why are threat actors using telegram and not simplex / briar /jami etc.
I dont understand why threat actors / hackers use telegram which obtains your phone number and not simplex or even signal for that matter
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”
Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules (arstechnica.com)
Cross posted from: midwest.social/post/6593381
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)
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?
Search Engine Party (searchengine.party)
Does it even make sense to care about privacy?
Heyha !...
Privacy is not just an illusion; it’s a delusion.
Things like privacy statements and permission to use cookies are little more than sophisticated propaganda. If you think for a moment the Overlords cannot prepare a dossier on you within minutes that would make your mother faint and your father die of shame, you’re living in fantasy land. You have no idea how much data they...
Dr. Google will see you now (www.globalresearch.ca)
They are collecting our medical records. I know this personally because an exgirlfriend of mine is a lawyer at Google and told me the same.
Google Just Killed Warrants That Give Police Access To Location Data (www.forbes.com)
Blocking app access to the internet
Question for the group on a problem I’m trying to solve: How can I block internet access for some apps on standard, OOTB Android?...
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....
Privacy first – Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)
Here’s the “Privacy First” pitch: whatever is going on with all of the problems of the internet, all of these problems are made worse by commercial surveillance....
Someone opened my phone
I’m running Graphene on a Pixel 6. I lost it and someone opened it somehow and called two of my contacts to give it back....
GDPR complaint against X (Twitter) over illegal micro-targeting for chat control ads (noyb.eu)
Apple will require court order to give push notification data to law enforcement (thehill.com)
Are there any good privacy friendly keyboards for android?
I’ve looked at a few on fdroid and they all seem like they aren’t being maintained anymore....
Without a Trace: How to Keep Your Phone Off the Grid (themarkup.org)
We answer the questions readers asked in response to our guide to anonymizing your phone...
JShelter helps protect your online privacy: Here's how to contribute — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software (www.fsf.org)
Review of The Search Engine Kagi (purplerabbit.gitlab.io)
Photos and Videos Online Storage
I have a NAS as my primary photo backup solution and one day someone will make a photo frame that I can point at it and it will just cycle through photos, but until that day, it’s just a blackhole of memories. That said, that blackhole is important enough to me that I also back up online....
Do I need to be a resident of the EU to get their data protection or can I just be a citizen?
To be eligible for things like a GDPR Data deletion request etc, is it enough that I am a citizen or must I be a resident? ty :)
iPhone is listening
Ok I have a question. I’m kinda a noob when it comes to privacy. I’ll follow the guides and do the things to try to minimize ad companies selling my data etc....
EU Deal on AI Act Is 'Missed Opportunity' to Ban Mass Surveillance, Say Privacy Groups (www.commondreams.org)
“Whilst the Parliament fought hard to limit the damage, the overall package on biometric surveillance and profiling is at best lukewarm,” said one advocate.
