Governments spying on Apple and Google users through phone notifications, U.S. senator says (www.cnbc.com)
Automakers’ data privacy practices “are unacceptable,” says US senator (arstechnica.com)
Does the "Redirector" add-on affect your browser fingerprint in any way? (kbin.social)
I use it in my normal Firefox setup, but I've been playing with Mullvad browser and I've kept everything to the defaults so I have a good option when I want a little more anonymity without needing the nuclear option (Tor) for sensitive-ish-but-really-not-all-that-sensitive browsing....
The LAPD Is Using Controversial Mass Surveillance Tracking Software (www.vice.com)
You SHOULD connect to Tor via a VPN, actually (yewtu.be)
Australian privacy watchdog refuses to investigate employer that allegedly accessed worker’s personal emails (www.theguardian.com)
A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab (www.wired.com)
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.
Most private crypto wallet? (kbin.social)
The whole point of me making certain payments with crypto is for it not to be attached to my name. obviously the crypto service company has my cc details. whats the most privacy friendly one? ty :)
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.
Google Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 - Chrome for Developers (developer.chrome.com)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/6008113...
Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
SimpleX Self-Host Script, Tutorial, on Monero Provider (monero.town)
cross-posted from: monero.town/post/1084048...
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…...
Alleged RCMP leaker says he was tipped off that police targets had 'moles' in law enforcement (www.cbc.ca)
According to Ortis, briefed him about a “storefront” that was being created to attract criminal targets to an online encryption service. A storefront, said Ortis, is a fake business or entity, either online or bricks-and-mortar, set up by police or intelligence agencies....
Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland (www.theregister.com)
Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs (www.theregister.com)
List of experts advising the EU in support of CSAM legislation has been published (digitalcourage.social)
Indian journalist targeted with NSO spyware, anti-corruption group says (www.reuters.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....
As YouTube Declares War on Ad Blockers, Google Sponsors Ad Blocking Conference (www.404media.co)
ICE faces heat after agents install thousands of personal apps, VPNs on official phones (www.theregister.com)
New Ecosia search features (blog.ecosia.org)
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)