Inside Biden’s secret surveillance court (www.politico.com)
A deep dive into the Data Protection Review Court by Alfred Ng and John Sakellariadis, including some great perspectives from Max Schrems of noyb.eu
Google lists improvements that only users from the EU will get - gHacks Tech News (www.ghacks.net)
Google collects and shares data between its own services by default. Search, advertising, YouTube and several others exchange user data. Users in the EU have to give consent to this form of sharing. By default, data will no longer be exchanged between services. EU users may already manage the Google Services that may or may not...
Have I Been Pwned adds 71 million emails from Naz.API stolen account list (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
The Naz.API dataset is a massive collection of 1 billion credentials compiled using credential stuffing lists and data stolen by information-stealing malware....
Your Tablet's Light Sensor Can Spy On You (spectrum.ieee.org)
Android and iOS settings for better security and privacy (thenewoil.org)
The article lists settings to change on Android 14 and iOS 17....
There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data – The Markup (themarkup.org)
Location firm Near describes itself as “The World’s Largest Dataset of People’s Behavior in the Real-World,” with data representing “1.6B people across 44 countries.” Mobilewalla boasts “40+ Countries, 1.9B+ Devices, 50B Mobile Signals Daily, 5+ Years of Data.” X-Mode’s website claims its data covers “25%+ of...
Common misconceptions about privacy and security (www.privacyguides.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10833312...
Each Facebook User is Monitored by Thousands of Companies – The Markup (themarkup.org)
Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook by 2,230 companies. That number varied significantly, with some panelists’...
PSA: Anyone can tell if you are using WhatsApp on your computer (techcrunch.com)
How to Stop Your X Account From Getting Hacked Like the SEC’s (www.wired.com)
X’s move to make people pay for a basic form of two-factor is problematic. It also created confusion because the company prompted free users to switch away from SMS two-factor, but then seemingly simply turned off the protection altogether for those who didn’t. This likely left a group of users in a situation where they...
The AirDrop flaw exploited by China, explained (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
The news was already posted here last week, but I found this great technical explanation of the flaw. Long story short: Apple is using bad cryptography. They got alerted by researchers back in 2019 but didn’t fix it.
LibRedirect - privacy-friendly Redirector (libredirect.github.io)
A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and other websites to their alternative privacy friendly frontends...
[es] Spanish government is working in a digital certificate to identify adults and avoid minors to access porn sites (cadenaser.com)
Age verification without name and surname: this is the way to avoid minors to watch porn.
ProtonMail Complied with 5,957 Data Requests in 2022 - Still Secure and Private? (restoreprivacy.com)
they scrubed there no ip logs policy years ago
AI and Mass Spying (www.schneier.com)
EFF Asks Court to Uphold Federal Law That Protects Online Video Viewers’ Privacy and Free Expression (www.eff.org)
EFF Unveils Its New Street Level Surveillance Hub (www.eff.org)
Film Companies and Reddit Clash Again in Court over Anonymous Piracy Comments (torrentfreak.com) Portuguese
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?
Not even Notepad is safe from Microsoft’s big AI push in Windows (www.theverge.com)
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...
Dark Patterns (neal.fun)
Curious website that explains how pages want to deceive you with examples (save to use and not taken very seriously)
C4Yourself (c4yourself.one)
C4Yourself is an official online platform that offers a range of services to individuals and families in California who are seeking assistance with government programs. The platform is designed to simplify the process of applying for and managing programs such as CalFresh, Medi-Cal, and CalWORKs, among others.
Cap of the century (lemm.ee)
Decided to buy Minecraft on a separate, anonymous Outlook account to delete one of my existing old Outlook accounts and stumbled upon this.
Using Disinformation Like A Pro (yewtu.be)
Disinformation is a criminally underrated technique for protecting yourself against doxing, data breaches, and tracking. But it’s important to use it right to be both effective and a law-abiding citizen. In this video, I share my tips and techniques gathered over the year to protect your privacy where tools fall just a little...
