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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@chatcontrol/116888489925603336

Just used the website to contact a lot of the representatives.
It's depressing how much effort is put into mass surveillance 😭

#politics #privacy

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

Meta's push for artificial intelligence dominance comes with a different kind of cost as layoffs, employee surveillance and departures fuel reports of a heated internal climate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/02/tech/fear-anger-meta-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #markzuckerberg #meta #facebook #instagram #whatsapp #socialmedia #privacy #personaldata #ai #jobs

"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

🌎 Emerging tech (some already existing for decades) is dramatically re-shaping our lives and too often we have no voice in the policy outcomes.
💯 Let's change that - privacy in all shapes and forms is a basic human right. Join the conversation and let's actively shape our future together.

#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #intellectualprivacy #neurorights

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Text describes article 53 of the UN report of the special rapporteur on the right to privacy, about neurocognitive integrity and 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

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

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

#privacy #surveillance #indigoprivacy

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

Ministerrat trickst EU-Parlament zu umstrittenen Geräte-Scans aus #ChatkontrolleStoppen

Mit einem fragwürdigen Manöver wollen die EU-Staaten für die Neuauflage der »Chatkontrolle 1.0« sorgen. So bleibt auch die Version 2.0 auf der Agenda……

https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1200941.chatkontrolle-ministerrat-trickst-eu-parlament-zu-umstrittenen-geraete-scans-aus.html

#EU #Europa #Überwachung #Chatkontrolle #Datenschutz #Privacy

TechSpot: Google is testing a webcam CAPTCHA that scans your hand, but it’s already been bypassed using a photo. “Google is working on a new kind of challenge to improve its reCAPTCHA system, using biometric identification to confirm that the user is indeed human. The new method is officially named ‘hand gesture verification’ (HGV), and, according to early testing, is mostly useless.”

Brave is a free browser built on Chromium that blocks ads, trackers, and fingerprinting scripts by default - no extensions needed. It includes private windows routed through the Tor network on desktop, and its own independent search engine that doesn't track searches.

#privacy #browser #brave #tor #indigoprivacy

Ghost is a free, open-source publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and membership sites.

Self-host it, own your content, and enjoy built-in newsletters, memberships, SEO tools, and a fast headless CMS, making it a strong alternative to WordPress, Medium, and Substack.

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

#OpenSource #SelfHosted #Blogging #CMS #Privacy #Linux

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Screenshot of the Ghost project page showing the Ghost logo, project links, release information, and badges highlighting over 100 million downloads, version 6.51.0, and contributor statistics.

Ars Technica: Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC. “Ahead of a July 2 deadline to submit public comments, advocates are warning the Federal Trade Commission that it must keep close watch over Elon Musk’s X and firmly reject a recent bid to end the agency’s ongoing audits of the platform’s data handling.”

#NewZealand rules out a #VPN ban after a fierce #privacy backlash - https://thenextweb.com/news/new-zealand-vpn-ban-denial-social-media " Ministers deny the tools were ever in the frame for the under-16 social media ban, but the panic exposed how age-check laws keep drifting toward encryption "

Windows est un logiciel de surveillance” : un identifiant caché piste 1,4 milliard de PC, même sous VPN, la preuve vient de tomber

Un expert l'affirme, le FBI lui a donné raison

https://www.lesnumeriques.com/informatique/windows-est-un-logiciel-de-surveillance-un-identifiant-cache-piste-1-4-milliard-de-pc-meme-sous-vpn-la-preuve-vient-de-tomber-n258980.html

#vieprivée #privacy #sécurité #security #windows #surveillance

Privacy is a practice, not a product. Start here.

#privacy #dataprivacy #indigoprivacy

Privacy is a practice, not a product. Start here.

#privacy #dataprivacy #indigoprivacy

RE: https://mastodon.social/@h4ckernews/116880700383415662

Great, this strategy has always worked so well, don't hold the human accountable but instead assume everyone who is distracted on their phones are simply doing something that is beyond their ability to control by themselves.

Furthermore car manufacturer's surely won't stream this data back for "enhancing their detection model" or some other excuse for invading privacy and sell it forward. Not saying it'll happen immediately, but ad industry is just too profitable.

#privacy #eu #cars

TechCrunch: If you use Google, you’re training its AI. Here’s how to opt out.. “Consider this a belated PSA: A recent change to Google’s privacy settings is allowing the company to store more of your data, including media such as ‘images, files, and audio and video recordings,’ to improve its AI models. In other words, if you upload any media to Google’s Search services, it’s being […]

AI Spy

Trying to live outside, without buying or selling with money, is prohibited.

"Audio sensors" have been installed, with the help of Yandex, in one of Russia's protected areas. Eavesdropping with artificial intelligence will detect violations:

hunting
cutting down trees and bushes
lighting fires
organizing tourist camps

Not allowed!

#Yandex #Russia #privacy #AI #camping #news

https://mastodon.ml/@Murga/116851094690327179

📕 Freedom of Thought (FoT), intellectual privacy, these are human rights that too often are not protected to the full extent.
We can not live in a truly free society in their absence.

#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #neurorights #freedomofthought #intellectualprivacy

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Text describes intellectual privacy.

"Help EFF Cut the AI Hype"

"It's just the opposite for EFF. In the global race to build and dominate the AI industry, it can sure seem like the interests of ordinary people sit last on the agenda."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/help-eff-cut-ai-hype

#Privacy #Cybersecurity

Police have used genealogy DNA databases including GEDmatch to identify criminal suspects, implicating relatives who never consented to law enforcement use.

#privacy #DNA #genetics #indigoprivacy

The FCC wants to change how we get cell service. 😬 Sounds good on paper (stopping robocalls!), but what about privacy & safety? This could seriously impact domestic violence survivors. New video explores the concerns. Check it out! #FCC #Privacy #DomesticViolence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4UBWPvL-M

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"These New Smart Glasses From Solos Come With a Privacy Shield for the Cameras"

"You can clip a cover over the cameras, which could be a double-edged sword."

https://www.wired.com/story/these-new-smart-glasses-from-solos-come-with-a-privacy-shield-for-the-cameras/

#Privacy

Yesterday I sent 836 emails to MEPs, Perm Reps, Ministers and their staff/advisors pleading with them to block the #ChatControl urgency vote.

I am a #CSA survivor - it destroyed my entire family and left me estranged for the last 40 years.

#CSAM is a really bad problem, but removing the #privacy of every single person in the #EU is not going to fix it:

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/csa-survivor-plea-to-eu-parliament/

Not all smart glasses have cameras, but no camera doesn't mean no recording. Camera-free pairs like the new Solos AirGo A6 still have mics that capture what you say. Get familiar with both: a lens and light mean video, but audio recordings count too.

#smartglasses #privacy #Solos #indigoprivacy

Japan’s KDDI just disclosed a breach affecting up to 14.2 million email accounts across six providers. The detail that stands out: some passwords were stored in plain text, not even hashed.

This keeps happening because centralized services hold enormous pools of credentials, and one flaw in one vendor exposes all of them at once.

Zerion has no accounts, no passwords on any server, nothing pooled to steal. There’s simply no database to breach.

zerion.chat

#privacy #infosec #foss #tor

EU Chat control is back on the table. Bart Preneel warns in De Morgen: scanning private messages at scale risks treating all citizens as suspects, without solid scientific basis for AI detection.
#Privacy matters. Proportionality matters.
https://www.demorgen.be/tech-ai/chat-control-duikt-voor-derde-keer-op-in-europees-parlement~b7d040d0/ (paywall)

Privacy News That Actually Matters. Every Monday, one story from the data privacy world. Recent, relevant, and actually readable.

#privacy #news #indigoprivacy

Privacy News That Actually Matters. Every Monday, one story from the data privacy world. Recent, relevant, and actually readable.

#privacy #news #indigoprivacy

This game could be used as a huge explainer into how surveillance capitalism works and how people are exploited on both sides of the screen.

MajorOffline: Hae Stack – MajorLinux

https://buff.ly/ANONU8v

#Gaming #HaeStack #Investigation #PointAndClick #Political #Privacy #Puzzle #Steam #SteamNextFest #Surveillance #Capitalism #Tech #YouTube

🌎Exploring the evolution of an idea that can have grave consequences for our privacy, particularly because many see this world as a zero-sum game where only the survival of the 'fittest' matter.

#privacy #privacymatters #humanrights #neurorights

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A reading list about the evolution of the idea of collective intelligence.

Ransomware is now the most common cause of retailer data breaches: 32% of claims and 61% of the losses, per Verizon's 2026 study. Every store you shop at holds your payment and personal data, and that data is the target.

#privacy #ransomware #databreach #retail #verizon #indigoprivacy

If you are out at the Stampede in #Calgary and you see us, come to say hi and sign the petition to bring political parties under #privacy law in person!

We will be talking with attendees about the privacy loophole and how to prevent the #Alberta breach from happening again!

Learn more at https://voterprivacy.ca/

Hospital emergency departments collect patient location data through mobile check-in apps and share it with marketing vendors through third-party analytics tools.

#privacy #healthcare #locationdata #indigoprivacy

While the Trump administration is strong-arming developing countries into giving up their citizens' privacy, other countries can afford to be more conscious about keeping their data safe.
#digitalsovereignty #privacy
https://www.connexionfrance.com/practical/france-moves-to-cut-reliance-on-microsoft-for-health-data/796443

🔒 A 19-year-old cybercriminal was caught despite using a VPN across multiple countries - because Windows has a tracking number built into every install that a VPN can't hide.

Peter Stokes, arrested in Finland in April and extradited to the US last week, is tied to Scattered Spider, the hacking group behind the 2023 MGM and Caesars casino breaches. The group is linked to 100+ intrusions and over $100 million in extortion.

The FBI didn't crack his VPN. Microsoft handed over his Global Device ID (GDID), a unique identifier baked into every Windows installation at setup. It doesn't change when you update, switch networks, or use a VPN. The only way to reset it is a full OS reinstall.

Investigators matched Stokes's GDID across IP addresses in Estonia, New York, and Thailand, correlating with login times on his Snapchat, Apple, and Facebook accounts. The same device that breached a luxury jewelry retailer and demanded $8 million in ransom also logged into Snapchat and a video game from his real network.

So while VPNs mask your IP address, they were never designed to hide device-level identifiers embedded in your operating system. The tracking can live one layer deeper than the one most people defend.

Read more:
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/microsoft-device-telemetry-key-to-unmasking-alleged-scattered-spider-hacker-627148
https://www.databreachtoday.com/scattered-spider-suspect-extradited-from-finland-to-us-a-32140

#cybersecurity #privacy #windows