Garage is a lightweight, open-source object storage system you can self-host.

S3-compatible, it lets you run your own cloud storage backend without relying on third parties.

Designed for distributed setups, it replicates data across nodes and stays available even if some go offline.

👉 https://github.com/deuxfleurs-org/garage
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: https://digitalescapetools.com/

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Privacy #CloudStorage #Homelab #DigitalMinimalism

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Screenshot of the “Garage” project page with a dark background. At the top is an orange logo above the title “Garage.” Below are links labeled “Website and documentation,” “Binary releases,” “Git repository,” and “Matrix channel.” The text describes Garage as an S3-compatible distributed object storage service for self-hosting, designed for small-to-medium scale clusters across multiple locations, with data replication, high availability, lightweight operation, and resilience to failures.

#Seiko USA website defaced as hacker claims customer data theft

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/seiko-usa-website-defaced-as-hacker-claims-customer-data-theft/

#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach

Daily Digest | 22 April 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

UK probes Telegram 🚨
CSAM concerns
Safety vs privacy debate
💬 Monitor or protect privacy?

Source: https://cyberinsider.com/uk-probes-telegram-and-other-chat-apps-over-child-safety-failures/

Follow @technadu

#InfoSec #Privacy

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UK probes Telegram and other chat apps over child safety failures

ICYMI: Ex-Google analyst says Signals change benefits Google, not advertisers: Krista Seiden, former Google Analytics product manager, argues the June 15 Signals change quietly strips a key privacy lever while framing it as simplification. https://ppc.land/ex-google-analyst-says-signals-change-benefits-google-not-advertisers/ #Google #Privacy #Analytics #DigitalMarketing #TechNews

Tracking Pixels in Email: The Italian DPA Guidelines and the Consent Puzzle

A commentary on Decision No. 284 of April 17, 2026, by the Italian Data Protection Authority. Two systemic questions: privacy by design under Art. 25 GDPR, and consent specificity under EDPB Guidelines 05/2020.

🇬🇧 https://www.nicfab.eu/en/posts/tracking-pixel-guidelines/
🇮🇹 https://www.nicfab.eu/it/posts/tracking-pixel-guidelines/

Newsletter: https://www.nicfab.eu/en/pages/newsletter/#subscribe-now

#GDPR #ePrivacy #PrivacyByDesign #DPO #DataProtection #EDPB #AI #privacy #DataprivacyDay #pixel_tracking

“In addition to all of the above, privacy is a right that as such also enables our enjoyment of other rights, and interference with our privacy often provides the gateway to the violation of the rest of our rights.” - Privacy International

https://theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/why-does-privacy-matters

#privacy

Thornton Police looking into complaint that officer ran nearly 20,000 Flock searches
#colorado #denver #privacy #surveillance

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-news/thornton-police-looking-into-complaint-that-officer-ran-nearly-20000-flock-searches/73-cf59c995-f38b-4b5b-a883-ee36a5b06c50

https://linuxiac.com/mx-linux-takes-clear-stance-against-age-verification-requirements/

#mxLinux #ageVerification #privacy #linux

I heard of TOR years ago but didn't bother learning more at the time.
Time to correct that I think.

"By using Tor for banal activities, when you aren't in any danger worse than a nasty ad-attack, you help to normalize the use of Tor and add more noise to the traffic. The more people do this, the more using Tor becomes just something people do when they care about privacy online, and nothing more."

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/30/in-praise-of-tor/#the-dark-web-the-deep-web-and-the-surface-web

#tor #privacy #tech

THIS! Is scary as sh*t!

**A 770% surge in government requests to Big Tech is reshaping parenting**

https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-government-requests-parenting

And I don't think this is just hitting 'parenting' only, but is much broader. It's about *everybody.* Shocking was that FISA (US foreign intelligence) has encountered a nearly 25x increase in the last 11 years. And it's only to get worse.

#BigTech is **NOT** your friend!

This is an analysis written up by @protonprivacy

A comment on this analysis is also quite interesting (from the 'parent' angle):

> As parents, we install baby gates and childproof our homes to protect what matters most. But one of the biggest risks our kids face today isn’t physical, it’s digital, and often left wide open.

#SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #parenting #sharenting #SocialMedia

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Infographic showing the massive increase of data shared from Meta, Apple and Google to US authorities over the period of 11 years (2014 to 2025).

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Data requests from EU countries in H1 2025 to Meta, Google and Apple, showing Germany with the vast majority of data requests, followed by France (with approx. a third only) and followed by a tail from other countries.

If you've ever wondered: How can they know so much about me?

It's probably because of data brokers.

You know those "data enrichment partners" they are mentioning as vaguely as possible in the privacy policies you didn't read?

To learn more about data brokers, I highly recommend watching this excellent interview with @yaelwrites by @privacyguides :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Monbu9bh6nY

#Privacy #DataBrokers #MassSurveillance

🧐 Headlines in #privacy from @thenewoil

“Gazing Into # SamAltman ’s Orb Now Proves You’re Human on # Tinder https://www. wired.com/story/gazing-into-sa m-altmans-orb-now-proves-youre-human-on-tinder/ # World # WorldCoin # privacy # biomet...”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/116432437335838385

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

"'Stop selling or sharing my personal information': Research finds that Big Tech could be tracking you even when you've opted out"

"Explicit requests not to be tracked are being ignored, even in US states where such privacy matters are law."

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/stop-selling-or-sharing-my-personal-information-research-finds-that-big-tech-could-be-tracking-you-even-when-youve-opted-out

#Privacy

Is your smart vacuum a helpful appliance or a domestic surveillance node? 🤖🔒

Tomorrow’s episode of Impractical Privacy explores the hidden "digital twin" technology inside your vacuum, how your home’s geometry is being monetized, and how to air-gap your data.

We’re covering the "Bystander Problem" and what you can do to reclaim your space.

Listen here: https://ImpracticalPrivacy.com (or via your favorite podcast client)

#Privacy #DataProtection #SelfHosting #SmartHome #DigitalRights

The Weird, Twisting Tale of How #China Spied on #AlysaLiu and Her Dad

https://www.wired.com/story/the-weird-twisting-tale-of-how-china-spied-on-alysa-liu-and-her-dad/

#privacy #surveillance #olympics

You might have heard of Tor already,
yet never dared to try it yourself.

Despite being around for decades,
Tor is still a tool too few people know about. Tor is essential to journalists, activists, whistleblowers, dissidents, and people in vulnerable situations everywhere.

Thanks to Tor, activists have a safe way to continue fighting for human rights and resist censorship from oppressive regimes.

Here's how Tor works,
and why you should support it.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/30/in-praise-of-tor/

#Privacy #Activism #Tor #DigitalRights

Privacy Starter Kit 😎
#fediverse #proton #privacy

Self-care week with #AdGuard: Your guide to a calmer digital life and special deals

https://adguard.com/en/blog/digital-self-care-week-adguard.html

#privacy #guide #cybersecurity

— Jerry Brito (The Case for Electronic Cash, 2019)

#cash #privacy #autonomy

#BraveOrigin strips the web browser down to its core and asks you to pay for less

https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/brave-origin-browser/

#Brave #privacy #FOSS

#Vercel confirms breach as hackers claim to be selling stolen data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vercel-confirms-breach-as-hackers-claim-to-be-selling-stolen-data/

#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach

New York's budget deadline is extended to tomorrow. Stand with creators NOW and tell your representatives to take surveillance and censorship mandates out of the budget. https://eff.org/3DPrintNY #newyork #3dprinting #privacy

#Nevada #police may be tracking your phone’s location without a warrant. Here’s how.

https://apnews.com/article/nevada-police-fog-data-cellphone-location-tracking-ab6f7d75864cf0bfb949f0c6770f3b44

#privacy #surveillance #FogDataScience #Fog

€12.5M GDPR fine for Poste Italiane.
Intrusive fraud detection = privacy violation.
Security vs compliance debate continues.

https://www.technadu.com/poste-italiane-and-postepay-fined-e12-5-million-for-illegally-processing-personal-data-of-millions-%e2%81%a0of-users/626643/

#Infosec #GDPR #Privacy

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Poste Italiane and Postepay Fined €12.5 Million for Illegally Processing Personal Data of Millions ⁠of Users

#Apple account change alerts abused to send #phishing emails

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-account-change-alerts-abused-to-send-phishing-emails/

#cybersecurity #privacy

PH4NTXM is now in a stable state.

6+ months straight, day and night, countless builds, trial and error with a lot of work and research. Built something that isn’t just a project — it’s an ecosystem.

It’s not “finished.” It never will be. That’s the point.

This isn’t ours anymore.
It belongs to all of us.

PH4NTXM is now a piece of the open source community — something we shape together, break together, rebuild together.

Take it:
- download it,
- run it,
- break it,
- rebuild it,
- fork it,
- contribute to it,
- make it your own.

If you’re into low-level systems, Linux internals, networking, runtime behavior — this is your playground.
If you’re not (yet), even better. Learn by getting your hands dirty inside it.

Everything you need is here:
https://github.com/PH4NTXMOFFICIAL/PH4NTXM

This is bigger than a system.

It’s a step toward building the future of privacy we deserve — and that should belong to all of us by right.

In an era of constant surveillance, we need tools that give power back —
systems that reinforce our right to privacy, not take it away.

PH4NTXM is a foundation for that direction.

Take it apart. Push it further. Contribute!

PH4NTXM is yours now.

#ph4ntxm #linux #debian #os #live #privacy #security #opsec #infosec #research #tech #technology

👻 Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop — That Privacy Guy!

｢ I did install Claude Desktop, the Mac app, a while back. That is the only thing on this machine which could have written the file. Claude Desktop reached into Brave, a browser from a completely separate vendor, and registered a back door for a browser extension I do not have ｣

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anthropic-spyware/

#claude #cybersecurity #privacy