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7 votes
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New products collect data from your brain. Where does it go?
4 votes -
Car tracking can enable domestic abuse. Turning it off is easier said than done.
15 votes -
How GM tricked millions of drivers into being spied on (including me) (gifted link)
56 votes -
GM ends OnStar driver safety program after privacy complaints
38 votes -
HHS strengthens privacy of US reproductive health care data
10 votes -
The not-so-silent type. Vulnerabilities across keyboard apps reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers.
9 votes -
Intelligence community largely won House FISA fight. Now comes the US Senate.
27 votes -
FYI: This site claims to have harvested 4B+ Discord chats, today all yours for a price
41 votes -
ProtonMail on all the data that Outlook collects about your email
61 votes -
Sweden's public sector has ditched Big Tech in the name of privacy as a major telecom provider unveiled a new secure collaboration hub
14 votes -
Insurers use aerial photos to check out roofs or to spot yard debris and undeclared trampolines
32 votes -
Discord to start showing ads for gamers to boost revenue
62 votes -
From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services
32 votes -
GM sued for sale of OnStar driving data
54 votes -
CEO of data privacy company Onerep.com (used by the Mozilla Monitor service), founded dozens of people-search firms
44 votes -
GM cuts ties with two data firms amid heated lawsuit over driver data
32 votes -
Want to automate my home with a privacy focus (but I'm a bit slow and need help)
Hey folks - I've been wanting to go whole hog on automating my home, I read through this smart home automation - tips and tricks thread started by @Merry and had a lot of useful information. Some...
Hey folks - I've been wanting to go whole hog on automating my home, I read through this smart home automation - tips and tricks thread started by @Merry and had a lot of useful information.
Some of the things I took away from it:
- Home assistant is pretty great (if you don't mind tinkering)
- Getting something that will boot back up after a power failure is great
- Use smart plugs / switches vs bulbs
- Maintain it's usefulness if there is an internet outage
Like I mentioned I'd really like for this to be privacy focused and mostly self contained. Sure I'd love to be able to control stuff from my phone while I'm home and also recognize that I'm home or away.
I just am a bit smooth brained when it comes to even seeing "would something like this work with the wiring / circuity that I have in my home already?"
If there are any good guides to follow or really specific advice / steps I could follow to begin this process I'd really appreciate it.
25 votes -
Time to delete your Glassdoor account and data
102 votes -
Tell US Congress: Stop the TikTok ban
32 votes -
How American evangelicals use digital surveillance to target the unconverted
35 votes -
Automakers are sharing consumers’ driving behavior with insurance companies (gifted link)
58 votes -
Credit cards and privacy: Can I have both?
To start: I was taught in the 90s when I first entered the "internet" that "everything online is public. The End." I still adhere to that. I am perhaps a bit overly cautious and whatnot, as I will...
To start: I was taught in the 90s when I first entered the "internet" that "everything online is public. The End."
I still adhere to that. I am perhaps a bit overly cautious and whatnot, as I will forego convenience to have the feeling of privacy (though in some cases I believe it's just a smokescreen).That being said, the main premise to my question is this: I have three cards with which I pay for things. I have a debit card which I use for most purchases, a credit card I use for large purchases I can't immediately cover with my bank account, and a credit card for two specific payments. Every December my company gifts all employees a $100 Visa gift card. I tend to splurge on things I'd rather not have show up in my bank account or credit card, because I feel my purchase habits are tracked (similar as to when I put in a local brewery into Waze... and yeah, I use Waze.)
And now to my actual question: is there a credit company, or a method of credit/debit card I can utilize that will not track/share/etc my personal or purchase info? I had never thought of this idea, aside from the gift cards which usually come with some form of caveat (you lose money on fees for a prepaid card, or you can lose your balance if not spent in a certain time frame, etc) until just now I guess. I found privacy.com which looks kind of legit, but ... I'm always skeptical to start.
All that being said, if you could offer any advice or thoughts on the matter, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
(Edit: the original reason I ask this is because I was thinking that I use Discord a lot and would like to throw a few bucks their way and customize my profile or something "fun" like that, but I do not want them to have my info.)
17 votes -
You can not simply publicly access private secure links, can you?
11 votes -
Generative AI - We aren’t ready
27 votes -
What a bunch of A-list celebs taught me about how to use my phone
47 votes -
Texas is right. The tech giants need to be regulated.
10 votes -
Signal messenger releases 'usernames' so you no longer need to tell someone your phone number in order for them to message you
59 votes -
Using work OSX machine while travelling
I will shortly be travelling for work. I do not have the capacity to bring anything other than my work machine. In addition to working every day I would like to: legally stream movies in the...
I will shortly be travelling for work. I do not have the capacity to bring anything other than my work machine. In addition to working every day I would like to: legally stream movies in the evening, work on writing, email friends etc. At home of course I use a separate laptop for this but in this case I won't have that option. Any thoughts on how best to achieve a separation of concerns while travelling? How do people on Tildes manage this case?
p.s I know in a best case scenario it's not ideal, hence my behaviour at home, I just need a working method for this particular case.
12 votes -
Introducing Mozilla Monitor Plus, a new tool to automatically remove your personal information from data broker sites
35 votes -
ChatGPT is leaking passwords from private conversations of its users, Ars reader says
17 votes -
Twenty-six billion records exposed in massive leak, including data from Linkedin, X, Dropbox
44 votes -
My new apartment’s most aggravating feature (latch smart locks)
50 votes -
Question about GDPR
I am in the EU. I asked a company in which I had an account to delete my account. They told me they would do that as long as I sent them an ID and a postal address. This is to ensure that "I am...
I am in the EU.
I asked a company in which I had an account to delete my account. They told me they would do that as long as I sent them an ID and a postal address. This is to ensure that "I am the right person".
I never gave them an ID and a postal address in the first place so how would that verify anything, and I'm using the email that I used to sign-up with them to ask for the deletion.
Am I in the wrong to believe that this should be easier? Are they misinterpreting the GDPR or am I?
What are my options if I do not want to send my ID and postal address?
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Their arguments are:
Article 5(1)(f) of the GDPR requires us to meet security obligations in data processing. Since data deletion is permanent, we need to ensure that the request is indeed from the person concerned.
Furthermore, Article 12(6) of the GDPR states: "…when the data controller has reasonable doubts concerning the identity of the natural person making the request referred to in Articles 15 to 21, he may request the provision of additional information necessary to confirm the identity of the data subject."
10 votes -
Impact: FTC stops data broker X-Mode selling sensitive location data
16 votes -
Age verification is incompatible with the internet
50 votes -
Simple Mobile Tools bought by ZipoApps (company offering apps with ads and tracking)
53 votes -
You've just been fucked by psyops; the death of the internet
20 votes -
Marketing company claims that it actually is listening to your phone and smart speakers to target ads
34 votes -
Some US pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds
42 votes -
Bluesky says it will allow users to opt out of the public web interface after backlash
23 votes -
US senator warns governments are spying on Apple and Google users via push notifications
38 votes -
Harvard gutted initial team examining Facebook files following $500 million donation from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Whistleblower Aid client reveals
42 votes -
Windowless skyscrapers. These often misunderstood structures play mysterious roles in our urban landscape. In this video we explore the purposes and intriguing stories of these architectural anomalies
12 votes -
Accused of violating kids' privacy, Meta sues US Federal Trade Commission, hoping to block ban on monetizing kids’ data
40 votes -
Email provider recommendations? (Privacy-focused, paid-for)
I have self-hosted my email for many years, but am finally encountering some straws that may be breaking the camel's back. A few email providers are now rejecting my server's mail, Microsoft in...
I have self-hosted my email for many years, but am finally encountering some straws that may be breaking the camel's back. A few email providers are now rejecting my server's mail, Microsoft in particular (
@
hotmail,@
outlook). (In case you're wondering, I already set up SPF, DKIM, DMARC, etc. and none of that is the issue.) Self-hosting was fine, and the technical admin work was never really an issue. I'm just tired of the external factors that are beyond my control, like belonging to an IP range that is scored badly by some random blocklist company.So, I'm now shopping for a good email provider. Privacy and security are important to me, and I am more than willing to pay for email, so all the usual "free" email providers are out of the question. (Update) Also, client access (IMAP, SMTP) is a must.
For now, I am eyeing
Proton is looking to be my choice among those two, as I like the replyable email aliases feature. 16 times the storage doesn't hurt, either.
Any other recommendations in the same vein as these two, and in the same price range?
35 votes -
You should connect to Tor via a VPN, actually
21 votes -
US National Transportation Safety Board calls on automakers to install speed-limiting tech in new vehicles
32 votes -
We and our 756 partners process personal data to
29 votes -
Privacy is priceless, but Signal is expensive
74 votes -
Norway's privacy battle with Meta is just getting started – regulator says it's investigating the company's new ad-free subscription services
28 votes -
Privacy win: EU Parliament decides that your private messages must not be scanned
34 votes -
Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies
30 votes -
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (potentially misleading, see comments)
64 votes -
No more phone number swaps: Signal messaging app now testing usernames
46 votes -
AI cameras took over one small American town. Now they're everywhere
30 votes -
On GoGuardian and invasion of student privacy
24 votes -
Trial testimony - Google considered and rejected creating a form of search that doesn't track users history from website to website
14 votes -
Why the “privacy” wars rage on
12 votes -
On the inadequacy and obsolescence of US laws protecting student privacy - threatening intellectual freedom to explore ideas
6 votes -
Why only 1% of the Snowden Archive will ever be published
25 votes -
Fraud, abuse, fingerprinting, privacy, and openness – Why my bank is fingerprinting me and why that's fine
4 votes -
YouTube anti-adblock detection is illegal in the EU
77 votes -
Mozilla’s Annual Consumer Creep-O-Meter
52 votes -
Is there a reason the iPad pro "scans" your house every minute?
My wife has an ipad pro, and we have a baby monitor. So I was watching the baby monitor and noticed that her ipad was also in view of the camera. What I also noticed is that her ipad seems to...
My wife has an ipad pro, and we have a baby monitor. So I was watching the baby monitor and noticed that her ipad was also in view of the camera. What I also noticed is that her ipad seems to flash an infrared light every minute or so.
After some googling I think this is the lidar scanner, although I'm not 100% sure.
Anyway, does anyone know why her ipad is doing this? It feels pretty creepy that a device is scanning your house all the time. Normally you don't even notice, it's only when you view the iPad pro from a camera that also shows infrared.
Maybe I'm just a little paranoid, but it feels like a privacy violation.
10 votes -
Cops are suing a teen for invasion of privacy after allegedly false arrest goes viral
15 votes -
Prosecutors in Finland have charged a hacker accused of the theft of tens of thousands of records from psychotherapy patients
9 votes -
Meta (Facebook / Instagram) to move to a "Pay for your Rights" approach
33 votes -
You can't control your data in the cloud
19 votes -
ICE, CBP, Secret Service all illegally used US smartphone location data
30 votes -
Consumer Reports releases "Permission Slip" app for requesting data removal
31 votes -
We know who you are
20 votes -
Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud
72 votes -
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?
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Mom’s Meals discloses data breach impacting 1.2 million people
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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