New Ecosia search features (blog.ecosia.org)
How Google, Facebook and others use our most personal secrets against us
technology@lemmy.world
What is xtrapath3.izatcloud.net, why does my phone connect to it? (endlesstalk.org)
What do you use for cloud storage and why?
I’ve been wanting to move away from Dropbox for a long while, but I haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement. Dropbox has always been super convenient and has just worked for me....
Irish DPA to Ban Meta from Processing Personal Data for Behavioral Advertising Following EDPB Urgent Binding Decision (www.huntonprivacyblog.com)
29 Countries Reach Agreement On AI Risks and Opportunities (www.huntonprivacyblog.com)
AI facial recognition scanned millions of driver licences. Then an innocent man got locked up (www.abc.net.au)
What's an easy way to remove metadata from a .mp4 file? [Windows 10]
When I try using the normal way in Windows 10, it throws an error. I have some videos I uploaded to a YouTube channel a long time ago, and I’d like to share them, but first I need to remove the metadata....
Is there any point in using NoScript if you already have uBlock Origin?
The latter has filters to block trackers and fingerprinting scripts....
Google abandons “Web Environment Integrity” (simplifiedprivacy.com)
Google has abandoned the “Web Environment Integrity” API that was supposed to allow websites to only allow approved and verified browser environments. The plan would allow websites to reject browser or even OS modifications that were “unattested” for the purpose of supposedly stopping bots, piracy, ad-blocking, and other...
How to stay safe on Strava (cyclingmagazine.ca)
Some good tips to preserve a bit of privacy for those who use the Strava platform....
India's biggest data breach? Hacking gang claims to have stolen 815 million people's personal information (www.bitdefender.com)
German court declares “Do Not Track” to be legally binding (www.vzbv.de)
‘People have no idea’: How smart devices spy on us and reveal information about our homes (english.elpais.com)
The Online Safety Act doesn’t protect encryption, but Ofcom can (proton.me)
UK police urged to double use of facial recognition software (www.theguardian.com)
Police in Canada look into tech that accesses your home security cameras (www.cbc.ca)
Police in U.S. say technology is helpful but researchers say Canada should hesitate before using it
Lemmy is most censored social media than instagram,facebook,reddit,etc...
cross-posted from: lemmings.world/post/2307677...
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection (www.theregister.com)
Wrf is wrong with UK?
communism 2.0
WhatsApp is Censoring your Photos, Videos, Status and DMs (Facebook) (www.youtube.com)
Google privacy button doesn't work, it's claimed (www.theregister.com)
How viable is total online passivity?
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