Hidden backdoor in #Tenda #router firmware grants admin access

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hidden-backdoor-in-tenda-router-firmware-grants-admin-access/

#cybersecurity #privacy #networking

Meanwhile in EU…

#lang_en #ChatControl #EU #memes #privacy

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“How would you like this wrapped” meme, but it’s EU coming to Empty Chairs.

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

Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained (fightchatcontrol.eu)

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/chat-control-overview

#Europe #digitalrights #chatcontrol #privacy #politics #politik

In a recent Cybersecurity Law & Strategy article, Zach Lerner and Rushil Mehta detail how app store accountability laws are forcing developers to confront a new children's privacy reality.

#AADC #AppStores #ChildrensPrivacy #Privacy

https://www.zwillgen.com/publication/age-data-app-developers-primed-trigger-cascading-effects/

Cops Say #Waymo Snitched on Teens for Allegedly Drinking and Shooting a Toy Gun

https://www.404media.co/waymo-called-police-on-teens-san-mateo/

#privacy #surveillance #police

CryptPad is a free open source collaborative online office suite with the emphasis on privacy and "zero knowledge" encryption. You can find out more at:

🌱 https://cryptpad.org

You can follow the project at:

🌱 @CryptPad

CryptPad can be self-hosted online, installation instructions are at:

🌱 https://docs.cryptpad.org/en/admin_guide/installation.html

It can also be self-hosted locally, instructions for local hosting are at:

🌱 https://docs.cryptpad.org/en/dev_guide/index.html#dev-guide

#SelfHosting #Privacy #Office #Encryption #ZeroKnowledge #FOSS

What is #spyware and how can you protect yourself?

https://proton.me/blog/what-is-spyware

#cybersecurity #privacy #guide

cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/49158153

[Orange County] - Cops across the Golden State accessed the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s (OCSD) Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) system at least 145 times to track protesters within the span of a year and seven months, newly obtained data shows. Eleven California police agencies, one as far as Daly City, located almost 400 miles away, searched for protesters using OCSD’s Flock data, which contains license plate numbers, timestamps, locations, and photos of vehicles and their surroundings. The majority of the dates that police searched for people landed directly on or around dates when protests against ICE were held. The data was shared with Inadvertent by a local anti-ALPR organizer, who obtained it through a public records request with the help of Oakland Privacy. The data, officially called a network audit, is a log spanning approximately 19 months that shows other agencies’ individual queries of OCSD’s Flock. The records provide a snapshot of how police have been using Flock’s powerful mass surveillance system on the public — without the public’s consent.

On and around June 14 last year, officers from Anaheim Police Department (APD), San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Riverside police and sheriff’s agencies, Daly City Police Department, Salinas Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol looked for people who were involved in protests using Flock’s powerful search features, such as license plate lookups or a freeform-AI-powered search. The features enable anyone with access to the Flock system to look for people who are in view of Flock’s pervasive camera systems. Flock’s AI-powered system allows cops to search for specific identifiers on vehicles or people.

The reasons for the searches, cited by officers, are contained in the log. They are unspecific and include “protest”, “ICE PROTEST”, “gene autry protest” and other vague terms. Cops are required by state law to list the reason for searching through the Flock system, but the data shows that even beyond tracking people engaged in First Amendment activity, police have been logging their reasons using vague one-word responses. The most specific search for protesters read “Hit and run protest,” logged by the Riverside Police Department.

…

Outside of the mid-June 2025 searches, officers continued to provide little details about their reasons for scouring the Flock system for protesters. One agency, Escondido Police Department, queried the Flock system at least 28 times on February 2 last year for “Protest ATI Vehicle” and “Immigration Protest.” These searches line up with several arrests that followed a protest against ICE terror in Escondido on that date.

“Protest is a common one. Protests, protesters,” said Ed Vogel, a member of DeFlock who researches ALPR usage across the country, when asked about police using ALPRs to search for protestors.

“It’s another example as to how surveillance like ALPR, not just ALPR, but surveillance is a symptom of a crisis of democracy,” Vogel added.

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The revelation of OCSD’s Flock network having been used to surveil protestors comes after President Trump issued National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7), a directive that criminalizes dissent in the United States. Recently, anti-ICE protestors in Texas were handed lengthy prison sentences for their participation in a noise demonstration outside of an ICE detention center in Prairieland, Texas. One individual, who was not even at the protest, was sentenced to thirty years for moving a box of zines.

“Surveillance shows a crisis of democracy by, one, how these technologies are procured. Oftentimes it’s done behind closed doors, oftentimes it’s done without fully disclosing information to the public or to elected officials,” said Vogel, “There’s very little public engagement around whether we should enter into a contract, no real democratic process around the signing of the contract, or asking around, ‘Is this the community we want to build? Is this public safety?’”

Warning, if you missed this yesterday. This practice includes Meta feasting on your photos for its dumb AI.

"As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content."

Wired: Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out https://www.wired.com/story/meta-now-lets-anyone-use-your-instagram-photos-in-ai-images-unless-you-opt-out/ @WIRED #privacy #Meta #instagram #copyright

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

Groundhog Day for EU chat control. It is baffling to see how keen some are on being able to scan chats without any suspicion. Stubbornly wanting to restric fundamental rights and not seeing anything wrong or problematic with it in a democratic systems, such as the EU is just worrying to see.

Source: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Chat-Control-1-0-EU-Council-forces-messenger-scans-via-fast-track-11353659.html

#cybersecurity #security #infosec #privacy #humanrights #EU #chatcontrol

#Tuta One-Click Migration is now in closed beta!

https://tuta.com/blog/tuta-one-click-migration-closed-beta

#email #privacy #cybersecurity

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.”

More and more new cars in the EU are becoming connected and capable of collecting driving data.

We’re told it’s about safety. Maybe. But history shows that data collected for one purpose often ends up being used for others.

Privacy is easier to lose than to get back.

#Privacy #DigitalRights #Surveillance #ConnectedCars #EU #Technology #DataProtection

Midori Browser for Android arrives in version 11.8.9 with many improvements, including enhanced stability, improved fluidity, improved buttons and web browsing, and two important additions: tab groups (yes, tab groups in GeckoView), a dedicated reading mode, and an extension finder. Privacy options are also improved. All this and more is available in Midori Browser for Android 11.8.9.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.midorinext.android

#browser #web #privacy #android #linux

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Midori Browser for Android 11.8.9

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New version for Light web browser Midori 11.8.9 for Android

💻 Every click and every search in your browser is a piece of the puzzle Big Tech uses to profile you.

Want to keep your data safe?

Check out our privacy tips: https://murena.com/how-to-protect-your-online-privacy-in-your-browser/

#Privacy

Fsck these things:

• Tesla, especially Cybertruck
• Meta, especially Creeper Glasses
• Ubiquiti, especially everything
• Google, especially Gemini
• Age Verification (I mean global surveillance)

Note: Not a comprehensive list

#privacy

"Six days earlier, Governor Greg Abbott appointed Don Huffines as Texas Comptroller... Huffines is the man who owns #JeffreyEpstein ’s Zorro Ranch. He’s now going to run the finances of the state of #Texas.

This is what #Republican policy, masquerading as #child safety policy, looks like... Total surveillance of what children can read, watch, and download. Total silence on the pedophiles and child traffickers."
https://letsaddresstexas.substack.com/p/abbott-appointed-comptroller-owns

#GOP #Politics #Children #Privacy #Law #News #US #USA

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Text from article: Six days earlier, Governor Greg Abbott appointed Don Huffines as Texas Comptroller, effective August 1. Huffines is the man who owns Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. He’s now going to run the finances of the state of Texas. This is what Republican policy, masquerading as child safety policy, looks like in this state. Total surveillance of what children can read, watch, and download. Total silence on the pedophiles and child traffickers.

🇪🇺 Your #privacy & #freedoms are at risk.
📢 Send a clear message:
❌ NO to #MassSurveillance 👀
✅ YES to #DigitalPrivacy🔒
🔔 Take Action Now:
👉 https://FightChatControl.eu

@chatcontrol
@echo_pbreyer

#ChatControl #ChatKontrolle #CSAM #FightChatControl #StopChatControl⁩ #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Freedom #FreedomOfSpeech #SpeechFreedom

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🇪🇺 Your #privacy & #freedoms are at risk. 📢 Send a clear message: ❌ NO to #MassSurveillance 👀 ✅ YES to #DigitalPrivacy🔒 🔔 Take Action Now: 👉 https://FightChatControl.eu #ChatControl #ChatKontrolle #CSAM #FightChatControl #StopChatControl⁩

🇪🇺 Your #privacy & #freedoms are at risk.
📢 Send a clear message:
❌ NO to #MassSurveillance 👀
✅ YES to #DigitalPrivacy🔒
🔔 Take Action Now:
👉 https://FightChatControl.eu

@echo_pbreyer

#ChatControl #ChatKontrolle #CSAM #FightChatControl #StopChatControl⁩ #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Freedom #FreedomOfSpeech #SpeechFreedom

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🇪🇺 Your #privacy & #freedoms are at risk. 📢 Send a clear message: ❌ NO to #MassSurveillance 👀 ✅ YES to #DigitalPrivacy🔒 🔔 Take Action Now: 👉 https://FightChatControl.eu #ChatControl #ChatKontrolle #CSAM #FightChatControl #StopChatControl⁩

🇪🇺 Your #privacy & #freedoms are at risk.
📢 Send a clear message:
❌ NO to #MassSurveillance 👀
✅ YES to #DigitalPrivacy🔒
🔔 Take Action Now:
👉 https://FightChatControl.eu

@chatcontrol
@echo_pbreyer @CCC @piratenpartei @ecologistas @ExtinctionR @corporateeurope

#ChatControl #ChatKontrolle #CSAM
#FightChatControl #StopChatControl #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Freedom #FreedomOfSpeech #SpeechFreedom

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🇪🇺 Your #privacy & #freedoms are at risk. 📢 Send a clear message: ❌ NO to #MassSurveillance 👀 ✅ YES to #DigitalPrivacy🔒 🔔 Take Action Now: 👉 FightChatControl.eu @echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social #ChatControl #ChatKontrolle #CSAM #FightChatControl #StopChatControl #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Freedom #FreedomOfSpeech #SpeechFreedom

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.

❌ 🇪🇺 Non à la surveillance de masse en #Europe ! #stopchatcontrol
https://stopchatcontrol.fr/

#EU #HumanRights #Menschenrechte #Privatsphäre #privacy #SphèrePrivée #DroitsHumains

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.”

The Duke of Sussex and six others have lost their High Court privacy case against the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. #mix #princehary #privacy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyrq1kr6q5o?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass

🚨 NEWS: Meta disabilita la fotocamera degli occhiali smart se il LED di privacy viene manomesso

Ecco i punti chiave in breve:
💡 Gli occhiali smart con fotocamera integrata rappresentano un incubo per la privacy, ma Meta ha introdotto una misura drastica per contrastare gli abusi. La nuova policy, che intere...

🚀 LINK: https://meteoraweb.com/news/meta-disabilita-la-fotocamera-degli-occhiali-smart-se-il-led-di-privacy-viene-manomesso?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto_share

#meta #privacy #rayBan #occhialiSmart #fotocamera

Daily Digest | 8 July 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

Most privacy apps still start by asking you to make an account. Which has always struck me as odd, the account is the thing that gets breached, leaked, or subpoenaed.

Which is why Catchlight has none. No email, no sign-up, no password to reset.

A 12-word phrase you generate on your phone is the only key, and it never leaves the device.

Less to trust, because there's less to take.

#Privacy #FOSS #iOS #BuildInPublic

" #Texas can now require age verification & parental consent at the #app store level...

“A minor #child who downloads a software application from an app store agrees to contractual terms of service, including whether the child’s location will be tracked, whether the child’s #privacy will be protected, whether information from the child’s phone can be sold by the developer, and whether the child waives the right to sue”"
https://letsaddresstexas.substack.com/p/abbott-appointed-comptroller-owns

#Politics #SCOTUS #Law #Children #News #US #USA

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Headline and text from article: Abbott Appointed Comptroller Owns Epstein’s Ranch—Because F**k Them Kids Meanwhile, unironically SCOTUS restricts app downloads for kids, claiming they care about kids. Jul 06, 2026 Today the Supreme Court let Texas start enforcing SB 2420, the state’s App Store Accountability Act. Justice Samuel Alito, in a pair of one-sentence orders with no explanation and no dissents, denied the emergency applications filed by app-store industry groups. Texas can now require age verification and parental consent at the app store level for every mobile app download in the state. “A minor child who downloads a software application from an app store agrees to contractual terms of service, including whether the child’s location will be tracked, whether the child’s privacy will be protected, whether information from the child’s phone can be sold by the developer, and whether the child waives the right to sue,” Texas told the Supreme Court in defense of the act.

#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 "

@johnnyryan Remember reading a horrific passage from Sarah Wynn-Williams book Horrible People on how everyone inside #meta knew how far the #irish government would go to satisfy the #bigtech companies located in #ireland with regards to such as #privacy.

Not to be trusted, thanks for shining a light on this

The FBI just warned Signal & WhatsApp users: Russian-linked hackers are phishing verification codes by posing as "Signal Support." It's not a crypto flaw — it's the phone number itself being the weak point.

Z-TEXT has no phone number. No code to phish, ever.

Read: https://z-text.org/fbi-signal-phishing-vs-z-text-no-verification-code/

Also live: zketernity — seal a message on the blockchain, $1 to start → ko-fi.com/zketernity

#privacy #surveillance #zksnarks

It is more accessible than Graphene with Pixel, Motorola, Fairphone, and Shiftphone models supported!

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Guy holding pistol "Installs CalyX" tank pointing back "ICE Crackdowns on neighbourhood"

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