EFF Asks Court to Uphold Federal Law That Protects Online Video Viewers’ Privacy and Free Expression (www.eff.org)
The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend? (lemmy.ml)
EFF Unveils Its New Street Level Surveillance Hub (www.eff.org)
Are there alternatives to google scholar and google patents?
Due to my line of work, I find myself having to use both these services frequently, despite avoiding google as much as I can. I see a lot of alternatives out there for internet searching, but when it comes to specific fields, alternatives tend to be scarce.
Remove Modem/SimCard from a Car
I want to buy a new car, but it needs to be privacy friendly. Sadly you cannot really buy any new Car that is....
Film Companies and Reddit Clash Again in Court over Anonymous Piracy Comments (torrentfreak.com) Portuguese
roku remote app showing ads now (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
My dog tore up the remote so we were forced to use the roku app to control the tv....
best privacy security based email client that supports third part apps ?
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Here's what telegram's founder say about Whatsapp's privacy (graph.org)
This is an article written by telegram’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov in 2019 on “Why whatsapp will never be secure”. Your thoughts?
Periodic reports, Linux and User Agents
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Alternatives to Canva?
I use Canva a fair bit for work, is there anything similar that’s more privacy friendly? I don’t always want to open up Gimp, ideally it’ll be available online as well.
Difference with "Select" and "Copy" availability between browsers
It is my hope that Privacy is the community for this. I think freedom to use browsers the way we intend is a privacy issue....
Not even Notepad is safe from Microsoft’s big AI push in Windows (www.theverge.com)
Golang telemetry (again)
There are no “news”, but I’m worried about this business actually. I’m in knowledge that post already exists but I’m not clear at all....
Is this even legal? Hiding data deletion behind login (after email request) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
I wanted to delete my old oppo id account, and to do that I’ll need to login into it, but I don’t know the password....
How do I prevent others random device suggestions in Public Areas? (lemmy.world)
As title suggests, how do I go about stopping my phone from scanning my surroundings for extra devices?...
Medical devices and user privacy
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I have an issue with how SIM cards are handled in most countries
Almost all countries require official authentication to activate a SIM card. This seems to me as a huge privacy problem, if the country can track sim cards across cell towers and connect them to a person. It seems like a dystopian system, that we litterely can not hide from our governments without turning off our smartphones. It...
How good/bad is Firefox sync.
Basically I am using mull on android and librewolf on linux.I want to use firefox sync or something line that for syncing.So how good Firefox sync is, in privacy point on view. I am not anonymity paranoid I just want privacy so basically what do they collect and for what?
AirDrop cracked by China, revealing phone number & email (9to5mac.com)
The Beijing institute developed the technique to crack an iPhone’s encrypted device log to identify the numbers and emails of senders who share AirDrop content, the city’s judicial bureau said in an online post. Police have identified multiple suspects via that method, the agency said, without disclosing if anyone was...
Authy Desktop client will be discontinued from August 2024
Twillio just announced they’re discontinuing the Desktop version of their popular Two Factor Authentication client. Their proposed solution is for users to move to the mobile app, which of course doesn’t fulfill the use case of people who explicitly chose Authy because it had a desktop client....
Is it possible to self-host Clarity?
I found out about Clarity, it’s a Microsoft free product. It seems to be source available on Github...
Does Gboard spell checker phone home on Android?
I assumed that Gboard spell checker contacted servers constantly and have it switched off for whatever good that does. I recently tried enabling it to play with other options and noticed that it works when my phone is entirely offline....
Can I edit .docx files without a Microsoft 365 subscription and if not are there any alternatives
TLDR: can I edit docx files on word without a subscription and if not what are some apps that can allow me to do so...