#Android17 Launched, What New #Privacy/Security Features Does it Bring?

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/06/17/android-17-launched-what-new-privacy-security-features-does-it-bring/

#Android #cybersecurity

🚨 First the social media ban, now the UK government wants to restrict VPNs 🚨

VPNs are a vital cybersecurity tool for businesses, politicians, journalists and families to protect data and communications.

Banning or requiring digital ID checks before buying VPNs would increase cybercrime risks and expose IP addresses to predators.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2217934/vpn-ban-table-july-labour

#vpn #socialmediaban #ageverification #ukpolitics #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpol #vpns #ProtectVPNs #privacy #onlinesafetyact

The Future of #Session

https://getsession.org/blog/the-future-of-session

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

#Apple plans to change its #HideMyEmail #privacy feature that could make it less effective

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/apple-plans-to-change-its-hide-my-email-privacy-feature-that-could-make-it-less-effective/

I'm not sure people see the ironicalness in someone promoting their substack talking about privacy and digital rights.

It's not unlike a youtube account about privacy and digital rights.

Or a facebook group about privacy and digital rights.

Or a xitter account xitting about privacy and digital rights.

Or a wsocial account dedicated to privacy and digital rights.

Or someone having a talk on zoom, ggl meet, skype, xitter, or meta about privacy and digital rights.

Or a gmail based news letter about privacy and digital rights.

I am looking into some pattern recognition software to help me see if there are any trends or self deprecating patterns developing in promoters for privacy and digital rights.

This may take some time.

#privacy #digitalrights #advocacy #rights #humanrights #ironicalness

U.S. law enforcement can purchase location data from data brokers without a warrant, the same data that would otherwise require court approval to obtain from carriers. #privacy #lawenforcement #locationdata #surveillance #indigoprivacy

If you have to upload a piece of information to validate your age or identity, it is not privacy-preserving.

Stop privacy-washing surveillance tech.
Stay alert about false privacy claims.

#Privacy #StopIDSurveillance #StopKillingTheInternet

Überwachungsbrille von Meta
Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst

„SmartGlasses kommen im Mainstream an. Sie sehen aus wie herkömmliche Brillen und sind eine völlig neue Bedrohung für die Privatsphäre. Was man über die übergriffigen Geräte wissen sollte…..“

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/ueberwachungsbrille-von-meta-ich-sehe-was-was-du-nicht-siehst/

#Meta #SmartGlasses #Überwachung #Digitalisierung #Datenschutz #Privacy

After five years, The Digital Identity Event Horizon is published in full today: three problem statements, ten key findings, and dozens of recommendations across policy, protocol, legal, and social contexts.

It's the largest research study in New Design Congress' eight-year history: eight case studies, hundreds of citations, dozens of participants from government, intelligence, civil society, technology, and the field itself.

It is also, without exaggeration, the most alarming body of work we have ever produced.

The argument is straightforward and difficult to reckon with: Digital identity makes societies brittle. In 2026, we find ourselves in an era of digital identity fetishism: flawed age verification schemes, biometric and facial-recognition authenticators, and fragile state-backed identity programmes are rolling out at an unprecedented rate. And every one of them, whether current or emerging, remains vulnerable to social engineering. The success rate for a non-technical attack on a user is now three out of four. These attacks cost US companies an estimated $1.6 billion in the five years to 2017 alone; by 2024, fraud runs to hundreds of billions worldwide.

READ IT HERE https://newdesigncongress.org/en/report/2026/the-digital-identity-event-horizon/

#digitalidentity #privacy #eupol #did #politics #threatmodelling

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Leak Exposes Members of Peter #Thiel’s Secretive ‘#Dialog’ Society

https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #politics

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#OnlineWorkspace #OnlineMeetings #Meetings #EUWork #WorkLife #Privacy

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#AdGuard launches Mail Tracking Protection: stop invisible trackers in your inbox

https://adguard.com/en/blog/mail-tracking-protection-filter.html

#email #privacy

Artist Morry Kolman will be livestreaming feeds of the NBA champions’ ticker-tape parade from NYC’s traffic cameras—and this time, the city’s Department of Transportation isn’t demanding he stop.

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How to Watch the Knicks Parade on NYC Traffic Surveillance Cameras

Four easy steps to elevate your privacy & security this year:

Choose a privacy-respecting browser 🌐 Check out: https://privacytests.org/

Use a privacy-first search engine 🔎 (Startpage, DuckDuckGo, self-hosted options etc.) further reading: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/search-engines/?h=search+engine

Use privacy-respecting email 📧 (Proton, Tuta, ) further reading: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/email/

Use only E2EE messaging apps 🔒 (cross-platform with minimal metadata: Signal) further reading: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/

You're welcome… spread the word! Sharing is caring 🎁💬

The gift that keeps on giving: data retention, compartmentalization, FOSS, privacy & security. #FCKBigTech stick it to them… #FCKSurveillanceCapitalism 🖕Privacy security isn't a sprint; it is a marathon… Even a journey of over 9k steps begins with the first one… 🙏 💚Use E2EE, full-disk encryption, back up, and update…

#Privacy #Security #E2EE #FOSS #OpenSource #DataProtection #Browser #SearchEngine #Email #Messaging

🚨 Google is now asking you to grant camera access and show your hands to prove you're a human?!

--> I am not a robot tests have officially gone to far.

Just when you think the Big Tech can't get more privacy-invading, it does! 🫣

#Google #verification #privacy

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Apple Is Terrible for Your Privacy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r38Epj6ldKU

„Apple is not your friend. It’s a publicly traded corporation...”

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#apple #iOS #iphone #privacy #tech #surveillance

Daily Digest | 18 June 2026

Your daily dose of Privacy, Data Protection, AI & Cybersecurity news.

5 stories you should not miss.

Read more: https://www.nicfab.eu/daily-digest/

#Privacy #AI #GDPR #Cybersecurity #TechLaw

Remember Friends:

You cannot both have secure end-to-end encryption to protect your communication AND also have a backdoor/key/access only for "the good guys."

This is not possible.
Do not believe anyone telling you otherwise.

End-to-end encryption protects us all,
we must fight to keep it ✊🔒

#Privacy #Encryption #E2EE #RootForE2EE

Anyone asserting encryption is a tool for crime is either painfully misinformed or is attempting to manipulate legislators to gain oppressive power over the people.

Encryption is not a crime,
encryption is a shield.

Encryption protects you from cyberattack, identity theft, discrimination, doxxing, stalking, sexual violence, physical harm, and much more.

For safety, for privacy, for democracy, and for all our human rights, it's critical that we defend our right to encryption.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/

#Privacy #Encryption #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Democracy #RootForE2EE

No more sharing YouTube links for me. They link to your personal account automatically. The dickfaced bastards clearly failed to contemplate the privacy and SAFETY nightmare this will cause. #google #youtube #safety #OnlineSafety #privacy

Mission Local: Federal agencies ‘improperly’ accessed S.F. license-plate surveillance data, audit finds

Police say ICE, DHS didn’t directly access data, but unclear if it was shared regardless

https://missionlocal.org/2026/06/federal-agencies-sf-surveillance-flock-data-audit/

#flock #alpr #privacy #BigBrother

Every removal guide we publish is free. No account required to read. #privacy #optout #indigoprivacy

404 Media: Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People. “The contours of each story are much the same, with the police officer in question using their access to the system to repeatedly track a specific person over the course of weeks or months. The cases highlight the fact that Flock can be used to track the whereabouts of individual people, that police do not get a warrant in […]

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be purchasing records related to immigrants’ tax identifiers from a data broker, potentially skirting a court order that banned ICE from sourcing such information, according to Senator Ron Wyden and government procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.

The contract, worth nearly $10 million, is related to ITINs, or Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers, which is the identifier many undocumented people use to file their taxes rather than a Social Security number (SSN).

“It looks for all the world like Trump is trying to skirt the law and a court order to fuel his mass-deportation campaign,” Senator Wyden told 404 Media in an emailed statement after reviewing the procurement records. “A court has already struck down an agreement between the IRS and Homeland Security to illegally share ITINs and other personal information.

A contract to buy that same information from private data brokers is a clear end-around both taxpayer privacy laws and a court order.”"

https://www.404media.co/ice-appears-to-be-buying-immigrants-tax-identifiers-from-a-data-broker/

#USA #ICE #DataBrokers #Privacy #DataProtection

📝 Zettlr is a free and open-source Markdown editor built for researchers, students, writers, and anyone who prefers owning their notes.

It supports citations, Zotero integration, LaTeX exports, full-text search, and Zettelkasten-style knowledge management while working entirely with local files.

A powerful privacy-friendly alternative to cloud-based writing tools.

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#OpenSource #Markdown #Writing #Research #Privacy #Zettelkasten #NoteTaking

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📬 Open Letter: 35+ organizations and experts are urging Canada’s federal leaders to close a privacy loophole and bring political parties under #privacy laws to protect people’s #data https://action.voterprivacy.ca/page/193988/action/1

#cdnpoli