Reddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment program (arstechnica.com)
Reddit rolled out some changes this week as its continues its push for revenue and profitability jumpstarted by its API rule changes in July. Among the most controversial, the company will no longer allow users to opt out of ad personalization based on their Reddit activity and started a program that lets users exchange virtual...
Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online – report (theconversation.com)
Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the dream (apnews.com)
How to Stop Pegasus Malware (simplifiedprivacy.com)
What is Pegasus?...
Dealing w/ Gov requests for push notifications (simplifiedprivacy.com)
We posted a recent Vice article about the US government requesting nearly all Apple and Google push notifications:...
A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab (www.wired.com)
SimpleX Self-host Script & Tutorial Video (video.simplifiedprivacy.com)
SimpleX is a private encrypted messenger that creates new identities for each conversation. However, when you first install the app, it’s all the developer’s own servers. This has metadata and centralization risks. This can help…...
Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland (www.theregister.com)
Indian journalist targeted with NSO spyware, anti-corruption group says (www.reuters.com)
29 Countries Reach Agreement On AI Risks and Opportunities (www.huntonprivacyblog.com)
Irish DPA to Ban Meta from Processing Personal Data for Behavioral Advertising Following EDPB Urgent Binding Decision (www.huntonprivacyblog.com)
The Online Safety Act doesn’t protect encryption, but Ofcom can (proton.me)
Netherlands Consumer Group Sues Amazon Over Privacy Violations (www.pymnts.com)
GitHub - soxoj/counter-osint-guide-en: Comprehensive Counter OSINT and privacy guide for Runet and CIS (github.com)
Vulnerability Patching for F-Droid apps (f-droid.org)
Safe Cloud Storage for our Data (articlesgallery8543.blogspot.com)
[QubesOS] Disarm BusKill Dead Man Switch with Keyboard Shortcut (Guide) (www.buskill.in)
This article describes how to setup keyboard shortcuts in QubesOS so that you can temporarily disarm (pause) the BusKill laptop kill cord....
We Know Who You Are (literaryreview.co.uk)
Myanmar junta wants census, biometric identification systems ahead of delayed election (www.abc.net.au)
Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs (apnews.com)
Inside ShadowDragon, The Tool That Lets ICE Monitor Pregnancy Tracking Sites and Fortnite Players (www.404media.co)
Google’s data trade, E2E encryption victory, rumors of ads in WhatsApp, and X’s risky verification (adguard.com)
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"Smart" car companies are an absolute PRIVACY NIGHTMARE | *privacy not included | Mozilla Foundation (foundation.mozilla.org)
By occupying or operating a Nissan vehicle you automatically agree to their dogshit ToS and privacy policy. You give Nissan the right to collect and sell the following data:...