Chinese hackers hijack auth flow, spy on isolated network for a decade

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-hijack-auth-flow-spy-on-isolated-network-for-a-decade/

#cybersecurity #privacy #China

📄 dDocs — Open-Source End-to-End Encrypted Document Collaboration

Looking for a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Docs?

dDocs is an open-source document editor with end-to-end encryption, real-time collaboration, comments, suggestion mode, Markdown, LaTeX, Mermaid diagrams, offline editing, and cross-device sync.

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

#OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHosted #Encryption #GoogleDocsAlternative #Productivity #Tech

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dDocs Editor project page describing an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Docs with real-time collaboration, comments, suggestion mode, Markdown, LaTeX, Mermaid diagrams, offline editing, and cross-device syncing.

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Dark-themed dDocs editor interface showing a privacy-focused document with formatting tools, sharing options, and support for encrypted collaborative editing.

Victory! 702 has Expired!

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/victory-702-has-expired

#Section702 #FISA #privacy #surveillance #politics

#Maine disables #DataBreach notification portal after fake disclosures

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/maine-disables-data-breach-notification-portal-after-fake-disclosures/

#privacy #cybersecurity

Controversial #FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/controversial-fisa-spying-law-expires-tonight-the-spying-will-continue/

#Section702 #privacy #surveillance #politics

#PokémonGo players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/pokemon-go-players-unwittingly-contributed-to-tech-with-military-drone-uses/

#privacy #AI #pokemon #PokemonGo #Pokémon #gaming

@Tutanota #Privacy is like #freebeer… it is better without #SurveillanceCapitalism. ✨ 👍

#Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/verizon-sent-man-a-refurbished-phone-with-mdm-then-deleted-his-data-remotely/

#privacy #cybersecurity

#Pharma giant #NovoNordisk discloses breach of clinical trials data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pharmaceutical-giant-novo-nordisk-discloses-security-breach/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #healthcare

Over 73,000 French govt employees affected in #Tchap messenger breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-govt-says-tchap-breach-affected-over-73-000-accounts/

#France #Matrix #DataBreach #cybersecurity #privacy

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Less Bad elements = less #tracking, #adverts, better #privacy etc

We want Zerion independently audited. A real security audit is how a privacy app proves itself, because code should speak louder than marketing, and we’d rather be checked than believed.

Audits cost money, and we’re independent, so we’re asking for help. Every bit genuinely counts, no amount is too small, and it all goes toward getting Zerion properly reviewed.

If you believe in what we’re building, you can support it here:

https://zerion.chat/donate.html

#privacy #opensource #FundInternetFreedom

Le Monde's research showed ad data from smartphone SDKs. #DataBrokers can expose identities and daily movements of police, military, and intelligence personnel… sold by data brokers from everyday apps. If those people can get exposed, everyone can. Mitigation below! Read: https://proton.me/blog/ad-tech-privacy #Privacy #DataBrokers 🛰️📱#Security #Surveillance #MassSurveillance

#tldr "…What can you do about it?
There’s no way to stop all kinds of tracking, but you can take the following actions to reduce the granularity of the datasets collected:

Turn off location services(new window) when not in use and deny apps location permissions.
Use a VPN(new window) to hide your real IP address. DNS filtering features such as Proton VPN’s NetShield Ad-blocker(new window) can also help bock ad and tracker scripts.
Delete your advertising ID on Android (Settings → Google → All services → Ads → Privacy and security → Ads → Delete advertising ID). iPhones don’t provide this option."

Use GrapheneOS without Google

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screenshot of how to delete advertising ids, OCR'd text: " Delete your advertising ID on Android (Settings —- Google — All services — Ads — Privacy and security —- Ads — Delete advertising ID). iPhones don't provide this option. <€ Manage the info used to show you ads and measure ad performance Reset advertising ID This generates a new advertising ID that apps can use from now on Delete advertising ID Apps can no longer use this advertising ID to show you personalised ads @ These settings help you control what data advertisers can use to show you ads Advertising ID: daa08b66-6b6c-4876-a283-d4e53064c155, Learn more about advertising |D" Quote: "Delete your advertising ID on Android (Settings → Google → All services → Ads → Privacy and security → Ads → Delete advertising ID). iPhones don’t provide this option. "

Proton explains how Google Photos' Locked Folder hides images locally but doesn't provide end-to-end encryption — backups can expose photos to Google. A safer alternative: end-to-end encrypted Proton Drive. Read more: https://proton.me/blog/locked-folder-google-photos 🔒⚠️☁️🛡️ #GooglePhotos #Privacy #ProtonDrive

Differential privacy is a cornerstone of modern-day #statistics.

It allows the generation of datasets that are statistically relevant for a researcher, but that leak as little as possible about the individuals in the dataset.

It works on several principles:

• Suppression, usually by removing outliers from the dataset that could lead to easily identifiable targets.
• Coarsening, e.g. replacing a city with a region or a country, or a date of birth with an age range.
• Sampling, usually through the removal of random records.
• Swapping, where some attributes from different records may be randomly swapped.
• Noise addition, by adding or subtracting random numbers in a given noise range to the actual values.

From 1990 to 2010, the US Census Bureau primarily relied on swapping for the decennial census. Then, they realized that this technique was actually very unsafe, and that it was pretty easy to reconstruct individual records using the published statistics.

They eventually adopted the full differential privacy framework in 2020.

But some people apparently got annoyed with that. And the main culprit was noise addition.

Adding a normal random distribution to the data made the numbers noisy, and some people who rely on the US Census expecting its numbers to be fully accurate were very annoyed.

Who are these people?

Well, one category is that of demographers and social scientists. Still, their mathematical models can be adapted to take into account that they’re dealing with noisy data - especially if the noise gain of distribution is published upfront.

But the most annoyed ones are thos who used the Census data to reconstruct actual records of individuals.

Yes, you read it well. There are people who use public datasets that are supposed to be coarse, and leverage probabilistic models to reconstruct information about individuals.

One big use case in America is, of course, #gerrymandering.

Those nonsense spiky borders can be much more accurate when the Census data allows you exactly to identify who lives where and that’s their ethnicity, so you can dilute the voting powers of some ethnic groups much more efficiently.

Apparently those groups have lobbied the Federal government so much that they got it to release an order that states the following:

Any use of noise infusion is inconsistent with the Department’s policies

This is a serious attempt of a political body to interfere through legislation into technical decisions that should be uniquely delegated to technical specialists - and the academic consensus is currently that of a full differential privacy framework.

Noise infusion is the most effective pillar in the differential privacy framework to prevent identification of individuals in public datasets.

Weakening it is likely to make everyone’s #privacy worse, and benefit only very few and their interests.

#USPol

https://desfontain.es/blog/banning-noise.html

😎 New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses

｢ Europe's privacy concerns risk spoiling the rollout of Meta's eye-catching flagship product in the region. That could annoy the U.S. administration, which has long complained that EU laws and regulations unfairly target U.S. technology companies. ｣

https://www.politico.com/www.politico.eu/article/new-privacy-frontier-europe-eyes-crackdown-smart-glasses/

#meta #privacy #eu #smartglasses #surveillance

Sigma File Manager is a modern open-source file manager for Windows and Linux built as an alternative to traditional file explorers.

It features tabs, split view, smart search, file tagging, LAN sharing, extension support, and access to network locations like SSHFS, SMB, NFS, and CIFS.

A powerful option for users who want a more customizable and privacy-friendly way to manage files.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=sigma-file-manager

#OpenSource #Linux #Windows #FileManager #Productivity #Privacy #FOSS

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Screenshot of the Sigma File Manager project page showing its logo, a brief description of the open-source file manager for Windows and Linux, and a preview image of its modern interface featuring a dark theme, sidebar navigation, drive management, and customizable home screen.

Japanese #energy firm loses drive with data of 10.9 million clients

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/japanese-energy-firm-loses-drive-with-data-of-109-million-clients/

#Japan #infrastructure #DataBreach #privacy #Kyushu #KyushuElectric

Zerion 2.0.3 is out, sooner than we planned. We pushed it forward because it brings real stability fixes and improvements to voice and video calling, and that felt worth getting into your hands fast.

Play Store and F-Droid are still pending review, but you can grab the APK directly from GitHub right now:

https://github.com/zerionproject/Zerion

Full release notes:
https://zerion.chat/blog/zerion-2-0-3-release.html

#privacy #tor #encryption

#AI data centers stealing your job, stealing our water, taking our electricity, building more effing carbon burners and stealing our climate, stealing our data, stealing privacy, stealing our democracy.

JFC

NO.

Time to end this nonsense.

Seriously. No. Let's not do this.

Let's STOP this, end this.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/130-billion-in-data-center-projects-blocked-by-protests-so-far-this-year/

#survielence #privacy #democracy #inflation #coup #techBro

#Maine breach portal abused to publish fake #DataBreach disclosures

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/maine-breach-portal-abused-to-publish-fake-data-breach-disclosures/

#privacy #cybersecurity #VRChat #Discord

The law that lets the US government spy without warrants is about to expire. Here’s what comes next

https://proton.me/blog/fisa-702-expiring-surveillance-reform

#privacy #surveillance #Section702 #FISA #politics

#Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women

https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-still-hosting-sexualized-deepfakes-of-famous-women/

#privacy #deepfake #AI #nsfw #nudify #X #Twitter

Yes to #California's Bill to Ban #SurveillancePricing

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/californias-bill-ban-surveillance-pricing

#privacy #surveillance #PersonalFinance #finance #retail

Authorities dismantle '#AudiA6' #ransomware #crypto-laundering service

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/authorities-dismantle-audia6-ransomware-crypto-laundering-service/

#privacy #cybersecurity #cybercrime

Switching from #WhatsApp / #Telegram to #Signal, or other centralized chat apps, is not a solution if you really care about #privacy, #resilience and #autonomy / #digitalindependence

all of them are centralized services and depend on phone numbers, which makes them super easy to censor, the best services are the one that don't require any personal data at all to register, like ArcaneChat

Keep the family safe 💜✨

#decentralization #European #Europe #diday #encryption #family #chatting #android

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"Some people are so trapped in their chains that they can't think of anything better than more comfortable shackles"

Trump is taking aim at Census science - much like he’s crippling ALL scientific research and grants - The consequences will be dire for utility or for privacy, and possibly both. It's hard to understate this point: future (census) statistical releases will either be useless compared to past ones, or they will be incredibly unsafe.
For starters, taking away useful tools from the disclosure avoidance toolbox will always lead to more painful privacy/utility trade-offs. The whole point of this research field is to better understand and quantify privacy risk, and develop better tools to mitigate this risk while preserving utility.

https://desfontain.es/blog/banning-noise.html #privacy #census #TrumpRegime

#Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via #DuckDuckGo, #Bing

https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/

#ALPR #privacy #police #DataBreach

#Coupang hit with record $409 million #DataBreach fine in #Korea

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-korea-hits-coupang-with-record-409-million-fine-over-data-breach/

#cybersecurity #privacy #SouthKorea #ecommerce

Tired of clutter?
AmnyX Messenger 🌙
• End-to-end encrypted • Ad-free experience • Minimal design • Privacy first
Connect Beyond.
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#messenger #e2ee #privacy #safety #amnyx @AmnyX

https://Enkrypted.Chat

This is intended to introduce a unique approach in client-side managed secure cryptography. We can avoid registration of any sort.

Features:

PWA
P2P
End to end encryption
Signal protocol
Post-Quantum cryptography
Multimedia
File transfer
Video calls
Local-first
No registration
No installation
No database
TURN server

https://www.reddit.com/r/positive_intentions

#Privacy #OpenSource #P2P #WebRTC #Decentralization #DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #FOSS #SelfHosted #NoCloud #AntiCorp #Encryption #WebDev #TechLiberty #PrivateMessaging #Networking #DataPrivacy #InternetFreedom #LocalFirst #SoftwareEngineering #WebApps #ZeroKnowledge #PrivacyTech #IndieDev #NoSignup #NoInstall #DecentralizedWeb #SecureMessaging #BrowserApp #TechEthics #P2P #WebRTC #PeerJS #ZeroData #EphemeralData #Encryption #E2EE #BrowserToBrowser #NoInstall #Privacy #Security #Decentralized #Messaging #VideoCall #NoTracking #PrivateMessaging #Prototype #Demo #WorkInProgress #CloseSource #OpenSource #WebDev #GitHub #TechDevelopment #WhatsApp #ChatApp #InstantMessaging #PWA

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Send Messages Securely. No cloud. No trace. Decentralized P2P encrypted messaging - No setup required

#Signal Alums Reveal ‘#EncryptedSpaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps

https://www.wired.com/story/signal-alums-release-encrypted-spaces-a-new-system-for-building-private-collaboration-apps/

#privacy #cybersecurity #encryption #FOSS

You can't encrypt your physical face. So how do you fight back when police treat a flawed AI guess as divine truth?

Episode 28 of Impractical Privacy is out NOW.

🎧 Stream telemetry-free: https://ImpracticalPrivacy.com
#Privacy #FacialRecognition #MassSurveillance #Podcast #DigitalPrivacy #PhyiscalPrivacy #Police #PoliceTech #Surveillance #SurveillanceState #ImpracticalPrivacy #PrivacyTools #PrivacyMatters #DigitalSelfDefence

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🎉 Impractical Privacy: Episode 29 - The Global War on E2EE 🔒

Today we dive deep into the global war on End-to-End Encryption, discussing Bill C-22, UK & Australian regulations, and the dangers of Client-Side Scanning.

Tune in now to learn about the math of it all, sovereignty, and the future of privacy! 🔑🐘

📻 Stream at ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#Privacy
#C22Debate
#ClientSideScanning
#GlobalSurveillanceNet
#DigitalSovereignty
#MathMatters
#KeepYourDataPrivate
#TakeBackTheKey
#OpenSourceFreedom

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🚀The Global War on End-to-End Encryption🔒
Join Impractical Privacy as we delve into the coordinated global push to undermine digital privacy and security.

Listen to learn about Client-Side Scanning, Compliance as a Vector, and the fight for mathematical sovereignty!🔑

#C22Debate
#ClientSideScanning
#GlobalSurveillanceNet
#KeepYourDataPrivate
#TakeBackTheKey
#OpenSourceFreedom
#SecureCommunication
#PrivacyRights
#NoCompromisesOnSecurity
#Privacy
#Surveillance

📻 Stream at ImpracticalPrivacy.com

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#LGBT Q&A: We’re Back With Season 2!

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lgbt-qa-were-back-season-2

#EFF #privacy #Pride

Zerion 2.0.2 is out. 🧅 Playstore Live - Fdroid underway!

No phone number — not even Signal can say that. No email, no server. Runs entirely over Tor; your data stays encrypted on your device.

End-to-end encrypted with hybrid post-quantum crypto. No telemetry, no logging — metadata-free by design.

2.0.2: more reliable broadcast channels, smoother onboarding, faster & more stable messaging.

Free & open source · GPL-3.0
→ https://zerion.chat

#privacy #Tor #FOSS #PostQuantum #Android

Quick reminder that Zerion runs on exactly two things: Tor and donations. Every contribution goes directly into stability fixes, new releases and the iOS version we’re working on. No investors, no ads, no company behind us. Just us and the people who want this to exist.

https://zerion.chat/donate.html

Boosts help more than you’d think.

#privacy #foss #tor

A source wants to reach you safely. With most messengers that starts with a problem: they need your phone number, you get theirs, and a server in the middle logs that you two talked.

Zerion skips all of that. You share a QR code or link, the connection runs device to device over Tor, and no record of the contact exists outside your two phones.

Source code and protocol docs are public. Verify before you trust: https://github.com/zerionproject/Zerion

#journalism #infosec #privacy #tor

#NottinghamUniversity #DataBreach affects over 450,000 students

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nottingham-university-data-breach-affects-over-450-000-students/

#education #privacy #cybersecurity #Nottingham #university

Michigan lawmakers are pushing legislation that wouldn’t just ban the sales of Chinese-made cars in the The Great Lakes State, it would ban cars with Chinese tags from even visiting. The Protecting America From Chinese Cars Act joins the Connected Vehicle Security Act aiming to protect U.S. car companies from cheaper Chinese EV competition in […]

RE: https://zirk.us/@epochemagazine/116740077833896960

An interesting philosophical read, particularly if you focus on the surveillance and privacy properties of glass in the present context. It isn't a clean mapping, but it opens the mind to a bit of wondering..and wondering is good.

#philosophy #privacy

Hi Katy, your volvo is showing!

(WiFi SSID coming out of someone's Volvo) 😂 #privacy

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Scan showing someone's Volvo has a WiFi access point

Bluetooth sprinkler system, who knew?

#bluetooth #privacy

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bhyve by Pro-Mark sprinkler system

Oooh, wonder if I can catch who has the Pokemon Go doohickey around here

#privacy #bluetooth

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Pokemon GO Plus pushing out Bluetooth

🔐 #Privacy news & updates from @privacyguides:

“🚨 This Week In Privacy #57 will be live in 30 minutes, we'll be talking about Flock automated license readers framing innocent people and covering the latest privacy & security news. Join us live and chat with the comm...”

https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides/116739028300058986

🤖 via RSS feed. May not reflect our views.

Musify is an open-source Android music app that lets you stream music, listen offline, view lyrics, and create playlists without ads or subscriptions.

It supports SponsorBlock, includes a built-in equalizer, is available on F-Droid, and lets you import or export your data.

A great privacy-friendly alternative to mainstream music streaming apps.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=musify

#OpenSource #Android #Music #Privacy #FOSS #FDroid #Musify

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A project introduction banner and landing page header for "Musify". The top shows a stylized landscape banner with a music note icon. Below, the bold title "Musify" is followed by the tagline: "Unlock the full potential of music: Stream effortlessly with one app!" Repository badges at the bottom display project metrics: 4k stars, 361 forks, 1.3M downloads, release v10.0.9, and a GPL-3.0 license.

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The mobile home screen interface for the "Musify" app in dark mode. A horizontal scroll at the top showcases "Suggested playlists" and album cards. Below, a "Recommended for you" feed lists tracks with small thumbnail artwork and option menus, featuring artists like Bad Bunny, Dax, Djo, and BTS. The home icon on the bottom navigation bar is active.

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A clean, dark-themed mobile "Now Playing" UI from a music app. It features the album artwork for The Weeknd's "Hurry Up Tomorrow," highlighting a close-up profile of a sweating face. Below the art, the text reads "Cry For Me" by "The Weeknd". A blue playback progress bar marks the beginning of the track, positioned above a prominent round blue pause button and standard media control toggles.

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The mobile "Library" screen of a dark mode music player application. The top section lists "Custom playlists" with options for "Recently played", "Liked songs", and "Offline songs". Lower down, under "Liked playlists", a single entry displays the album art and title for "The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow". A bottom navigation bar highlights the Library icon.

#Trump Risks Key #Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-risks-key-surveillance-authority-over-unqualified-spy-chief-pick/

#Pulte #Section702 #FISA #privacy #surveillance #politics

Controversial #FISA spying law expires tonight. The #spying will continue.

Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence #Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire at midnight tonight after Congress failed to pass an extension of the controversial spying law. But that doesn't mean the government's spying powers will disappear.

Surveillance under #Section702 of FISA "operates under yearlong certifications approved by the FISA Court," the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law explained this week. The current certification will remain in place until March 2027 under the yearlong certification issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on March 17, 2026.
#privacy #security

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/controversial-fisa-spying-law-expires-tonight-the-spying-will-continue/

‘You Will Not Speak on #Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting

A County Commissioner in #NorthCarolina refused to let dozens of residents speak opposing Flock #surveillance at a public meeting this week, instead forcing the group to designate one single spokesperson.

“How many people are here for public comment dealing with license plate readers AKA Flock?,” Michael Garrison, the chairman of the Madison County Board of Commissioners began the public meeting by saying. Nearly everyone in the audience’s hand went up. “Probably most everybody. Per our county policy, I’m going to respectfully ask that you guys take a few minutes to converse with each other, designate one person to speak … we’ll move forward with only one person, whoever that happens to be.”

“What? No. We all want to speak on this,” someone in the crowd said; others can be heard trying to object as well.
#privacy #alpr

https://www.404media.co/you-will-not-speak-on-flock-tonight-county-commissioner-refuses-to-let-residents-opposing-flock-speak-at-meeting/

We wrote an honest comparison of Zerion against Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, Threema, Wire, Session, Cwtch and Tox.

Honest meaning: Signal gets credit for pioneering post-quantum key exchange, Cwtch is genuinely close in spirit, and each app is the right call for some threat model.

Where Zerion stands alone: post-quantum encryption on every single message, and everything (including calls) over Tor.

https://zerion.chat/blog/zerion-vs-mainstream-messengers.html

#privacy #tor #encryption #grapheneos #fdroid #android #p2p

Dennis E. Powell: "Many people own 'smart' televisions, which is to say sets or boxes connected to the internet. Practically none of those people have read their televisions' privacy policies. If they had, they would be horrified." https://ofb.biz/sa1424

#SmartTV #openSource #FreeSoftware #Privacy

Dennis E. Powell writes, "As has been noted here many times, it is not possible to do anything online (and often elsewhere) without being tracked." But there are things we can do 👉🏻 https://ofb.biz/sa1426

#Privacy #Security #Android

BigBlueButton is a powerful open-source platform built specifically for online learning.

It combines video conferencing, screen sharing, whiteboards, breakout rooms, polls, chat, and recordings in one self-hosted solution designed for classrooms and remote education.

A great alternative to proprietary meeting platforms for schools, educators, and training organizations.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=bigbluebutton

#OpenSource #BigBlueButton #EdTech #OnlineLearning #SelfHosted #Privacy #FOSS

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Screenshot of the BigBlueButton project page describing the open-source virtual classroom platform, highlighting features such as video conferencing, screen sharing, whiteboards, chat, polls, breakout rooms, recordings, and learning analytics.

Dit was ook al door Microsoft opgemerkt zag ik in een Tweakers artikel, maar het bewaartermijnen beleid van Anthropic betekent eigenlijk dat ze alles oneindig kunnen bewaren:
"After 30 days, the data is deleted automatically, except in the rare cases where it's part of a safety investigation or we're legally required to keep it. Eligible organizations also have the option to add customer-managed encryption keys and access transparency audit logs."
https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15425996-data-retention-practices-for-mythos-class-models
#AI #privacy

"End-to-end encryption, in which data is encoded so that only users on either “end” of a conversation can decrypt their communications—and not the server that relays that information or any other interloper—has become the standard for modern privacy on the internet. But its very name suggests a kind of simple pipe with two openings. The metaphor, and often the encryption technology that has enabled that model, doesn't fit neatly onto the world of Slack, Discord, Google Docs, and the other multiuser, complex, collaborative software where people now live and work.

So one group of cryptographers has built what they describe as the foundation for a new generation of end-to-end encrypted apps, with a new metaphor: Instead of a mere pipe, they want to create “spaces” where users can hold group conversations, host information on a server, collectively make changes to it, invite in new collaborators or kick them out, all while maintaining the same strong encryption protections that prevent the server or network eavesdroppers from accessing their data.

That cryptographer team, including contributors from Harvard, Microsoft Research, and former developers of the end-to-end encrypted messenger Signal, today release a “preview” of Encrypted Spaces, an early version of a set of open-source code libraries, which is part of an architecture they've designed to allow anyone to easily build a rigorously end-to-end encrypted app that nonetheless enables all of the complex collaboration features that users demand from software today."

https://www.wired.com/story/signal-alums-release-encrypted-spaces-a-new-system-for-building-private-collaboration-apps/

#Signal #Encryption #Privacy #Cryptography #CollaborativeSoftware #EncryptedSpaces

#Soccer Fans, You’re Being Watched

https://www.wired.com/story/us-world-cup-2026-alpr-camera-stadiums/

#football #WorldCup #sports #privacy #surveillance

La nuova VPN gratuita di Firefox è disponibile anche in Italia e permette di migliorare la privacy online senza installare software aggiuntivi. Scopri come funziona e quali sono i suoi limiti. #Firefox #Mozilla #VPN #Privacy #Browser #OpenSource

https://www.linuxeasy.org/firefox-italia-vpn-gratuita-integrata-browser/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Mapping Every #Flock License Plate Reader Near US #WorldCup Stadiums

https://www.wired.com/story/us-world-cup-2026-alpr-camera-stadiums/

#football #soccer #sports #privacy #surveillance #ALPR

#AmnestyInternational Warns That #WorldCup Fans Face Potential Human Rights Violations

https://www.wired.com/story/amnesty-international-world-cup-human-rights/

#football #soccer #sports #privacy #surveillance #protest #censorship #activism #FreeSpeech #politics

#tech #technology #BigTech #data #security #privacy #safety #InfoSec #IT #surveillance #computing #digital #online #internet #web #cloud #meme

Alt...

Meme, showing a continuous circle of data breach messages from corporations… Ahaha you're not gonna believe this but we had a bit of a data breach. Your data is probably for sale online now. That means someone could easily impersonate you. Going forward we're gonna need more of your data to make sure its you.

Tell Congress: Just Say No to #NOFAKES

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/tell-congress-just-say-no-no-fakes

#privacy #AI #copyright #deepfake

I can't seem to delete my ProFlowers account. The option to do so was removed from their UI at some point. Calling in to their helpless desk results in me being told "I can't delete accounts, someone will call you back."

I never get a call back. IM chat: same result.

Just Delete Me has no pointers for this one.

Suggestions?

#askfedi #justdeleteme #proflowers #privacy #security #darkpatterns

#ServiceNow discloses security incident exposing customer data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/servicenow-discloses-security-incident-exposing-customer-data/

#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach

#OpenClaw #AI agent found falling for #phishing attacks, spills user data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openclaw-ai-agent-found-falling-for-phishing-attacks-spills-user-data/

#cybersecurity #privacy

#EU Says Decision Not to Launch #Siri #AI in Europe Is #Apple's Alone

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/09/eu-says-decision-not-to-launch-siri-ai-in-europe-is-apples/

#privacy #DMA

Whoops.

"Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock exposed the reasons cops conducted searches, and sometimes the specific searched license plates, in common search engines like DuckDuckGo and Bing, according to tests by privacy advocates and 404 Media and a statement from the company."

https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/

#privacy #surveillancecapitalism

From Global News:
Grok AI broke Canada’s laws, created 6K sexual deepfakes per hour

"The investigation has found that X Corp and xAI violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy law by launching the Grok AI-powered image generation tool without implementing appropriate safeguards at the outset," privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press conference in Ottawa Thursday.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11899687/grok-sexual-deepfake-report/

#NoAI #Grok #Privacy #Consent #CanPoli

#Meta will use your activity on other websites to personalize your feeds

https://www.theverge.com/tech/946744/meta-website-activity-personalize-feeds

#privacy #Facebook

FISA short-term extension fails, 198-218. Good news!!!!!

Here's Demand Progress' take:

"Adding warrant requirements to FISA is a path forward that has clear, bipartisan support. The only reason we’re up against the deadline now is that congressional leaders and the White House keep ignoring this obvious reality and obstructing privacy reforms from getting a fair vote.”

https://demandprogress.org/house-yet-again-rejects-warrantless-fisa-bill/

#privacy #surveillance #FISA

#NHS prescribes half a million #Copilot licenses for its paperwork headache

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/08/nhs-prescribes-half-a-million-copilot-licenses-for-its-paperwork-headache/5252214

#healthcare #privacy #AI #Microsoft

ATT limited some tracking. Meta Pixel was a workaround. Fingerprinting is another one — and it doesn't need any permissions at all. While this isn't limited to just iOS — Android can be mined as well, Loupe is an open source iOS app that shows you the raw data your phone hands out by default. The third tier of signals is genuinely creepy.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/what-your-phone-is-handing-out-before-youve-said-a-word

#privacy #fingerprinting #adtech #apple #android #bigtech #ios #tracking #userhostile #infosec #metapixel #blog

Which country do privacy advocates argue is putting the greatest pressure on end-to-end encryption among the following?

#Privacy #Encryption #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #InfoSec #Technology #OnlinePrivacy #DataProtection

How and Why to Fight Back Against #SocialMedia Bans

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/how-and-why-fight-back-against-social-media-bans

#privacy #AgeVerification #SocialMediaBan

New on AboutSignal ✨

Signal Security & Privacy Guide 🔒: A complete guide to Signal’s encryption, metadata protection, and privacy features

👉 https://aboutsignal.com/signal-security-privacy-guide/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #aboutsignal #tech #privacy #security