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In Africa’s first ‘safe city,’ surveillance reigns (www.codastory.com)

Nairobi boasts nearly 2,000 Huawei surveillance cameras citywide. But in the nine years since they were installed, it is hard to see their benefits.

WhatsApp is Censoring your Photos, Videos, Status and DMs (Facebook) (www.youtube.com)

National Privacy Test: Check your online privacy and security IQ (nationalprivacytest.org)

Can anyone try this video to put as story on WhatsApp ? (kerala.party)

cross-posted from: kerala.party/post/356300...

UK passport database to be used to identify suspects from CCTV footage (therecord.media)

Standard Notes is changing its license (github.com)

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Security researcher warns of chilling effect after feds search phone at airport | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

How to use GroupMe in a private manner?

I despise this dogshit application and fail to understand why so many universities use it. I refused to sign up for the longest time not like it would let me anyways for some reason but it is becoming harder as certain university stuff are mandating it.

This Week in Privacy #4 - Privacy Guides Blog (blog.privacyguides.org)

Travel VPN Routers compared to OpenWRT Rasberry Pi (simplifiedprivacy.com)

Travel routers with VPN or Tor allow you to avoid trusting the DNS from WiFi ISPs and cell phone towers. Some even let you plugin USB modems and switch MAC addresses to help bypass WiFi captchas on multiple devices. This article compares GL.inet to a Rasberry Pi with OpenWRT, and can give you some ideas for privacy and security...

Tyranny of Microsoft (simplifiedprivacy.com)

Microsoft’s agenda is very clear, they want control and surveillance over the flow of information on the internet.

Rite Aid "covert surveillance program" falsely ID'd customers as shoplifters, FTC says (www.cbsnews.com)

At COP28, 12,000 surveillance cameras are causing privacy concerns (www.euronews.com)

Epic Win Against Google (simplifiedprivacy.com)

Huge win for Epic Games in their court case against Google. The court decided that Google’s Play app store operated as an illegal monopoly and the case also challenged the transaction fees of up to 30% that Google imposes on Android app developers....

ICE faces heat after agents install thousands of personal apps, VPNs on official phones (www.theregister.com)

How viable is total online passivity?

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Demo: Chrome Site Engagement Feature Can Leak Frequently Visited Sites (fingerprint.com)

A end-to-end encrypted survey tool - Purplix, now in early alpha (lemmy.nz)

Visit our site: purplix.io...

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...

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