Please Identify Yourself! [Chaos Communication Congress] (fahrplan.events.ccc.de)
Loads of other interesting talks as well next week.
I don't have anything to hide, so I don't care
What to say to people who say this kinda of thing? Usually I just say “ok then”
I deleted my google accounts today
It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.
[Discussion] How do you feel about age verification on Porn sites? (lemmings.world)
Porn sites Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat face stricter requirements to verify the ages of their users after being officially designated as “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOPs) under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA)....
EU regulation and oculus quest
Ive seen MS is having to do a lot of work in regards to pro privacy due to EU regulation, I switched on my oculus quest which I keep offline and questioned if enforced account, locked in applications that serve beyond base functions and the locked down setting, surely all this goes against privacy laws in some way....
Police to be able to run face recognition searches on 50m driving licence holders | Facial recognition | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/9812294
What's the best tool for discovering what your IP is when you are using TOR?
I’ve been using some available on the Internet but recently they all look the same and they all ask for CAPTYA which is an obvious attempt to obtain ones true IP....
How To Configure DNS Over HTTPS and DNS Ad-Blocking on Windows and Android (purplerabbit.gitlab.io)
Anyone know how to get multiple Protonmail free tier accounts on an android phone?
From what I read you need to have a paid account in order to be able to have multiple accounts in the protomail app....
Verizon Gave Her Data to a Stalker. ‘This Has Completely Changed My Life’ (www.404media.co)
“Verizon royally fucked up,” Poppy told me in a phone call. “There’s no way around it.” Verizon, she added, was “100% at fault.”...
BVG out here recommending the best 2FA Apps! (lemmy.one)
cross-posted from: lemmy.one/post/7807944...
A Guide to PGP Encryption on Windows (purplerabbit.gitlab.io)
Mull vs Fennec
I am having problems reaching Tuta through Mull on my Android (Mull 120.0.0, downloaded from f-Droid). Checking, I saw that Fennec is version 120.1.0....
Full PGP support in Skiff (skiff.com)
We’ve heard our users loud and clear - interoperable end to end encryption (E2EE) across email providers is critical for privacy and security online. We have taken this feedback to heart. We are proud to announce support for PGP encryption inside Skiff mail starting today for all users across all tiers, including Free.
Question about phones: Am I overreacting?
I don’t like so called smartphones (flashy devices to mine your data and other reasons) but my regular no touchscreen phone’s microphone is no longer working as it should, making conversations difficult....
KeepassXC and KeepassDX Guide (purplerabbit.gitlab.io)
Cleaning up my digital presence - Meta endboss
Hey all...
uefi is literally malware (futurology.today)
Does it even make sense to care about privacy?
Heyha !...
Comcast says hackers stole data of close to 36 million Xfinity customers (techcrunch.com)
Comcast has confirmed that hackers exploiting a critical-rated security vulnerability accessed the sensitive information of almost 36 million Xfinity customers....
google oauth is broken sort of (trufflesecurity.com)
Initially saw this article from Brian Krebs mastodon account....
Telecom Bill allows Centre to take over, suspend services over ‘national security’ (www.indiatoday.in)
As an Indian, I know protesting against this bill is the best we can do but it seems like most of the people in country arent aware about this or simply dont care, this is disastorous!!
Google will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the police (www.businessinsider.com)
Does Less Consumer Tracking Lead to Less Fraud? (www.eff.org)
The highlight of the research is that Apple users were less likely to be victims of financial fraud after Apple implemented the App Tracking Transparency policy. The results showed a 10% increase in the share of Apple users in a particular ZIP code leads to roughly 3% reduction in financial fraud complaints....
why don't you guys scrobble?
From a privacy standpoint, i guess. I want to support open scrobbling with listenbrainz and the account isn’t directly linked to a real acc. Why shouldn’t I/ why don’t you?