avoidthehack, to iOS

Avoidthehack updates mobile browser recommendations.

Tried to simplify recommendations for and , removing some previously recommended .

iOS: https://avoidthehack.com/best-privacy-browsers-ios

Android: https://avoidthehack.com/best-privacy-browsers-android

avoidthehack, to privacy

Skiff upgrades Pro Plan and rebuilds Mailbox import feature.

Skiff pro gives 200GB storage, 3 custom domains, 15 aliases.

Mail import features allows importing from and , and takes any mbox or .eml file for more universal email importing.

privacat, to tech

The has potential to record our lives, all the time. Are we ready for this kind of reality, and are we comfortable living with Apple's Privacy Vision? Read my thoughts here: https://careylening.substack.com/p/seeing-through-apples-vision-pro

ghostzero, to privacy

Your phone activity - regardless of where you’re based - is probably being profiled by BICS and forwarded to TeleSign, a company that generates an AI-based “trust score" and sells this to third parties like Microsoft, Salesforce or TikTok – without anyone being informed or giving consent.

Disgusting, why is this even allowed?

https://noyb.eu/en/telesign-profiles-half-worlds-phone-users

schalkneethling, to til

I have been using Simple Analytics for some time now. about Counter. Has anyone used it? Thoughts? https://counter.dev/

avoidthehack, to opensource

Google Threatens to Kill Front-End Invidious for Letting You Watch Videos without Tracking or Ads

Not a conspiracy theorist... but now all of a sudden, after years (or rather, the "rise of "), Big Tech wants to change/enforce API rules/pricing/you name it. Hmmm...

https://tutanota.com/blog/google-youtube-invidious-privacy-alternative

avoidthehack, to reddit

What Got Wrong

Should've kept it people over profits, when the people are doing the bulk of the work for your entire platform.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/what-reddit-got-wrong

avoidthehack, to privacy

Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive to Facebook

HIPAA does not apply like one think it would here.

Data, such as the contents of filled out contact forms, is transmitted with the Meta Pixel, which ends up in the hands of advertisers.

https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/06/13/suicide-hotlines-promise-anonymity-dozens-of-their-websites-send-sensitive-data-to-facebook

Decentralize, to Facebook
@Decentralize@dt.gl avatar

Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to –
https://web.archive.org/web/20230614200501/https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/06/13/suicide-hotlines-promise-anonymity-dozens-of-their-websites-send-sensitive-data-to-facebook

avoidthehack, to random

What are you exposing to the web?

Fingerprinting uses many different methods to pull unique characteristics about your device/browser - especially since browsers tend to be "leaky."

So, what is your device/browser sharing? This page gives you an idea.

https://personaldata.info/

torproject, to random
@torproject@mastodon.social avatar

Together with @LaQuadrature we are actively pushing back against unproductive and alarmist narratives that aim to misrepresent people's motivations for using privacy enhancing technologies.
https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2023/06/05/criminalization-of-encryption-the-8-december-case/

hydro_salmon,

@torproject @LaQuadrature
Seriously? This is .

avoidthehack, to tech

Microsoft is killing Cortana on starting late 2023

Finally. I had to go into the registry to disable it permanently on my Windows machine.

Being replaced with Windows Copilot.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-killing-cortana-on-windows-starting-late-2023/

avoidthehack, to infosec

RomCom spread via Ads for ChatGPT, GIMP, more

Threat actors abusing the "sponsored results" features to push their phishing/malware sites on unsuspecting users.

Best/easiest advice here is to use an adblocker.

It also helps to use a private search alternative to Google Search, such as @StartpageSearch @Mojeek or @brave search.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/romcom-malware-spread-via-google-ads-for-chatgpt-gimp-more/

Justice30, to random

"NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so...

An Observer investigation has uncovered a covert tracking tool in the websites of 20 NHS trusts which has for years collected browsing information and shared it with the tech giant in a major breach of privacy..."


https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/27/nhs-data-breach-trusts-shared-patient-details-with-facebook-meta-without-consent

avoidthehack, to random

How Do Different Messaging Apps Treat Deleted Messages?

(This comparison is only between Signal, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger.)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/how-do-different-encrypted-messaging-apps-treat-deleted-messages

dmenis, to random
@dmenis@fosstodon.org avatar

Do you have an Android 🤖 phone❓

Then many.... 😱 Someone is 👂 listing in❗️

❝ it began recording a minute of audio every 15 minutes and forwarding those recordings ❞

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/24/23736180/irecorder-android-google-play-spying-security-risk

Scary, perhaps we'll need to switch off all electronics more often and enjoy the moment.

avoidthehack, to infosec

Google are getting worse, at your expense

They're also concerns... especially the search engine sponsored results (which are paid ads).

https://proton.me/blog/google-ads

avoidthehack, to random

now lets you lock chats with a or fingerprint

Good on WhatsApp.

However, it still collects lots of data and metadata. Use a different messaging app for better privacy such as @signalapp @session, @simplex

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whatsapp-now-lets-you-lock-chats-with-a-password-or-fingerprint/

avoidthehack, to random

India first democracy to ban messaging apps on massive scale.

YIKES

Encryption protects everyone's safety...

Let's NOT ban encryption. A web without encryption (or with backdoored encryption) is not one I want to experience. And neither should you.

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-banned-india

Tutanota, to random
@Tutanota@mastodon.social avatar

Now you can automatically delete all 🔥 spam and 🗑️ trash emails older than 30 days in ALL apps.

Start saving storage every month without even a click.

Available on all Tutanota plans: paid & Free! 🙌

avoidthehack, to random

To become an Clinic patient, first you sign away some

HIPAA does not apply to data but rather covered entities.

For using Amazon's clinic service, Amazon wants you to sign saying it's okay to use and disclosure protected health information.

No thanks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/01/amazon-clinic-hipaa-privacy/

mitexleo, to opensource

Imagine a investigative news website without any kind of Trackers ......

Well , You can't !

mitexleo,

@Hackread Thanks for sharing readers data with Meta.

avoidthehack, to random

Update: The Swedish authorities answered our protocol request

Mullvad @mullvadnet gives update on what they learned regarding the attempted search warrant execution they were subject to in mid-April 2023.

#privacy #privacymatters #privacybydefault #opsec

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/5/2/update-the-swedish-authorities-answered-our-protocol-request/

Sheesh, to fediverse

Love the way that has the federated mindset instead of the giant companies who wants to manipulate and override everyone.

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/atomicpoet/statuses/110273321112547383

avoidthehack, to random

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