Google Update Reveals AI Will Read All Your Private Messages (www.forbes.com)
Unclassified letter reveals NSA's warrantless purchase of Americans' internet browsing data (www.techspot.com)
YSK: Garuda Lunux default browser (FireDragon) contains problematic extensions (lemmy.one)
Google, Amazon, Bing extensions have been added to Firedragon browser. These do not show up under “Addons and Themes”. I only found them in “about:debugging”...
Why you shouldn't use a SIM card and use an hotspot as an alternative (piped.video)
The video discusses the privacy concerns associated with SIM cards in mobile phones, highlighting three main reasons to be cautious. First, it explains how SIM cards enable constant location tracking through communication with cell towers. Second, it delves into the autonomy of SIM cards, particularly proactive SIMs that can...
Privacy Checkup Quiz: How well do you protect your privacy and security? (privacy-checkup.info)
The Privacy Checkup is an interactive questionnaire that uses everyday examples to show what consequences your online behavior has in regard to privacy and how to protect your data....
iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find (gizmodo.com)
TL;DR version:...
Fossify Phone (Fossify is a fork of Simple Mobile Tools) is now available, adding to Fossify's existing Gallery, File Manager, and Calendar apps
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11117839...
You Need to Turn on Apple’s New Stolen iPhone Tool (www.wired.com)
Apple today launched a new tool for iPhones to help reduce what a thief with your phone and passcode can access. The feature, called Stolen Device Protection, adds extra layers of protection to your iPhone when someone tries to access or change sensitive settings on your device.
Riot Games Now Requires Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Software for League of Legends, Following Valorant's Implementation (tuta.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10958052...
Facebook Messenger's Rollout of End-to-End Encryption Leaves Metadata Questions Unanswered (spectrum.ieee.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11003492...
Recommendation for webcam that doesn't push its software?
Hi, I’m on Windows 10 at home and Windows 11 at work. I’m going to migrate to Linux for my next PC (might eventually do it on this one, though I’ve currently done so many tweaks that I intend to keep this for gaming for now). Our two laptops and mini-PC already run Linux Mint, but I digress… (I just don’t want anyone...
Each Facebook User is Monitored by Thousands of Companies (themarkup.org)
Mozilla's Platform Tilt: Tracking technical issues which disadvantage Firefox relative to the first-party browser within major software platforms (mozilla.github.io)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10939423...
Your Tablet's Light Sensor Can Spy On You (spectrum.ieee.org)
Quote from the article:...
AdGuard Temp Mail: new temporary email service launched (www.ghacks.net)
Brave is sunsetting strict fingerprint protection mode (brave.com)
Securing Bluetooth Headphones
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/8117983...
Android and iOS settings for better security and privacy (thenewoil.org)
The article lists settings to change on Android 14 and iOS 17....
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....
In case you missed it: Fossify (A fork of Simple Mobile Tools)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10796117...
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 :(...
This Week in Privacy #4 - Privacy Guides Blog (blog.privacyguides.org)
OpenAI finally admitted they're crawling the web to profit off of GPT. Block it from your sites using robots.txt. (platform.openai.com)
Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives
How have others gotten friends/family to make the switch? I’ve been doing a cleanup of my digital life over the last year or so and am trying to move to using more privacy friendly alternatives where possible....
The Battle for Biometric Privacy (www.wired.com)
