This Undisclosed WhatsApp Vulnerability Lets Governments See Who You Message (theintercept.com)
European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for 'lawful access' (techcrunch.com)
Is it impossible to be private online? (yewtu.be)
In sharing this video here I’m preaching to the choir, but I do think it indirectly raised a valuable point which probably doesn’t get spoken about enough in privacy communities. That is, in choosing to use even a single product or service that is more privacy-respecting than the equivalent big tech alternative, you are...
When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains (inti.io)
Digital surveillance is omnipresent in China. Here’s how citizens are coping (theconversation.com)
Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather (f-droid.org)
Screenshots:...
Just reminder that the US no fly list exists (en.m.wikipedia.org)
A Look at What ISPs Know About You: Examining the Privacy Practices of Six Major Internet Service Providers - An FTC Staff Report (www.ftc.gov)
cross-posted from: covert.nexus/post/27235...
Leak: EU interior ministers want to exempt themselves from chat control bulk scanning of private messages - EU Reporter (www.eureporter.co)
Mullvad Blog: Hiding account numbers (mullvad.net)
Cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/19987854...
Swiss authorities intervene, Proton Mail not blocked in India (www.moneycontrol.com)
The Government Can Spy on You Using Your Wireless Headphones (www.headphonesty.com)
Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name (www.wired.com)
Tox.chat security (tox.chat)
Anone heard about it? Anything bad about security?...
Randomly getting Notion email, after having deleted my account years ago... (slrpnk.net)
Welp I guess this is the perfect example of companies not deleting your credentials and account info when asking for it… I deleted my Notion account several years ago. And completely randomly today got an email from them about data retention, assuming this is one of those “important” emails they have to send out. Sadly,...
Comparison of Android ROMs (eylenburg.github.io)
Apple pulls AI image apps from the App Store after learning they could generate nude images (ptv-news.com.pk)
Ninth Circuit: 5th Amendment Doesn’t Cover Compelled Production Of Fingerprints To Unlock A Phone (www.techdirt.com)
from the passcodes-ftw dept
Why the state monopoly on identity is worse than Big Tech (medium.com)
Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims (krebsonsecurity.com)
Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target’s traffic off of the protection...
The Best Private & Secure Cloud Storage in 2024 (blog.thenewoil.org)
Cloud storage has become ubiquitous in modern society. The most widely-used example, I think, is the one that comes prebundled with our p…
The Greatest Enemy of Privacy (blog.thenewoil.org)
There are many enemies of privacy. There are politicians claiming the (at best) misguided pretense of “protecting the children,” intellig…
Putting Privacy Focused Free Speech VPS Providers To The Test. (crippled.media)
For those that couldn’t be bothered to read the full article, their conclusion is:...
XScreenSaver vs Google (www.jwz.org)
Android's new anti-theft features (blog.google)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/25062075
