Chat Control 2.0: EU governments set to approve the end of private messaging and secure encryption (www.patrick-breyer.de)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/6469594...
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Firefox and Fastly take another step toward a privacy upgrade for the internet (www.fastly.com)
Firefox and Fastly take another step toward a privacy upgrade for the internet...
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Since Brave is apparently absolutely terrible, is Vivaldi any better IF YOU CAN'T USE FIREFOX*? (lemm.ee)
I daily drive Firefox, but more and more websites are starting to break without Chromium, so I still have to occasionally switch to get something working. I was using Ungoogled Chromium until I realized that there was no easy way to update it when that pixel-stealing exploit came out a while back....
Today I got this POP-UP, anyone? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Originally I’ve download the signal app through playstore, but often it also get updates from Droid-ify(Fdroid client). Today its weird and I got this . Explain to me this....
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Is Brave Browser currently as privacy disrespecting as some say?
I care about my privacy, though I like it’s UI. Is it really as bad as some say?
Californians will be able to delete all personal online data with first-in-US law (www.theguardian.com)
The new bill reinforces that all data brokers must register with the California privacy protection agency, and it requires the CPPA to establish an easy and free way for Californians to request that all data brokers in the state delete their data through a single page, regardless of how they acquired that information. If data...
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Please, do not use Brave.
I have seen many people in this community either talking about switching to Brave, or people who are actively using Brave. I would like to remind people that Brave browser (and by extension their search engine) is not privacy-centric whatsoever....
Just another story about "innocence" of Apple devices
On August 21, information about the sunken Chinese nuclear submarine 093 Shang surfaced on the Internet. The accident occurred on board during a mission in the Yellow Sea. According to British intelligence, the Chinese submarine fell into its own trap intended for British and American ships. As a result of the incident, 55...
We are not empowered with the free choice of privacy like many people think we are
There is this common narrative I see all the time, implying that we as individuals are empowered to choose and manifest our own destiny, and this comes up often in privacy discussions....
I wish more people clean URLs before sharing it to others. (lemmy.ml)
I see a lot of people, including friends and family, sharing URLs rife with tracking parameters....
Deleting my Twitter account and data - Twitter not complying with GDPR
I filed a GDPR deletion request with Twitter a couple of weeks ago. It was quite a challenge to find a way to contact Twitter (for anyone who wants to you can do so via: secure.ethicspoint.com/…/default_reporter.asp) - but I finally succeded. I did not simply wanted to deactivate my account I want all of my data to be deleted...
a want to buy a tablet to take notes at school
Basically title, but I don’t want an iPad because of my “open source mindset” ik it sounds cringe but fr I hate Apple’s philosophy and I don’t want an iPhone to sync every shit. Also I’d like to have a tablet that doesn’t all my data to some big corporation (like Xiaomi or Google), and I don’t know where to start...
Delete your digital history from dozens of companies with this app (www.washingtonpost.com)
Sick of companies grabbing and selling your address, birth date, location, online activity, dog food brand and even adult-film preferences? Oh boy, do I have some good news. A new iPhone and Android app called Permission Slip makes it super simple to order companies to delete your personal information and secrets. Trying it...
[QubesOS] Disarm Shortcut for BusKill Hardware Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
This article describes how to setup keyboard shortcuts in QubesOS so that you can temporarily disarm (pause) the BusKill laptop kill cord....
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what E-Mail provider do you use and why
I’m currently still using gmail unfortunately...
I don't want Meta AI in WhatsApp, even if it doesn't snoop on my texts (bgr.com)
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Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now... (lemmy.ml)
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F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository (f-droid.org)
f-droid.org...
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Anyone use Skiff? (beehaw.org)
I’m only just hearing about the suite from skiff.com and curious if anyone here uses it. They’ve been around for 3 years and apparently offer an open sourced encrypted suite. They’re mainly known a Google Docs alt, but I just learned they offer encrypted mail, calendar, and cloud (10GB for free) along with their docs....
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Signal's Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally 'a surveillance technology' (techcrunch.com)
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Should I become "privacy-focused" despite my data before I was "privacy-focused" was used or sold?
For example, I have been using Google or Apple for 7 years, and seeing that I was fingerprinted, tracked through third-party cookies, etc. I want to switch to a more private option....
Introducing Proton CAPTCHA | Proton (proton.me)
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Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users (www.eff.org)
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Mullvad Annouce Removal Of All Disk Infrastructure - Now RAM Only (mullvad.net)
Today we announce that we have completely removed all traces of disks being used by our VPN infrastructure!