#Cryptomator for #Android: Freemium Now Available

https://cryptomator.org/blog/2026/07/01/cryptomator-android-freemium/

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

Medtronic notifies customers impacted by ShinyHunters data breach #privacy #hack Great, my spinal pump is Medtronic...

“The investigation determined that from April 13 to April 19, 2026, an unauthorized actor accessed certain Medtronic corporate IT systems.” The exposed data may include the following:

Full name
Contact information
Date of birth
Social Security number
Health-related information

ShinyHunters typically publishes stolen data if ransom negotiations with the victim organization fail to secure payment.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/medtronic-notifies-customers-impacted-by-shinyhunters-data-breach/

European institutions seem to be all in when it comes to introducing age verification mandates for citizens in member states: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/commission-sets-out-common-approach-eu-wide-age-verification-technologies

I now have daily anxiety thinking about the future of the fediverse.

So how do I channel this fear and turn it into something constructive? I'm going back to writing #selfhosting guides for newbies.

It's a great distraction, which gives me a bit of hope. Especially the next guide, which will cover my favorite fediverse software - #GoToSocial (which is powering this instance) - and how to install and configure it. Your own little home on the fediverse! Lightweight and features-packed.

Surely something like this would fall outside the scope of regulation. Right? Right?

#MySoCalledSudoLife #YunoHost #VPS #AgeVerification #privacy #EUBigTech

#Reddit will require you to log in to use old(dot)reddit(dot)com

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/reddit-will-require-you-to-log-in-to-use-old-reddit-com/

#privacy

Trouble ahead for US data transfers 🧨

The US Supreme Court has overturned the precedent that Presidents can't remove heads of independent agencies at will.

They've taken a sledgehammer to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework on which the UK also depends.

Read how it makes the free flow of data unlawful ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-end-is-nigh-for-us-data-transfers/

#dataprotection #gdpr #eu #privacy #digitalsovereignty #uspolitics #ukpolitics #ukpol #trump

@fdroidorg Please include the onion link in your post

http://fdroidorg6cooksyluodepej4erfctzk7rrjpjbbr6wx24jh3lqyfwyd.onion/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html.en

If this is the official f-droid floss.social account then I know you care about tor onion servers because the official fdroid website has an onion link

Tor onion links provide greater anonymity to tor users than simply accessing the clearweb site through tor

And the more people use tor and tor onion addresses for uncontroversial browsing the easier it becomes for people to hide in the traffic when it can be a matter of life or death what websites you are accessing

#Tor #Censorship #FDroid #Privacy #Anonymity

Canada’s Bill C-22 just passed third reading, rushed through with limited debate. It lets the government compel companies to build backdoors into encryption.

Signal and NordVPN have said they’ll leave Canada entirely if it passes. Apple and Meta are urging amendments.

Here’s what a backdoor mandate can’t touch: an app with no company to compel and no server to weaken. You can’t order a backdoor into something that has no door.

zerion.chat

#privacy #encryption #canada #tor #foss

About GDPR:
"The problem is that it was designed for a world where data types had stable boundaries, where collecting your
shoe size was clearly different from collecting your HIV status, and where one could draw a sensible line around
things called ‘special categories’. With the arrival of modern AI, that world no longer exists" #GDPR #EU #privacy #AI #Data

Your data is on more sites than you think. The free Privacy Audit shows you where. Takes about 10 minutes. https://indigoprivacy.com/audit #databrokers #privacy #indigoprivacy

Superfile is a free and open-source terminal file manager with a modern, keyboard-first interface.

Built with Go, it features a clean TUI, customizable themes, plugins, and supports Linux, macOS, and Windows. A great upgrade for anyone who spends a lot of time working in the terminal.

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

#OpenSource #Linux #Windows #macOS #Terminal #CLI #Productivity #Privacy

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Screenshot of the Superfile project page showing its logo, project badges, and a preview of the modern terminal-based file manager with a multi-pane, keyboard-friendly interface.

🧠 Three pillars of mental privacy.

#privacy #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #intellectualprivacy

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The text describes freedom of thought, intellectual property and intellectual privacy.

The #KIDSAct has passed the house

https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/the-kids-act-has-passed-the-house/38918

#politics #privacy #AgeVerification

CCIA urged California lawmakers to revise SB 1130, warning that the bill’s broad definitions and ambiguous liability standards could sweep in everyday wearable technologies and expose manufacturers, retailers, and employers to civil and criminal liability for the actions of individual users. Effective #privacy policy should provide clear rules, target unlawful conduct, and avoid creating legal uncertainty that undermines innovation. Read more: https://ccianet.org/news/2026/07/ccia-raises-privacy-and-liability-concerns-with-california-wearable-devices-bill-sb-1130/

WhatsApp is adding usernames — message people without either side seeing a phone number. Your number unlocks a lot of personal info; a username keeps it private from other users (not from Meta). Reserve yours: Settings → Account → Username.

#privacy #whatsapp #messaging #indigoprivacy

“Google wants a look at your hands before it lets you through. The company’s newest reCAPTCHA check, rolling out now as a test, asks you to switch on your camera and wave at it so an algorithm can decide whether you’re a human or a bot.

That wave is less casual than it looks. The system records a short video of your hand and pulls 21 hand-landmark coordinates from it, mapping your finger joints, your palm geometry, and the way you move in real time.

Google describes the purpose as liveness detection, a way for websites to fend off automated account creation, credential-stuffing, and other fraud. But this is still a biometric scan, collected so you can prove you’re a person and still involves turning on your cameras for Google.”

https://reclaimthenet.org/googles-new-recaptcha-wants-your-camera-access-and-21-points-of-your-hand

#Google #ReCAPTCHA #Biometrics #Privacy

“The thing is, when working on decentralized tech, I always believed it was important because we had serious risks from centralization, surveillance, etc from governments and corporations, potentially co-conspiring. But what I hadn't anticipated is that as things became more centralized, the will to fight for the internet as something in the public interest too would evaporate.

When I have conversations with family members and friends who haven't yet thought much about the age verification and similar bills and their consequences, they've said "well, someone has to hold corporations like Meta" responsible. To which I say, "but what about all the smaller, non-corporate parts of the internet?" To which, many people are surprised, because they've simply forgotten about those things.

When the internet and computing becomes five corporations to most people, they begin to treat it as the concerns of reigning in five corporations.“

https://dustycloud.org/blog/what-happened-to-the-fight-for-the-internet/

#AgeVerification #Surveillance #OpenWeb #Decentralization #DigitalRights #Oligopolies #Fediverse #Privacy

🚨 NEWS: Ricercatore rivela bug in Apple Hide My Email - indirizzi reali esposti nonostante la protezione

Ecco i punti chiave in breve:
💡 Una falla di sicurezza nella funzione Hide My Email di Apple consentirebbe di esporre gli indirizzi email reali degli utenti, vanificando lo scopo dello strumento di privacy. Secon...

🚀 LINK: https://meteoraweb.com/news/ricercatore-rivela-bug-in-apple-hide-my-email-indirizzi-reali-esposti-nonostante-la-protezione?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto_share

#apple #bug #privacy #sicurezza #hideMyEmail

TechCrunch: In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights. “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the law enforcement use of ‘geofence’ search warrants, in a major legal ruling that is likely to have broad ramifications for privacy rights and law enforcement across the United States.”

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that police need a narrow warrant before sweeping up everyone's phone location data. Geofence warrants that pull every phone near a crime scene now face Fourth Amendment limits.

#privacy #surveillance #fourthamendment #indigoprivacy #scotus #supremecourt

#Arti 2.5.0 released: Stable #CounterGaloisOnion

https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_5_0_released/

#Tor #FOSS #Rust #cybersecurity #privacy #anonymity

#Notesnook v3.4.0

https://blog.notesnook.com/notesnook-v3.4.0

#notes #privacy

Every week brings another breach, and a pattern underneath them: the more identity a system collects, the more there is to steal. Passports, fingerprints, phone numbers, all sitting in databases waiting to leak.

The fix isn’t better security on all that data. It’s not collecting it in the first place.

Zerion asks for nothing. No phone number, no email, no ID. Nothing to breach because nothing is stored.

zerion.chat

#privacy #infosec #foss #tor

Fake #Perplexity extension on #Chrome Web Store tracked searches

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-perplexity-extension-on-chrome-web-store-tracked-searches/

#cybersecurity #privacy #AI

"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 specs and cases leaks fill the gaps in Samsung's new teaser — and there could be one disappointing omission"

"The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 could have lots of power but just two rear cameras and no Privacy Display."

https://www.techradar.com/phones/samsung-galaxy-phones/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-specs-and-cases-leaks-fill-the-gaps-in-samsungs-new-teaser-and-there-could-be-one-disappointing-omission

#Privacy

Meta shipped an "incognito" mode for WhatsApp's Meta AI chats this May — messages processed separately, not saved by default. A real improvement for that one mode.

What it doesn't touch: outside incognito, anything you tell Meta AI still feeds ad/content personalization across Meta's apps, no opt-out. The lesson isn't "WhatsApp bad" — it's that default matters more than available. A privacy posture you switch on per-conversation isn't privacy by default, it's an escape hatch.

#privacy

Retail shopping center management companies use mobile advertising ID tracking to measure how digital ads drive physical store visits. #privacy #retail #indigoprivacy

#Proton: "Introducing #Lumo 2.0"

https://proton.me/blog/lumo-2

#AI #privacy

🚨 Apple's Hide My Email may not be as private as you think.

A researcher claims they can reveal the real email address behind any Hide My Email alias, and says Apple has known about it for over a year without fully fixing the issue.

If true, this impacts far more than spam protection. It could expose journalists, activists, researchers, and anyone relying on email aliases for privacy.

I've broken down:
🔍 How the vulnerability works (without revealing exploit details)
📅 The disclosure timeline
⚠️ Why it matters
📧 What Apple users should do right now

Read the full analysis 👇
https://thecybersecguru.com/news/pple-hide-my-email-vulnerability-real-address-exposed/

#Apple #iCloud #HideMyEmail #CyberSecurity #Privacy #DataPrivacy #InfoSec #CyberNews #AppleSecurity #EmailSecurity #CyberThreat #SecurityResearch #BugBounty #ZeroDay #TechNews #CyberAwareness #DigitalPrivacy #InfosecNews #CyberSecGuru