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  1. Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2020 15:27:32 UTC Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation
    Got a strange message on your #Samsung phone and feeling paranoid? Every proprietary smartphone OS has backdoors the manufacturer can use to spy on everything you do. Choose one that respects your #privacy and #freedom instead. https://u.fsf.org/gguide #findmymobile
    Friday, 21-Feb-2020 15:27:32 UTC from status.fsf.org permalink
  2. Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2020 18:34:15 UTC Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation
    Got a strange message on your #Samsung phone and feeling paranoid? Every proprietary smartphone OS has backdoors the manufacturer can use to spy on everything you do. Choose one that respects your #privacy and #freedom instead. https://u.fsf.org/gguide #findmymobile
    Thursday, 20-Feb-2020 18:34:15 UTC from status.fsf.org permalink
  3. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2020 05:11:59 UTC Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    Looking back on 2019, one thing I'm happy to see is that #privacy concerns are becoming much more mainstream.

    When I gave a talk at LP2017 just three years ago, I began by saying "this is not a tinfoil hat presentation". If I were to give that talk today, I could confidently omit that line, because 2019 has created a far more fucked up narrative than I ever could have.

    (On the downside, I haven't been able to keep up with the deluge of privacy related issues over the past year.)
    Thursday, 02-Jan-2020 05:11:59 UTC from web permalink
  4. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2019 17:21:06 UTC Zorak Zorak
    #Prepaid #SIM cards in #Romania will only sell based on identity card https://web.archive.org/web/20190908171635/https://www.romania-insider.com/prepaid-sim-cards-id-august-2019 #surveillance #tracking #privacy #anonymity
    Sunday, 08-Sep-2019 17:21:06 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  5. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Sunday, 01-Sep-2019 14:26:30 UTC Zorak Zorak
    How #cash is becoming a thing of the past | #Banking #documentary https://hooktube.com/GbECT1J9bXg #cashless #payments #surveillance #tracking #privacy #anonymity #freedom
    Sunday, 01-Sep-2019 14:26:30 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  6. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2019 21:42:40 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    "Consumer advocates say the act already exempts loyalty programs and that the retailer-sponsored bill would give businesses more power to force consumers to pay for their #privacy rights."
    https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/29/heres-how-tech-companies-want-to-change-californias-landmark-consumer-privacy-act/

    Monday, 29-Jul-2019 21:42:40 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  7. Sean O'Brien (diggity)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2019 21:40:15 UTC Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien

    CCPA: "Among the proposed changes was AB 1416, which would let companies continue freely sharing consumers’ information with government agencies, and which consumer groups considered a major #privacy threat." https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/29/heres-how-tech-companies-want-to-change-californias-landmark-consumer-privacy-act/

    Monday, 29-Jul-2019 21:40:15 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  8. codesections (codesections)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2019 16:35:22 UTC codesections codesections

    Yesterday, here's how I connected to the Internet from home:

    I used a router someone else (AT&T) owned. This router was hard-coded to record every website I visit (because it redirected all DNS queries to AT&Ts servers).

    Today, here's how I connect to the Internet:

    I use a router I own, running #openWRT and using #pihole for nearly all of my DNS queries, falling back to #openNIC for the rest.

    I <3 #FOSS!

    #privacy #security

    Monday, 29-Jul-2019 16:35:22 UTC from fosstodon.org permalink
  9. Sean O'Brien (diggity)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2019 03:15:21 UTC Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • PrivacySafe

    it's almost #FollowFriday! Give our new project @privacysafe some love and help us fundamentally alter the data landscape 🤓 #privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism

    Friday, 26-Jul-2019 03:15:21 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  10. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Friday, 26-Jul-2019 03:10:10 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab
    • Sean O'Brien

    Our @diggity in AP: "Facebook has surveillance at the core of its business model, which is the monetization of data profiles about humans and about human social interaction.” #privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism

    https://www.apnews.com/611607cf8bb249918716fca52dbcfaf7

    Friday, 26-Jul-2019 03:10:10 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  11. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2019 20:43:53 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    data breach: "more than two thousand enterprises and half the Fortune 100 use Attunity" #privacy https://www.upguard.com/breaches/attunity-data-leak

    Sunday, 07-Jul-2019 20:43:53 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  12. Sean O'Brien (diggity)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 18:32:07 UTC Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • PINE64

    #privacy switches in @PINE64 PineBook: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/07/05/google-chromebook-challenger-pinebook-pro-gets-privacy-switches-and-july-pre-order-date/

    Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 18:32:07 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  13. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 18:29:01 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    Biometric #privacy risks: "Wethington calls these face recognition databases 'poorly protected assets' - ones that are easily discoverable using things like BinaryEdge, Shodan, and similar tools..." https://www.fastcompany.com/90372734/due-to-weak-oversight-we-dont-really-know-how-tech-companies-are-using-facial-recognition-data

    Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 18:29:01 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  14. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 18:28:31 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    WIRED rundown of #privacy snafus, ransomware, data breaches: "...the medical testing firm LabCorp said that 7.7 million of its customers had data exposed because of AMCA, and Quest Diagnostics said it had had records from 12 million patients exposed." https://www.wired.com/story/biggest-cybersecurity-crises-2019-so-far/

    Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 18:28:31 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  15. Sean O'Brien (diggity)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2019 10:52:07 UTC Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien

    updates to pilfershush jammer #privacy https://f-droid.org/en/packages/cityfreqs.com.pilfershushjammer/

    Friday, 28-Jun-2019 10:52:07 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  16. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2019 10:46:05 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    Mark Hachman: "At least a subset of users seems to think that a device that isn’t always listening to them is in some way defective." #privacy https://www.pcworld.com/article/3393254/computer-privacy-why-your-laptops-microphone-should-be-easier-to-block.html

    Friday, 28-Jun-2019 10:46:05 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  17. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2019 10:43:41 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    Will Oremus: "Amazon is doubling down on surveillance devices, disclaiming responsibility for how its technology is used, and dismissing concerns raised by academics, the media, politicians, and its own employees." #privacy https://archive.is/bz8jK

    Friday, 28-Jun-2019 10:43:41 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  18. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2019 15:35:03 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    TechCrunch: "users of the LaLiga app were outraged to discover the smartphone software does rather more than show minute-by-minute commentary of football matches — but can use the microphone and GPS of fans’ phones to record their surroundings" #privacy https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/12/laliga-fined-280k-for-soccer-apps-privacy-violating-spy-mode/

    Thursday, 13-Jun-2019 15:35:03 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  19. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2019 15:33:24 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    Darren Shou of Symantec
    in WIRED: "children make mistakes, they make choices, and they are given space by society to collectively learn from them and evolve. Algorithms may not offer this leniency..." #privacy https://www.wired.com/story/the-next-big-privacy-hurdle-teaching-ai-to-forget/

    Thursday, 13-Jun-2019 15:33:24 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  20. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2019 15:31:55 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    Graz University of Technology "researchers Michael Schwarz, Florian Lackner, and Daniel Gruss describe a technique for collecting information about browsers that calls into question the effectiveness of anonymized browsing and browser privacy extensions." #privacy https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/06/11/javascript_fingerprinting/

    Thursday, 13-Jun-2019 15:31:55 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
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