#Windows11 identifier code used to track #ScatteredSpider perp after #Microsoft shared info with FBI

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows-11-identifier-used-to-track-scattered-spider-perp-after-microsoft-shared-info-with-fbi-19-year-old-us-estonian-hacker-arrested-over-alleged-ties-to-infamous-extortion-group

#ransomware #cybercrime #privacy #cybersecurity #Windows

#GoDaddy Warns #India's Crackdown on Fake Site Registrars Could Upend Internet #Privacy Everywhere

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/05/0526213/godaddy-warns-indias-crackdown-on-fake-site-registrars-could-upend-internet-privacy-everywhere

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

AegisLink — what I've been building, in motion. 🛡️

A messenger built so the server learns as close to nothing as possible: no phone, email or name. Everything E2EE — chats, voice & video calls, disappearing & view-once messages, panic mode with a decoy PIN. Sealed sender means the relay never sees who a message is from. Open source.

Now in Closed Testing on Android — join as a tester, I'll share the install link when it's live 👉 https://groups.google.com/g/aegislink-testers

#privacy #infosec #android #androiddev

#FSF Shares Update on '#LibrePhone' and New Automated Site Monitoring Tool

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/0654252/fsf-shares-update-on-librephone-and-new-automated-site-monitoring-tool

#FOSS #privacy #Lineage #Android

"I don't care about privacy because I have nothing to hide" always misses the point.

Privacy is about being able to decide for yourself what others know about you and what they're allowed to do with what they know.

Privacy is about setting boundaries to technology and those who are building it.

Privacy is about having a say in who should get to shape our future.

A handful of billionaires (and an especially vile trillionaire)?

Or us?
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#privacy #DataProtection

Security and Privacy by Design

Get a truly #trustworthy #messenger without hidden #agendas or #backdoors: #chats, #contact lists, and groups are managed in a #decentralized manner directly on the involved devices – no #data is stored on a server.

This way, your communication remains #private and fully under your control at all times.

https://threema.com/en/products/private

#privacy #Swiss #Threema #security

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Comparison chart of the following messenger apps: Threema Private Whatsapp Signal Telegram There's a lot of text in this graphic so here's a summary of the most important aspects: Jurisdiction: Switzerland - Threema Private USA - Whatsapp, Signal Unclear - Telegram Funding: - Meta data/advertising - Whatsapp - Donations - Signal - Pavel Dorov, subscriptions, advertising - Telegram - App users ($6 one time fee) - Threema Private Privacy by Design: - No phone number of email address required - Threema Private - Phone number required - Whatsapp, Signal, Telegram

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

Hike, Bike, Drive Offline – Navigate with Privacy | CoMaps
https://www.comaps.app/
#software #navigation #communitysource
#opensource community managed fork of the Organic Maps.
#privacy #offrehacked

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)

Daily Digest | 7 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

Stop sending your API keys to the cloud! 🔒

postctl keeps your Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads tokens securely stored on your local disk. Using AES-256-GCM encryption derived from a custom passphrase, your credentials stay encrypted inside a local SQLite database. Zero telemetry, zero cloud intermediate servers.

100% open source and local-first:
👉 https://github.com/aeon022/postctl
🌐 https://postctl.sh

#privacy #security #selfhosted #localfirst #opensource #cryptography

Chat Control is back in front of the EU Parliament this week — client-side scanning as the default architecture for everyone's messages, again. Whatever side of that fight you're on, it's a good reminder: the safest data is data that was never sent anywhere to be scanned. Local inference doesn't need a legal exception carved out for it — there's no wire to tap.

#Privacy #LocalAI #SelfHosted #DigitalSovereignty

The European Parliament will discuss the return of Chat Control 1.0 today — first, it will decide on an expedited procedure

The European Parliament is meeting in Strasbourg today. On the agenda is a proposal to reinstate the temporary voluntary message-scanning scheme, nicknamed “Chat Control”…

https://vsx.global/the-european-parliament-will-discuss-the-return-of-chat-control-1-0-today-and-will-first-decide-on-an-expedited-procedure/

#infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

The arrest of a teenage hacker has revealed that #Microsoft can track a Windows PC and its online activity through a “Global Device ID" that seems to have no easy opt-out, sparking fears about potential #surveillance.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/a-hackers-arrest-reveals-microsoft-can-track-users-via-a-windows-device
#privacy #digitalsovereignty #infosec #gdid

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

Meta paused its employee-tracking MCI tool after an internal exposure made monitoring data accessible beyond intended staff. 🔒
The AI training program logged keystrokes, mouse activity and screen content, and remains paused while data protection controls are reviewed. 🛡️

🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-employee-tracking-program-following-internal-security-breach/

#TechNews #Meta #Privacy #Cybersecurity #AI #Employee #Monitoring #Surveillance #DataProtection #OpenSource #Linux #Infosec #DigitalRights #Technology #FOSS #Security

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.

Last month, the FTC posted a notice explaining that X had argued that an FTC order was no longer necessary due to changes #Musk had made to the platform.
#privacy #Twitter

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/musks-x-poses-serious-risk-to-americans-privacy-advocates-warn-ftc/

AI stylometry algorithms can identify anonymous authors with up to 99.8% accuracy just by counting subconscious function words. The technology is so precise it is sparking debates about whether writing style is biometric data. #TechNews #Privacy #AI #Cybersecurity
https://blazetrends.com/how-ai-stylometry-identifies-anonymous-authors-the-code-behind-your-writing-dna/?fsp_sid=46822

#Flock Defense "No Expectation of #Privacy In Public" Is Wrong (Public Report)

Online, Flock draws far more critics than defenders. But among those who do, the most common argument is a familiar one: there is no expectation of privacy in public, and license plates are visible to anyone on the road, so what's the problem? It is a reasonable instinct. It is also an oversimplification, and not what courts are being asked to decide.
#alpr #surveillance #flocksafety

https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-no-privacy-public

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

Google will begin enforcing Android developer verification for sideloaded apps in four countries on September 30, adding new installation checks. 📱 Unverified apps will require extra approval steps, while verified developers gain streamlined tools and limited accounts support before global expansion in 2027. 🔐

🔗 https://finance.biggo.com/news/202606211920_Android-sideloading-restrictions-start-September-30

#TechNews #Android #Google #GooglePlay #Sideloading #Apps #AppSecurity #Developer #Privacy #OpenSource #Mobile #Cybersecurity #Linux #Technology #Software #FOSS

Quick practical one: photos taken on a phone usually embed EXIF metadata — GPS coordinates, device model, exact timestamp — inside the file itself. Sending it through an E2EE chat protects it in transit, but if the app doesn't strip EXIF (or the recipient re-shares the raw file), that metadata travels with it.

Worth checking whether your messenger strips this automatically, and doing it yourself before sending anything sensitive if you're not sure.

#privacy #infosec