A Federal TikTok Ban is a 'Misguided Detour' from Doing What’s Needed to Protect People’s Privacy and Safeguard National Security (www.commondreams.org)
AG at CJEU: Facebook must "minimize" personal data for ads in EU (noyb.eu)
Paper: Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law (papers.ssrn.com)
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The not-so-silent type: Vulnerabilities across keyboard apps reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers - The Citizen Lab (citizenlab.ca)
European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for 'lawful access' (techcrunch.com)
Ukraine's GUR head believes "anonymous" Telegram channel owners should register so the Agency knows who's behind them (www.bbc.com)
Just for the context GUR is Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Agency. Practically like the CIA is in the US....
How Political Campaigns Use Your Data to Target You, and What You Can Do to Protect Your Privacy (www.eff.org)
Political campaigns tap into the same intrusive adtech tracking systems used to deliver online behavioral ads. We saw a glimpse into how this worked after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and the system has only grown since then....
Swiss authorities intervene, Proton Mail not blocked in India (www.moneycontrol.com)
Nitter is dead but maybe this is useful ? (userstyles.world)
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules (arstechnica.com)
The legal situation is more complex and nuanced than the headline implies, so the article is worth reading. This adds another ruling to the confusing case history regarding forced biometric unlocking.
Down to the “deadline”: FISA Section 702 Expansion / Reauthorization (getfisaright.net)
EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy (www.theregister.com)
The EU’s Data Protection Board (EDPB) has told large online platforms they should not offer users a binary choice between paying for a service and consenting to their personal data being used to provide targeted advertising....
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden (cointelegraph.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14393091...
Statement on EDPB "Pay or Okay" Opinion (noyb.eu)
Open letter: Mass surveillance and undermining encryption still on table in EU Council - European Digital Rights (EDRi) (edri.org)
US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’ (www.wired.com)
If you’re in the US, now’s a great time to contact your Senators. You can either call the Congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121 or use the Senate directory to look up your legislators’ contact info....
Partisan Bullshit Tanks House Section 702 Reform Efforts (www.techdirt.com)
Proposed FTC Order will Prohibit Telehealth Firm Cerebral from Using or Disclosing Sensitive Data for Advertising Purposes, and Require it to Pay $7 Million (www.ftc.gov)
Under the proposed order, filed by the Department of Justice upon notification and referral from the FTC, Cerebral will also be required to pay more than $7 million over charges that it disclosed consumers’ sensitive personal health information and other sensitive data to third parties for advertising purposes and failed to...
Potential issues with Simplex Chat (German but can be translated mostly with FF translate) (www.kuketz-blog.de)
Summary: Simplex Chat uses a bit of battery and doesn’t have a way to visibly see a contact has changed.
Messager Matrix comparison (German but can be translated mostly with FF translate) (www.messenger-matrix.de)
Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022 (mastodon.gamedev.place)
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/51faa0ca-2b47-4eba-bc8c-d9edabba5ca9.png
Almost all hospitals in the USA share data with third parties report finds (jamanetwork.com)
Keeping your data from Apple is harder than expected - Aalto University Finland (www.aalto.fi)
Crossposted from beehaw.org/post/13135846
Papers please (lemm.ee)
Defending Your Dollars: Essential Tips for Financial Security and Identity Protection (blog.thenewoil.org)
This weekend in the United States, taxes are due. For the more responsible readers – aka “everyone but me” – this was probably already done weeks – if not months – ago. But don’t worry. Taxes will roll around again the same time next year, as inevitable as death itself as the famous philosopher noted, and our...
