iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find (gizmodo.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11219865...
Nitter is shutting down (github.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/11136426...
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla is unhappy because the use of browser engines other than WebKit will be restricted to the EU, forcing them to develop two different apps....
Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone (www.theverge.com)
NSA Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says (www.reuters.com) Portuguese
NSA Director Paul Nakasone confirmed such purchases in his letter to Wyden, saying the data collected “may include information associated with electronic devices being used outside - and, in certain cases, inside - the United States.”
Cryptographers Just Got Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches (www.wired.com)
" three researchers have crafted a long-sought version of private information retrieval and extended it to build a more general privacy strategy. The work, which received a Best Paper Award in June 2023 at the annual Symposium on Theory of Computing, topples a major theoretical barrier on the way to a truly private search."
Brave to end 'Strict' fingerprinting protection as it breaks websites (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Fossify Phone (Fossify is a fork of Simple Mobile Tools) is now available, adding to Fossify's existing Gallery, File Manager, and Calendar apps (f-droid.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11117839...
Facebook Messenger's Rollout of End-to-End Encryption Leaves Metadata Questions Unanswered (spectrum.ieee.org)
Excerpts from the article and another article by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) :...
Riot Games Now Requires Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Software for League of Legends, Following Valorant's Implementation (tuta.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10958052...
Your Tablet's Light Sensor Can Spy On You (spectrum.ieee.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10921294...
In Search of Anonymity: How to Ensure Freedom of Expression Online (www.thecanary.co)
How to Stop Your X Account From Getting Hacked Like the SEC’s (www.wired.com)
X’s move to make people pay for a basic form of two-factor is problematic. It also created confusion because the company prompted free users to switch away from SMS two-factor, but then seemingly simply turned off the protection altogether for those who didn’t. This likely left a group of users in a situation where they...
LibRedirect - privacy-friendly Redirector (libredirect.github.io)
A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and other websites to their alternative privacy friendly frontends...
ProtonMail Complied with 5,957 Data Requests in 2022 - Still Secure and Private? (restoreprivacy.com)
they scrubed there no ip logs policy years ago
PhD thesis on mass surveillance (and strategies to counter it) (research.tue.nl)
Recently stumbled upon the PhD thesis of a researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology from ~2 years ago. I haven’t read the whole thing, but I thought it might be of interest for someone here. It’s freely available for download on the link....
Amnesty confirms Apple warning: Indian journalists' iPhones infected with Pegasus spyware | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Dropbox is sharing users' files with OpenAI, here's how to opt out (boingboing.net)
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[Discussion] How do you feel about age verification on Porn sites? (lemmings.world)
Porn sites Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat face stricter requirements to verify the ages of their users after being officially designated as “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOPs) under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA)....
Search Engine Party (searchengine.party)
Google will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the police (www.businessinsider.com)
The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand (scheerpost.com)
Phantom Parrot, a British documentary now screening in the US, sheds light on the Orwellian technologies being used across borders to repress activists, journalists, and others.
Do I need to be a resident of the EU to get their data protection or can I just be a citizen? (kbin.social)
To be eligible for things like a GDPR Data deletion request etc, is it enough that I am a citizen or must I be a resident? ty :)
Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching (themarkup.org)
These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.
EU Deal on AI Act Is 'Missed Opportunity' to Ban Mass Surveillance, Say Privacy Groups (www.commondreams.org)
“Whilst the Parliament fought hard to limit the damage, the overall package on biometric surveillance and profiling is at best lukewarm,” said one advocate.
