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Mozilla to protect Firefox users from bounce trackers - Stack Diary (stackdiary.com)

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...

Telegram apparently censor queer groups (mastodon.social)

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.

Bitwarden Passkey support for ios released (github.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/11733855...

DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android (mullvad.net)

Stealing your Telegram account in 10 seconds flat (lyra.horse)

Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app (bitwarden.com)

Bitwarden Authenticator is a standalone app that is available for everyone, even non-Bitwarden customers....

Apple's 'incredibly private' Safari not so private in Europe (www.theregister.com)

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

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)

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....

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)

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

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....

Another good news (proton.me)

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

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...