Your data. Your rules. Your digital future.

monocles launches its crowdfunding campaign on StartNext today! 🎉

monocles offers the solution for European independence from big tech. Be it the end-to-end encrypted chat, the secure email service or the privacy-friendly smartphones with our own operating system. monocles creates a decentralized, fair and ethical digital ecosystem for everyone.

Be part of it!

startnext.com/en/monocles

#privacy #sovereign #dataprotection #encryption #monocles

Staat mal wieder scharf auf Backdoor! Die französische Regierung plant eine Änderung des Narcotrafic-Gesetzes: Verschlüsselte Messengerdienste wie z. B. Signal + WhatsApp sollen verpflichtet werden eine Backdoor einzubauen. Das würde die Sicherheit + Privatsphäre ALLER Nutzenden gefährden!

@Tutanota tuta.com/blog/france-surveilla…

#privac #DataProtection #datenschutz #backdoor

France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU. We must stop them now! | Tuta

An amendment to the “Nacrotrafic” law is moving to the French National Assembly. Remind your legislators that a backdoor for the good guys only is not possible.

^Tuta

AI is taking over. From scraping your social media data, to lurking in your mailbox. 🫣 But why is AI taking over social media? We take a look in our latest article.

👉 tuta.com/blog/ai-take-over-soc….

#Ai #AiTakeover #DataProtection

Let's say China manages to get just a little bit of data about people from just a few of these ... 😑

"China's overlapping tech-industrial ecosystems"

high-capacity.com/p/chinas-ove…

#cybersec #cybersecurity #infosec #itsec #china #privacy #gdpr #dataprotection #dataskydd

China's overlapping tech-industrial ecosystems

EVs, batteries, lidar, drones, robotics, smartphones, AI. China's progress across a range of overlapping industries creates a mutually reinforcing feedback loop.

^{Kyle Chan (High Capacity)}

The web can be dangerous with stalking, identity theft & other cyber threats.

Check our post on how to remove your personal information from the web. 👇
tuta.com/blog/how-to-remove-in…

Stay safe out there! 🔒

#removeinformationonline #dataprotection #privacy #privacymatters

Meta thinks your #privacy is for sale.

Would you pay 160 euros per year to Facebook & Instagram for respecting your right to privacy?

Here's more info: tuta.com/blog/meta-pay-for-pri…

#dataprotection #gdpr #consent #socialmedia #meta #facebook #instgram #whatsapp

Meta Wants You to Pay for Privacy so Poor People Are Deprived of Their Right to Privacy. Is This Even Legal?

Meta's approach of 'pay for your privacy' is wrong in so many ways. Let's find out why!

^Tutanota

• Yes (4%, 18 votes)
• No (95%, 376 votes)

Are you interested in making your notifications private?
We have a great guide in our website describing how to set up your android xmpp application to deliver notifications for all your apps on your device. Without using google.
joinjabber.org/tutorials/servi…
and for people who self host you can use your own server to deliver notifications privately to your devices and the devices of the people that use your server :)
joinjabber.org/tutorials/servi…

#privacy #xmpp #dataprotection

Today, two open letters from academics on the scientific arguments against the current #CSS (client side scanning) initiatives have been released:

* The first (in English, internationally coordinated) one is online at tinyurl.com/CSAScientistsLette… and still open for additional signatures.

* The second (in German, by #Austrian academics) one is online at ins.jku.at/chatcontrol/ and explicitly includes law experts in addition to the arguments from a security, privacy, and AI perspective.

This debate is expected to gain new steam with #Spain taking over the EU council presidency, given recently leaked statements like "Ideally, in our view, it would be desirable to legislatively prevent EU-based service providers from implementing end-to-end encryption" (wired.co.uk/article/europe-bre…).

Please boost on any channels you deem adequate. The discussion is still open, and we have little time to bring it to a more rational level.

#csam #law #eu #privacy #dataprotection #privacy #humanrights #messenger #chat #chatcontrol #signal #whatsapp #telegram #threema #e2ee

Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”

^{Lily Hay Newman (WIRED UK)}

Happy #DataPrivacyDay! 🥳

Here are some privacy-first apps frequently recommended by the Tutanota community.

What are your favorite apps to quit #BigTech?

#DataProtection #Encryption #Security #Privacy

Unsealed documents in the #CambridgeAnalytica class action lawsuit in Northern California revealed how Meta/Facebook will be unable to comply with the Digital Services Act or the GDPR because its internal data management systems are absolute “anarchy” per report by the Irish Council on Civil Liberties.

#DSA #GDPR #DataProtection #Privacy
iccl.ie/news/unsealed-court-do…

Unsealed court documents reveal data anarchy at Meta - Irish Council for Civil Liberties

ICCL letter to European Commission highlights new material about Meta’s internal data systems, and how Meta infringes the DMA & GDPR.

^{Johnny Ryan (Irish Council for Civil Liberties)}