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#CryptPad #FLOSS #Privacy #E2EE #DigitalSustainability
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I noticed the upcoming chatmail ‘relays’ feature in #deltachat. Changing the relay in the app (version 2.33) seems really easy, fantastic!
@delta I was wondering (for a friend) if there will be any publicly available relays published as a *#tor #onion service* as well? In combination with the app’s proxy support this would be awesome for any user’s #privacy.
🚨 World's first social media ban begins: Australian & under‑16? Your social media account is now locked. 🚨
What's next? From Dec 27 #AgeVerification checks for search engines like #Google.
BUT - Once your data is in the system, what's stopping it from being used for surveillance?
And what happened to #Privacy? 🧐
YouTube already has it ➡️ tuta.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-…
YouTube AI Age Verification: What it is & how to turn it off. | Tuta
Did YouTube ask you to verify your age with ID or credit card? You're not alone! YouTube AI is increasingly trying to estimate how old you are based on your habits following the global push for age verification.Tuta
I'm on #GrapheneOS without MicroG or anything Google at all, so I use UnifiedPush to get notifications from #Fedilab, #Element and #ElementX (and something else I've forgotten LOL).
I set up family members with Element using UnifiedPush as, although they have Play Services, I prefer not to give Google (or by extension Trump atm) metadata about who my family talks to and when.
I only wish @nextcloud , @PixelFed , @loops etc. would get on board!
Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶
About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩
🔗 itsfoss.com/news/german-state-…
#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice
Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source
Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
I am in need of people with experience in publishing to the Apple App Store. I need help with AppTrackingTransparency and when it is (not) needed and how to solve conflicts with apple reviewers.
My problem: Apple rejects my app because I didn't implement ATT, despite the fact that I don't track users or give data to third parties for the sake of tracking or advertising. #dev #apple #apps #privacy
Age verification is the new trend to de-anonymize the web. 😡
🚨Starting Dec 10, #YouTube #Australia will ask for your age.
The Big Tech already started rolling out an AI-powered age estimation system. Adults are being marked as minors & are forced to submit IDs before regaining full access to decades-old accounts.
Learn how to avoid YouTube's #AI #AgeVerification: tuta.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-…
YouTube AI Age Verification: What it is & how to turn it off. | Tuta
Did YouTube ask you to verify your age with ID or credit card? You're not alone! YouTube AI is increasingly trying to estimate how old you are based on your habits following the global push for age verification.Tuta
You might think it's not a priority with all the doom happening around.
But the erosion of privacy rights is directly linked to the erosion of human rights, and the loss of democracy.
Privacy makes it safe for you to discuss, to organize, to resist, and to be your true self. This is exactly why fascists and authoritarians are attacking it.
If we lose privacy, we lose everything else. We have to defend it with all we've got.
Privacy rights are a priority.
📣 Ready to shake up digital payments?
The 11th open call from #GNUTaler is now live!
We’re looking for #privacy-first, Free Software-powered payment projects that challenge the status quo.
💡 It's real, it works, no blockchain, no surveillance.
⏳ Deadline: February 1, 2026 – 12:00 CET
🔗 nlnet.nl/taler/
#FLOSS #FreeSoftware Tech #DigitalCash #OpenCall #NLnet #Funding
ps.s10y.eu/@NGI_TALER/11564970…
NGI TALER (@NGI_TALER@s10y.eu)
Attached: 1 image 1/2 📢 Got a groundbreaking idea for #free #software and #privacy preserving projects that support our mission for @Taler ? 🌟 Our 11th Open Call is live since yesterday 1st of December and you’ve got 2 months to apply! ⏰ Deadline 1…Une fois pour TOOT! A Mastodon in Brussels
I'm a Google Workspace admin, and a team member sent me a screenshot showing that a message they wanted to send was being blocked because it violated an organizational policy-- which was news to me-- I hadn't put in place to block messages based on their content.
Turns out Google Workspace now warns by default when the message content mentions gender identity.
François Legault gives zero f*cks about #digital #sovereignty OR the #privacy of Québec children...
THERE WERE BETTER OPTIONS THAN GIVING ALL THIS INFORMATION TO TRUMPISTAN. ca.news.yahoo.com/could-u-auth…
#polQC #QCpoli #assnat #data #cloud #internet
Could U.S. authorities get their hands on data from Quebec’s new daycare platform?
The province’s new platform for registering children for places in public daycares is being managed by an American tech company, sparking concerns about...CBC (Yahoo News Canada)
Privacy is ... the problem and surveillance = freedom, according to danish politician Hækkerup and Hummelgaard pushing for mass surveillance of EU citizens through #ChatControl.
Our current minister of justice, Hummelgaard, has aparrently forgotten our constitution, which from 1849 has defined the right to #privacy and secrecy, in written communication.
Oh, but think of the.. (insert whatever excuse fits the current zeitgeist, to further your political agenda; be it foreign enemies, children, enemies from within, illigal emmigrants, etc. It has happened before.)
Makes me sick. And embarased that danes elect people who either didn't read 1984, or didn't understand it.
it is not that I have something to hide 🤷♂️ I simply have nothing I want YOU to see...
#e2ee #encryption #privacy #chat #communications #family #ChatControl
December DevOps Meetup
**Talk 1 by Bogo** **Title**: Grow your DevOps brand while putting privacy first Working in today’s fast-changing world means focusing on your work and shMeetup
If you've wondered how Android developer verification affects Accrescent, today we have a new blog post explaining briefly what it is, how it impacts us, and how we're responding.
blog.accrescent.app/posts/andr…
#accrescent #android #appstore #security #privacy
Accrescent and Android Developer Verification
Google recently announced that starting next year, Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers for users to install them on their devices, i.e.Logan Magee (Accrescent Blog)
with #ArcaneChat no one can scam you or impersonate your friends/family, since to get in contact you have to share your contact invite link or show them your QR, a scammer simply can't write to your grandmother or #kids
Them: "Consider what having to comply with the GDPR means for small and mid-sized businesses!"
Me: "Consider what having small and mid-sized businnesses not complying with the GDPR means for all of us!"
I'm so tired of discussing digital privacy primarily from the point of view of companies, as businesses have always done and many politicians are increasingly doing.
We're talking about a human right! Our right! Don't let them frame it any other way!
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR
What the actual f...k? How does a multibillion dollar company like #Meta not mitigate against this kind of historic data leak???
"3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete #WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated"
heise.de/en/news/3-5-Billion-A…
#DigitalRights #privacy #DataProtection #DigitalSecurity
3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated
Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)
Most businesses use #Outlook or Google #Workspace - even doctors and lawyers. Though they should know better!
Today we're comparing Gmail, Outlook, Zoho Mail & Tuta Mail so you don't have to. 🔐✨
If you know any business still not encrypting your data, share this link: tuta.com/blog/best-email-for-b…
Best email for business in 2025 (on iPhone, Android & Desktop) | Tuta
Choosing the right business email provider is important as email contains a lot of sensitive business data! That’s why we compare four options that many know from work: Tuta Mail, Zoho Mail, Gmail, and Outlook, to help you decide which email service …Tuta
I feel this needs to be repeated 🍪
The annoyance of cookie banners
doesn't come from the regulations, but from the malicious compliance of the corporations who want to exploit your personal data.
No data-harvesting cookies = No banner.
Simple.
My websites have no cookie banners,
because they don't use any non-essential cookies and don't track visitors.
Yours shouldn't either.
A surprising amount can be read from the data, and for some users, it can be life-threatening.
The entire WhatsApp profile database (including correlatable phone numbers and face photos) leaked.
heise.de/en/news/3-5-Billion-A…
#Privacy #WhatsApp #Databreach
3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated
Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)
Wow, Vienna scientists received the complete WhatsApp member directory, containing 3.5 billion user entries. Yes, it’s just the directory, no messages, but the whole directory was available online - totally unprotected.
Any more reasons for not using WhatsApp required
heise.de/en/news/3-5-Billion-A…
3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated
Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)
"WhatsApp flaw allowed researchers to scrape data of 3.5 billion users"
Things that can never happen in #ArcaneChat since there is no phone number or any personal data required
cyberinsider.com/whatsapp-flaw…
WhatsApp flaw allowed researchers to scrape data of 3.5 billion users
Researchers uncovered a flaw in WhatsApp's contact discovery mechanism, allowing them to enumerate over 3.5 billion active accounts.Alex Lekander (CyberInsider)
Why do I get the feeling that lately, in so many countries, new regulations are popping up with only one purpose - to erode privacy 🔓? It feels like a bad joke. I can't keep up anymore.
I wish I could fight them all at once, put pressure everywhere 🌍, no matter where I live. But I don't have the time. I'm already drowning in an endless to-do list.
Why couldn't the government set a different deadline? Why are they so determined to push this through? My mind can't wrap around it 
I just hope they come to their senses and never implement it 🙏
#Privacy #HumanRights #Switzerland #SwissPrivacy #EU #ChatControl #FightChatControl #UK #OnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #Surveillance #StopSurveillance
Swiss surveillance could become worse than US
If passed, chat, email & VPN providers from #Switzerland must:
🚨 Log IP addresses
🚨 Ask for ID upon sign up
🚨 Decrypt data upon request
Swiss Bundesrat is still discussing this draft bill, decision will likely be made in 2026.
Let's fight for #privacy! 👉 tuta.com/blog/switzerland-surv…
Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US | Tuta
Revision of Swiss surveillance law VÜPF would directly target VPN & encrypted chat and email providers based in Switzerland.Tuta
Saying No and refusing to use unethical tools and platforms can be a powerful way to protest.
Do not minimize the power you have by refusing to participate.
"Remember when you thought age verification laws couldn't get any worse? Well, lawmakers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and beyond are about to blow you away.
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to protect their privacy and bypass these invasive laws. Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs.
Yes, really.
As of this writing, Wisconsin lawmakers are escalating their war on privacy by targeting VPNs in the name of “protecting children” in A.B. 105/S.B. 130. It’s an age verification bill that requires all websites distributing material that could conceivably be deemed “sexual content” to both implement an age verification system and also to block the access of users connected via VPN. The bill seeks to broadly expand the definition of materials that are “harmful to minors” beyond the type of speech that states can prohibit minors from accessing—potentially encompassing things like depictions and discussions of human anatomy, sexuality, and reproduction.
This follows a notable pattern: As we’ve explained previously, lawmakers, prosecutors, and activists in conservative states have worked for years to aggressively expand the definition of “harmful to minors” to censor a broad swath of content: diverse educational materials, sex education resources, art, and even award-winning literature."
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lawm…
#VPNs #AgeVerification #CyberSecurity #Privacy #DigitalRights
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to protect their privacy and…Electronic Frontier Foundation
All I want from #Mozilla is for them to improve* the damn bookmarks organizer dialog (the one that shows up with Ctrl+Shift+O) & bookmark popover in #Firefox, but instead I get an opt-in hallucination engine that I'm never going to use 
: blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai…
These, instead, are the kind of improvements I want:
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
* bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
Introducing AI, the Firefox way: A look at what we're working on and how you can help shape it
AI Window is a user-controlled space we’re building in Firefox that lets you chat with an AI assistant and get help while you browse.Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)
Mozilla announces more AI in Firefox, still failing to understand that at this point their market share is made of tech savvy people who do not want that.
Mozilla, please. Stop chasing the fads. Get your own values.
People use Firefox to get access to an open web, use a sturdy browser, and not to be tracked. Build in that direction and that direction only.
Nobody from your current user base will recommend Firefox with AI to their friends.
blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai…
Introducing AI, the Firefox way: A look at what we're working on and how you can help shape it
AI Window is a user-controlled space we’re building in Firefox that lets you chat with an AI assistant and get help while you browse.Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)
@delta : With #ChatControl as a very possible future here in the #EU, do you have any updates on implementation of:
- on-device #encryption against #ClientSideScanning
- #PerfectForwardSecrecy
- #PostQuantumEncryption
If not, what can the community do to help you with these three points?
Each of these are so critically important for secure messaging apps.
Thank you for all your work!
Amazon Ring’s upcoming face recognition tool has the potential to violate the privacy rights of millions of people and could result in Amazon breaking state biometric privacy laws.
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lega…
The Legal Case Against Ring’s Face Recognition Feature
Many biometric privacy laws across the country are clear: Companies need your affirmative consent before running face recognition on you.Electronic Frontier Foundation
I hate that I can basically recycle my posts about Chat Control every month or so. These lobbyists are extremely motivated.
Let's show them that we are
even more motivated than them to protect privacy rights, human rights, and democracy! ✊🔒
You know what you have to do:
👉 fightchatcontrol.eu/
• Recent news:
"Just before a decisive meeting in Brussels, digital rights expert and former Member of the European Parliament Dr. Patrick Breyer is sounding the alarm. Using a “deceptive sleight of hand,” a mandatory and expanded Chat Control is being pushed through the back door, in a form even more intrusive than the originally rejected plan. The legislative package could be greenlit tomorrow in a closed-door EU working group session."
#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #DigitalRights #Democracy #EUpol
It's time for an update! Check out our blog for a new update on:
- What we've accomplished in the last 3 months
- What's next for Accrescent
Thank you to our supporters for making this possible!
blog.accrescent.app/posts/road…
#accrescent #appstore #android #security #privacy
A Road Behind, A Road Ahead
Three months ago, we published an update on our development progress as well as our roadmap for the next three months and beyond.Logan Magee (Accrescent Blog)
🚨 They are bringing back #ChatControl 🚨
Hummelgaard doesn't understand that no means no.
Discussion is scheduled for tomorrow, so act now: fightchatcontrol.eu/
#No2Backdoors #Privacy #Security
Source: noyb.eu/en/eu-commission-about…
netzpolitik.org/2025/interne-d…
Interne Dokumente: EU-Staaten wollen Chatkontrolle-Gesetz ohne weitere Änderungen
Die EU-Staaten wollen Internet-Diensten dauerhaft eine freiwillige Chatkontrolle erlauben. Viele Staaten bedauern, dass es keine ausreichende Mehrheit für eine verpflichtende Chatkontrolle gibt. Weitere Änderungen lehnen sie strikt ab.netzpolitik.org
⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection.
👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commission-about…
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.noyb.eu
Do you think there are enough organizations specifically dedicated to defending privacy rights?
#Privacy #PrivacyRights #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Activism
- Definitely not enough, we need more (65%, 162 votes)
- Not enough (22%, 55 votes)
- There are enough (3%, 9 votes)
- There are many already (4%, 12 votes)
- There are too many (0%, 0 votes)
- Other (explain) (3%, 8 votes)