privacyguides

Brexit Britain wants to be the snooping capital of the West (www.politico.eu)

Are there any privacy-friendly (including offline) AI detectors?

I can see far too many privacy issues with copy and pasting text into a website, and/or registering an account which will keep a history of the text checked....

PSA: Nova Launcher has been owned by analytics company Branch since 2022 (www.androidpolice.com)

Since a few folks seem unaware of this, I’m posting anew for visibility.

Proton: "Introducing Dark Web Monitoring for credential leaks" (proton.me)

Lawsuit alleges Grindr illegally shared users' HIV status, sensitive data with third-party advertisers. (www.theregister.com)

Hundreds have joined a UK class action lawsuit against LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr, seeking damages over a historical case of the company allegedly forwarding users’ HIV status as well as other sensitive data to third-party advertisers....

European police chiefs call for end-to-end encryption roll out to include public protection measures (www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk)

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Dutch government says it may stop using Facebook over privacy concerns (www.cnbc.com)

The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks....

Are you running a Tor Relay?

Hiya, so been on the lookout for different services that I could help host for others to benefit from. I think TOR is a great project, and I’d like to contribute. So been thinking about hosting a TOR relay lately, and wondering how people’s experience is with running one? Please correct me if I’m wrong - but as far as I...

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....

Expanding Materialious to other platforms

Hello, I’m the developer behind Materialious. Perhaps you came across my post a few weeks back regarding the launch of my Material design frontend for Invidious....

NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden (cointelegraph.com)

Sweden's public sector says goodbye to Big Tech (www.techradar.com)

I am a victim of the network effect who wishes to degoogle. What do I do?

cross-posted from: thelemmy.club/post/11226460...

Add Mull (Mobile Browser) by jonaharagon · Pull Request #2460 · privacyguides/privacyguides.org (github.com)

Mull is a privacy oriented and deblobbed Android browser based on Firefox. Compared to Firefox, it offers much greater fingerprinting protection out of the box, and disables JavaScript Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation for enhanced security. It also removes all proprietary elements from Firefox, such as replacing Google Play...

Redlib: Open-source, privacy-focused frontend for Reddit without Reddit's ads, trackers, and bloat. A fork of Libreddit. (safereddit.com)

The purpose of this post is not to endorse the use of Reddit (https://tosdr.org/en/service/194), but rather to inform users of a privacy-friendly approach in case they need to utilize the platform....

Standard notes: what about don’t put all your eggs in one basket rule?

If the owner of the standard notes will now be a proton, doesn’t that contradict this principle? I have a proton email account but I don’t want it linked to my standard notes account. I don’t strongly trust companies that offer packaged services like google or Microsoft. I prefer to have one service from one company. I am...

Another good news (proton.me)

Italy considers law against sharenting to protect children's privacy (www.techradar.com)

How to explain learnings from Digital privacy in an interview and resume

I wish to mention learnings from the coupious time i spend on learning online privacy ,security and anonymity for my b school (MBA) admissions interview. Can I market is as a cybersecurity internship. But Cyber security has a different meaning altogether. I’m pretty much at the advance stage of the privacy journey( read all...

A FISA vote coming this week (maybe) - US Politics (getfisaright.net)

It’s still not clear just what will get voted on. So, if you’re in the US, now’s a great time to contact Congress. EFF’s action Tell Congress: Absent Major Changes, 702 Should Not be Renewed has as a form that will connect you nd provides talking points. Or if you’d rather contact them directly, here’s a short...

Google’s Protected Audience Protects Advertisers (and Google) More Than It Protects You | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

Google fixes two Pixel zero-day flaws exploited by forensics firms. GrapheneOS discovered and reported these flaws. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

More Information: GrapheneOS Mastodon account

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