How Meta’s New Face Camera Heralds a New Age of Surveillance (dnyuz.com)
AdGuard Temp Mail: new temporary email service launched (www.ghacks.net)
This Week in Privacy #4 - Privacy Guides Blog (blog.privacyguides.org)
Securing Bluetooth Headphones
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/8117983...
Brave is sunsetting strict fingerprint protection mode (brave.com)
In case you missed it: Fossify (A fork of Simple Mobile Tools)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10796117...
Common misconceptions about privacy and security (www.privacyguides.org)
Summary:...
Is there a good privacy respecting rss feed reader?
I want to set up a RSS feed for me to subscribe to some websites. I am a newbie and never used RSS before. I found Raven Reader, which is open source. But I don’t know of it’s trustworthy, too....
Tyranny of Microsoft (simplifiedprivacy.com)
Microsoft’s agenda is very clear, they want control and surveillance over the flow of information on the internet.
Android and iOS settings for better security and privacy (thenewoil.org)
The article lists settings to change on Android 14 and iOS 17....
Rite Aid "covert surveillance program" falsely ID'd customers as shoplifters, FTC says (www.cbsnews.com)
Each Facebook User is Monitored by Thousands of Companies (themarkup.org)
What do you think about dVPNs?
The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. A.I. Will Enable Mass Spying. (slate.com)
Opting into 'link history' on Facebook and Instagram means agreeing to (more) ad targeting (www.engadget.com)
Travel VPN Routers compared to OpenWRT Rasberry Pi (simplifiedprivacy.com)
Travel routers with VPN or Tor allow you to avoid trusting the DNS from WiFi ISPs and cell phone towers. Some even let you plugin USB modems and switch MAC addresses to help bypass WiFi captchas on multiple devices. This article compares GL.inet to a Rasberry Pi with OpenWRT, and can give you some ideas for privacy and security...
DivestOS is fundraising, no longer sustainable ($12,000 goal) (divested.dev)
Sharing this because it’s one of the most promising Android projects we recommend on Privacy Guides, and it would be a huge detriment to the Android/Privacy community at large if this developer is no longer able to continue this work :(...
Cartels Are Using a Police Database to Track and Target Their Enemies (www.vice.com)
‘Constantly monitored’: the pushback against AI surveillance at work (www.theguardian.com)
The Most Dangerous Canadian Internet Bill You’ve Never Heard Of Is a Step Closer to Becoming Law - Michael Geist (www.michaelgeist.ca)
Solene'% : NovaCustom NV41 laptop review (dataswamp.org)
Disclaimer: I’m not affiliated in any way to any of the parties involved in this review. I just enjoy reading Solène’s writings in general and found myself to be especially in fond of this specific article. I share this in the hopes that others might somehow benefit from this as well!...
Pro/Con of DeGoogled Phone Operating Systems (simplifiedprivacy.com)
Overview of the pros and cons of some DeGoogled Phone operating systems/models such as:...