Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM (9to5google.com)
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/5707453...
Who's winning here, exactly?
This year we made good progress. You know, Linux gaming becoming better, Reddit fucking up, Metaverse failing etc. But on the other hand Big Tech has or are planning to make some moves. Such as, Google’s Web Enviroment Integrity API (EDIT: they backed off), UK’s encryption bill, etc....
Matrix vs. XMPP, Security, Privacy, Apps, Efficiency ? (www.youtube.com)
I recently saw Alex’s video about XMPP and I got curious....
Last Chance to fix eIDAS: Secret EU law threatens Internet security — Mozilla (last-chance-for-eidas.org)
PSA: For those who want signal on secondary phone, use molly.
Recently discovered this. Molly supports link with existing device just like on signal desktop. It even has benefit of getting entire chat history unlike signal desktop. Just restore the signal backup file during setup and then click link with existing device. Then scan with you primary phone. Beauty of open source. Molly:...
British Police are Using Period Tracker Data and Blood Tests To Investigate Patients Who Miscarry (www.themarysue.com)
Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month (www.wired.com)
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Meta May Be Infringing on GDPR With Their New Paid-For Ad-Free Model (tutanota.com)
Recently a European Court has judged that Meta’s way of collecting and using people’s data in Europe has been in violation of privacy regulations between 2018 and 2023. Now Meta announced an option of Facebook and Instagram without personalized ads for 120 euros per year. European users would have the option to pay or agree...
What's you plan for your digital legacy?
Lately I started including what happens to my data in case I die unexpectedly in my threat model. As of now I’d like for everything to stay private. All my accounts have a strong password that I store on a keepass datbase that I store only on encrypted devices which themselves are protected only by PIN or Password with no...
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years? (lemmy.ml)
Comparison of Android ROMs (eylenburg.github.io)
Meta Confirm Charging EU Users For Ad-Free Access to FB and Insta (alternativeto.net)
Meta has officially confirmed its decision to introduce a subscription plan for ad-free access to Instagram and Facebook for users in the European Union, EEA, and Switzerland. This move comes a few weeks after Meta first considered the idea, amidst regulatory pressure from the EU regarding the company’s ad targeting and data...
Privacy = no free speech (lemmy.ml)
What are your preferred methods of file encryption?
I usually use Age, I’d like to hear your opinions.
Block AI bots from your website
Hi, I’m building a personal website and I don’t want it to be used to train AI. In my robots.txt file I blocked:...
SimpleX Chat: Private and Secure messaging (monero.town)
cross-posted from: monero.town/post/934733...
Fairphone 4 is making hundreds of unwanted connections per day, to the same addresses. (lemmy.world)
So I got Fairphone 4, with /e/ os, a couple of days ago. When I connected it to my NextDNS I saw that it was trying to connect to some weird addresses, like every 5-10 minutes. I searched Internet a bit and found out that it was something with snapdragon cpu and location services. I travel a lot and use Organic Maps for...
What tools and lists are you using to make the Internet more enjoyable and filter out the crap?
Mostly interested in non-standard ones, e.g. github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt. Not necessarily just about ad-blocking but a clean online experience like SponsorBlock. Interested in non-standard uBO lists as well....
EU Pitched Client-Side Scanning By Targeting Certain EU Residents With Misleading Ads (www.techdirt.com)
The EU Commission has been pushing client-side scanning for well over a year. This new intrusion into private communications has been pitched as perhaps the only way to prevent the sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
Any way to anonymize Podcast downloads?
Hi there! I like to listen to the “Slightly something else” podcast. Although it is gaming-related, they have these ad-segments that have some kind of targetting, as it is always in the language from where I’ve downloaded the episone....
Mull Vs Firefox
I installed the mull browser revently. People who are familiar with this will know that it’s a fork of firefox android. It’s hardened but I haven’t noticed much difference b/w the two. Mull has a few visible tweaks like Https mode by default, strict protection etc. but I haven’t come across other backend/not so visible...
Is WhatsApp bad for privacy?
And if so, why exactly? It says it’s end-to-end encrypted. The metadata isn’t. But what is metadata and is it bad that it’s not? Are there any other problematic things?...