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#linux #windows #ubuntu #debian #linuxmint #datenschutz #datensicherheit #opensource #opensourcesoftware #foss #android #poll #umfrage #umfragen #linuxvswindows #dedsec #privacy

• Ja Natürlich! (87%, 304 votes)
• Ehm...nein (Kommentiere warum) (12%, 42 votes)

"Bad actors" are not just bank robbers with bandit masks. You are far more likely to be harmed by proper, legitimated institutions like banks, police, prosecutors, employers, schools, or border enforcement agencies, especially if you're a member of a structurally marginalized group. That is always the most important issue with corporations stockpiling data about you. Recovering from the theft of your credit card number is peanuts by comparison.

"Microsoft’s Recall feature recently made its way back to Windows Insiders after having been pulled from test builds back in June, due to security and privacy concerns...

The concern with Recall is that it’s keeping a digital record of everything you do and, no matter how secure, the record is there for bad actors to find."

tomshardware.com/software/wind…

#Privacy #Data #InfoSec #Security #Microsoft #AI #Tech

Microsoft Recall screenshots credit cards and Social Security numbers, even with the "sensitive information" filter enabled

Despite promising to filter personal data out, Recall still captures it.

^{Avram Piltch (Tom's Hardware)}

Big thanks for the @eff for these recommendations to the #EU:

✅ Protect users’ rights to #secure, #encrypted, and #private communication

✅ Adopt a #privacy-first approach to fighting online harms like #targeted #ads

✅ User-centric approach to regulate big tech platforms (Digital Markets Act)

✅ Create conditions of fair digital markets that foster choice innovation and fundamental rights

We at Tuta couldn't agree more! 👏 👏 👏

mastodon.social/@eff/113640698…

Electronic Frontier Foundation

2024-12-12 16:04:06

The next 5 years are pivotal for EU digital policymaking, with European regulation shaping global tech standards. As the new EU mandate begins, we have outlined key recommendations to protect rights, empower users, and ensure fair competition: eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/fund…

A Fundamental-Rights Centered EU Digital Policy: EFF’s Recommendations 2024-2029

The European Union (EU) is a hotbed for tech regulation that often has ramifications for users globally. The focus of our work in Europe is to ensure that EU tech policy is made responsibly and lives up to its potential to protect users everywhere.

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

#Photobucket opted inactive users into #privacy nightmare, lawsuit says

Photobucket was sued Wednesday after a recent privacy policy update revealed plans to sell users' photos—including #biometric identifiers like face and iris scans—to companies training #generativeAI models.
#ai #tos

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Photobucket opted inactive users into privacy nightmare, lawsuit says

Class action could foil Photobucket’s plan to turn old photos into AI goldmine.

^{Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)}

As the spectre of chat control will haunt the European Union again this week, we all should remember one of history’s many lessons:

Mass surveillance never went well for the masses!
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#privacy #PrivacyMatters #DataProtection #MassSurveillance #ChatControl #EuropeanUnion

#Mozilla #Firefox removes "#DoNotTrack" Feature support: Here's what it means for your #Privacy

windowsreport.com/mozilla-fire…

#FOSS #DNT

Mozilla Firefox removes "Do Not Track" Feature support: Here's what it means for your Privacy Firefox is removing Do Not Track support

Firefox is removing the Do Not Track setting from version 135 onwards. Mozilla recommends using Global Privacy Control setting as alternative,

^{Venkat (WindowsReport)}

File under: Privacy is a basic human right, on constant assault by #BigTech.

Today I learned that several #Android apps have decided to ban the use of "non-Google" approved OSes.

Post by @Sunny on #Lemmy: "Revolut, McDonald's, and Authy have banned the use of GrapheneOS" lemmy.ca/post/34609283

I find this really troubling. I don't care about McDonalds or Authy. But banking! I'm a Revolut customer and I was considering switching to a Pixel 9 with #GrapheneOS. This is chilling.

#privacy

Revolut, McDonald's, and Authy have banned the use of GrapheneOS. - Lemmy.ca

^lemmy.ca

@blaine @pluralistic they just want access to more behavioural data to feed their insatiable, #privacy destroying, #surveillanceBusinessModel

Someone should track Mark Zuckerberg in real life, 24/7, and see how HE likes it.

Finished the "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation " by @pluralistic. Necessary reading in this day and age, for a few reasons:

1. It introduces the concept of universal computing devices really well
2. and in this context how (internet) technology underpins societal and justice movements, stifled by software copyright "wrappers"

In the context of the former it also shows were we are headed IMO.

1/

#privacy #copyright #software #opensource #enshitification #technology

Yea, why let the Chinese owners gather information about American consumers? TikTok should be divested to an American company so that an American company can gather information about American consumers. Whoo!

Let’s not talk about the real issue here: The gathering of information about consumers.

fastcompany.com/91242906/how-t…

#tiktok #meta #instagram #facebook #privacy

Russian programmer says #FSB agents planted #spyware on his #Android phone

Source: techcrunch.com/2024/12/05/russ…

According to the report, the fake app was able to access location information, read and send text messages, install other applications, read the calendar, take screenshots and record from the video camera, see a list of other applications, answer phone calls, and view user account details — all permissions that the real Cube Call Recorder does not have.

#spy #surveillance #russia #policestate #news #technology #smartphone #Trojan #Software #cybersecurity #security #privacy #Monokle #spyware #Moskow #app

Russian programmer says FSB agents planted spyware on his Android phone | TechCrunch

Security researchers confirmed the programmer's phone had spyware, likely during a spell in Russian detention. The programmer told his story to TechCrunch.

^{Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)}

Naughty or nice? Santa doesn’t need to know. 🎅❌

Tuta’s encrypted calendar keeps your events so private, even Santa stays in the dark. 🔒🗓️

#Privacy #Encryption #PostQuantum

According to Statista, advertisers spent $185.35 billion to influence your search results in 2022. By 2028, they'll spend $261 billion💰

At Kagi, we believe your attention and data shouldn't be for sale - that's why we work directly for users, not advertisers or any third parties.

#Kagi #AdFree #Privacy #Search #Ads #degoogle

“if we give our data to companies, the wealthy will rule.

If we give our data to governments, we will end up with some form of authoritarianism.

Only if the people keep their data will society be free.

#Privacy matters because it gives power to the people.”

— Carissa Véliz, “Privacy is Power”

New #blog post: How I Watch YouTube

rldane.space/how-i-watch-youtu…

I was going to work on a Part II to my last post ("You Really Can't Go Home"), but I couldn't find quite the angle I was looking for, so I'm shelving it for now.

This is just a fun and technical / tips & tricks kinda post (with a nice dash of opining and ranting for variety 😆) for watching YouTube without ads that was prompted by an episode of @tuxjam where @kevie complained that he didn't have a solid way to watch YouTube on Linux like he did with #NewPipe on #Android.

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cc: my wonderful #chorus: @amin @joel @joelchrono @dm @sotolf @ivan @thedoctor @pixx @mirabilos @twizzay @twizzay @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk

#rlDaneWriting #WritingMonth #blost #YouTube #PeerTube #Linux #Android #Privacy

We currently have the right not to be subject to a legal or significant decision based solely on automated processing.

The UK Data Bill removes this right n most circumstances. This will exacerbate power imbalances by requiring individuals to scrutinise and assert their rights against decisions made by AI.

Our letter 🔖 openrightsgroup.org/app/upload…

#DUABill #PeopleNotMachines #AI #DataBill #dataprotection #privacy #GDPR #ukpolitics

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

53 experts and civil society groups call on the UK government to scrap proposals that'll remove the right not to be subject to decisions made by AI.

The Data Bill MUST keep the right to human review!

Read our open letter ⬇️

#DUABill #PeopleNotMachines #AI #DataBill #dataprotection #privacy #GDPR #ukpolitics

openrightsgroup.org/press-rele…

Letter to Peter Kyle: Keep our right not to be subjected to decisions based solely on AI

Civil society organisations, trade unions, academics and campaigners have called for the government to scrap proposals to remove the right not to be subject to decisions made by automated or AI systems.

^{Open Rights Group}

Data Privacy is not just about privacy.

Data privacy is also about safety, about democracy, about diversity, about equality, about empathy, and, perhaps most important of all, about consent.

When you fight for privacy rights, you also fight for all of the above. You fight for a better freer and safer society for all.

#Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy

🚨 Biggest US Hack in History! 🚨

If China can breach US telcos, what’s stopping them from exploiting encryption backdoors? Nothing.

Backdoors don’t make us safer - they put everyone at risk.

Demand #PrivacyFirst: Say NO to backdoors! 🔒

Read more here: tuta.com/blog/china-salt-typho…

#Cybersecurity #Encryption #Privacy #StopBackdoors

Worst US hack in history: Chinese can monitor all your calls and emails. | Tuta

Salt Typhoon has infiltrated major telecom networks, proving backdoors to encryption are a catastrophic risk.

^Tuta

Big day in privacy news on data brokers

First up: FTC reaches settlements with two location data companies for collecting and selling data tied to sensitive locations like places of worship and medical facilities

Mobilewalla used location data from ad exchange bids and sold audience segments for pregnant women, Hispanic churchgoers and the LGBTQ+ community

They are both banned from selling data on these sensitive locations

subscriber.politicopro.com/art…

#privacy

‼️ Die EU will #Messenger-Dienste wie #Signal oder #Telegram per Sanktionen zur Zusammenarbeit mit #Strafverfolgungsbehörden zwingen.

derstandard.at/story/300000024…

Ein neuer Bericht der "Going Dark"-Gruppe fordert strikte Maßnahmen, darunter App-Sperren oder #Haftstrafen für unkooperative Anbieter.

#Datenschützer warnen vor einem massiven Eingriff in #Grundrechte, während #Verschlüsselung als größte Herausforderung bleibt. 🔒⚖️

#Datenschutz #EU #Privatsphäre #Privacy #Security

EU-Strafverfolger wollen Signal und Co zur Überwachung zwingen

In ihrem Abschlussbericht fordert die umstrittene Expertengruppe drastische Sanktionen für Anbieter, die sich nicht kooperativ zeigen

^{DER STANDARD}

This new proposed rule by the CFPB would treat #data brokers as de facto credit bureaus, holding them to the same standards of care, transparency, and liability.

Fantastic, long-needed #policy to protect Americans' #privacy and #security

Unfortunately, it'll never happen under Trump.

consumerfinance.gov/about-us/n…

CFPB Proposes Rule to Stop Data Brokers from Selling Sensitive Personal Data to Scammers, Stalkers, and Spies | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The CFPB today proposed a rule to rein in data brokers that sell Americans' sensitive personal and financial information.

^{Consumer Financial Protection Bureau}

Gmail and Outlook are popular but not necessarily the best - especially when it comes to #privacy and #security.

In this in-depth guide we review #Gmail vs #Outlook and fill you in on the best email provider that's ad-free, private, and secure. 😉

👉 Read more: tuta.com/blog/outlook-vs-gmail

Qubes OS 4.3 should be released soon, an interesting #privacy feature is cloaking user input patterns

github.com/QubesOS/qubes-gui-d…

> Add event buffering for cloaking user input patterns

The user may wish to prevent biometric information about their mouse
and keyboard patterns from leaking into certain Qubes. To make this
possible, this feature inserts random noise into the delivery timing of
all X events, making it more difficult to distinguish the user from
other X event buffering users. The maximum delay in event delivery is
user-configurable through the "events_max_delay" configuration option.

Add event buffering for cloaking user input patterns · QubesOS/qubes-gui-daemon@0d83229

The user may wish to prevent biometric information about their mouse and keyboard patterns from leaking into certain Qubes. To make this possible, this feature inserts random noise into the deliver...

^GitHub

If they do not have much PII on you, they will assume you are not a GOP voter.

GOP voters give out PII like candy on halloween.

This demonstrates that one is a member of the cult.

They live in the false belief that they have nothing to hide.

#Privacy #Security

巴西的 CA 發出 google.com 的 TLS 憑證

在「A Brazilian CA trusted only by Microsoft has issued a certificate for google.com (agwa.name)」這邊看到的，原文在作者的 Fediverse 上：「Andrew Ayer in the Fediverse」。

這次出事的 C

blog.gslin.org/archives/2024/1…

#Computer #Murmuring #Network #Privacy #Security #authority #brasil #ca #certificate #google #icp #microsoft #network #root #security

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I've always felt that what DNA matching means is that you were foolish enough to give your genetic record to a third party where it will eventually be made public. Unless your doctor orders it for diagnostic purposes and they keep the data, of course.

All that #23andme data is going to go somewhere out of their customers' control.

Who cares if you are (allegedly) 2 pct. [Insert ethnicity here]?

#dnatesting #privacy

Was macht ihr mit der elektronischen Patientenakte? Nach der folgenden Lektüre habe ich sie jetzt endgültig abgelehnt.
#privacy #Datenschutz #ElektronischePatientenakte #ePA #Krankenkasse

heise.de/news/Lauterbach-zu-Ge…

Lauterbach zu Gesundheitsdaten: Google, Meta, und OpenAI melden Interesse an

Lauterbach sieht in der Patientenakte einen Datenschatz für KI-Innovationen. Tech-Giganten zeigen Interesse, um die Gesundheitsversorgung zu verbessern.

^{Marie-Claire Koch (heise online)}

True, we need legislation like that. But until then, how about we poison the well? If our personal data is so valuable, we make it worthless. Bots, maybe browser extensions, sandboxed and with their own browser fingerprint, with fake names, fake ids, fake emails, fake interests searching and browsing the internet at random while being tracked, adding white noise to their data collection.

#Privacy #DataPrivacy

Here it is: the Finnish Parliament has sided against #ChatControl !

I am overjoyed that in their statement, they have outlined exactly what this proposal would entail: mass surveillance in Europe.

From their statement (translation by me):

"..the suggested model would, in fact, lead to the mass surveillance of communication and would weaken the integrity of communication in the EU."

eduskunta.fi/FI/vaski/Lausunto…

#privacy #encryption #Finland #Europe #EU #surveillance

I'm hitting many bugs in @Tutanota these days. Typically, just this morning when I opened the Mail Android app, I got "Error message: You forgot to migrate your databases! sys.version should be >= 114 but in db it is 112", and a "404 Not Found" on a calendar event. For this last one, it's probably because I deleted the event from the Tuta Calendar app, but it didn't stop it from displaying a reminder for the deleted event... And the unread email counter is constantly wrong 😫

#InfoSec #Privacy

Ready to join the #privacy #revolution and use an app with zero #tracking! 💪🔒

Become a Legend now; our #BlackFriday deal is still on: tuta.com/black-friday 🎉

Copilot let you read the emails of your boss 😱

Source: businessinsider.com/microsoft-…

Now the software giant is trying to fix the #problem. On Tuesday, #Microsoft released new tools and a guide to help customers mitigate a #Copilot #security issue that inadvertently let employees access sensitive information such as CEO emails and HR documents.

#fail #Software #ai #technology #Windows #news #omg #wtf #privacy #bug

Microsoft is trying to fix Copilot's oversharing problem

Microsoft released tools to address security issues with Copilot, which indexes internal data and sometimes shares sensitive customer information.

^{Ashley Stewart (Business Insider)}

Albanese and Dutton combine Labor and Coalition numbers to pass Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 in the House of Reps 102 to 13.

Greens, most of the cross bench and Bridget Archer (Liberal) against.

Legislation bans under-16s from proscribed social media and contains provisions for platforms to capture personal identification to enforce age limits.

aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Busin…

parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/s…

#auspol #socialmedia #privacy

Stasi skulle vara stolta över Sveriges inställning till #chatcontrol

Det är fascinerande och skrämmande att svenska politiker och tjänstemän har så dålig kunskap och koll på konsekvenser av deras beslut.

#dataskydd #privacy #backdoor