The only way to avoid Grammarly using your data for AI is to pay for 500 accounts (yiffit.net)
Source: front-end.social/...
I only get 82% :( How much do you get? (d3ward.github.io)
I get 82% (27 not blocked. I use Firefox ESR with uBlock and Privacy Badger.
PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry By Default (www.techpowerup.com)
"Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet | Defective by Design (www.defectivebydesign.org)
Android vs. iOS
I have been an Android user for 13 years now. After using almost every Google service possible I am going down the privacy rabbit hole lately. Gmail -> Proton Mail, Chrome -> Firefox, Keep -> Notesnook, Google Search -> Kagi, …...
Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out (stackdiary.com)
Zoom’s updated policy states that all rights to Service Generated Data are retained solely by Zoom. This extends to Zoom’s rights to modify, distribute, process, share, maintain, and store such data “for any purpose, to the extent and in the manner permitted under applicable law.”, including AI and Machine Learning.
Pay with Palm (infosec.pub)
I can only see this going into a very dystopian path. Based on their actions, I don’t trust these companies, their security practices, nor their privacy policies. Why would I give them my biometrics? And my full palm, at that!? Hell no!
If you ever needed a reason to justify ad blockers (beehaw.org)
Alt text: a screenshot of an article that is over 90% covered by ads.
Discord refuses to remove my phone number attached to my account
Hi, there’s this situation i currently have with discord support, that they refuse to delete my phone number from my account. Basically every time i try to manually remove it, my account gets locked up until i add another phone number in order to continue accessing the service, “for security reasons” with no option for...
Looking for a decent privacy-respecting search engine
Been using SearXNG for about a year now, and I just can’t deal with instances constantly getting blocked by search engines anymore. So I’d like to find something a bit more reliable. I’ve read that DuckDuckGo has had some controversies in the past, and I wouldn’t touch Brave with a 39 and a half foot pole.
Transprivacy (lemmy.ml)
So, Neuralink got FDA approval for human trials, and a certain fanbase is VERY excited about that (lemmy.ml)
Commodification of everything you think off Past/Present/Future....
FBI found out who illegally used NSO spyware: It was the FBI (9to5mac.com)
Best VOIP service and FOSS app combo on GrapheneOS in 2023? (lemmy.ml)
Currently looking at:...
The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)
From Mental Outlaw video (discuss.tchncs.de)
This is Depressing
Does anyone else feel as if it’s over when it comes to really owning your own things?...
Mozilla opposes Web Integrity API proposal (github.com)
Apple Suggest They Will Withdraw iMessage and FaceTime In UK If Law Changes Go Ahead (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has said planned changes to British surveillance laws could affect iPhone users’ privacy by forcing it to withdraw security features, which could ultimately lead to the closure of services such as FaceTime and iMessage in the UK.
Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)
And since you won’t be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility....
[Rant] I hate the modern internet
I am fucking scared of the mass surveilence nightmare direction that the internet and the world as a whole is going towards… C2PA, france hacking itself into citizen phones, the UK anti encryption law, EU’s chat control, etc. Im also sick of and hate the “you will own nothing and be happy” mentality that corpos try to...
Defenetly not Garbage (lemmy.ml)
Fediverse privacy
Hi all, I’m pretty new to the fediverse and have tried learning about the way it works. I have tried finding some information in vain, so I have ended up mostly reasoning about it by drawing parallels with other non federated systems but I feel it’s not accurate....
The official chat room for a privacy community is discord? (kbin.social)
Is this a joke?