From the BBC: "YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission. As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our shared connection with real life?"

As a scientist, this is extremely disturbing. The day-to-day tools that we use to collect and share information are being subtly corrupted by manufacturers who are more concerned with marketing than science. We now have to worry about another layer of integrity checks.

bbc.com/future/article/2025082…

#scicomm #data

YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality

YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission. As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our shared connections with real life?

^{Thomas Germain (BBC)}

Transmitting data via ultrasound without any special equipment

halcy.de/blog/2025/06/27/trans…

#HackerNews #Transmitting #data #ultrasound #technology #innovation #special #equipment #hackernews

In some #awesome news, Trump's #AI plans have been leaked on #github, which others have now backed up for themselves.

First reported yesterday by 404 Media, the #tech is to launch on July 4th. Besides a #chatbot, there are APIs to connect to other models, and some other agency tech.

Despite Trump's rush to deploy widespread AI, many experts have valid #security and #privacy concerns regarding access to #confidential #data.

theregister.com/2025/06/10/tru…

#news #technews #trump #unitedstates #uspol

Trump administration's whole-government AI plans leaked on GitHub

Updated: The AI.gov repository and staging site vanished when we asked questions, but don't worry – we captured backups

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

If Apple complies with this, the UK government will gain access to all iCloud data globally. The only way Apple comes out of this with any integrity is to leave the UK market. If they give in to this, every regime in the world will demand the same thing. And that’s before we even get to the fact that there’s no such thing as a “backdoor” for just so-and-so. Either there is a door or there isn’t and if there is, anyone who obtains the key can use it.

theguardian.com/technology/202…

#apple #backdoor #UK #encryption #privacy #security #personhood #data #democracy #humanRights #iCloud

UK demands ability to access Apple users’ encrypted data

Expert says government has ‘lit the blue touch paper on a truly enormous fight’ as it challenges firm’s privacy stance

^{Dan Milmo (The Guardian)}

Signal is a secure messenger, but there are interesting alternatives, such as @matrix , @session , @delta , @simplex or XMPP …

➡️ matrix.org

➡️ getsession.org

➡️ delta.chat

➡️ simplex.chat

➡️ xmpp.org

If you’d like to learn more about these options, have a look at the responses to this toot.

#matrix #session #signal #XMPP #messenger #decentralized #tech #technology #OpenSource #FOSS #WhatsApp #security #InfoSec #data #safety

Session | Send Messages, Not Metadata. | Private Messenger

Session is a private messenger that aims to remove any chance of metadata collection by routing all messages through an onion routing network.

^Session

There is no AI, just other people's data.

#robot #comic #ai #data #people #noai

Interesting Python job on an AI Forensics team: you will work on algorithmic investigations techniques to hold social media accountable to their users and to the law.

ai-forensics.notion.site/Remot…

#GetFediHired #DataEngineering #Data #AI #Jobs #Safety

What the actual fuck The Verge?! You have over 500 partners who need access to my "essential" cookies?

I mean, thanks for showing me the numbers on how insane data sharing is, but really? And those are the ones I can't opt out of?

Do they count like every employee as a partner, or is my data really being shared with hundreds of other businesses?

@alice

#Cookies #Data #DataPrivacy #DataBrokers #OptOut

Google is headed to trial after allegedly misleading Chrome users on data collection. 🧑‍⚖️

This is the most recent in a growing list of court proceedings.
📣 tuta.com/blog/google-incognito…
📣 tuta.com/blog/google-search-mo…

What was your most startling discovery about Google's data collection? Let us know below!

#google #encryption #privacy #data

Enjoyed presenting on Day 1 of Drupal GovCon -- Data Analysis of Drupal, Government and Best Practices

TLDR: Drupal is doing better than average, based on most CrUX Core Web Vital evaluations, but we still need to do better for CX.

As a community we can work to improve these scores and improve the digital experience of .gov sites.

docs.google.com/presentation/d…

#DrupalGovCon #GovCon #DC #DigitalTech #Data #GoogleLighthouse #accessibiity #Performance #CX #government #Drupal

Data Analysis of Drupal, Government and Best Practices

Data Analysis of Drupal, Government and Best Practices Drupal GovCon, August 13, Data Analysis of Drupal, Government and Best Practices Digital.gov’s Site Scanning Program is tracking 26,000 publicly available federal .gov websites.

^{Google Docs}

⚠️ PSA: Cars are becoming data harvesting nightmares! ⚠️

While modern day cars have cool features like maps, have you ever wondered what data vehicle manufacturers collect and what they do with it? 🚗🤔

Find out more here 👉 tuta.com/blog/cars-have-terrib…

#data #drivingdata #tracking #Tesla #Nissan #Volkswagen

The #Easter Bunny brought more than #eggs this year! 🐰🥚

With the release of post-quantum #encryption, keeping your #data safe is now just a jump, skip, or a even a hop away! 🐇

You can learn more and maybe find a surprise or two scattered around on our website: tuta.com/blog/post-quantum-cry…

#easteregg #scavengerhunt #fun

🗺️ 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘔𝘢𝘱 3𝘋 🧊

demo.f4map.com

Zoom in to street level to see the 3D features.

#map #maps #OpenStreetMap #3D #topography #world #WorldMap #cities #landscape #environment #data #tools #OpenSource #FOSS

A #data broker boasted having info on “1.6B people across 44 countries.”

Then it went bankrupt.

So... what happened to people’s data? #News:
themarkup.org/privacy/2024/02/…

What Happens to Your Sensitive Data When a Data Broker Goes Bankrupt? – The Markup

Data on sensitive locations, such as abortion clinics, could be sold off, raising alarms

^{themarkup.org}

#TinyWeatherForecastGermany

Version 0.62.0 is out!

This is an #android #floss #app showing you #weather #forecasts based on #open #data from the Deutscher Wetterdienst ( @DeutscherWetterdienst ).

See the changelog for what's new:
codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeat…

Get it on #fdroid:
f-droid.org/packages/de.kaffee…

Visit the project at #codeberg:
codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeat…

TinyWeatherForecastGermany/CHANGELOG.md at master

^Codeberg.org

The NSA is #spying on Americans through a legal loophole. 🕵️‍♀️

🏢 Using #data brokers to do their dirty work, #NSA purchases your #personal information and even network traffic data with your tax dollars. 💰

Learn more 👉 tuta.com/blog/nsa-warrantless-…

This Christmas, I've finally bitten the bullet and done some serious contributing to @openstreetmap (and also joined the OSM Foundation while I was at it). Honestly, I think it's one of the great wonders of the #OpenSource internet, so I wrote a blog post about why I'm contributing (and you should too)

andreasthinks.me/posts/OSM_for…

#GIS #openstreetmap #GeoSpatial #christmas #DataScience #data

Andreas Varotsis - Why I’m Contributing to OpenStreetMap for Christmas…

…and maybe you should too!

^{andreasthinks.me}

The location of your data cannot guarantee freedom from #surveillance. 📷

#Switzerland has long been treated as a safe haven for your #data, but the Swiss government actively works with the EU and US by sharing data with #law enforcement and #intelligence agencies. 🚨

Protect your #privacy and your data by choosing strong #encryption! 💪 🔒

👉 tuta.com/blog/swiss-privacy-is…

Viewing this infographic about memorable events in Linux history, I re-realized that Android, ChromeOS and SteamOS are all based on Linux. 💪

Thanks to @nixCraft and @dirkdierickx for sharing the image.

#linux #android #chrome #infographic #information #knowledge #data

Taken from #Google's updated "privacy" policy.
I mean, I find it ironic because there doesn't seem to be any #privacy to speak of here 😆

I know this is no laughing matter, but I am at the "oh what the hell can I do so might as well laugh about it" stage 🤣

#WritingCommunity #Data #AI

Google wants to track you - no matter what. Now it is threatening to take down Invidious, a popular platform on which you can watch YouTube videos without being tracked!

tutanota.com/blog/google-youtu…

#google #business #data #legal #privacy #opensource #foss

Google threatens to Kill Open Source YouTube Front-end Invidious for Letting You Watch Videos without Tracking or Ads

Invidious is well known as a privacy-first platform to watch YouTube videos without ads or tracking. Now Google wants it to shut down.

^Tutanota

Got just over an hour to spare? Want to learn way, way more about #modems in the 90’s, and how people got around managing both #voice and #data calls without hanging up your #internet connection and getting mad? You do? Me too. Well then.

Voice chat in the age of modems : youtube.com/watch?v=7mqkTFq7Ek…

Voice chat in the age of modems

I've been sitting on a pile of bizarre modems for years and I'm incredibly excited to show you their dumb features that you didn't want then and still don't ...

^YouTube

Did you ever wonder how Tutanota's encryption is able to protect all your data? Check out our new encryption page with lots of interesting facts! 🔒😍

We ♥️ #encryption!

👉 tutanota.com/encryption

#security #privacy #email #data

Everything you need to know about Tutanota's encryption.

Details on how the encrypted email & calendar service Tutanota encrypts all data.

^Tutanota

Here on Earth, ~1,000 babies will be born in the next 4.5 minutes.

Data scientist Pratap Vardhan created this data visualization showing where they will be located based on estimated population & birth rates. pratapvardhan.com #map #data

Kick off for the State of Open conference! #soocon23 #stateofopencon

Looking forward to all the discussions today! #data #opendata

A #opensource #backup solution on your #Android device for your #data #security, distributet over @IzzyOnDroid on @fdroidorg:

📱 Android-DataBackup
github.com/XayahSuSuSu/Android…

Android-DataBackup/README_EN.md at main · XayahSuSuSu/Android-DataBackup

数据备份 DataBackup for Android. Contribute to XayahSuSuSu/Android-DataBackup development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Perhaps the worst data visualization job on the internet so far.. 🙄

#data #visualization

My work aligning UX heuristics and the WCAG has been added to Civic Actions Accessibility data reference. Thanks @mgifford

github.com/CivicActions/access…

#a11y #ux #data

GitHub - CivicActions/accessibility-data-reference: Reference data files around WCAG, and VPAT

Reference data files around WCAG, and VPAT. Contribute to CivicActions/accessibility-data-reference development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Wir haben auch den offenen Brief "Das universelle Recht, jede Software auf jedem Gerät zu installieren" des #fsfe unterzeichnet, um die Idee zu unterstützen, #Geräte von #unsicherer oder #privatsphärenfeindlicher Software zu befreien. Wir zahlen für die Geräte und sollten dann nicht ein Objekt für #Data Mining und Datenanalyse dieser Unternehmen werden.

fsfe.org/activities/upcyclinga…

Open letter for the right to install any software on any device - FSFE

Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. We enable people to use, understand, adapt, and share software.

^{FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe}

STUDY: Privacy Violations Occurred At Least 50% Of The Time When Taking Devices For Repair

#News #Study #tech #privacy #computer #phone #data
arstechnica.com/information-te…

Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid

Not surprisingly, female customers bear the brunt of the privacy violations.

^{Ars Technica}

🥳 A new version of csv-diff has just been released! 🚀

docs.rs/csv-diff/latest/csv_di…

csv-diff is the fastest CSV-diffing library in the world - written in #Rust

It can compare two 1,000,000 rows x 9 columns CSVs in < 600ms!

Note that this is still a beta release and the library itself is still very young.

#RustLang #Release #CSV #CSVDiff #Performance #DataScience #Data #Diff #Difference #OpenSource #Crate

Great SVG Data Visualization Examples from VISA visa.github.io/visa-chart-comp…

#SVG #Data #Accessibility #a11y

i aggregated a list of the 500 most defederated instances from publicly available block lists. i think it's a good base for instance admins to curate their own block list. #fediblock #data

gist.github.com/yetzt/32c754fb…

list of 500 most defederated fediverse instances

list of 500 most defederated fediverse instances. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

^Gist

🚨 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}

"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

Fucking hell, as some of you have pointed out in the comments, also, it’s tied to my router. I have the same router I had in Malmö. If this is not a GDPR violation, I have no idea what is.

So Mozilla – Defender of Privacy™ – is storing my location history, tied to my router, without ever having gotten consent from me to do so.

This is a fucking scandal.

#privacy #location #data #mozilla #surveillanceCapitalism