Police departments have used Clearview AI's facial recognition database, which contains billions of scraped social media photos, without notifying the public.

#privacy #clearview #facialrecognition #indigoprivacy

#privacy #digitalsovereignty #kidsact #chatcontrol

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Big bubble letters like a movie poster that says: FUCK OFF I'M NOT GIVING YOU A GOVT ID you are a FUCKING WEBSITE are you out of your mind

What are the worst #spyware apps — and how do you spot them?

https://proton.me/blog/spyware-apps

#privacy #cybersecurity #guide

A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway

https://www.wired.com/story/a-majority-of-european-lawmakers-voted-against-letting-big-tech-read-our-messages-theyre-going-to-anyway/

#ChatControl #privacy #Europe

Facial recognition scanners are turning up at airports, stadiums, and even Disneyland's gates. Most offer an opt-out, but few make it obvious. Before your next visit, check the venue's policy and look for the opt-out lane.

#privacy #facialrecognition #biometrics #optout #indigoprivacy

#KaiserPermanente nurses say technology is making their jobs — and patient care — worse

https://themarkup.org/artificial-intelligence/2026/07/09/kaiser-permanente-nurses-say-technology-is-making-their-jobs-and-patient-care-worse

#healthcare #privacy #AI #bossware #surveillance

Government-mandated gatekeepers have no place between Americans and lawful speech. CCIA’s Fifth Circuit brief argues Texas’ SB2420 imposes unconstitutional barriers to lawful speech by requiring age verification, parental consent, and compelled age ratings. Americans shouldn’t have to surrender their #privacy or show ID to access lawful information online. Free expression includes both the right to speak and the right to receive information. #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech https://ccianet.org/news/2026/06/ccia-files-brief-arguing-that-texas-app-store-law-likely-violates-first-amendment/

European cloud provider #Nextcloud leaks 367K records, exposing staff and clients

https://cybernews.com/security/nextcloud-cloud-provider-data-leak/

#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach #FOSS

Madison Square Garden Kept a List of #Gay Celebrities

https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-celebrity-database-surveillance/

#MSG #privacy #LGBTQ

Hey all. My new YouTube video is up!

This week's topic is Flock Safety cameras, the institutionalized abuse of this technology, and most importantly, a Suffolk, Virginia engineer who was recently arrested for destroying and defacing the cameras in his town en masse.

If you enjoy the video, please tap the like button. This is a free way to help a small creator in a big way. Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2A66tDGwFo

#YouTube #Technology #Privacy #Flock #JeffSovern #MassSurveillance #CivilLiberties

#Meta’s glasses will turn off the camera if you tamper with the #privacy light

https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/962514/meta-privacy-light-tampering-smart-glasses-update

#AI #RayBan #Oakley #IoT #SmartGlasses

A poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Connecting The Meta Privacy Dots
#Meta #AI #Privacy

https://warnercrocker.com/2026/07/09/connecting-the-meta-privacy-dots/

#MountRoyal #University confirms breach as hackers claim attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mount-royal-university-confirms-breach-as-hackers-claim-attack/

#privacy #DataBreach #cybersecurity #education

Lenders keep your SSN, pay stubs, and financial statements indefinitely — and that permanent store is a breach target shared with affiliates and brokers. Unlike a password, a leaked SSN is something you can never change.

#privacy #fintech #banking #indigoprivacy

#Windows Drops Under 60% in Global Desktop OS Share for the First Time in Years

https://linuxiac.com/windows-drops-under-60-in-global-desktop-os-share-for-the-first-time-in-years/

#privacy #cybersecurity #Windows11 #EndOf10 #Windows10

DuckDuckGo's browser can now block most YouTube video ads without requiring a separate extension.

The feature is rolling out across supported platforms, though DuckDuckGo notes you may occasionally see buffering or ads as YouTube changes how ads are delivered.

Read more: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/07/duckduckgo-youtube-ad-blocking-browser.html

#DuckDuckGo #YouTube #Privacy #AdBlocking #TechNews

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the largest sporting event in history. It’s also the most surveilled World Cup ever. If you’re visiting or traveling around host cities, then you and your face, behavior, movement and devices are being monitored by governments and private companies. The […]

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World Cup Propels Surveillance To New Heights

vandalism is wrong!

destruction of property is wrong!

are you listening to me?

no?

well good, because i'm being sarcastic as fuck

"More #Flock cameras cut down in #Houston amid some #privacy concerns"

https://abc13.com/post/more-flock-cameras-cut-down-houston-amid-privacy-concerns/19471780/

Secure self-hosted team chat platform Chatto is now open source: developer Hendrik Mans released the code under AGPL-3.0-or-later (with Apache 2.0 exceptions). It supports single-community servers and aims to reduce self-hosting complexity. Built-in E2EE voice/video calls arrive in v0.4+. https://cyberinsider.com/secure-self-hosted-team-chat-platform-chatto-goes-open-source/ 🔒🗣️ #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHosted

One privacy story, every Monday. Legislation, lawsuits, data breaches, and tools that help you respond.

#privacy #news #indigoprivacy

Foliate is a free, open-source eBook reader for Linux with support for EPUB, MOBI, PDF, CBZ, FB2, and more.

It includes dark mode, annotations, dictionary lookup, text-to-speech, bookmarks, and reading progress, all without requiring an account or sending your reading data to the cloud.

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

#OpenSource #Linux #eBooks #Privacy #FOSS #Reading

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Screenshot of the Foliate project page showing the app logo, the tagline "Read books in style," and a preview of its clean eBook reading interface with a table of contents and an open book.

https://youtu.be/Yv2Eb_kJous

#meta #privacy #facebook #instagram #whatsapp

Hackers exploit #Roundcube flaw to spy on academic researchers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-roundcube-flaw-to-spy-on-academic-researchers/

#cybersecurity #privacy

“ Today, the European Parliament allowed the suspicionless mass scanning of private communications (“Chat Control 1.0”) to pass, a measure it had rejected twice in March. Although a majority of voting Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) actually opposed the regulation (314 against, 276 in favor, 17 abstentions), the motion to reject it failed to secure the required absolute majority of 361 votes. As a result, mass scanning is now permitted again until 2028.

A symbolic exemption was adopted for encrypted communications—though in practice, service providers do not scan these anyway. Furthermore, while a majority of voting MEPs wanted to restrict the scanning of private communications strictly to suspects identified by the judiciary (322 to 255 votes), this amendment likewise fell short of the required absolute majority.

Dr. Patrick Breyer, civil rights activist and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP), warns of the consequences:

“The fact that Chat Control is moving forward against the will of the majority of voting MEPs is a farce and damages democracy.””

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-parliament-greenlights-chat-control-1-0-breyer-our-children-lose-out/

#EU #ChatControl #Surveillance #MassScaning #Privacy

#Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds

https://www.404media.co/meta-patents-ai-device-that-tracks-your-emotions-watches-you-take-your-meds/

#privacy

Another massive #DataBreach exposed millions of #DriversLicense numbers

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/08/another-massive-data-breach-exposed-millions-of-drivers-license-numbers/

#privacy #cybersecurity #AssuranceAmerica

Apple's ‘Hide My Email’ Feature May Reveal Users’ Real Addresses

This vulnerability has been know over a year by now, if you want to be anonymous use ArcaneChat instead!

Keep the family safe 🤗💜✨

#ArcaneChat #privacy #anonymous #anonymity #decentralization #email #encryption #europe #european

How to stop #Meta from tracking you

https://proton.me/blog/stop-meta-tracking

#privacy #guide

“But I’ve learned from this experience, taking this kind of job means losing some of the privacy that most of us expect,” he said. “The American people have a right to know if their leaders are facing health challenges that might affect their ability to perform their duties even temporarily.”

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/mitch-mcconnell-joe-biden-health-problems

#healthcare #PublicHealth #privacy #infosec #PaidLeave #UScongress #USpol

Watch #YouTube Without Ads on the #DuckDuckGo Browser

https://spreadprivacy.com/youtube-ad-blocking/

#privacy #AdBlocker #AdBlocking #advertising

Governments aren't trying to break VPN encryption. They're trying to detect that you're using a VPN in the first place. That's why the real battle has shifted from encryption to obfuscation.

In this deep dive, I explain:
• Why age verification laws are putting VPNs in the spotlight
• How Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) actually identifies VPN traffic
• Why WireGuard and OpenVPN are fingerprintable
• How Shadowsocks evolved into VLESS + REALITY + XTLS Vision + uTLS
• Why this protocol stack is becoming the gold standard for censorship resistance

If you've ever wondered how modern VPNs stay one step ahead of DPI, this is for you.

🔗 https://thecybersecguru.com/online-privacy/vpn-detection-reality-vless-age-verification/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#CyberSecurity #VPN #Privacy #Networking #NetSec #Linux #DPI #TLS #InternetFreedom #InfoSec

#Matrix v1.19 release

https://matrix.org/blog/2026/07/08/matrix-v1.19-release/

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

Google's new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote attestation scheme

#Google owes its existence to the open web, but today, its technological “innovations” have much to do with locking users into a “walled garden.” The latest of these is “reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification,” an experimental initiative that will let companies block users if they are running independent, "de-googled" versions of #Android. These “indie Android” versions are favored by people who want to protect their #privacy and their attention by blocking #trackers and #ads. Worse, this is just the latest in a line of similarly user-hostile measures.
#remoteAttestation #recaptcha #advertising

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/googles-new-remote-attestation-scheme-every-bit-terrible-its-old-remote

A poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Connecting The Meta Privacy Dots
#Meta #Tech #Privacy #smartglasses
https://warnercrocker.com/2026/07/09/connecting-the-meta-privacy-dots/

RE: https://loops.video/v/gMKfZjMBDu

@EUCommission I’m absolutely furious about #chatcontrol

EU failed it’s promises about #democracy, #privacy and putting people first.

You didn’t listen. Instead you put corrupt authoritarian and industry lobbyists before the ideals you promised you’d stand behind.

My only consolidation is that it will fail spectacularly, it will do so quickly, it will become a privacy and hacking disaster, and a lot of activists will get to tell you: ”We told you so!”

Telco giant #KDDI says #DataBreach affects over 12 million people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/japanese-telecom-giant-kddi-says-data-breach-affects-12-million-people/

#Japan #ISP #privacy #cybersecurity

#Privacy Derangement Syndrome is a pejorative term used to describe negative, irrational reactions to learning that your citizens have access to any kind of anonymity or privacy in their affairs, and immediately voting them away.

aka the same people who want you to upload your real ID any time you use the internet also just gave themselves the right to have a look at everything you've every written, drawn or have taken a picture of.

https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/07/european-parliament-approves-mini-chat-control/

In unkritischen Medienberichten - wie teilweise auch in dem verlinkten Zeit-Artikel - wird immer wieder gezielt das manipulative Narrativ des "Kinderschutzes" und "Kampf gegen Missbrauch" verbreitet, um die Chatkontrolle zu propagieren. Dabei warnen nicht nur Datenschützer*innen und Netzaktivisti sondern auch Kinderschutz-Organisationen vor der Chatkontrolle, die mit der angestrebten Massenüberwachung auch Kinder und Jugendliche gefährdet.

https://www.zeit.de/news/2026-07/09/chatkontrolle-scan-erlaubnis-nimmt-huerde-im-eu-parlament

https://archive.is/ULUjx

#Chatkontrolle #Überwachung #Datenschutz #EU #Privacy #ClientSideScanning

#Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your #Instagram Photos in #AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-now-lets-anyone-use-your-instagram-photos-in-ai-images-unless-you-opt-out/

#privacy

Chat Control 1.0 has passed, a shameful affair, literally every scientist or expert can explain why this is a bad idea. The next step is clear , everybody should move to E2EE applications where possible. Also check if the provider uses opensource, is transparant.
#chatcontrol #eu #privacy

Das EU-Parlament hat für die anlasslose Massenüberwachung per Chatkontrolle 1.0 gestimmt.

Nachdem die Chatkontrolle zunächst auf Eis gelegt zu sein schien, hat die konservative Parlamentspräsidentin Metsola (EVP) Ende Juni ein Eilverfahren für eine neue Abstimmung in die Wege geleitet, nachdem sie sich erst im Mai mit Tech-Bros von Überwachungskonzernen wie Meta getroffen hatte.

Die heutige Eil-Abstimmung im EU-Parlament fand wohl gezielt sehr knapp vor der Sommerpause statt, so dass durch die Abwesenheit einiger MEPs nicht die notwendige Mehrheit für eine Ablehnung anwesend war, während eine rechtskonservative Mehrheit für die Einführung stimmte.

Mit der von der Kommission vorangebrachten Chatkontrolle möchte die Europäische Union eine tiefgreifende, anlasslose Massenüberwachung der privaten Kommunikation fast aller Menschen durchsetzen, indem eine erweiterbare Infrastruktur errichtet wird, die Inhalte direkt auf den Geräten scannt und somit auch Verschlüsselung umgehen kann, sowie Alterskontrollen einführen soll. Lobbyist*innen aus der Techbranche und Behörden stehen hinter diesem Vorgehen, während Ausnahmen bei der Massenüberwachung für Behördenmitarbeiter*innen vorgesehen sind.

https://www.zeit.de/news/2026-07/09/chatkontrolle-scan-erlaubnis-nimmt-huerde-im-eu-parlament

https://archive.is/ULUjx

#Chatkontrolle #EU #Überwachung #Datenschutz #Privacy

Apple says it would rather pull iMessage and FaceTime from the UK entirely than comply with new surveillance demands. Under the amended law, companies must clear security features with the government before release and scan encrypted messages on request.

Notice what makes that threat possible: Apple is a company with a headquarters, a server, and a product it can be forced to change or withdraw.

An app with none of those has nothing to weaken.

zerion.chat

#privacy #encryption #uk #tor #foss

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/116884302738509527

"To the argument that certain technologies and surveillance are in some way inevitable, I don't believe that to be true. It certainly doesn't have to be. You don't need to buy or use these invasive technologies, and you can reject them. Friends don't let friends wear pervert glasses." - Zack Whittaker

#SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #surveillance #resist

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Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech.

For my blog & newsletter ~ this week in security ~ I wrote about why the backlash against smart glasses — aka "pervert glasses" — is justified from a security and privacy perspective. Please read and share!

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/reframing-smart-glasses-as-pervert-glasses/

Sign up/RSS for my weekly newsletter: https://this.weekinsecurity.com

Google accused of enabling immigrant surveillance and censorship of ICE-tracking apps; incl. company comment

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/united-states-google-accused-of-enabling-immigrant-surveillance-and-censorship-of-ice-tracking-apps-incl-company-comment/

Cc @404mediaco

#uspol #USA #privacy #ice #google

Hopefully, nobody was using this for actually security and privacy.

Apple's Hide My Email may not be hiding anything - Engadget

https://www.engadget.com/2206382/apple-s-hide-my-email-may-not-be-hiding-anything/

#Apple #HideMyEmail #Privacy #Security #Vulnerability #Email #Tech

"In recent years, the Signal messaging app has become a newsroom staple, enabling journalists, colleagues, sources, and others to speak to one another securely with end-to-end encryption. This means no one except those in conversation — not even the service provider — can read your messages or listen in on your calls. Journalists use it individually, and we also see a trend toward using organizational Signal tiplines.

But it’s important to understand this is not a ”set it and forget it” decision. When talking to sensitive contacts, you do need to maintain your account to ensure it is safe and does not fall into the wrong hands.

Imagine if someone took over your Signal account. They could impersonate you, causing reputational damage, or worse, putting sources at risk. Unfortunately, this is not a hypothetical. We have seen at least one public example (and some less public) where newsrooms have lost access to Signal identifiers, sometimes leading to abuse.

There are a few simple things journalists can do to maximize the safety of their Signal account."

https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/signal-account-safety/

#Messaging #Signal #Privacy #Surveillance #Encryption #PrressFreedom #Journalism #Media

"I think this backlash against smart glasses is justified from a security and privacy perspective. Using technology to secretly record someone else isn't new, but bringing this audio- and video-collecting wearable tech into the mainstream has the potential to make it easier to carry out cybercrime and fraud by lowering the bar to entry for abuse.

The ability to covertly record and play back something displayed on someone's phone or computer screen or while someone taps in their password on a keyboard presents a major security problem — especially if that person is unaware of it happening. Recording sensitive data also creates a future risk of that information getting compromised, hacked, or obtained by a legal authority.

It is understandable why some are reframing smart glasses as "pervert glasses," by rejecting the sanitized marketing of tech companies and calling these products what they see them as: surveillance devices. It also speaks to the distrust that some consumers have with tech giants after years of abuses and scandals misappropriating people's data.

There are valid concerns that smart glasses on the market today could soon bake-in more privacy invading tech, like facial recognition."

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/reframing-smart-glasses-as-pervert-glasses/

#Surveillance #Meta #SmartGlasses #Privacy

Zerion 2.0.6 is out.

No servers. No phone number. Everything over Tor. Post-quantum encryption (ML-KEM-768 + X25519) on every message, not just the handshake, so “harvest now, decrypt later” has nothing to harvest.

This release: adding contacts is rock solid, dropped connections recover instantly, pairing hardened. The whole build went through a full code and security review before shipping.

Open source, GPLv3. On F-Droid, Google Play, and direct APK.

https://zerion.chat/blog/zerion-2-0-6-release.html

#privacy #foss

My ISP of choice, #Bahnhof, is rather rebellious, supports #freespeech and #privacy, is anti chat control and surveillance, calls copyrighters a mafia (🥰), offers instructions on how to circumvent state censorship. But now they're about to be aquired by a huge, state-owned ISP 🤮

#Microsoft flips #Windows Backup to on by default unless you're in the #EU

https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/07/07/microsoft-flips-windows-backup-to-on-by-default-unless-youre-in-the-eu/5267664

#privacy #Europe

All Cars Sold in the #EU Now Require a Camera Aimed at Your Face. It’s Still Not Clear Where That Data Goes

https://allaboutcookies.org/eu-mandatory-distracted-driver-system

#privacy #Europe

Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: The worst breaches of 2026 so far

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/the-worst-hacks-and-breaches-of-2026-so-far/

#cybersecurity #ransomware #DataBreach #privacy

At the #Calgary Stampede? Stop by, say hi, and sign the petition to bring political parties under privacy law!

https://VoterPrivacy.ca/ canvassers are talking with attendees about closing the #privacy loophole and preventing another Alberta-style breach. Learn more: https://voterprivacy.ca/

#cdnpoli

Hidden backdoor in #Tenda #router firmware grants admin access

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hidden-backdoor-in-tenda-router-firmware-grants-admin-access/

#cybersecurity #privacy #networking

EFF-led coalition (15+ groups) urges the FTC to reject X’s bid to end/weaken a 2022 privacy oversight order. They say X missed the legal standard, leadership changes don’t remove obligations, and new AI/data uses increase—rather than reduce—need for scrutiny. Learn more: https://cyberinsider.com/eff-led-coalition-urges-ftc-to-reject-xs-bid-to-end-privacy-oversight/ 🔒📣🤖 #FTC #EFF #Privacy #ConsumerProtection #AI

Well. There it is.

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-caught-secretly-spying-on-users

#ai #privacy

Insurance companies have hired investigators to conduct physical surveillance on disability claimants, filming them in public spaces to challenge claims.

#privacy #surveillance #indigoprivacy