Notices by The New Oil (thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org)

#Meta is making users who opted out of #AI training opt out again, watchdog says

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/meta-is-making-users-who-opted-out-of-ai-training-opt-out-again-watchdog-says/

#privacy #EU #Europe #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #WhatsApp

“#Google wanted that”: #Nextcloud decries #Android permissions as “gatekeeping”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/nextcloud-accuses-google-of-big-tech-gatekeeping-over-android-app-permissions/

#FOSS #privacy

#EU to ban anonymous #crypto accounts and #privacy coins by 2027

https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-crypto-ban-anonymous-privacy-tokens-2027

#Monero #anonymity #ZCash

#Microsoft’s new “passwordless by default” is great but comes at a cost

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/microsoft-pushes-unphishable-logins-forward-with-new-sign-in-options/

#privacy #cybersecurity

#Meta tightens #privacy policy around #RayBan glasses to boost #AI training

https://www.theverge.com/news/658602/meta-ray-ban-privacy-policy-ai-training-voice-recordings

#AI-generated code could be a disaster for the software supply chain. Here’s why.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/ai-generated-code-could-be-a-disaster-for-the-software-supply-chain-heres-why/

#cybersecurity #LLM

Future of #OSL in Jeopardy

https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/

#FOSS #politics

Your phone isn’t secretly listening to you, but the truth is more disturbing

https://newatlas.com/computers/smartphone-listening-conversations-ads-facebook/

#privacy #surveillance

The government wants you to get paid not to use #Google search

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/22/google-trial-search-dominance-alternatives/

#privacy

#IRS-#ICE Immigrant Data Sharing Agreement Betrays Data #Privacy and Taxpayers’ Trust

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/irs-ice-immigrant-data-sharing-agreement-betrays-data-privacy-and-taxpayers-trust

#politics #immigration

#GoEuropean: mailbox(dot)org offer for switching to the European alternative

https://mailbox.org/en/post/goeuropean-offer

#privacy #cybersecurity #email

Everything you say to #Alexa now becomes training material for #AI, and no, you cannot opt out

https://adguard.com/en/blog/your-voice-alexa-ai-training-material.html

#privacy #Amazon

#Chrome extensions with 6 million installs have hidden tracking code

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extensions-with-6-million-installs-have-hidden-tracking-code/

#privacy #cybersecurity

#Meta to resume #AI training on content shared by Europeans

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/meta-to-resume-ai-training-on-content-shared-by-europeans/

#privacy #Europe

What is Behavioural Surplus?

https://theprivacydad.com/what-is-behavioural-surplus/

#privacy #MassSurveillance

#Florida’s New #SocialMedia Bill Says the Quiet Part Out Loud and Demands an #Encryption #Backdoor

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/floridas-new-social-media-bill-says-quiet-part-out-loud-and-demands-encryption

#cybersecurity #privacy #politics

#WhatsApp's #MetaAI is now rolling out in #Europe, and it can't be turned off

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/whatsapps-meta-ai-is-now-rolling-out-in-europe-and-it-cant-be-turned-off/

#privacy #Meta #AI

Your TV is watching you

https://www.vox.com/technology/405879/roku-amazon-netflix-moana-disney

#advertising #privacy #streaming #IoT #SmartTV

Open Letter to #Meta: Support True Messaging Interoperability with #XMPP

https://xmpp.org/announcements/open-letter-meta-dma/

#DMA #privacy

When Getting Phished Puts You in Mortal Danger

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/when-getting-phished-puts-you-in-mortal-danger/

#phishing #cybersecurity