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.
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC (arstechnica.com)
Firefox version 126 introduces search data telemetry collection and enhanced copy without site tracking option (blog.mozilla.org)
With the latest version of Firefox for U.S. desktop users, we’re introducing a new way to measure search activity broken down into high level categories. This measure is not linked with specific individuals and is further anonymized using a technology called OHTTP to ensure it can’t be connected with user IP addresses....
Is Privacy Worth It? (blog.thenewoil.org)
Dangerous? Signal Blasts Google Effort to Use AI to Scan for Scam Phone Calls (uk.pcmag.com)
Google’s AI model will potentially listen in on all your phone calls — or at least ones it suspects are coming from a fraudster....
Anyone familiar with the "No Trace Project"? (www.notrace.how)
I’ve just been clued into this and I’d like to know if anyone can give me an idea of the quality of the information contained therein. Thanks in advance–I hope you’re well today!
DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android (mullvad.net)
Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain (restoreprivacy.com)
Mozilla to protect Firefox users from bounce trackers - Stack Diary (stackdiary.com)
Telegram apparently censor queer groups (mastodon.social)
GrapheneOS latest release includes a preliminary defense to prevent app-based VPN implementations from leaking DNS requests on Android when the VPN is down/connecting (grapheneos.org)
Mullvad VPN’s blog post: DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android...
This Tool Shows Some Telegram Users’ Approximate Physical Location (www.404media.co)
The tool relies on Telegram’s opt-in “Find People Nearby” feature, but allows searches for Telegram users globally.
Brexit Britain wants to be the snooping capital of the West (www.politico.eu)
Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app (bitwarden.com)
Bitwarden Authenticator is a standalone app that is available for everyone, even non-Bitwarden customers....
Bitwarden Passkey support for ios released (github.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/11733855...
Stealing your Telegram account in 10 seconds flat (lyra.horse)
Apple's 'incredibly private' Safari not so private in Europe (www.theregister.com)
YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers (www.theverge.com)
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...
Proton: "Introducing Dark Web Monitoring for credential leaks" (proton.me)
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden (cointelegraph.com)
European police chiefs call for end-to-end encryption roll out to include public protection measures (www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk)
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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....
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....
Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies (www.wired.com)
