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Android offering privacy by profiling and sharing app ussage info? (lemmy.world)

I might have misunderstood this but is Android really trying to push this as tracking as a privacy upgrade, simply because it let’s us choose which of our interests we want advertisers to have access to?

The enshittification of Github continues (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Alt text: an ad for Github Copilot when viewing files in a github repo

new permissions for simple voice recorder app. they're coming! (lemmy.world)

As per title. Move to a new app peeps, I found this 1 seems fine. github.com/you-apps/RecordYou?tab=readme-ov-file

A perfectly normal warning on Instagram. KOSA is going to be perfectly fine... 🔥🔥🐶☕🔥🔥 (lemmy.ml)

Source: reddit.com/…/searching_for_halo_on_instagram/

Good news, EU citizens! (lemmy.world)

at first I read that one header as “We’re Not Changing”

The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend? (lemmy.ml)

I asked them to delete my data, they said "Install our app" (lemmy.world)

A few days ago I sent a GDPR request to some company to delete my personal data. They said to install their app and send a ticket from the app. The email was sent from the email address to which the account is registered. Is this even legal?

The most invasive title goes to Instagram (lemmy.ml)

blog.pcloud.com/invasive-apps/

EU forced LinkedIn to allow me a selection (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

I’ll disable the 2nd one for sure. 3rd one, too… 1st one stays enabled.

Hacker, or clever method to boost statistics for Q3? You decide. (lemmy.world)

Got this from (allegedly) Twitter...

Time to ditch #duckduckgo (lemmy.world)

In the last couple of months I have noticed an increasing trend of supplying me search results that are completely unrelated to the current query and tie back to my location or previous searches. I can say this with a high degree of certainty this is without a doubt beyond the 100th instance this has happened....

Looks like Facebook is following youtube with anti-adblock measures. (infosec.pub)

I don’t really use facebook anymore so couldn’t care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.

Google has a VPN service now (lemmy.world)

TIL you need google chrome browser to login to chatGPT app on android. (lemmy.ml)

From Mental Outlaw video (discuss.tchncs.de)

Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act has a markup session tomorrow - if you're in the US, ask your Representative to support and pass the bill! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

UPDATE : The House Judiciary Committee advanced the bill unanimously, 30-0!. It still has to pass the full House, and then the Senate, so please still contact your legislators!...

WTF is this! Meta new app (lemmy.world)

Do you think DuckDuckGo is a good choice for people who are concerned about their privacy? (lemmy.ca)

Wonder how long it will take for the "Average Joe" to care about these things (feddit.nu)

Seen in Meta’s new Twitter competitor

Is every official mirrors of fdroid main repo handled by the main team ? And are they all equally safe ? (lemmy.sdf.org)

I just saw a comment in a thread saying to change the mirror when someone using fdroid was having issues because the mirror maybe syncing that got me to think that if the mirrors are hosted by different parties isn’t there a chance some of them could be malicious ? Are alk the repos under fdroid with different URLs or...

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