@ericbuijs We have to be very careful about setting privacy expectations: there is no #privacy in the #ActivityPub protocol/#mastodon/the #fediverse.

mastodon.ar.al/web/@aral/10925…

ar.al🌻 (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)

Dear #TwitterMigration folks, an important tip on #privacy on the fediverse: There is none. This is a public medium; please treat it as such.

^{Aral’s Mastodon}

Bundestagsstudie: Grundrechtsschutz stößt mit digitaler #Überwachung an Grenzen
heise.de/news/Bundestagsstudie…

#privacy

Bundestagsstudie: Grundrechtsschutz stößt mit digitaler Überwachung an Grenzen

Vor allem polizeiliche Beobachtungspraktiken mit Big Data haben laut Forschern das Potenzial, bei Bürgern "auch ein Gefühl der Verunsicherung" auszulösen.

^{Stefan Krempl (heise online)}

Meta has created a tool that lets you check if they’ve scraped your phone number or email address from someone else’s contacts list.

It also lets you remove and block your phone number or email from their database. It’s hidden away in one of their help articles:

facebook.com/contacts/removal

Source: Business Insider (businessinsider.com/facebook-l…)

#meta #facebook #privacy

Facebook likely has your contact info — even if you never shared it

If any of your friends shared their address books with Facebook, the company likely has your contact info — even if you've never used its services.

^{Jordan Parker Erb (Insider)}

Wow, I really hope that’s not the default copy on the Mastodon web client.

The last thing we should be doing is perpetuating the myth that these things are boring and no one should care about them.

#privacy #mastodon #fediverse

CC @Gargron

Musk said the bird is free - meaning, it's HIS bird now and he's reading up on your twitter DM's.

We are working on a federated way out - and will ship it with #Nextcloud as it is too important not to. #privacy

nextcloud.com/blog/no-need-to-…

Trust in Musk or go federated with Nextcloud Social! - Nextcloud

Nextcloud Social offers federated, trusted, big-tech-free social networking to tens of millions of users

^{Jos Poortvliet (Nextcloud)}

Erfolgreiche Abmahn-Kampagne: Tricksende Cookie-Banner gehen zurück
netzpolitik.org/2022/erfolgrei…

#privacy #DSGVO

Erfolgreiche Abmahn-Kampagne: Tricksende Cookie-Banner gehen zurück

Nach hunderten Abmahnungen wegen illegaler Cookie-Banner setzen sich DSGVO-konforme Einwilligungsdialoge mehr und mehr durch, sagt noyb. Die Nichtregierungsorganisation bleibt trotzdem am Ball und kündigt eine Ausweitung der Kampagne an.

^{netzpolitik.org}

EuGH: Persönliche Daten müssen bei Bedarf gelöscht werden
tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/e…

Und dafür muss man nicht selbst hinterher rennen: Hat ein Unternehmen die Daten weiter gegeben, ist es auch verpflichtet, den Löschauftrag "weiter zu geben". Nix Opt-Out.

#privacy #Datenschutz #DSGVO

Europäischer Gerichtshof: Persönliche Daten müssen gelöscht werden

Wenn ein Kunde dies möchte, muss ein Telefonanbieter dafür sorgen, dass dessen weitergegebenen persönlichen Daten gelöscht werden. Der Kunde muss dafür nicht bei jedem Unternehmen einzeln anfragen - das hat der Europäische Gerichtshof entschieden.

^{tagesschau (tagesschau.de)}

Verpasst? Ohnoze! 😳 Als Trostpflaster gibt es hier die Folien:

izzy.codeberg.page/android_res…

(und eine Ebene höher noch ein wenig mehr).

#Android #Privacy

Für Interessierte noch ein kleiner Reminder: Heute Abend gibt es wieder meinen (aktualisierten) Vortrag zum Thema "Wie kann ich Android Privatsphäre-freundlich betreiben?". Dieses mal habe ich auch eine Empfehlung für diejenigen, die sich gerade ein neues Android-Smartphone zulegen wollen. Details findet Ihr unter:

digitalcourage.de/hochschulgru…

#android #privacy

Do you spot the trick?

This is a cookie banner shown before using Google search in some countries.

"Reject all" is a straightforward option. It appears in the same size and color as "accept all." It uses bullets, simple and concise language, and visualization. It has links for further info. So far, so good.

But there is a trick. Do you spot what is it?

#privacy #cybersecurity #securityawarenessmonth #google

#Meta’s new #headset will track your eyes for targeted #ads.

gizmodo.com/meta-quest-pro-vr-…

#privacyMatters #Privacy

Meta’s New Headset Will Track Your Eyes for Targeted Ads

The social media company gets one step closer to reading your mind.

^{Thomas Germain (Gizmodo)}

Sometimes the internet is really funny - or scary.

The Chrome browser is one example.

While you believe you are browsing the web, Google is browsing you instead.

Check out Leah Elliott's comic on how Google's tracking works: contrachrome.com/comic/page01/

#google #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #privacy #Fight4Privacy #tutanota

Privacy matters! "74% of people now rank data privacy as one of their top values".

We are proud to lead the privacy movement by having built a fully encrypted email service that truly respects everybody's #humanright to #privacy.

#Tutanota #privacymatters

venturebeat.com/security/data-…

Data privacy truly matters to your customers. It’s time to make it a core business value

Companies must be custodians of customer data. Otherwise, customers will opt out, or do business with other, more ethical businesses. 

^{Jonathan Joseph, Ketch (VentureBeat)}

Crunchyroll blocks @Tutanota email addresses.

Thoughts?

news.itsfoss.com/crunchyroll-b…

#Privacy

Streaming Service Crunchyroll Blocks Privacy-Focused Email Tutanota Because "Hackers use it"

Cruncyroll has banned signups from users with Tutanota email addresses. Why? Let's find out.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

And in other unsurprising news about #Apple: Apple is building an #Ads empire, using #Privacy USP to deepen their moat.

#SurveillanceCapitalism

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…

You’ve got nothing to hide so you’ve got nothing to fear, right?

“A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.”

inkl.com/a/EbYLJlcYkxY

(Remember Apple was/is(?) going to implement this sort of scanning by default on all your devices.)

#BigTech #privacy #surveillance

A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.

Mark noticed something amiss with his toddler. His son’s penis looked swollen and was hurting him.

^inkl

I discovered new search engine called #Neeva Looks very interesting.

#privacy #search #ungoogle

neeva.com/about

About - Neeva

Neeva was created to give you a choice in how you search and experience the internet.

^Neeva

#github is introducing tracking cookies. Have you moved your projects to #codeberg yet?

github.com/github/site-policy/…

#privacy #foss

Privacy Statement Updates September 2022 by olholder · Pull Request #582 · github/site-policy

GitHub is introducing non-essential cookies on web pages that market our products to businesses. These cookies will provide analytics to improve the site experience and personalize content and ads ...

^GitHub

And here we have someone calling for kids to give up (the sense of) #privacy for global age verification... Look, kids are curious and need social status, hence they will get on #socialmedia sooner or later, so will age requirements make them understand what they're getting into? But I do agree on building a platform better suited for kids... Maybe have supervised clubs at schools running #ActivityPub instances in closed federations (connecting nearby schools)?

nytimes.com/2022/08/05/opinion…

Opinion | It Was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media Sites. Here’s What to Do Now.

Changing a law to raise the age requirement for social media use could empower parents.

^{Yuval Levin (The New York Times)}

RT @joerglohrer@twitter.com

In vier Schritten in die Matrix!
#Chat mit #Datenschutz
Hier erklärt mit @element_hq@twitter.com und @rpi_virtuell@twitter.com
#messenger #opensource #foss #decentralized #encryption #privacy #tutorial @matrixdotorg@twitter.com

🐦🔗: twitter.com/joerglohrer/status…

Google Is Sharing Our Data at an Alarming Rate.
It transmits our locations and browsing habits 70 billion times a day to advertisers 😲

https://web.archive.org/web/20220624084652/bloomberg.com/opinion/articles…

#Google
#Privacy

Google Is Sharing Our Data at a Startling Scale

It transmits our locations and browsing habits 70 billion times a day to advertisers amid trillions a year by other firms, a new report shows.

^{Parmy Olson (Bloomberg)}

"The #Mozilla #Firefox web browser is finally beginning to catch up in a market where every competitor has an online language #translation service feature. Firefox recently debuted its long-awaited #privacy-preserving on-device translation service."

ctrl.blog/entry/firefox-transl…

On-device browser translations with Firefox Translations

Firefox can now do offline and privacy-preserving translation of eight languages with more on the way. Powered by open-source and machine-learning.

^{www.ctrl.blog}

“EU GDPR enforcement against Big Tech is paralysed by Ireland’s failure to deliver draft decisions on cross-border cases. Ireland’s failure to uphold the GDPR has allowed surveillance to remain the default business model of the digital world.”

biometricupdate.com/202207/un-…

CC @noybeu

#gdpr #ireland #enforcement #privacy #facialRecognition #humanRights

UN Human Rights Committee expected to question Ireland’s plans for facial recognition

Civil rights group states that the Data Protection Commission failings have allowed surveillance as a default business model.

^{Frank Hersey (BiometricUpdate.com)}

OSINT: "The Internet Is Forever"

Featuring Internet Archive / WayBack Machine

#Video #OSINT #OSINT #Research #Journalism #Writing #Article #Tutorial #WayBackMachine #InternetArchive #privacy

Watch on #Peertube:
tube.tchncs.de/w/eccM1zPQuuSQ1…

Internet Is Forever: WayBack Machine + Internet Archive (OSINT)

Internet Archive + WayBack Machine Allows You To Find Hidden Internet Content + OSINT Tips. In Today's OSINT + Privacy Demonstration Support Content + Read (Public) Tutorials / Posts: https://buymeacoffee.

^tchncs

Have you tried the LibRedirect browser add-on?

It automatically redirects you to FOSS, privacy-focused Alternative Front-ends of big-tech sites/non private platforms.

There are alternative front-ends to YouTube, Twitter, Medium, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, etc.

Each of these sites has a list of Alternative Front-ends' servers which you can select for the service to redirect to. You can also add Custom Instances.

So, when you click on a YouTube link, say youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXc… it automatically redirects you to invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=… for example.

Firefox Addon: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

Chromium/Chrome/Edge: github.com/libredirect/libredi…

LibRedirect git link: github.com/libredirect/libredi…

Do check it out, it's fun and has a lot of interesting sections in it.

#LibRedirect
#Privacy
#AlternativeFrontEnd
#FOSS
#AddOns

Firefox Kills Another Tracking Cookie Workaround

#News #Firefox #Mozilla #privacy #cookies #infosec #Cybersecurity
theregister.com/2022/06/30/fir…

Firefox kills another tracking cookie workaround

URL query parameters won't work in version 102 of Mozilla's browser

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

We're in a horrible situation in the US, but I guess one silver lining is that some politicians are finally taking #privacy more seriously

#Congress
#Politics
#RoeVsWade
#SupremeCourt
#USpol

therecord.media/dems-want-ftc-…

Dems want FTC to investigate Apple and Google for privacy harms made worse Post-Roe

Both companies use unique tracking identifiers in their popular Android and iOS mobile operating systems for advertising purposes.

^{Andrea Peterson (The Record by Recorded Future)}

Wow, Microsoft is apparently harvesting links in Outlook emails and indexing them on Bing.

scribe.rip/@ryanbadger/magic-l…

#surveillance #capitalism #microsoft #privacy #gdpr #email #bing

New #blog post: Two types of privacy. I define and compare the terms “Tracking reduction” and “Tracking avoidance”.

Excerpt:

When qualifying privacy recommendations with context, I think we should go further than describing threat models: we should acknowledge different types of privacy. “Privacy” means different things to different people. Even a single person may use the word “privacy” differently depending on their situation. Understanding a user’s unique situation(s), including their threat models, can inform us when we select the best of approach. How do we choose between reducing a footprint’s spread and size?

Feedback welcome, now matter how insignificant.

#privacy

Two types of privacy

"Privacy" can mean different things in different contexts. Tracking-reduction and tracking-evasion represent different goals with some conflict and overlap.

^{Seirdy's Home}

Don't understand why people are talking about encrypted communication, or even where to start in how to think about that?

Here is a free, quickly read, and highly recommended novel to get started on changing one's thinking about encryption and privacy:

craphound.com/littlebrother/do…

#privacy #encryption #BigBrother

Feel free to boost for those who don't know.

🚨 NEW: #Facebook is collecting ultrasensitive personal #data about #abortion seekers and enabling anti-abortion organizations to use that data as a tool to target and influence people online, in violation of its own policies and promises.

#privacy #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #DeleteFacebook

themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/…

Facebook and Anti-Abortion Clinics Are Collecting Highly Sensitive Info on Would-Be Patients – The Markup

The social media giant gathers data from crisis pregnancy centers through a tracking tool that works whether or not a person is logged in to their Facebook account

^{themarkup.org}

Related:

Normalize using end-to-end #encrypted (and ideally, ephemeral) communications.

Normalize not telling #Google everything you think, do, and say.

Do it now.

#privacy #security #surveillance

nbcnews.com/tech/security/abor…

Looming abortion law changes prompt digital privacy worries for clinics

Abortion clinics and providers are rushing to strengthen their digital privacy and protect the data of their patients due to the potential overturn of Roe v. Wade.

^{Kevin Collier (NBC News)}

"Frantic individual efforts to swat away digital intrusions will do too little. What’s needed, for all Americans, is a full legal and political reckoning with the reckless manner in which digital technology has been allowed to invade our lives. The collection, use and manipulation of electronic #data must finally be regulated and severely limited. Only then can we comfortably enjoy all the good that can come from these technologies."

#surveillance #privacy

nytimes.com/2022/05/19/opinion…

Opinion | We Need to Take Back Our Privacy

In a post-Roe America, women will bear the costs of letting data collection undermine our liberty.

^{Zeynep Tufekci (The New York Times)}

I don’t understand what the story is here. If the USB stick was properly encrypted, as the article appears to state, the data is not “lost”. The loss of the USB stick itself is incidental.

inkl.com/a/rMxWPJTJbqJ

#data #encryption #privacy

Japanese city loses residents' data after contractor's night out

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japanese city has been left with more than a headache after admitting a contractor lost a…

^inkl

Somehow I missed the option to tell ALL #iOS apps to screw off with tracking.

Disable this in Settings > Privacy > Tracking and you’re not even bothered with the dialog anymore, every request is just automatically denied. 👍🏻👍🏻

#privacy #iOSapps #tracking