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  1. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2019 15:31:38 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    New Nevada law "offers a new definition of 'sale,' unlike those seen in recently passed privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)..." #privacy https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/nevada-ups-the-ante-on-privacy-adds-new-62395/

    Thursday, 13-Jun-2019 15:31:38 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  2. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jun-2019 01:27:36 UTC Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    On the topic of #privacy and #surveillance, I often seen arguments that can be phrased as: "if someone you loved were lost, wouldn't you do everything you could to find them?"

    Of course I would. I have two young children. They mean more to me than anything, and that includes my principles. I can't imagine the desperation I would feel if they were lost, and I would do almost anything to find them.

    And that's part of the problem. We have these pervasive surveillance systems---be it government or civilian (like Ring)---that produce enormous amounts of data. We have mobile devices, cars, ALPRs, and such tracking most every person's moves. We have services analyzing DNA for family history being used for other uses. So on and so fourth.

    And it doesn't matter what those data are collected for---maybe it's for certain purposes now, but once enough people become desperate enough, they'll be used for other things too. Even if those people think it's wrong to do so.

    We need to avoid putting these systems in place to begin with. That's the only way we can't be tempted by them in difficult times.

    And when something does happen, people say, "but if we had X, I wouldn't have lost the person I love". The problem is: it's impossible to satisfy that argument. You can never have enough. And as a consequence, the lives of everyone are affected, not just those who are in that terrible situation.

    These aren't easy decisions to make. I say that as both an activist for user privacy, and as a father.
    Tuesday, 11-Jun-2019 01:27:36 UTC from web permalink
  3. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2019 03:35:16 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab

    great update on CCPA amendments #privacy: https://fpf.org/2019/06/04/ccpa-amendment-update-june-2019-twelve-bills-survive-assembly-and-move-to-the-senate/

    Wednesday, 05-Jun-2019 03:35:16 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  4. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2019 15:27:42 UTC Zorak Zorak
    People are more outraged about the latest episode of Game of Thrones than they will ever be about the current state of #humanity and its impact on #nature, the erosion of #privacy and #freedom, &c. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19928231 #hn #surveillance
    Thursday, 16-May-2019 15:27:42 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  5. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2019 12:07:11 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab
    • Framasoft

    .@Framasoft effort to replace Facebook events: "From a friends and familiy birthday party to a march for climate change, today our gatherings are trapped in the tech giants' platforms." #privacy https://joinmobilizon.org/en/

    Thursday, 16-May-2019 12:07:11 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  6. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Thursday, 16-May-2019 12:03:08 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab
    • Framasoft

    .@Framasoft effort to replace Facebook events: "From a friends and familiy birthday party to a march for climate change, today our gatherings are trapped in the tech giants' platforms." #privacy joinmobilizon.org/en/

    Thursday, 16-May-2019 12:03:08 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  7. Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2019 14:34:52 UTC Yale Privacy Lab Yale Privacy Lab
    • davy.wtf

    important discovery in the article by @davywtf: "*Neither* of these windows use JavaScript but the position of the cursor in the left window is sent to the right window. This works on Tor Browser with JS disabled." #tracking #privacy https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/developer-creates-a-two-way-chat-using-only-css-and-html/

    Thursday, 09-May-2019 14:34:52 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  8. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2019 15:22:52 UTC Zorak Zorak
    #Browser #Fingerprinting: A Survey https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19838123 #privacy #hn
    Monday, 06-May-2019 15:22:52 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  9. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2019 11:45:05 UTC Zorak Zorak
    All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate signing cert https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19823701 #hn #firefox #browser #normandy #privacy
    Sunday, 05-May-2019 11:45:05 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  10. Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2019 10:10:08 UTC Aral Balkan Aral Balkan

    Google headlining “Digital Wellbeing” festival, major whitewashing of surveillance capitalism going on right now.

    If you want to help me call bullshit on this on birdsite, RTs etc. welcome: https://mobile.twitter.com/aral/status/1124245429523238912

    #SurveillanceCapitalism #Google #FuckGoogle #whitewashing #privacywashing #privacy #HumanRights

    Friday, 03-May-2019 10:10:08 UTC from mastodon.ar.al permalink
  11. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2019 20:22:46 UTC Zorak Zorak
    No thanks, #Google. You don't need to know my entire #location history 24/7 to take me to a static address you already have saved. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19808999 #surveillance #tracking #stalking #surveillance #privacy #anonimity #hn
    Thursday, 02-May-2019 20:22:46 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  12. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Apr-2019 11:04:52 UTC Zorak Zorak
    • Tor Project: Anonymity Online
    #Google CAPTCHAs using !Tor can be almost impossible. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19715450 #CAPTCHA #tracking #stalking #surveillance #privacy #anonimity #hn
    Tuesday, 23-Apr-2019 11:04:52 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  13. Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2019 07:30:07 UTC Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺

    #privacy is the freedom to act without being watched and thus, in a sense, to be who we really are — not who we want others to think we are. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/opinion/sunday/privacy-capitalism.html

    Saturday, 20-Apr-2019 07:30:07 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
  14. Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2019 13:16:55 UTC Aral Balkan Aral Balkan

    Just popped up on my XPS 13 updates:

    “This update integrates the BIOSConnect feature into Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery. This feature connects the system to the Dell image server to download and recover the operating system.”

    Umm… how about no, Dell, do not connect my BIOS to the Internet thank you very much.

    Wtf is wrong with these people? *smh*

    #security #privacy

    Monday, 15-Apr-2019 13:16:55 UTC from mastodon.ar.al permalink
  15. Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2019 13:16:03 UTC Aral Balkan Aral Balkan

    “This update integrates the BIOSConnect feature into Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery. This feature connects the system to the Dell image server to download and recover the operating system.”

    Umm… how about no, Dell, do not connect my BIOS to the Internet thank you very much.

    Wtf is wrong with people? *smh*

    #security #privacy

    Monday, 15-Apr-2019 13:16:03 UTC from mastodon.ar.al permalink
  16. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2019 00:35:40 UTC Zorak Zorak
    How to Find Hidden Cameras and Spy Gear
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18926264
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16381592
    #privacy #surveillance
    Saturday, 13-Apr-2019 00:35:40 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  17. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2019 11:50:55 UTC Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    Since I'm on hotel Wifi, a reminder to travelers: consider using a VPN or Tor. I use the latter, both for my web browsing and for SSH to my home server, for privacy reasons.

    It's not just about data collection on guests by the hotel or network operator---some networks, like my hotel, aren't even encrypted, so any non-encrypted traffic can be sniffed. There's a lot of metadata that can be sniffed even from encrypted connections, including domains that you're accessing, and traffic analysis can get a pretty good idea of what it is you're looking at depending on the sites you're visiting. So any guest or anyone else within range (or any users of long-range antennas, even) could sniff data from guest connections.

    Be safe!

    #LibrePlanet2019 #privacy
    Saturday, 23-Mar-2019 11:50:55 UTC from web permalink
  18. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2019 14:06:58 UTC Zorak Zorak
    • Tor Project: Anonymity Online
    #Firefox to add !Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique called letterboxing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19323032 #uplift #privacy #hn
    Friday, 08-Mar-2019 14:06:58 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  19. Zorak (zorak)'s status on Thursday, 21-Feb-2019 12:13:34 UTC Zorak Zorak
    Stop Saying, ‘We Take Your Privacy and Security Seriously’. Also stop saying "Before you go further..." we need to share your data with tens of corporations. /s

    Anybody who takes your #privacy seriously won’t even have to ask for consent, because there is nothing to ask for.
    Thursday, 21-Feb-2019 12:13:34 UTC from social.ilikefreedom.ro permalink
  20. Find us on Librem One (purism)'s status on Thursday, 21-Feb-2019 00:28:05 UTC Find us on Librem One Find us on Librem One

    Our CEO, Todd Weaver testified today at the California Congressional Privacy Commission - hear his testimony- at - https://puri.sm/posts/purisms-ceo-todd-weaver-testifies-at-california-congressional-privacy-commission/ #ChooseFreedom #PrivacyNow #Privacy

    Thursday, 21-Feb-2019 00:28:05 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
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