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21 votes
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Google China prototype links searches to phone numbers
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Leaving Apple & Google: /e/ first beta is here
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How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data
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Today, Europe lost the internet. Now, we fight back
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GCHQ data collection violated human rights, Strasbourg court rules. Spies breached right to privacy in programme revealed by Edward Snowden, judges say
10 votes -
Mozilla co-founder's Brave files adtech complaint against Google
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Feedbin goes private by default, explains design desicions to enhance user privacy
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A call for principle-based international agreements to govern law enforcement access to data
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Trend Micro says sorry after apps grabbed Mac browser history
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On an internet run by personal information, what do you do to manage yours?
Almost every content provider online tries to access some of your personal info, whether it's to keep itself afloat, improve functionality, or create profits. In 2014, Google made [89.4%]...
Almost every content provider online tries to access some of your personal info, whether it's to keep itself afloat, improve functionality, or create profits. In 2014, Google made [89.4%] (https://revenuesandprofits.com/how-google-makes-money/) of its profits from advertising, all of which attempts to target users with their interests (though Google does allow this to be disabled).
What do you do to try and protect yourself from data collection? What software, programs, or browser extensions do you trust to protect you, and not just also monitor your activities?
If you don't do any of this, why not? To what extent do you think companies should be allowed to use your data?
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/e/ first beta soon to be released
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A year later, Equifax lost your data but faced little fallout
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Who controls your data? Nine reporters in London, Paris, New York & San Francisco filed more than 150 requests for personal data to 30+ popular tech companies
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New Alpha Release: Tor Browser for Android
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Brave browser gets Chrome's extensions starting Thursday with major new version
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Reverse-engineering "Adware Doctor", the #4 app in the Mac App Store that's been surreptitiously stealing users' browser history
17 votes -
New Release: Tor Browser 8.0 [based on Firefox Quantum]
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Help defend Australian encryption laws
9 votes -
Should Grindr users worry about what China will do with their data?
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Google and Mastercard cut a secret ad deal to track retail sales
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While Google is attacked over privacy concerns and perceived bias, DuckDuckGo raised $10M
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DNS Privacy
11 votes -
Mozilla: Changing our approach to anti-tracking
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The tech industry is lobbying for federal data & privacy regulation that is friendly to the tech industry, but hostile to users' interests
11 votes -
Venmo's public API exposes millions of transactions, startling users
10 votes -
Phone Numbers Were Never Meant as ID. Now We’re All At Risk
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Tildes code of conduct
Tildes code of conduct says Do not post anyone's sensitive personal information (related to either their real world or online identity) with malicious intent. Can you change that to just say don't...
Tildes code of conduct says
Do not post anyone's sensitive personal information (related to either their real world or online identity) with malicious intent.
Can you change that to just say don't post personal info? Even if it's not done with malicious intent it should still be removed to protect people's privacy.
Also while it does say to not post spam on tildes terms of service I think It should say that on the code of conduct.
Edit: I mean posting personal info without consent and not public information.
Telling someone how to contact a company would be fine but not posting someone's address.
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How I recorded user behaviour on my competitor’s websites
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Danah Boyd - The messy fourth estate
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Facebook will pull its data-collecting VPN app from the App Store over privacy concerns
7 votes -
Docker for Mac and Windows requires Docker Store login
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Blind loyalty - How a social network is redefining the future of corporate culture
14 votes -
I don't trust Signal
18 votes -
The Data Detox Kit- An 8 day challenge to clean up your online data.
16 votes -
Giving up on privacy
I have been an advocate for privacy for a long time, but recently I don't even know why I am doing this anymore. I do most of my browsing through TOR, and that has made me give up a lot of...
I have been an advocate for privacy for a long time, but recently I don't even know why I am doing this anymore. I do most of my browsing through TOR, and that has made me give up a lot of conveniences. And that's what I miss. I miss not having to think about privacy. I also miss not feeling like I am being spied on. Now I am torn. I don't like companies like Google mining my data, but I also think I am being paranoid (the people in my life have shared this sentiment). I don't want to leave a permanent cache of my mind. But I also feel like doing so won't really affect me. Not to mention that I despise the predatory nature of advertisers, and I hate giving them even more info about me.
What do I do, Tildes? Have any of you felt this way? How do you balance running from Google while still staying sane?
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How many of you host your own email server? Do you recommend hosting one?
I was thinking of setting up my own email server, just for learning and privacy stuff. Which VPS provider would you recommend? What are the major challenges one might face while hosting own email?
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Google tracks your movements, like it or not
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Australia's crypto-busting bill still on the table
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CCleaner provokes fury over Active Monitoring, user data collection
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Anonymity on Tildes
I had a thought, which I'm not sure I agree with, but figured it would be a good conversation. So much of our social discourse, and exploitation of our social platforms, can be associated with...
I had a thought, which I'm not sure I agree with, but figured it would be a good conversation.
So much of our social discourse, and exploitation of our social platforms, can be associated with anonymity. Given the divisiveness of our times, it feels like it's almost a pre-req for a platform like this (this has already been discussed in other threads).
A slightly different question: Is there ever a place for folks that want to announce their identity, and go through something like a Twitter verification process? This could feed into the future trust/reputation feature.
24 votes -
Why you need a network-wide ad-blocker
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Facebook in talks with banks to add your financial information to Messenger
18 votes -
The federal government's My Health Record system is capable of storing genomic information, which could turbocharge medical research but has intensified privacy and security fears
5 votes -
Alberta privacy commissioner to investigate use of facial recognition software on Calgary malls
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Spotify user requests GDPR data, gets 250 MB of extremely detailed data, down to the headphone brand.
@steipete: Tried the GDPR data export from Spotify. By default, you get like 6 JSON files with almost nothing. After many emails and complaining and a month of waiting, I got a 250MB archive with basically EVERY INTERACTION I ever did with any Spotify client, all my searches. Everything.
34 votes -
'Spycam porn' sparks record protests in South Korea
6 votes -
My Health concessions 'woefully inadequate', says former Australian Medical Association president
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At least two malls are using facial recognition technology to track shoppers' ages and genders without telling
10 votes -
What we have now is not advertising
23 votes