Notices tagged with privacy

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A deep dive into #WSocial with some fascinating findings: candid statements about their motives, a Greta Thunberg connection, potential AI plans (!!!)

Why write about it again? I still had so many questions after publishing my first article.

I spent 3 weeks watching every interview I could find and connecting the dots.

I hope you'll enjoy this piece:

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-story-about-w-social-unconventional-beginnings-strategic-pitches-conflicting-signals/

#blog #longread #privacy #DataMining #Europe

Pffft. I see our beloved Government is learning from the Tech Bros about consent.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, no (but it actually means yes once you've read it).

Have your say (as far as you can) here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

Last day today.

#onlineSafety #privacy #ageVerification #bigTech #digitalID #UKPolitics #UKPol

Earlier this month the Teenager voted for the first time.

Today they're completing their first Government consultation.

They grow up so quick.

(also, lol at the angry typing & grumbling taking place)

/proud parent

#onlineSafety #privacy #ageVerification #bigTech #digitalID #UKPolitics #UKPol

German outlets are reporting about a study done by lobbyists that (miraculously) found that businesses are unhappy with the GDPR.

Obviously, this still hasn't been said enough: the GDPR's purpose isn't making businesses happy! Its purpose is to protect our rights. It's necessary because far too many businesses won't respect our privacy unless they're forced to!

If running their business responsibly is such a huge burden for them, maybe they should let someone else do it.
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#privacy #GDPR

And now for the much needed good news of the day... the development of #MyGNUHealth 3.0 is going at a good pace 😎
Some screenshots of the ongoing porting process to Ubuntu touch from @volla tablet.
#OpenScience #GNU #GNUHealth #UbuntuTouch #bioinformatics #SocialMedicine #FreeSoftware #privacy #Volla

🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨

The UK government's online safety consultation closes TODAY.

We must push back against more and more online ID checks. Making every adult hand over sensitive data to unregulated providers is itself UNSAFE.

Let's take on Big Tech business models instead!

Have your say ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

#onlinesafety #privacy #ageverification #bigtech #digitalID #ukpolitics #ukpol

I've worn a Garmin for 10+ years and logged thousands of runs, rides, hikes...you name it. That data can also tell you where I live, where I've traveled, and when I've been under stress.

After reading @zackwhittaker 's recent story on Oura ring's lack of transparency reporting, I was curious about the current state of other wearables.

I looked at 12 major wearable brands to see who publishes transparency reports (aka the documents that tell you how often a company hands your data to the government).

2 out of 12 do: Apple and Google/Fitbit.

https://whyli.me/blog/wearable-transparency/

https://emilyaustin.github.io/wearable-tracker/

#infosec #privacy #running

RE: https://newsie.social/@LALegault/116633774813209580

“This is an important public service announcement related to your right to privacy … We the people have 1 day 16 hours 33 minutes 13 seconds to take action and influence this outcome.
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For now, your encrypted messages have a lock on them.

Only you, and the person you're talking to, hold the key. Not the app. Not the company. Not the government. You probably don't think about it. That's the whole point — it just works.

Until, possibly, the end of this summer.

WHAT BILL C-22 WOULD DO

Every messaging app in Canada would be required to build a second key.”

Another effort to destroy end-to-end encryption, and thus your privacy, this time from Canada.

https://dontsurveil.me/c22.html

#canada #privacy #endToEndEncryption #backdoor

New app. EchoBoard - a self-hosted feedback platform. Your community can submit ideas, report bugs, and vote without ever creating an account. No email, no sign-up wall, no tracking. Just show up and participate.

Self-host with Docker. Plugin system, roadmap, changelog, webhooks. WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible. Free, CC0 public domain. Privacy by design.

https://apps.lashman.live/echoboard/

Running it for real for my own apps here, not a demo:
https://echoboard.lashman.live

#OpenSource #CC0 #FOSS #SelfHosted #Privacy

Introducing Jellybloom.

A desktop media client for Jellyfin that actually feels good to use. Connects straight to your server - no cloud, no subscriptions, no data collection at all.

Rich player with ASS/SSA subtitle rendering, bookmarks and A-B looping. TMDB discovery for finding new stuff, watch diary, Trakt sync, Sonarr/Radarr requests. Everything stays local.

#CC0 public domain.

https://apps.lashman.live/jellybloom/

#Jellyfin #OpenSource #IndieDev #MediaPlayer #FOSS #Fediverse #Privacy

Mozilla’s Project Nova redesign for Firefox adds rounded tabs, customizable layouts and a reorganized Settings page with easier access to privacy and AI controls. 🦊
Firefox 151 also adds Web Serial API support, PDF merging and clearer management for optional local AI models that are not installed by default. 🔒

🔗 https://www.theverge.com/tech/935631/firefox-project-nova-redesign

#TechNews #Firefox #Mozilla #Nova #Privacy #AI #OpenSource #WebSerial #Browser #Browsers #Linux #FOSS #Security #Customization #Web #Tech #PDF

A thought provoking commentary on the change in technology culture convincing users to treat pervasive surveillance infrastructure as benign or beneficial

"The Slow Death of the Power User"

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/

#linux #bsd #privacy

#WhiteHouse #privacy #smartphones #apps

'The push to install the app on the devices of millions of government employees drew surprise from current and former federal officials, who called the move highly unusual and even dangerous.'

https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/05/white-house-ordering-agencies-place-its-new-app-all-employees-government-phones/413738/

“This week I discovered the same pattern, executed by Google. Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The file is named weights.bin. It lives in OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.”

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

#Google #AI #Chrome #Privacy #Law #Surveillance

Access to information shouldn't be ransomed for our personal data.

We’ve gone from ID checks for porn to potentially age-gating social media, livestreams, websites and more.

Safety doesn't come from a surveillance-based Internet 🚫

Respond to the UK consultation by 26 May ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

#onlinesafety #ageverification #privacy #digitalID #ukpolitics #ukpol

OK, what the actual fuck?

I’m not signed in and, to the best of my knowledge, I don’t even have a Guardian account. And this is within the web view in Mona.

CC @noybeu

#theGuardian #privacy #gdpr

4 DAYS LEFT ⏰️

There's not much time left to push back on the expansion of online ID checks across yet more of the Internet.

The only way to block young people is to run checks on everyone. The sheer amount of sensitive data that represents is 🤯

Have your say in the UK consultation by 26 May ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

#onlinesafety #privacy #ageverification #digitalID #ukpolitics #ukpol

RE: https://mastodon.xyz/@privacyint/116611390751602426

At #CPDP2026, sponsored by Google (Alphabet) and Microsoft, companies complicit in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people according to the UN:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/1/un-report-lists-companies-complicit-in-israels-genocide-who-are-they

If you can’t even abide by #BDS to show solidarity with the people of Gaza are you truly an ally?

https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft

https://bdsmovement.net/no-tech-oppression-apartheid-or-genocide

If you’re anti genocide you would be boycotting Microsoft and Google and thus boycotting #CPDP2026 which is sponsored by them.

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #privacyInternational #CPDP #BDS #complicity #privacy #humanRights #tech

3 Uhr nachts, ich kann nicht schlafen, also habe ich mal nachgeschaut, was meine Wetter-App so treibt. Spoiler: Sie interessiert sich erstaunlich wenig fürs Wetter und erstaunlich viel für meinen Standort, meine Geräte-ID und drei Werbenetzwerke, von denen ich noch nie gehört habe.

Tipp für die nächste schlaflose Nacht: App-Berechtigungen durchgehen. Wirkt besser als Schäfchenzählen, macht aber wütender.

#Datenschutz #Privacy #DigitaleRechte

LA Times: Disney accused of misusing facial recognition technology

"...A visitor has filed a $5-million lawsuit against Disneyland for allegedly failing to properly disclose the use of facial-recognition technology at park and collecting sensitive data on guests...."

(paywall)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-05-20/disney-faces-5-million-lawsuit-over-use-of-facial-recognition-technology

#lawsuit #disney #privacy #bigbrother #law