New Ecosia search features (blog.ecosia.org)
Australian privacy watchdog refuses to investigate employer that allegedly accessed worker’s personal emails (www.theguardian.com)
SimpleX Self-Host Script, Tutorial, on Monero Provider (monero.town)
cross-posted from: monero.town/post/1084048...
Android and iOS settings for better security and privacy (thenewoil.org)
The article lists settings to change on Android 14 and iOS 17....
The Most Dangerous Canadian Internet Bill You’ve Never Heard Of Is a Step Closer to Becoming Law - Michael Geist (www.michaelgeist.ca)
Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records (www.wired.com)
A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.
List of experts advising the EU in support of CSAM legislation has been published (digitalcourage.social)
Top Matrix Clients (2023). (articlesgallery8543.blogspot.com)
School surveillance tech does more harm than good, ACLU report finds (www.theguardian.com)
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....
Common misconceptions about privacy and security (www.privacyguides.org)
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Opting into 'link history' on Facebook and Instagram means agreeing to (more) ad targeting (www.engadget.com)
UK police urged to double use of facial recognition software (www.theguardian.com)
UK government keeping files on teaching assistants’ and librarians’ internet activity (www.theguardian.com)
OmitMe - Your Privacy-Centric, Easily Extendable Data Deletion Solution (github.com)
Thought I’d share a little side project I’ve been working on....
Why Monero's Privacy Matters (Video) (monero.town)
Some Bitcoin hodlers will say, “Who cares about privacy? Isn’t Monero just for criminals?”...
OpenAI finally admitted they're crawling the web to profit off of GPT. Block it from your sites using robots.txt. (platform.openai.com)
iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find (gizmodo.com)
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Facebook Messenger's Rollout of End-to-End Encryption Leaves Metadata Questions Unanswered (spectrum.ieee.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11003492...
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...
The LAPD Is Using Controversial Mass Surveillance Tracking Software (www.vice.com)
US lawmakers introduce surveillance reforms intended to curb FBI spying (www.reuters.com)
A bipartisan team of U.S. lawmakers has introduced new legislation intended to curb the FBI’s sweeping surveillance powers, saying the bill helps close the loopholes that allow officials to seize Americans’ data without a warrant....
Google privacy button doesn't work, it's claimed (www.theregister.com)
Google User Data Has Become a Favorite Police Shortcut (www.bloomberg.com)
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From FaceID to Amazon One, should you share biometric data online? (www.euronews.com)
