#Apple’s #AppStore rolls out personalized recommendations

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/09/apples-app-store-rolls-out-personalized-recommendations/

#privacy #advertising #ads

"🔊 Mass Surveillance for… Loud Music? | EFFector 38.11"

"Across the country, surveillance companies have spun a vast web of tens of thousands of license plate cameras."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/mass-surveillance-loud-music-effector-3811

#Privacy

#surveillance #privacy

"Surveillance drones deployment on US’s Great Lakes raises data collection fears

Rights groups and some locals worry that program to ‘track illicit activity’ could become a data collection project

(. . .)

“These vessels are equipped with radar and optical sensors capable of continuous monitoring, and they operate under what’s called a ‘contractor-owned, operated’ model, meaning a private company, Saildrone, is collecting the surveillance data and selling it to the government,” says Petra Molnar, the author of The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, and associate director of the Refugee Law Lab at York University in Toronto.

“This is a very troubling arrangement from a privacy and accountability standpoint, as we have very little public information about data retention, who can access what data is collected, or how people using the region recreationally [can] be swept up in a data system built for border enforcement.”

Five US states – Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York – share a Great Lakes water border with Canada.

The Trump administration has long accused Canada of allowing illicit drugs into the US, a charge that has fueled crushing tariffs on Canadian goods headed south of the border. However, data shows that tens of millions of dollars’ worth of drugs are seized by Canadian border agents after entering Canada from the US every year."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/great-lakes-military-surveillance-drones

#Meta #privacy

"Move Fast, Surveil Things

Update, June 8, 2026: Following widespread public scrutiny and WIRED’s critical reporting, Meta has stripped the unactivated facial recognition code from its latest Meta AI app update.

Meta has deployed facial recognition code to millions of their always-on surveillance glasses, according to new reporting by Wired. EFF’s Threat Lab was able to confirm that the facial recognition code is present through static analysis of the application.

This dangerous new Meta functionality stores faceprints as a series of 2,048 numbers uniquely representing the positioning of a person’s facial features. When this feature is activated, it will convert every new face in the sightlines of the surveillance glasses into a series of numbers, and compare it to all the existing faceprints in the user’s database.

Wired and EFF confirmed that the code is present and active, though not yet exposed to consumers. Another researcher confirmed that when they manually added a face to the app database by connecting the phone to a computer in debug mode and issuing a few commands, the glasses would subsequently detect that face when it came into view."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/move-fast-surveil-things

‚Staatliche Stellen haben letztes Jahr über 35 Millionen Mal abgefragt, wem eine Telefonnummer gehört. Diese Abfragen haben sich innerhalb von fünf Jahren verdoppelt. Auch Inhaber von IP-Adressen werden abgefragt, laut Telekom vor allem wegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen…..‘

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/bestandsdatenauskunft-2025-behoerden-fragen-oefter-als-jede-sekunde-wem-eine-telefonnummer-gehoert/

#Telefon #Überwachung #Daten #Datenschutz #Privacy #Repression #Antireport

#Apple says its #AI is still private, even when it’s running on #Google’s servers

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/06/apple-says-its-ai-is-still-private-even-when-its-running-on-googles-servers/

#Siri #Gemini #privacy

‚Auf etlichen Videos in den sozialen Medien sind Frauen zu sehen, die ohne ihr Einverständnis in intimen Momenten gefilmt werden. Der Skandal um die sogenannten Smart Glasses wirft die Frage auf, wo Frauen sich überhaupt noch sicher fühlen können. Und er zeigt, wie weit die Massenüberwachung durch große Tech-Monopole bereits vorangeschritten ist…..‘

Ein Kommentar:
https://perspektive-online.net/2026/06/bei-der-belaestigung-heimlich-gefilmt-der-skandal-rund-um-die-smart-glasses/

#Meta #SmartGlasses #Überwachung #BigTech #Privacy

🚨 Facial recognition surveillance is expanding rapidly across the UK 🚨

Police are rolling it out on our streets and making up the rules as they go.

We've joined rights groups in writing to the Home Office demanding any future laws rein it in and protect privacy.

Read the statement ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/app/uploads/2026/06/Joint-CSO-policy-statement-on-Facial-Recognition-Technology-June-2026.pdf

#facialrecognition #privacy #policing #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol

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Image: A police officer in a florescent jacket attaches a 'Live Facial Recognition this area' sign to a lamppost on a public street. Text: Rein in Facial Recognition: Rights groups say government must protect public's privacy. Logos: Big Brother Watch, Liberty, Glitch, Justice, Ada Lovelace Institute, Open Rights Group, Race Equality First, Rights of Women, Statewatch, and End Violence Against Women.

#French govt messaging service breached in account hijacking attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-govt-messaging-service-breached-in-account-hijacking-attack/

#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach #Tchap #Matrix

onion-relay v2.0.0 is out, and it's been a long road from v0.0.1 ⬇️

ℹ️ What started as "one command to run a relay" is now a hardened, production-tested AIO stack: guard, exit, and bridge (obfs4) in a 16.8 MB image.

What's new in v2.0.0:
🩺 health + status tools now expose build_version & config_source
⚡ healthcheck.sh fails fast on missing/empty torrc
🔒 DirPort now defaults to 0 (disabled) in ENV-generated configs

What the project has grown into since launch:
🔑 Happy Family support (Tor 0.4.9+ FamilyId, 🪦 RIP MyFamily lists)
🧰 6 busybox only diagnostic tools
🌍 Battle-tested across 10+ countries: https://relays.brokenbotnet.com
🔐 35+ security fixes, CVE coverage, weekly automated rebuilds
🐋 Works with Docker CLI, Compose, Cosmos Cloud & Portainer

https://github.com/r3bo0tbx1/tor-guard-relay

If you care about privacy infrastructure:
🥢 Try it out
🐛 Report bugs
💡 Suggest features
⭐ Star it to help others find it

Still maintaining this in my free time, donation info
in the README. And please support @torproject

@eff and @privacyguides too.

Protecting privacy, one relay at a time ✨

#Tor #Privacy #OpenSource #Docker #FOSS #SelfHosting #Infosec

Introducing #ProtonDrive #CLI: Use Drive from your terminal

https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-cli

#Proton #privacy #cybersecurity #cloud

A thread to Stop ID Surveillance from coming to Canada ⛔️🧵

Yesterday, I sent a long letter to the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Culture Minister Marc Miller, and the leaders of all other major federal parties in Canada.

I sent this letter to voice my concerns about the upcoming bill that is planned to be introduced today at 5 p.m. ET, to propose a ban of social media for children, therefore requiring all social media platforms to identify every adults accessing it.

This is a long thread of what I wrote (mute me for one hour if you don't want to see it).

Feel free to copy any parts you want to share in your own letter of opposition sent to your representatives this week.

Here's how to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search

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#StopIDSurveillance #Privacy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #CanPoli #Canada

@aliasvault may i propose a feature that normally is not handeled by password manager, but could differenciate you from other ?

Propose the Sync of bookmark between the browser and you app.

with the new chrome://flags/#bookmarks-encryption
in chromium it's a change to have a true E2EE (or client-side encrypted) sync of the broswer without relying on browser internal sync (when existing).

#privacy #sync #security #clientencryption #encryption #password #browser #bookmarks

"The technology is simply too dangerous for law enforcement to be using at all."

The post Innocent Man Freed After Spending Over 50 Days in Jail Due to Horribly Inaccurate AI Facial Recognition Tech appeared first on Futurism.

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Innocent Man Freed After Spending Over 50 Days in Jail Due to Horribly Inaccurate AI Facial Recognition Tech

Today, the Canadian government wants to introduce a bill banning social media for children under 16.

This means requiring ID from every adults who want to access social media. This is a privacy and democracy nightmare.

"Ottawa is set to introduce legislation to enact what the government is calling the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act.

It’s expected to be introduced later Wednesday, with Culture Minister Marc Miller holding a news conference at 5 p.m. ET after a technical briefing."

https://globalnews.ca/news/11897929/social-media-ban-under-16/

Contact our Prime Minister Mark Carney and Culture Minister Marc Miller TODAY to voice your opposition:

mark.carney@parl.gc.ca
Marc.Miller@parl.gc.ca

Contact your local MP as well by finding their contact information here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search

We must Stop ID Surveillance in Canada before it's too late.

#StopIDSurveillance #Privacy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #Authoritatianism

🇨🇦 Canada's Privacy Act is finally up for review. 40 years is long enough–don't let Ottawa rewrite the rules that govern all public sector agencies without YOU!

Take the Quick Survey by June 15!
👉 https://openmedia.org/2026privacy-survey

#Canada #privacy #PrivacyMatters @OpenMediaOrg

As #OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/as-openai-files-for-ipo-sam-altmans-eye-scanning-company-is-doing-layoffs-report-says/

#World #WorldCoin #crypto #privacy #biometrics

#SoFi confirms third-party #DataBreach at #HongKong subsidiary

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sofi-confirms-third-party-data-breach-at-hong-kong-subsidiary/

#privacy #cybersecurity #finance #PersonalFinance #banking

#Signal, #DuckDuckGo among firms weighing #Canada exit over lawful access bill

https://globalnews.ca/news/11886905/lawful-access-bill-c-22-companies-services-canada/

#privacy #cybersecurity #politics

Face recognition used to be a plot device. Now it is baked into glasses that never sleep. Every face becomes data. Every glance becomes a scan. This is where your dystopia outline starts. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/move-fast-surveil-things #scifi #privacy #tech

"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make it effectively impossible for people to buy what many call burner phones—a phone not explicitly linked to your identity at the point of purchase—which would impact privacy-conscious people, to domestic abuse survivors, to journalists, and many more. The FCC plans to do this by legally forcing the country’s telecoms to store a wealth of personal information about essentially all phone customers, including a government issued identification number and their physical address, alarming privacy advocates and civil rights activists who compare the measures to those from authoritarian countries where it can be difficult to buy a mobile phone plan without giving up your identity.

The proposed change would drastically shake up how people obtain phone plans in the U.S., and have all sorts of privacy and cybersecurity knock-on effects. The FCC is proposing the data collection partly as a way to combat scammers, with telecoms being required to collect other information on business and foreign customers like the intended use case of their bulk phone plan purchase and their IP address. But the changes would mean telecoms collect data on all new and renewing customers, and the FCC provides a long list of other things that the collected data could help authorities with."

https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/

#USA #FCC #BurnerPhones #Privacy #Surveillance

Online harms bill to include #SocialMediaBan for children under 16: Source

https://globalnews.ca/news/11894610/canada-social-media-ban-teens-online-harms-bill/

#Canada #politics #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #privacy #cybersecurity

Following the Australian precedence, Brazil, Greece, Turkey, and Malaysia have now passed laws requiring age checks for social media.

😡 But age verification and ID checks destroy everyone's #privacy. 😡

Learn what countries are planning a social media ban for teens and fight #AgeVerification 💪

👉https://tuta.com/blog/age-verification-kills-anonymity

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Most US World Cup stadiums are surrounded by surveillance cameras. Want to know if you’re being watched on your way to a match? These maps will help you.

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Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums

https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/5784/bad-vibes-ai-coding-tools-and-privacy-issues by @privacyint

Key points

AI coding tools enable rapid software creation without deep expertise, but obscure how the code actually works.

The generated code is often flawed, insecure, or outdated despite claims of completeness.

AI systems prioritise appearing correct, frequently misrepresenting functionality and avoiding genuine fixes.

Privacy and security risks are significant, especially for sensitive data and users unable to audit the output.

#ai #aislop #security #aisecurity #vibecoding #privacy #cryptography

Hoodik is a lightweight self-hosted cloud storage platform built with privacy in mind.

Files are encrypted directly in your browser before upload, ensuring the server never has access to your unencrypted data.

It also includes secure file sharing, encrypted notes, 2FA, S3 support, and easy Docker deployment.

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

#OpenSource #SelfHosted #Privacy #Encryption #CloudStorage #FOSS #CyberSecurity

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Hoodik project page showing the open-source encrypted cloud storage platform, including its logo, version details, Docker support, and a description of browser-based end-to-end encryption.

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Hoodik web interface displaying a self-hosted file manager with folders, documents, images, videos, upload progress, file metadata, and account management options in a dark-themed dashboard.