. He went even further to suggest that not possessing a cellphone at all also indicates criminal intent. Judge Kimberly Adams agreed to admit evidence of King’s cellphone."

https://georgiarecorder.com/2024/02/12/georgia-ag-claims-not-having-a-phone-makes-you-a-criminal/

#privacy #Nazis

Rumor has it on the next Android update, Google's Bard AI will help you write your text messages. But there's a catch: the processing is done on Google's servers, not your device, so your messages will be sent to Google as you type them. It will be possible to disable the AI, though. If your messages are sent to Google, they will be stored for 18 months and can be seen by humans in "anonymized" form.

Google update shows how Bard AI may work with your messages app

#solidstatelife #ai #genai #llms #privacy #google #android

Google Update Shows How Bard AI May Work With Your Messages App

New warning as AI suddenly targets billions of private messages on smartphones…

^{Zak Doffman (Forbes)}

I'd like to remind that when you publish a post on Mastodon, it will not only be federated to other Mastodon instances or to the ActivityPub-verse - it will also be accessible and possibly boosted to other networks through Friendica and Hubzilla and both have predated the release of Mastodon #BridgyFed #BlueSky #Mastodon #GDPR #privacy #bridge #proxy #mirror #consent #federation https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/835

Opt-out is a terrible default and should be reconsidered

I am feeling extremely unreasonable right now. #Apple #Privacy

Mysk🇨🇦🇩🇪

2024-02-10 14:39:25

In ads: Our apps mind their business. Not yours.

In court: Given Apple’s extensive privacy disclosures, no reasonable user would expect that their actions in Apple’s apps would be private from Apple.

#Privacy #Security #Cybersecurity #Apple #iPhone #InfoSec #dataprivacy

In ads: Our apps mind their business. Not yours.

In court: Given Apple’s extensive privacy disclosures, no reasonable user would expect that their actions in Apple’s apps would be private from Apple.

#Privacy #Security #Cybersecurity #Apple #iPhone #InfoSec #dataprivacy

Mozilla Firefox :firefox:

Desktop
📥⁠https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Android Play Store
📥⁠https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox

iOS App Store
📥⁠https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firefox-private-safe-browser/id989804926

Tor Browser :tor:

Desktop
📥⁠https://www.torproject.org/download/

Android Play Store
📥⁠https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser

Fdroid Repo
📥⁠https://support.torproject.org/tormobile/tormobile-7/

iOS App Store (try OnionBrowser)
📥⁠https://onionbrowser.com/

#Firefox #Mozilla #TorBrowser #Tor #Browser #Privacy

Firefox - Protect your life online with privacy-first products

Firefox is more than a browser. Learn more about Firefox products that handle your data with respect and are built for privacy anywhere you go online.

^Mozilla