Privacy

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Google's Chrome web browser is set to warn users that private browsing does not prevent them from being tracked. Many users were under the impression that

Is it useful for people with limited tech knowledge? Is the organization trustworthy? I don't know enough about any of this to vet it, but a basic primer would be useful for me and my even less tech savvy relatives.

Privacy friendly app repository by SECUSO, a unit of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Nairobi boasts nearly 2,000 Huawei surveillance cameras citywide. But in the nine years since they were installed, it is hard to see their benefits.

Not at all sure my stock kb is doing me any privacy favors.

Omnivore is an open-source, privacy friendly and self-hostable alternative for read-it-later services like Pocket, Instapaper, or Flipboard. This could be your platform of choice.

Youtube is now fully blocking me from watching videos if my adblocker is on. I use firefox with uBlock. I turned it off and then they claimed that I still had an adblocker on. After swapping my user agent to Chrome it started working again. Has anyone else have this happen to them?...

There is a lot of misinformation being promoted in various privacy circles about Tor. This article will examine some facts about Tor and assess whether it is the infallible privacy tool it’s made out to be by some. There is a growing chorus of people who blindly recommend Tor to anyone looking for online anonymity. This …

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Briar is an anonymous encrypted privacy messenger routed through Tor. But it’s development is funded by the CIA for the purpose of regime change in countries with censored internet. Does this mean it’s good or bad? This article gives a brief overview of the situation: simplifiedprivacy.com/briar-1-private-messenger-b…

Data brokers know a lot about us. They silently harvest any information they can find, by purchasing information, using trackers, scraping social media, inge...

Excellent Guide on how to reduce or completely remove this corrupt and evil leech called Google out of your life:...

The outcry over Zoom's tweak to its data policy shows how the race to build more powerful AI models creates new pressure to source training data—including by juicing it from users.

Welcome to the ThunderVerse! An exciting clip from Episode #3 of the ThunderCast podcast with some breaking news about upcoming Thunderbird products. The podcast is available to listen to on most major podcast clients. You can stream it or subscribe here: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9380007 #→ What's New In Thunderbird 115:...

Recent discussions in the European Parliament can seriously undermine existing cyber security practices and open source development by setting disproportionate obligations and strict requirements for vendors supplying products in Europe. ...

Exploring potential privacy vulnerabilities in Apple devices. This article discusses revealing a user's first name without permissions using the mDNS protocol.

Designed and based in France, Qwant is the first search engine that protects its users' freedoms. Our key words: privacy and neutrality.

Here’s what is collected by Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.

A bill that would allow police in France to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphone including GPS of their phones has been passed.

At the new requirement for Twitter, Users cannot view any tweets without logging in on Twitter anymore. nitter was dependent on this and seems to have broke the privacy frontend