Privacy

G'day :) Just a query. I use both WhatsApp and Messenger via the PWAs for Firefox extension. Both offer to install their own native apps on Windows, but I don't trust that this is safe since I assume they could then monitor anything else going on on my computer. Would that be a fair assumption?

Google's Chrome web browser is set to warn users that private browsing does not prevent them from being tracked. Many users were under the impression that

Is it useful for people with limited tech knowledge? Is the organization trustworthy? I don't know enough about any of this to vet it, but a basic primer would be useful for me and my even less tech savvy relatives.

866 Trackers this has to be some kind of new record? [\#privacy](https://kbin.social/tag/privacy)

Privacy friendly app repository by SECUSO, a unit of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

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.

Not at all sure my stock kb is doing me any privacy favors.

Omnivore is an open-source, privacy friendly and self-hostable alternative for read-it-later services like Pocket, Instapaper, or Flipboard. This could be your platform of choice.

Youtube is now fully blocking me from watching videos if my adblocker is on. I use firefox with uBlock. I turned it off and then they claimed that I still had an adblocker on. After swapping my user agent to Chrome it started working again. Has anyone else have this happen to them? This feels like they're trying to push people into using chromium based browsers.

There is a lot of misinformation being promoted in various privacy circles about Tor. This article will examine some facts about Tor and assess whether it is the infallible privacy tool it’s made out to be by some. There is a growing chorus of people who blindly recommend Tor to anyone looking for online anonymity. This …

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/5724757 > It’s not surprising that ChatGPT has been accused of breaching the EU’s main privacy law – PIA blog noted that ChatGPT was a privacy disaster waiting to happen back in February. As the first complaint to be taken up by an EU data protection agency, this case will be watched closely by other EU Member States, and around the world. The Polish inquiry is likely to investigate many of the key GDPR issues that arise for AI programs and be used as a benchmark in future legal cases.

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Briar is an anonymous encrypted privacy messenger routed through Tor. But it's development is funded by the CIA for the purpose of regime change in countries with censored internet. Does this mean it's good or bad? This article gives a brief overview of the situation: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/briar-1-private-messenger-but-no-audio-calls/

Data brokers know a lot about us. They silently harvest any information they can find, by purchasing information, using trackers, scraping social media, inge...

Excellent Guide on how to reduce or completely remove this corrupt and evil leech called Google out of your life: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/how-to-reduce-googles-control-over-you/

The outcry over Zoom's tweak to its data policy shows how the race to build more powerful AI models creates new pressure to source training data—including by juicing it from users.

Just curious. Well, of course the EU has the GDPR and California has the CCPA. My country, Türkiye, has the KVKK. (The Turkish Data Protection Law/Authority) Does your country have something similar to this?

\*\*Intel's GPU Drivers Now Collect Telemetry, Including 'How You Use Your Computer'\*\*The data collection feature is enabled by default, but you can disable it during installation. [https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/intels-gpu-drivers-now-collect-telemetry-including-how-you-use-your-computer](https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/intels-gpu-drivers-now-collect-telemetry-including-how-you-use-your-computer) [\#privacy](https://kbin.social/tag/privacy) [#tech](https://kbin.social/tag/tech) [#technology](https://kbin.social/tag/technology) [#gaming](https://kbin.social/tag/gaming) [#intel](https://kbin.social/tag/intel) [#gpu](https://kbin.social/tag/gpu)

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Has anyone tried this yet or read about it elsewhere? I'd love to know if it's a money-grab or if it's genuinely a good idea to sign up. It's fairly cheap.

So one of my favourite youtubers is sponsored by Incogni. Is that a legit service, cause it sounds too good to be true? [\#privacy](https://kbin.social/tag/privacy)

Recent discussions in the European Parliament can seriously undermine existing cyber security practices and open source development by setting disproportionate obligations and strict requirements for vendors supplying products in Europe. ...

Exploring potential privacy vulnerabilities in Apple devices. This article discusses revealing a user's first name without permissions using the mDNS protocol.

Designed and based in France, Qwant is the first search engine that protects its users' freedoms. Our key words: privacy and neutrality.

Here’s what is collected by Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.

Good morning, afternoon, or evening! Periodically, I review my services to determine whether I'm getting the best balance of features for what I pay. For remote file sync I've been using Tresorit for quite some time... I find it easy to manage and I love that I can sync all of the things. Problem is... they keep changing the plans. I've manage to finagle discounts for long-term use, but I expect that my efforts will eventually fail. So... what providers do you use? How have your experiences been? I'm willing to consider other providers, as long as they: * Have a solid track record (I use this for work type stuff and I don't want to find myself scrambling to reconnect to an offsite provider later) * Have E2EE (I mean, should be a given.) * Can sync individual folders and disparate locations * Preferably, are not hosted in a privacy-backward location. Can you help? Or is poor Melpomene stuck paying for Tresorit forevermore?

A bill that would allow police in France to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphone including GPS of their phones has been passed.

At the new requirement for Twitter, Users cannot view any tweets without logging in on Twitter anymore. nitter was dependent on this and seems to have broke the privacy frontend

Newly released documents highlight the bureau's continued secrecy around cell-site simulators—spying tech that everyone already assumes exists.

Swedish privacy authority has fined Spotify for violating the Right of Access held under European Union's General Data Protection Regulation.

The Markup found many sites tied to the national mental health crisis hotline transmitted information on visitors through the Meta Pixel

A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.

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