#Tails 7.10.1

https://tails.net/news/version_7.10.1/

#anonymity #Tor #Linux #privacy #FOSS

MFA fatigue attacks flood a target with authentication push notifications until they accidentally approve one, bypassing multi-factor authentication.

#privacy #cybersecurity #indigoprivacy

"How to stop Roku from tracking everything you watch"

"Let's dive in to Roku's privacy policy to see what data is being collected from you -- and how to stop it."

https://www.engadget.com/2227777/roku-how-to-stop-tracking-everything-you-watch/

#Privacy

#Apple's ‘ #PrivateRelay ’ Is Exposing Users’ Real IP Addresses

https://www.404media.co/apples-private-relay-is-exposing-users-real-ip-addresses/

#privacy

U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-vote-tomorrow-four-internet-bills-one-wrong-direction

#privacy #KOSA #SCREENAct #YouthAIPrivacyAct #CHATBOTAct #politics #AgeVerification

"AI slop, privacy fears, and endless scrolling are making people fall out of love with the internet"

"Given the company's business, it's little surprise to see a focus on data breaches.Read Entire Article A survey by personal-data removal service Incogni illustrates the changing attitudes toward the internet."

https://www.techspot.com/news/113383-ai-slop-privacy-fears-endless-scrolling-making-people.html

#Privacy

#WhatsApp is Testing #AgeVerification

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/08/04/whatsapp-is-testing-age-verification/

#Meta #privacy #India

Privacy isn't something we realize the value of, until we start losing it. We all have a right to control our data, and to whom we give them.

I wrote this article to explore why our private lives are far more valuable than we think - and why protecting them is important in 2026.

I'd be interested to know your thoughts about this topic.

👉🏻 https://www.cypriendefontenay.de/blog/our-private-life-is-gold

The article is available in French, English and German.

#Privacy #DigitalRights #DataProtection #Tech #linux

Someone Cut Down Every Single Flock Camera in This Town in a Single Night

Winona’s 8 Flock Safety license plate cameras were stolen and poles cut overnight, leaving a $24,000 gap and no suspects.

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/l5cin...

#privacy #uspol
https://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night

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Meet ArcaneChat: a secure and #decentralized private messenger

Anonymous: No SIM card needed! No phone numbers required for registration, just set a name and start chatting!

Private: All your conversations are end-to-end encrypted

Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link or QR with can contact you

#digitalindependence #privacy #security #family #encryption #autonomy #european #openSource #europe #diday #decentralization

Why billionaires are always so exited about #targetedAdvertisement ? And why they seem to not understand that the rest of us hate it.

They have so much money that they never will figure out themselves where to spend it all. For them an algorithm that learns their patterns and suggests what to buy, solves their biggest problem.

The rest of us don't have this spending problem. Ads for us are terrible. Especially targeted, which are, on top of that, a #privacy nightmare.

#enshittification

Home Depot faces 3 privacy lawsuits this year. The biggest: its Flock license-plate cameras feed a nationwide police database, with a policy that doesn't restrict ICE or out-of-state sharing. Two cities already caught Flock secretly turning that sharing back on after they'd disabled it.

https://www.thebluf.news/p/home-depot-flock-alpr-surveillance-lawsuits

#Privacy #Surveillance

https://proton.me/blog/privacy-gadgets

The tools that a privacy expert uses to protect themselves, Article and video past the link

- BusKill: a kill switch for laptop theft
- IMSI catcher detectors
- Faraday Pouches
- Security Keys
- Privacy Screen Protectors
- USB Data Blocker
- Cash

#Privacy #Security

Apple is collecting these privacy Ls lately...

Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses

https://www.404media.co/apples-private-relay-is-exposing-users-real-ip-addresses/

#Apple #PrivateRelay #IPAddresses #Vulnerability #Privacy #Tech

Ever wonder how Windows Search finds your files so fast? It's all about indexed locations! Our latest guide shows you how to manage these settings in Windows 11, giving you more control over what your system scans. Perfect for fine-tuning your PC's performance and privacy. #Windows #TechTutorial #Privacy #Performance #GeekRewind https://geekrewind.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-modify-indexed-locations-in-indexing-options-in-windows-11/

LiveContainer is an open-source app launcher that lets you manage unlimited IPA files, switch between app versions, supports multitasking, and integrates with AltStore and SideStore.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=livecontainer

#OpenSource #iOS #Privacy #SelfHosting #FOSS

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Screenshot of the LiveContainer GitHub repository. A large blue app icon appears at the top above the project name "LiveContainer." The description reads: "An app launcher that runs iOS apps without actually installing them!" Below are badges showing translation progress (86% localized) and a link to the documentation at livecontainer.github.io. The page uses GitHub's dark theme.

Mobile #Ad Software Encourages Location Data Sharing, #EFF Report Finds

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/mobile-ad-software-encourages-location-data-sharing-eff-report-finds

#privacy #advertising

Hate it when that happens.

The post Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen appeared first on Futurism.

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Police Department Not Happy When Every Single One of Its Flock Cameras Gets Stolen

"Every Laptop Should Steal This Privacy Display"

"Why should you need to fear nosy neighbors on a plane?"

https://gizmodo.com/every-laptop-should-steal-this-privacy-display-2000794938

#Privacy

#Arti 2.5.1 released

https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_5_1_released/

#Tor #privacy #cybersecurity #anonymity

#Signal: More linked devices are on the table (and the #Android tablet)

https://signal.org/blog/linked-devices-and-android-tablets/

#iOS #cybersecurity #privacy

The #SCREENAct is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare

https://www.404media.co/what-is-the-screen-act-age-verification-porn/

#privacy #AgeVerification #FreeSpeech

‘DO NOT MENTION #ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of #Flock

https://www.404media.co/do-not-mention-alpr-usage-how-cops-are-trying-to-hide-the-existence-of-flock/

#police #privacy #surveillance

The #SEC Bought #Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide

https://www.404media.co/the-sec-bought-airline-data-to-monitor-flights-worldwide/

#travel #privacy #surveillance

𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:

#OS #Privacy #Tails

https://thewhale.cc/posts/tails

Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.

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Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.

It's AI-on-AI violence.

The post Google’s AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper appeared first on Futurism.

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Google’s AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper

#Session Development Update - Pro Beta and Protocol v2

https://getsession.org/blog/session-development-update-pro-beta-protocol-v2

#privacy #anonymity #cybersecurity #FOSS

The Senate Should Reject #KOSA's #Privacy Risks

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/senate-should-reject-kosas-privacy-risks

#AgeVerification

#Apple says #MacBookNeo is pulling #schools away from #Windows and #Chromebooks

https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/01/apple-says-macbook-neo-is-pulling-schools-away-from-windows-and-chromebooks/

#privacy #MacBook #Microsoft #Google #education #school

"Make sure that this resistance doesn't become a vote reflected in the vote of the council."

The post Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors appeared first on Futurism.

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Flock Employee Quits In Disgust, Saying the Company Is Silencing Protestors

Tor Browser is a free, open-source browser from the nonprofit Tor Project. It routes everything through three volunteer relays: the first sees your IP but not the site, the last sees the site but not your IP. No single point knows both. Built to beat surveillance and censorship. Don't customize it — extensions or changed settings make you traceable. For everyday use Brave is enough; for real anonymity, Tor. torproject.org

#tor #anonymity #privacy #indigoprivacy

Tor Browser is a free, open-source browser from the nonprofit Tor Project. It routes everything through three volunteer relays: the first sees your IP but not the site, the last sees the site but not your IP. No single point knows both. Built to beat surveillance and censorship. Don't customize it — extensions or changed settings make you traceable. For everyday use Brave is enough; for real anonymity, Tor. torproject.org

#tor #anonymity #privacy #indigoprivacy

Does DeltaChat allow sending view-once images (i.e. like images in Snapchat)? #DeltaChat #privacy #e2e

we are happy to hear reports from parents that say the small ones of the family like a lot ArcaneChat and the in-chat mini-apps

#ArcaneChat #family #kids #privacy #security #encryption #android #Europe #European #OpenSource #decentralization #digitalindependence

When an app is free, the business usually runs on data. It learns what you do, builds a profile, and sells advertisers access to it. That is the trade, and it is worth understanding. Once you know how it works, adjusting a few settings puts you back in control of most of it.

#privacy #bigtech #indigoprivacy

The Youth #AI #Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/youth-ai-privacy-acts-privacy-paradox

#YouthAIPrivacyAct #politics

Gotify is a lightweight, open-source notification server that delivers real-time push notifications to your devices. It supports REST APIs, WebSockets, plugins, Docker, a web dashboard, and an Android app.

A great fit for developers, homelab users, and self-hosters.


More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=gotify

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Homelab #Docker #Notifications #Privacy #FOSS

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Screenshot of the Gotify GitHub repository. The page shows the Gotify logo, project name (gotify/server), status badges, and an introduction describing Gotify as a lightweight, self-hosted server for sending and receiving real-time notifications over WebSockets.

EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

The EU’s age verification project confirms hardware-bound attestation is mandatory, raising concerns over Linux, custom ROMs, and open-source access.

Archive: ia: https://s.faithco...

#age-verification #linux-&-open-source-news #privacy
https://linuxiac.com/eu-age-verification-project-mandates-hardware-bound-attestation/

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EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation

#Apple challenges #UK government’s latest demand for #iCloud backdoor

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/apple-challenges-uk-governments-latest-demand-for-icloud-backdoor-report/

#cybersecurity #privacy

Printers embed near-invisible yellow tracking dots in every printed page that encode the printer serial number, date, and time of printing.

#privacy #tracking #indigoprivacy

Use Matrix or an XMPP server.

https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school

#CyberSecurity #Privacy

#SnowflakeVolunteer, an #Android app to help people bypass #censorship

https://blog.torproject.org/snowflake-volunteer-standalone-app-to-help-people-bypass-censorship/

#Snowflake #Tor #privacy #anonymity

It's never too soon: Find out how to plan your digital afterlife

https://adguard.com/en/blog/techtok-15-plan-digital-afterlife.html

#privacy #cybersecurity #guide

📄 Need to extract text from PDFs without sending your documents to the cloud?

pdf-inspector is an open-source Rust library that classifies PDFs and extracts structured text locally. It detects text-based vs. scanned PDFs, preserves headings, tables, and reading order, and can export clean Markdown.

More details: https://www.digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=pdf-inspector

#OpenSource #Privacy #Rust #PDF #OCR #FOSS #Developers

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Screenshot of the pdf-inspector GitHub page describing it as a fast Rust library for local PDF classification and text extraction, with support for detecting scanned PDFs, exporting Markdown, and bindings for Python, Node.js, and WebAssembly.

#ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 #UK #police officers, staff

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exfilsquad-hackers-leak-info-of-over-100-000-uk-police-officers-staff/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach

Why a #Flock Worker Quit: ‘They Lied’

https://www.404media.co/why-a-flock-worker-quit-they-lied/

#privacy #surveillance #police

#Samsung bans #SmartTV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections-with-strangers/

#TV #cybersecurity #IoT #privacy #malware

We cover data brokers, AI scraping, location tracking, and biometric collection. One focused story every Monday.

#privacy #news #indigoprivacy

We cover data brokers, AI scraping, location tracking, and biometric collection. One focused story every Monday.

#privacy #news #indigoprivacy

#ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s #DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-dna-collection-fbi-codis/

#privacy #immigration #politics

#Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send customer device IDs to AT&T

https://runtimewire.com/article/exclusive-apple-engineer-says-he-was-fired-after-refusing-to-send-customer-devic

#privacy #ATT #iPhone

How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/rogue-officers-turned-nationwide-camera-122127787.html

#privacy #surveillance #police

Title: The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/03/the-screen-act-threatens-privacy-far-beyond-adult-websites/

#privacy #digitalrights #surveillance

🔌 Slate Auto's electric truck ships with no modem at all, and that's the privacy story.

The startup's $24,950 EV pickup has no built-in cellular connection, so the company physically can't track your location, remote-access the car, or pull data from it. A phone app handles settings and charging info, but it only works standing next to the truck, and Slate says app data is opt-in and never sold. Their words: "We collect data to make ownership better, not to turn the owner into the product."

The context matters. Mozilla's 2023 review called cars the worst product category it has ever reviewed for privacy, with 84% of brands sharing or selling driver data. The FTC banned GM from selling driver data in 2025 after OnStar collected location every 3 seconds. Meanwhile Ford published a patent application for in-car cameras that can read lips and facial expressions.

A policy can be rewritten next quarter, but hardware that doesn't exist can't be switched on. That's the durable part. One caveat from the EFF: the app data policy can still change as the company scales.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06/slate-says-its-electric-pickup-will-never-track-you/
https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

#privacy #EV #cars

Zerion 3.0 is taking shape in the open. The dev branch now ships our full native protocol stack, with public docs for every layer.

In code and documented: per-message post-quantum encryption (Mode 3-Full, a fresh ML-KEM-768 encapsulation on every frame, not just the handshake), the wire format, the pull protocol, the Bluetooth offline mesh, and opt-in embedded I2P. Tor stays mandatory.

No servers. No accounts. No phone number. Read the docs and the code yourself.

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#privacy #foss

Australia banned social media for under-16s in December. Three months on, 8 in 10 teens never left, and half were never age-checked. The ban didn't get kids offline, it just made it harder for parents to see. Set accounts private, family tools on.

#teensafety #Australia #privacy #indigoprivacy

Every Friday we publish a new removal guide for a different data broker. Free, no paywall, no signup.

#optout #privacy #indigoprivacy

Look up your local cops on the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance

The Atlas of Surveillance is a database of police technology in use across the United States: enter your city, county, state or the name of a local law enforcement agency, and it will tell you what's in their toybox.

#EFF #flocksafety #surveillance #privacy #police #technology #tech

https://boingboing.net/2026/07/27/look-up-your-local-cops-on-the-effs-atlas-of-surveillance.html/