Wondering when the US will use the tactics they used against TikTok, against every corp. Breaking the law...

I bet if companies were being forced to sell because they broke the law, less of them would break the law...

Just so I'm clear, I am 100% against banning ANY app with hidden keyloggers and trackers. It's a good thing that TikTok is being banned, but let's use that energy for everything, yes?👍

#TikTok #Privacy

You really shouldn't be doing this, not just on account of #privacy.

Your #AI therapist is not your therapist: The dangers of relying on AI mental health chatbots https://theconversation.com/your-ai-therapist-is-not-your-therapist-the-dangers-of-relying-on-ai-mental-health-chatbots-225411
@TheConversationUK

Your AI therapist is not your therapist: The dangers of relying on AI mental health chatbots

AI-powered mental health chatbots have the advantage of being easily accessible. However, users may overestimate their therapeutic benefits and underestimate their limitations.

^{The Conversation}

#Safari on #iOS features device #tracking

source: https://mastodon.social/@mysk/112340023465073147

#Apple recently introduced a new URI scheme so that #iOS users in the #EU can install marketplace apps from the browser. #Safari handles the scheme insecurely leaving users exposed to tracking.

#surveillance #politics #europe #software #security #privacy #news #problem #fail #smartphone #warning

“Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to #backdoors”

“he outlined an argument that a dynamic tension exists between security and technology, Burgess added “encryption protects our #privacy and enables our #economy…and creates safe spaces for violent #extremists to operate, #network and #recruit.” #Burgess labelled encryption “clearly a good thing, a positive for our democracy and our economy” because it “protects #privacy, it enables communications and transactions.” But he noted it also provides #criminals with #anonymity, which is why #Australia has laws that make it possible to access encrypted messages.”

#ASIO / #encryption <https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/25/asio_afp_accountable_encryption/>

Australia’s spies and cops want ‘accountable encryption’ - aka access to backdoors

And warn that AI is already being used by extremists to plot attacks

^{Simon Sharwood (The Register)}

So did G**gle finally cucked #invidious completely at last? Every video I try to see now is like this, in every instance 😠

#privacy #alternativefrontends

Google is out of their mind. There are so many other options for a "more secure" browser. Especially one that doesn't have Google tied to it.

https://infosec.exchange/@happygeek/112337847581863603

#Privacy #Security #InfoSec

📣📣 Good News Alert 📣📣

The US might get their own GDPR: the American Privacy Rights Act! 🔐🇺🇸

It will strengthen #privacy protections of both Americans & people around the world. 🔐🙏🏼

More: https://tuta.com/blog/apra-is-americas-gdpr

#americanprivacy #gdpr #privacymatters

Another excellent research by @mozilla ‘s Privacy Not Included team! ✨

Be very careful when
choosing and using a dating app:

“Data-Hungry Dating Apps Are Worse Than Ever for Your Privacy”
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/data-hungry-dating-apps-are-worse-than-ever-for-your-privacy/

#Dating #Privacy #PrivacyNotIncluded

#introduction Ah crap, here we go.
Call me Vred, I'm a nearly-deaf, autistic human being with ADHD who's obsessed with nerdy stuff, including #linux#it#trainbubble#privacy and #security and much, much more.
Strangely obsessed with #base64 and the #ssh protocol.

If there's some extrovert on this platform, feel free to get in touch! =)

Go Netherlands! 👊

https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/04/22/dutch-watchdog-says-government-should-stop-using-facebook-if-there-are-privacy-concerns

#facebook #privacy #government #dutch #netherlands

Dutch watchdog says government should stop using Facebook if there are privacy concerns

The Dutch Data Protection Authority said the government must be able to guarantee that data processing complies with the law.

^{Lauren Chadwick (Euronews.com)}

#Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared #HIV status with vendors

Grindr is facing a class action lawsuit from hundreds of users over the sharing of HIV statuses and other sensitive personal information with third-party firms.
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2019386

Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared HIV status with vendors

Grindr admitted sharing HIV status with software firms in 2018, said it stopped.

^{Ars Technica}

🚨 I2P Is Under DDoS Attack By Zombie Routers

#I2P #networking #infosec #cybersecurity #HumanRights #Journalism #activism #surveillance #Privacy #Sybil #ddos #dos #video #proxy #encryption #crypto #e2ee

Watch In I2P

http://invidious.qwik.i2p/watch?v=XfVdxbtTZ5A

#Peertube

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/fMpkjUnNcaKqPchXUPkgV9

🚨 I2P Under Attack By Zombies! 😮

I2P Network Is Currently Under Heavy DDoS Attack (Distributed Denial Of Service) By Spoofed Routers, Spawning By The Thousands - Some Locations Spinning Up 100+ Routers In A Single Hour. Networks L...

^tchncs

"What if your computer made a little noise each time it sends data to #Google?

It's not only about the data transfer itself. Imagine the amount of network traffic required when this happens to everyone active online. And the storage and CPU power required to process it all. Yeah, you get it."
#privacy #transparency

https://axbom.com/the-creepy-sound-of-online-trackers/

The creepy sound of online trackers

I can't get the noise out of my head. People who watch the video express awe and disgust. And that is why Dutch software developer Bert Hubert's experiment is so powerful.

^{Per Axbom (Axbom • Digital Compassion)}

Incognito mode in Google Chrome is safe and private!

(It’s really not.)

#google #chrome #incognito #privacy

Friends don't let friends use Discord.

Message History of 600 Million Discord Users Can be Accessed For $5

#privacy #security

https://80.lv/articles/message-history-of-600-million-discord-users-can-be-accessed-for-usd5/

Message History of 600 Million Discord Users Can be Accessed For $5

A new report sheds light on a scraping service that lets anyone view your message history across different Discord servers.

^{Theodore McKenzie (80lv)}

Very worthwhile read on the fallacy, yes fallacy of "if you're not paying, you are the product".

@pluralistic argues that this implies you have some power from paying because you can stop.

But the reality is different: if you are locked in you won't stop so your payments have no leverage. So we can't make companies behave by paying for services.

The key is freedom from lock in, #interoperability and #privacy. That's what would help, not being able to pay for privacy.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/22/kargo-kult-kaptialism/#dont-buy-it

It’s time to start using a privacy focused browser! 👩🏻‍💻🔐

The EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is forcing Apple to give users a default browser choice.

Which default browser did you pick and why? 💻

#apple #dma #europe #privacy

Read more here: https://tuta.com/blog/apple-default-browser

"Citizen, leave a copy of your home keys at the police station."

Hmm, people won't like that.

How about, "home-builders have a social responsibility ...[and must give police copies of all house keys]"

Much better.

#Europol taking another stab at the encryption fight.

#Encryption #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity #europe #surveillance

Forcing a Chinese company to sell TikTok won’t solve the biggest problem with #TikTok: the fact that so people get their “#news” from platforms that are designed to hijack attention for commercial gain, not to deliver reliable information.

If China wants information on Americans, it can buy data from companies since there are no effective #privacy laws.

And American-owned Facebook and X have shown themselves to be as bad or worse as TikTok at spreading #misinformation.

https://theconversation.com/tiktok-fears-point-to-larger-problem-poor-media-literacy-in-the-social-media-age-226667

TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.

^{The Conversation}

« Disruption » : « Puis-je avoir votre carte d’identité ? » « NON ! »

👉 "Il est de plus en plus fréquent que des commerçants demandent la carte d’identité des clients sans vraiment en expliquer la raison. Rappelons que demander la carte d’identité ne peut jamais être obligatoire pour proposer un service commercial et que le consommateur doit être informé préalablement quant à l’usage de ses #donnée"

https://www.lesoir.be/582427/article/2024-04-20/disruption-puis-je-avoir-votre-carte-didentite-non

#vieprivee #privacy #donneespersonnelles #DCP #RGPD #commerces #APD

« Disruption » : « Puis-je avoir votre carte d’identité ? » « NON ! »

^{Par Jacques Folon (Le Soir)}

@anonymiss

to me, #biometric unlocking, is unsafe, you see a lot of unauthorised unlocking from restrained, sleeping, dead, or drunken people from either face or fingerprint to unlock a device.

it was established a few years ago that law enforcement in the usa do not need a warrant for biometric unlocking, but need warrant if a password is enabled, to unlock a device.

#phone #thumbprint #court #usa #justice #privacy #security #smartphone #mobile #technology #news #police #surveillance

Cops can force suspect to unlock #phone with #thumbprint, US #court rules

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules/

#usa #justice #privacy #security #smartphone #mobile #technology #news #police #surveillance

Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules

Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a "blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking."

^{Ars Technica}

European Data Protection Board finds that 'consent or pay' is not valid consent

#Privacy
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2024/edpb-consent-or-pay-models-should-offer-real-choice_en

Google just announced internally that 28 employees have been fired in connection with sit-in office protests this week over the company's cloud contract with Israel. Follows 9 employees being arrested yesterday. Full memo to Google employees warns that "if you’re one of the few who are tempted to think we’re going to overlook conduct that violates our policies, think again"

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24133700/google-fires-28-employees-protest-israel-cloud-contract

#privacy #google #israel #palestine #gaza #usa

Google fires 28 employees after protest over Israel cloud contract

Some Google employees held a sit-in protest against the company’s Project Nimbus cloud contract with Israel, and now the company says it’s fired 28 people involved.

^{Alex Heath (The Verge)}

If you use Discord, you might wanna know this.

A service called Spy Pet is scraping Discord servers, archiving and tracking users' messages and activity, and then selling access to that data.

Spy Pet scrapes more than 10,000 Discord servers, and besides selling access to anyone with cryptocurrency, it offers the data for training AI models or to assist law enforcement agencies, according to its website.

Spy Pet claims to be tracking more than 14,000 servers, 600 million users, and includes a database of more than 3 billion messages.

(The article is paywalled probably, etc but it's here) https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages

#Discord #security #SpyPet #privacy #scams #scammers #crypto #cryptocurrency #AI

#US Senate to Vote on #Wiretap Bill That Critics Call 'Stasi-Like'

https://www.wired.com/story/senate-section-702-ecsr-provision/

#privacy #surveillance #MassSurveillance #politics

US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’

A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government's behalf, including on fellow Americans.

^{Dell Cameron (WIRED)}

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}

Just published my first GitHub site 🎉😅

Not the prettiest, but it's functional. No better teacher than doing.

The best part? It's open source, so anyone can contribute.

Web: https://idcaboutprivacy.com/
Code/repo/contribute: https://github.com/hiramfromthechi/idcaboutprivacy

#opensource #tech #privacy

We had the same problem in Canada.

Telehealth firm Cerebral fined $7 million over ‘careless’ privacy violations
🇺🇸
The FTC accused it of sloppy data handling and sharing patient data with third parties like TikTok without consent

#News #Healthcare #Security #Privacy

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/16/24131881/ftc-fine-cerebral-telehealth

Telehealth firm Cerebral fined $7 million over ‘careless’ privacy violations

Cerebral will owe $7 million after the FTC accused it of careless data practices and sharing private patient info with third parties like TikTok for advertising purposes.

^{Wes Davis (The Verge)}

YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party #apps

#YouTube (#Google) says that users who watch YouTube through third-party apps may experience buffering and errors. Specifically affects apps using the YouTube #api.

This is a feature, not a bug. I am rolling my eyes.

(Also: #adguard says it is not affected because it doesn’t use the API.)

#privacy

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/15/24131338/youtube-ad-blocker-crackdown-mobile-apps

YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps

YouTube is extending its ad blocking crackdown to third-party apps. The platform says users watching YouTube through an ad blocker app might see an error message.

^{Emma Roth (The Verge)}

#sadly you're not getting a similar response here as on #x. I actually put the entire text of your #metatag description into a #google #search...

On top was a link to your #app on #googleplay 🙄

BUT... I scrolled though many results... you're #NOT there... I mean serious, just not there.

Your #Mastodon account comes up well before anything remotely #tuta...

#discrimination comes in so many forms... seems people who speak the #truth are always beat down.

#justsaying #privacy #sad