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72 votes
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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform
93 votes -
‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content
23 votes -
Norway asks EU regulator European Data Protection Board to fine Facebook owner Meta over privacy breach
9 votes -
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: AI is fundamentally ‘a surveillance technology’
24 votes -
Inside ShadowDragon, the tool that lets ICE monitor pregnancy tracking sites and Fortnite players
23 votes -
TikTok fined record £300m for putting children’s privacy at risk
28 votes -
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
138 votes -
With Focus you can search the web you want
21 votes -
It’s official: Cars are the worst product category we have ever reviewed for privacy
130 votes -
Apple threatens to pull FaceTime and iMessage in the UK over proposed surveillance law changes
71 votes -
Meta lost a legal battle Wednesday to halt a Norwegian ban on its advertising practices that came with hefty daily fines
22 votes -
As employers expand artificial intelligence in hiring, few states in the USA have rules
12 votes -
We lost the war - Come to terms with the imminent loss of privacy and civil rights without going lethargic
16 votes -
X to collect biometric and employment data
39 votes -
Apple’s decision to kill its CSAM photo-scanning tool sparks fresh controversy
24 votes -
Judge rules against banks' request to seal documents in upcoming New York Donald Trump case. Records will be public with very specific exceptions for privacy.
24 votes -
YouTube's privacy settings now block you from seeing suggested content
I've always been a bit of a privacy enthousiast. Have had everything blocked that Google and by extension YouTube wants to scrape off you. This means I've also blocked my view history. Recently...
I've always been a bit of a privacy enthousiast. Have had everything blocked that Google and by extension YouTube wants to scrape off you. This means I've also blocked my view history.
Recently YouTube started giving out a warning on the homepage that you have blocked your view history, that you can change it in your privacy settings and that it helps them serve you better content. What it also means is that your homepage is just one big popup to guilt trip you into sharing your data. The homepage won't show any suggested content anymore.
While it is in their interest to do so and since they are a company wanting to make money it is understandable. Nevertheless it seems harsh from going to see content that you might like to only seeing a big warning sign right now.
What are you experiences with this?
34 votes -
Mom’s Meals discloses data breach impacting 1.2 million people
17 votes -
Messaging programs: which is better privacy - browser versions or dedicated apps?
I use Slack, WhatsApp, Discord and Facebook's Messenger. On my computers, rather than installing dedicated apps, I've always just used these services' browser versions. It allows me to block ads...
I use Slack, WhatsApp, Discord and Facebook's Messenger. On my computers, rather than installing dedicated apps, I've always just used these services' browser versions. It allows me to block ads with my browser's ad blocker and modify the UIs with other extensions that I use.
But in terms of privacy — and more specifically, in terms of what the service has access to outside of their own walled gardens — is there a difference between using these services through a browser or their dedicated apps? I use both Windows and Mac computers, if that makes a difference. My browser of choice is Firefox and I run the services in their own containers.
On my phone, I just use the provided apps and get notifications that way. I am well aware that most of these protocols are not great for privacy to begin with, but I'm not currently looking for other messaging systems.
21 votes -
The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation
7 votes -
ProtonMail complied with 5,957 data requests in 2022 – still secure and private?
24 votes -
How to move your Instagram feed to Pixelfed, the photo app that doesn't track your every move
41 votes -
AI is ruining the Internet
88 votes -
$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘Incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial
58 votes -
The Court of the Hague orders Meta to unmask anonymous Dutch user accused of repeated defamatory posts
31 votes -
Meta has long fought Europe's demands that it get people's consent before using their data for targeted ads – then a Norwegian regulator threatened daily fines
51 votes -
Where is everyone hosting their email these days?
This is more focused towards those that use custom domains for their email. My current plan is up at Zoho for my team in a month, and even though I've used them for the past few years its been...
This is more focused towards those that use custom domains for their email. My current plan is up at Zoho for my team in a month, and even though I've used them for the past few years its been hit-or-miss (especially when using third-party apps or programs).
Who do you use? Who do you not trust? Who would you never go back to?
Sidenote: I hope this might eventually kick off a ~privacy group, one day.
72 votes -
How to quickly get to the important truth inside any privacy policy
18 votes -
US Congress is debating the controversial surveillance power in section 702 - White House and privacy advocates have strong opinions
10 votes -
Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it
30 votes -
Amazon plans to expand use of its palm scanning technology this year
7 votes -
US federal aid is supercharging local Washington state police surveillance tech
11 votes -
Past FBI seizure of Mastodon server should be a reminder to Fediverse users and hosts to protect users privacy
21 votes -
The ESRB wants to start using facial recognition to check people's ages
44 votes -
How Signal walks the line between anarchism and pragmatism
45 votes -
How Chinese surveillance methods are going global
12 votes -
Threads is the perfect Twitter alternative, just not for you
59 votes -
Apple tests ‘Apple GPT,’ develops generative AI tools to catch OpenAI
17 votes -
Meta's social media platforms will be temporarily barred from behavioral advertising in Norway after a ruling from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority
13 votes -
A new bill would force internet companies in the USA to spy on their users for the Drug Enforcement Administration
45 votes -
Best way to use Instagram from a privacy perspective?
If I wanted to create an Instagram to try to build a brand but value privacy, what are some good tips and tricks for using the app and not have all your personal data harvested by Meta? Of course...
If I wanted to create an Instagram to try to build a brand but value privacy, what are some good tips and tricks for using the app and not have all your personal data harvested by Meta?
Of course they're going to collect whatever info I post but are there some mitigation strategies? Always use a VPN? Should I get a brand new phone number?
13 votes -
Are phones really listening to us at all times?
Had an interesting conversation with my colleagues this morning. We were pretty split whether phones listen to us for advertising or not. On one hand, we anecdotally see Google news and ad...
Had an interesting conversation with my colleagues this morning. We were pretty split whether phones listen to us for advertising or not.
On one hand, we anecdotally see Google news and ad suggestions based on what we say. We know our mics are on at all times for voice assistant and music detection. But we also read online talking about how there is no evidence about the phones recording us. It's hard to trust anything nowadays.
67 votes -
Why has Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, not launched in the EU?
33 votes -
Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds
45 votes -
European Commission adopts new adequacy decision for safe and trusted EU-US data flows
15 votes -
So how do social networks compare when it comes to capturing data in their app? A comparison
7 votes -
Google seems to be running OCR on photos in my Gmail. Is this happening to you too?
This morning I was asked to find an archived email with photos of some scientific equipment. I searched "Powerlab," the name of one of the instruments, in gmail, and the email came right up....
This morning I was asked to find an archived email with photos of some scientific equipment. I searched "Powerlab," the name of one of the instruments, in gmail, and the email came right up. Great! But then I noticed that the word "powerlab" never appeared in the text of the email. I tried searching "ML206", an arbitrary character string from one of the photos in the email, and again, the email appeared in the search, without the search phrase highlighted in the search result, as it normally would be. I tried different phrases from jpgs in emails; not all yielded search results but some did.
I'm not happy about this. I accept some compromises to privacy when using Gmail, but sending text as an image can be a way of specifically avoiding information being harvested. All I ask for is a way to turn it off.
Can anyone replicate this? Did anyone already know about this?
51 votes -
France passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera, microphone, and GPS, in order to spy on people
79 votes -
Cops are already treating self-driving cars as 'surveillance cameras on wheels'
16 votes