Intelius, TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate, and US Search are all owned by PeopleConnect. One free suppression request at suppression.peopleconnect.us covers your background report on all four. Note: deleting your User Data does NOT remove your listing — that's a separate tool. Use an email alias, not your real address.

#intelius #databrokers #optout #privacy #indigoprivacy

SURF geeft onderwijs- en onderzoekssector positief privacyadvies over Nextcloud.
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/250140/surf-geeft-onderwijs-en-onderzoekssector-positief-privacyadvies-over-nextcloud.html
#privacy #nextcloud

Another privacy-facing Guardian article (hey I can't help it if the posts are decent), this time on a fashion line marketed as deceiving/confusing facial (& body/gait?) detection systems.

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jul/17/adversarial-clothing-are-garments-designed-to-confuse-facial-recognition-systems-about-to-go-mainstream

Would be good to see Adam Harvey (@adam_harvey ) get a mention when these comp vision surveillance camouflage projects are in the press. His CV Dazzle project was years before this went vogue, years as in 2010:

https://adam.harvey.studio/cvdazzle/

#privacy #surveillance #policestate

The idea is great. The clothing is pretty much not. #adversarialclothing
#privacy #fashion

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jul/17/adversarial-clothing-are-garments-designed-to-confuse-facial-recognition-systems-about-to-go-mainstream?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

If you're going to bash the competition, at least be honest about it. @simplex

I can't speak to the other points here, but Session does have message padding, though only for attachments up to 10 MB. This is highlighted in section 6.2 of their whitepaper, which is linked on the first page of their website; they also mentioned it in multiple interviews. So they deserve a yellow check mark.

This is achieved by first padding each attachment to fit within a fixed number of constant sizes between 0 and 10 megabytes, then encrypting the attachment with a random symmetric AES key.

It should be a no-brainer to read the whitepaper of the competition before making any claims about them.

I'm happy to be proven wrong.

Whitepaper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2002.04609
Session website: https://getsession.org/
SimpleX presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhW8AuoRgxg

Also: Checklists Are The Thief Of Joy

#session #sessionmessenger #simplexchat #simplex #dataprotection #privacy #cybersecurity #messenger @session

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Presentation by a SimpleX employee discussing the differences between SimpleX and Session, Briar, Element, Cwtch, and Signal. The chart lists multiple security factors, and next to them are crosses, yellow check marks, and green check marks.

New class action lawsuit just dropped!

Apple accused misleading users about Hide My Email’s privacy protections - 9to5Mac

https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/16/class-action-accuses-apple-of-misleading-users-about-hide-my-emails-privacy-protections/

#Apple #ClassAction #Lawsuit #HideMyEmail #Privacy #Tech

Most privacy news is too technical or too vague to act on. Ours isn't.

#privacy #dataprivacy #indigoprivacy

Most privacy news is too technical or too vague to act on. Ours isn't.

#privacy #dataprivacy #indigoprivacy

Vocalinux is an open-source voice dictation app for Linux that works entirely offline.

It supports Whisper.cpp, OpenAI Whisper, and VOSK, letting you dictate into almost any application without sending your audio to the cloud. It also includes GPU acceleration, customizable hotkeys, and Wayland/X11 support.

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

#OpenSource #Linux #Privacy #SpeechToText #Whisper #Productivity

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Screenshot of the Vocalinux project page. The page describes Vocalinux as "Voice-to-text for Linux, finally done right!" and displays project badges including beta status, nightly release, GPLv3 license, Linux platform support, Python 3.9+, GTK, and code coverage. A banner illustration below shows four people using laptops beneath a large microphone icon, with Linux and open-source symbols in the background, representing offline voice dictation for Linux.

"The retail sector [in Australia] has been so interesting, with broader surveillance technology. They're at the point where staff are wearing bodycams to protect them from customers, who are frustrated that there's no staff because everything's been automated."

https://burningplatforms.podbean.com/e/the-palantir-primer/

#BurningPlatforms #CentreOfThePublicSquare #PerCapita #privacy #surveillance #podcasts

📕 A very timely UN report for countries, states and governments to pause becoming a surveillance state by being captured to 'surveillance capitalism'.
🧠 Privacy is the pre-condition to social growth.
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Read the full report here: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/06/digital-surveillance-related-chilling-effects-must-be-addressed-long-term
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#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #intellectualprivacy

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The text gives website address for a UN report on the chilling effects of surveillance.

The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260715-how-period-trackers-share-womens-private-details

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939641

#HackerNews #privacy #periodtrackers #datasecurity #womenrights #healthtech

Here’s the Truth About Whether #Meta’s #NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’

https://www.wired.com/story/heres-the-truth-about-whether-metas-nametag-face-recognition-exists/

#FRT #privacy #FacialRecognition

Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Transparency Reports and Key #Privacy Features

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/most-smart-watches-rings-and-bands-lack-basic-transparency-reports-and-key-privacy

#IoT #wearable

"Police departments around the country have used Flock cameras at least hundreds of times to search for specific people, not cars, using searches such as “heavy-set male with a black and white hat,” “person on skateboard,” and “person wearing orange vest and construction hat,” according to data reviewed by 404 Media. Sometimes searches reference a target’s race or signs of their political affiliation.

The searches highlight that while most people associate Flock cameras with scanning license plates and tracking vehicles, some of the cameras are also capable of following the movements of particular people or groups of people. Flock’s nationwide network of cameras lets police officers in one state search for a vehicle across many other states at once; the people searches do a similar thing, typically on a smaller scale, sometimes querying many hundreds of cameras at once. These are called “FreeForm” searches, and allow cops to use Flock’s system as though they would use a search engine, with Flock’s AI and image recognition interpreting what footage and which people are relevant to a police officer’s search."

https://www.404media.co/how-cops-use-flock-to-track-people-not-cars/

#USA #Surveillance #Flock #Privacy

"This technical analysis provides the most detailed view yet into the inner workings of the Pegasus spyware system. This includes confirmation of key technical capabilities such as the infection vectors and methodologies used to infect devices, supported by analysis of internal NSO Group documents, that until now had only been identified via forensic investigations. It also presents new material further validating the accuracy and significance of the dataset underpinning the original Pegasus Project investigation. Finally, this research provides an updated analysis, drawing on previously published Pegasus forensic evidence and newly released materials, to validate the technical methodology used to forensically link Pegasus spyware attacks targeting different victims as originating from the same Pegasus customer.

A key aim of this publication is to document and demystify the functionality and operations of technological systems like Pegasus. We hope that it will inform the wider spyware accountability community on how complex surveillance systems such as Pegasus are used by government customers, and also illustrate the key and ongoing role of spyware vendors in keeping such systems operational. We believe this public understanding is of critical value to technologists, researchers, and policy makers and others with an interest in understanding the targeted surveillance ecosystem and threats posed to human rights by surveillance technologies.

The contents of this technical research draw heavily on a large pool of confidential NSO Group training material, presentations and internal technical documentation which were disclosed as part of a long-running civil case taken by WhatsApp and Meta against NSO Group in U.S. court. This new material provides an unprecedented insight into the evolution of NSO Group’s spyware."

https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2026/07/inside-pegasus-the-evolution-of-the-worlds-most-notorious-spyware/

#CyberSecurity #Spyware #NSOGroup #Pegasus #Surveillance #Privacy

"Health data is increasingly an important part of law enforcement or government investigations. Wearable data has been critical in a number of cases, where information about heart rate and steps was used to determine the whereabouts of individuals. And the surveillance company Penlink calls fitness trackers and wearables an “overlooked source” for law enforcement since they tend to show movement patterns and changes in heart rates. Law enforcement can try to get access to this data through subpoenas or warrants.

There are many potential privacy issues with these sorts of devices, including whether the companies who make them share or sell information to third-parties. But here we are choosing to focus on two facets we’re concerned with around health data itself: 1) whether the company shares information with law enforcement and governments and 2) if they offer end-to-end encryption, which means the company itself can’t access that health data to begin with."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/most-smart-watches-rings-and-bands-lack-basic-transparency-reports-and-key-privacy

#SmartObjects #SmartWatches #SmartRings #IoT #Surveillance #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Encryption

"The social media giant Meta partnered with controversial TV personality and cosmetics mogul Kylie Jenner for the design and marketing of an “entry-level” line of its widely criticized camera glasses late last month. The collaborative campaign quickly provoked a wave of public backlash over unresolved concerns about privacy, consent, and personal safety as surveillance technology rapidly evolves.

Based in the United Kingdom, the class-based activism group Everyone Hates Elon (EHE) visualized those concerns in a lenticular spoof ad that, based on where a viewer is standing, flips between a branded marketing photo of Jenner wearing a pair of Meta glasses and a black-and-white image showing a skeletal, X-ray version of her with the tagline “We’re always watching.”

The transformation element and the poster design appear to reference the politically charged sci-fi film They Live (1988), in which the main character encounters a pair of sunglasses that not only expose the extractive messaging of advertisements but reveal that humanity is being controlled, subdued, and exploited by a secret population of aliens masquerading as people. In the film, it’s later revealed that some humans have accepted monetary bribes to collaborate with the aliens."

https://hyperallergic.com/guerrilla-london-bus-ads-mock-kylie-jenners-meta-glasses-campaign/

#Meta #Rayban #SmartGlasses #Surveillance #Artivism #Privacy

#California Steps Back From Dangerous Expansion of its Age-Gating Law

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/california-steps-back-dangerous-expansion-its-age-gating-law

#privacy #AgeVerification #cybersecurity #politics

Local News Matters: Kaiser nurses say AI, workplace surveillance are making their jobs and patient care worse. “KAISER PERMANENTE NURSES who answer advice and triage calls say their duty of care for patients is being increasingly threatened by workplace surveillance. Seven current and former nurses told CalMatters that those who spend more than 15 minutes on a call with a patient routinely face […]

Euronews: Anti-tracking fashion: Startup designs clothing to foil AI surveillance cameras. “Using fashion to counter tracking and AI surveillance – that is the concept behind Leipzig start-up Urban Privacy. For several years, Nicole Scheller and Daniel Preuß have been developing products such as anti-tracking jackets. They do not make their wearers invisible, but they do make them harder to […]

Dayton (Ohio) Public Schools board votes to continue using Flock cameras

Dayton Public Schools board members voted down a proposal to stop using Flock cameras at Dayton school buildings.

#ohio #privacy #righttoprivacy #children #surveillance
https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/dayton-public-schools-board-votes-to-continue-using-flock-cameras/article_9ebc2df1-6400-5deb-aa48-79d8b67088c0.html

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#privacy #databrokers #indigoprivacy

"Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says Mozilla research"

"One period tracker app tested by Mozilla was 'squeaky clean,' while another app was seen sharing users' health data with an analytics company, underscoring vast differences in user privacy among these apps."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/period-tracker-stardust-shares-users-health-data-with-analytics-firm-says-mozilla-research/

#Privacy #Mozilla

I thought scaling Tor meant adding more relays.

What it actually meant was multiplying failure modes...

I now operate 24 Tor relays and bridges across 15 locations, 11 ASNs and 6 operating systems.

Every new relay brings another provider, firewall, IPv6 route, service manager, identity key, backup and recovery plan.

Some things I learned along the way:

🌍 More countries don’t automatically mean real diversity
🔑 The server is replaceable, the relay identity isn’t
🛠️ Linux, BSD and SunOS need the same outcomes, not the same commands
📊 What I configured isn’t always what the Tor network currently sees

A large fleet is easy to count. A resilient one is much harder to keep alive.

I wrote about what operating Tor across 15 locations actually taught me:

🔗 https://brokenbotnet.com/2026/07/17/non-eu-relays/

#Tor #Privacy #OpenSource #SelfHosting #Infosec

Smart pill bottles that track medication adherence share compliance data with insurers and pharmacy benefit managers without always disclosing this to patients.

#privacy #healthcare #indigoprivacy

CCIA’s Director of the Litigation Center Burke Kappler examines a recent Supreme Court ruling that expands our #Privacy rights in the digital age. #SCOTUS’ ruling in Chatrie v. United States is a significant win for digital privacy, reaffirming that handing information to a tech company for one purpose does not mean handing it to the government for another. https://ccianet.org/articles/the-supreme-court-expands-privacy-rights-to-more-squarely-encompass-your-digital-footprint/

Think VPNs are a privacy shield? 🤔 Let's dive into what they *really* do (and don't do) for your online security. It's about more than just a tool – it's a mindset. New video reveals the truth! 💻 #VPN #Privacy #OnlineSecurity

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

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#Briar is in maintenance mode

https://briarproject.org/news/2026-maintenance-mode/

#privacy #cybersecurity #messaging #FOSS

How ISPs track your online activity

https://proton.me/blog/how-isps-track-you

#privacy #ISP #guide

@elettrona @VeilleOff

#Meta #RayBan #Surveillance #Privacy

(5/5)

...need for vision aids for target groups in need, but in public places, they should not be allowed at all.
You want to use it on private premises? Be my guest.

//

@elettrona @VeilleOff

#Meta #RayBan #Surveillance #Privacy

(4/n)

..it is unacceptable for eyeware cameras to do the same thing with its surroundings.

Explain toe, why there needs to be an upload channel (if there is one so far) or even a permanent-storage (flash?) chip?

5) In some cultures, it is offensive to even take a picture without first asking consent.
From my point of view, filming me, in particular storing the pictures as you go, is offensive and unacceptable.

I do see a...

@elettrona @VeilleOff

#Meta #RayBan #Surveillance #Privacy

(3/n)

...we all know Putin and MBS dies it.

3.) Why must there be a recording function? Biological eyes don't record, neither should mechanical aids.

4.) Likewise, we've all read the articles about these driving surveillance outfits, better known as #TESLAs, constantly filming its environment and its interior. (TESLA operators are reported to have made fun of their clients while observing them in the cars).
OFC, this is...

"‘No company is going to go to jail for you’: Proton’s CTO on balancing privacy, policy, and trust"

"Today on Decoder, we’ve got the first of a two-part series on the systems that run the world: I’m talking with Bart Butler, the CTO of Proton, the company that makes private and secure productivity software."

https://www.theverge.com/podcast/966074/proton-cto-bart-butler-privacy-encryption-surveillance-age-verification

#Privacy #Proton

"Even a single grain of rice can tip the scales."

The post Redditors Are Celebrating the Cutting Down of Flock Surveillance Towers With Based Memes appeared first on Futurism.

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Redditors Are Celebrating the Cutting Down of Flock Surveillance Towers With Based Memes

@elettrona @VeilleOff

#Meta #RayBan #Surveillance #Privacy

(2/n)

1.) Does *everyone* really need such a tool, given the very serious #Security issues of #Meta's (Sp)AI glasses?

As this article shows, the downloads of these connected #RayBans can be sufficient to identify and track down a complete stranger's home address:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/116928975023533388

Anyone can imagine fanboy and stalker problems. How about sexual abusers? What if the data is used to hunt down regime critics...

@elettrona

#Meta #RayBan #Surveillance #Privacy

(1/n)

I can see your point, Elena, the glasses are but a tool. (Also, I've worked with people with disabilities.)
So is a handgun, regarding which people in most countries think that it's distribution to people should be minimized.

Also, many people have concerns even about #SecurityCameras in public spaces with security issues.

So, I'd like to throw in a couple of discussion points for all:

@VeilleOff

Plate readers on police cars scan every passing car, not just suspects. Vendors like Flock and Motorola now pool billions of scans into a nationwide searchable database any officer can query to map where your car has been for years. #Flock #privacy #ALPR #surveillance #indigoprivacy

Windows 11 got you feeling a little watched? 🤔 This short dives into privacy concerns and why switching to Linux might be a smart move. It's about the *intent* behind the tools, not the tools themselves. Check it out! 💻 #Windows #Linux #Privacy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blct17jmrdA

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Google Photos is cheap and you pay with your privacy. 🌍

Your photos can feed Google's AI. One innocent picture can get your whole account frozen overnight. And every face and location in your library sits ready for profiling, for years.

Your memories deserve a European home.

🐘 https://pixelunion.eu/blog/2026/07/time-to-leave-google/

#DigitalSovereignty #Privacy #OpenSource #BuyFromEU

@vowe

Private #MassSurveillance and the virtual end of #Privacy in public spaces

(2/2)

...fitness spaces, locker rooms, and private businesses. In 2024, 👉#Harvard researchers were able to run facial recognition software on recorded footage from #Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses to successfully locate the names, addresses, and other personal information of passersby from public databases. 👈 Morality aside, privacy law also hasn’t kept up... "

https://hyperallergic.com/guerrilla-london-bus-ads-mock-kylie-jenners-meta-glasses-campaign/

@vowe
Private #MassSurveillance and the virtual end of #Privacy in public spaces

(1/2)

Why this matters:

"#Meta and #RayBan’s new #AIglasses can be used to secretly record women and young people for sexual reasons,” the #EHE spokesperson continued in their statement to #Hyperallergic. “Simply put, that’s abuse.” The chasm between legality and ethics continues to widen as the use of smart glasses poses additional risks at sites of expected privacy, including hospitals, restrooms,...

Hey all! For #WIPWednesday I wanted to share my most recent video.

It's gotten a great response. It's the story of a Virginia vigilante who took out a whole bunch of Flock cameras and got arrested, but he's fighting back. I also give some background on why opposing Flock is a good thing.

If you give it a watch, all I ask is you hit the like button. Doing so gives us smaller creators a huge boost. Thank you!

#YouTube #Flock #Privacy #Technology #Vigilante #Resist

https://youtu.be/Y2A66tDGwFo

Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.

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Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’

Briar is going into maintenance mode, only security fixes from here. Not for lack of skill. They had no funding and built it in their spare time for years.

Zerion runs on their Bramble protocol and we owe them for it. The gaps they listed as unsolved, account backup, attachments, reliably adding contacts, we’ve shipped. Our own protocol stack is next.

The foundation stays. The work keeps moving.

zerion.chat

#privacy #tor #foss

Enhance your browsing security with Microsoft Edge's Secure Network VPN. This guide covers enabling and disabling the service, offering a valuable layer of protection on untrusted networks. Learn how to manage this feature for better privacy. #Edge #VPN #Privacy #TechTutorial https://geekrewind.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-microsoft-edge-secure-network-vpn-service/

"LibreWolf is a Firefox-based browser focused on privacy and security"

"It remains compatible with most Firefox extensions and is typically updated shortly after new Firefox releases.Read Entire Article LibreWolf browser removes Mozilla telemetry and enables stricter privacy and security settings by default."

https://www.techspot.com/downloads/7781-librewolf.html

#Firefox #Privacy #LibreWolf #Mozilla

New Release: #Tor Browser 15.0.18

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15018/

#cybersecurity #privacy #anonymity #FOSS

RE: https://flipboard.com/@404media/404-media-qvt3vv94z/-/a-96xLEbsGQNSD-362QkZPdg%3Aa%3A4082434389-%2F0

It doesn't matter that this was the US. The Police in any country cannot be trusted with surveillance technology.

There will always be someone, or really several someones who will relish being able to stalk someone on a whim. Or to do a mate a favour.

It's the nature of organisations set up to protect property and to enable state violence.

The power is what attracts the worst folks to wield it.

Power reveals.

#Privacy #ACAB

Firewalla is an intrusion detection and prevention system for a home network, managed from a phone app. Sitting at the network gateway, it sees every device and every connection, blocks ads and trackers across all of them, and includes a VPN server with no monthly fee. One-time purchase, no subscription, from $279.

#firewalla #networksecurity #privacy #firewall #indigoprivacy

Remember you can disable read receipts in the ArcaneChat settings in the Privacy section, chill mode, no stress, read messages without the burden of "now I need to reply because they see that I read the message"

#ArcaneChat #tips #Europe #European #privacy #security #encryption

💥NEW voter #privacy action for MPs!

Sign-ups for our online Parliamentary petition are closed, but pressure on MPs is just getting started!

Join 10k+ Canadians 🇨🇦. Tell your MP: bring political parties under privacy laws and protect your #data: https://openmedia.org/voter-privacy-2026-mtd

Privacy Incidents – Real-world examples of why your photos need protection

https://snapsafe.org/incidents.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48920443

#HackerNews #privacy #protection #data #security #photo #safety #real #world #examples

"The Disney settlement is a story about two layers of infrastructure that no longer line up"

"For privacy leaders trying to decide what to do on Monday morning, the most useful lessons from the Disney settlement are technical."

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-disney-settlement-is-a-story-about-two-layers-of-infrastructure-that-no-longer-line-up

#Privacy