Dead #cars tell tales by storing data that's never wiped

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/dead-cars-tell-tales-by-storing-data-thats-never-wiped-625023

#privacy

"They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies"

"There’s very little love between the two guys at the center of its history. There’s a lot of love all over the world for GrapheneOS, the gold standard of mobile security."

https://www.wired.com/story/they-built-privacy-tool-grapheneos-now-sworn-enemies/

#Privacy

20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/18/156236/20-year-old-enters-prison-for-historic-breach-ransoming-of-massive-student-database

#PowerSchool #privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #cybercrime #education

There’s a lot of love all over the world for GrapheneOS, the gold standard of mobile security. There’s very little love between the two guys at the center of its history.

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They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies

It's back - #IdentityVerification for using #AI in #Florida

https://www.fldigitalrights.org/its-back-identity-verification-for-using-ai-in-florida/

#privacy #AgeVerification

Firefox 150 migliora privacy, PDF e sviluppo web su Linux #Linux #Firefox #OpenSource #WebDev #Privacy #Linux #Windows #Mac

https://www.linuxeasy.org/rilasciato-firefox-150-novita-concrete-tra-privacy-pdf-e-sviluppo-web/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#AI’s New Training Data: Your Old Work #Slacks And Emails

https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/04/16/ais-new-training-data-your-old-work-slacks-and-emails/

#privacy #Jira

Malaysia’s under-16 social media ban plan faces growing pushback over privacy and human rights concerns

Enforcing the social media ban through age verification undermines the rights of all users

https://soyacincau.com/2026/04/20/malaysia-under-16-social-media-ban-privacy-rights-concerns/

#AgeVerification #IDVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology #activism #Malaysia

Daily Digest | 21 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

#Meshtastic is currently dominating the #off-grid communication hype cycle. But when we look under the hood at its managed flooding architecture and symmetric cryptography, does it actually hold up as a foundation for sovereign infrastructure? Here is a deep dive into why I am shifting my focus to the #Reticulum Network Stack.
https://schulz.dk/2026/04/20/meshtastic-vs-reticulum-why-reticulum-wins-for-scalable-sovereign-lora-networks/
#privacy #security #schulz.dk #blogpost #lora #meshtasticdk

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 #Analytics #Privacy #DigitalMarketing #OnlineAdvertising

Sony is rolling out mandatory age verification for PlayStation users in the UK and Ireland this June. Voice chat and messaging will be locked behind AI facial scans, ID uploads, or mobile verification through Yoti. #PlayStation #TechNews #Gaming #Privacy #Sony
https://blazetrends.com/playstation-age-verification-begins-sony-locks-voice-chat-behind-face-scans/?fsp_sid=3603

#Gaming
#Privacy
#Ireland
#UK

PS5 Age Verification Coming to UK and Ireland, Needed for Messages and Voice Chat

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/04/ps5-age-verification-coming-to-uk-and-ireland-needed-for-messages-and-voice-chat

Deeply disappointed and angry at arts evaluators who are seemingly okay, using surveillance tech, like Placer.AI, because they see it as a shortcut to more direct and relational data collection.

Yes, let's give money to these assholes who buy and sell your data by scraping location and financial data up indiscriminately from anyone with any sort of device.

But I guess I'm the stupid one, because I'm the one that's unemployed.

#evaluation #RealEvalTalk #privacy #ethics #surveillance

QA: Should You Enable Global Privacy Control? #privacy #DoNotTrack #GlobalPrivacyControl

PS5 Age Verification Coming to UK and Ireland, Needed for Messages and Voice Chat

In what is a rather sudden development, PS5 players are being sent notifications about age verification. At the time of writing, this is limited to players in the UK and Ireland.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/04/ps5-age-verification-coming-to-uk-and-ireland-needed-for-messages-and-voice-chat

#Sony #PlayStation #PS5 #gaming #AgeVerification #IDVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #technology #UK #Ireland

Homarr is a modern, open-source dashboard you can self-host to organize all your services in one place.

Connect apps, monitor them in real time, and manage everything through a clean drag-and-drop interface , no YAML required.

Easy to set up (Docker supported) and integrates with tools like Jellyfin, Plex, and more.

👉 https://github.com/homarr-labs/homarr
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Homelab #Dashboard #Privacy #digitalminimalism

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Screenshot of the Homarr dashboard project page with a dark theme. At the top is the red Homarr logo with Japanese-style text and the tagline “Your sleek and modern dashboard.” Below are badges showing ~3.5k stars, release version v1.59.2, a failing deployment status, and 59% localization. A Discord badge shows 936 users online. Links for Install, Translations, and Discord are displayed. The bottom section previews the dashboard UI, featuring widgets like app shortcuts (Gmail, GitHub), system stats, media tracking, weather, calendar, and stock graphs in a grid layout.

We Accepted Surveillance as Default

https://vivianvoss.net/blog/why-we-accepted-surveillance

#HackerNews #surveillance #privacy #technology #society #awareness

BIRN’s monthly update on digital rights and safety in the Western Balkans and Turkey highlights the most significant scams, data leaks, bomb threats and sexist and homophobic attacks across the region in March.

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BIRN’s monthly update on digital rights and safety in the Western Balkans and Turkey highlights the most significant scams, data leaks, bomb threats and sexist and homophobic attacks across the region in March.

Can anyone recommend a solid encrypted plain text editor for Android with Markdown support. Open source options only, please. Thanks!

#android #markdown #encryption #privacy #askfedi

Google rolls out Gmail end-to-end Encryption on Mobile Devices.

The company says Gmail end-to-end encryption [E2EE] is now available on all Android and iOS devices, allowing enterprise users to read and compose emails without additional tools.

⁉️Recipients who don't have the Gmail mobile app and use other email services can read them in a web browser, regardless of the device and service they're using.⁉️

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/04/gmail-end-to-end-encryption-now-available-on-mobile-devices.html

#google #gmail #e2ee #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #infosec #tech #news

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👾Gmail's end-to-end encryption [E2EE] feature is powered by the client-side encryption [CSE] technical control, which allows Google Workspace organizations to use encryption keys they control and are stored outside Google's servers to protect sensitive documents and emails.👾 <https://support.google.com/a/answer/10741897> This way, the messages and attachments are encrypted on the client before being sent to Google's servers, which helps meet regulatory requirements such as data sovereignty, HIPAA, and export controls by ensuring that Google and third parties can't read any of the data. ⁉️Gmail CSE was introduced in Gmail on the web in December 2022 as a beta test, following an initial beta rollout to Google Drive, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Google Meet and Google Calendar, and it reached general availability for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus and Education Standard customers in February 2023.⁉️

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[ImageSource: Google] Writing E2EE messages and reading them without the app. ⁉️"For the first time, users can compose and read these E2EE messages natively within the Gmail app on Android and iOS. No need to download extra apps or use mail portals. Users with a Gmail E2EE license can send an encrypted message to any recipient, regardless of what email address the recipient has," Google announced.⁉️ "This launch combines the highest level of privacy and data encryption with a user-friendly experience for all users, enabling simple encrypted email for all customers from small businesses to enterprises and public sector." 👾This feature is now available for all client-side encryption [CSE] users with Enterprise Plus licenses and the Assured Controls or Assured Controls Plus add-on after admins enable the Android and iOS clients in the CSE admin interface via the Admin Console.👾 <https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/security/client-side-encryption-setup-overview> ⚠️To send an end-to-end encrypted message, Gmail users have to turn on the "Additional encryption" option by clicking the Lock icon when writing the message.⚠️

In May 2025, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman announced that the World project he co-founded (formerly Worldcoin) was opening stores across the US to allow users to scan their eyeballs.

The company developing the project had gathered millions in venture capital investment, powerful partners, and was ready to expand and impose its Minority Report style technology everywhere.

So, should you scan your eyeball to get a verified World ID?

No. No, you really shouldn't.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/10/sam-altman-wants-your-eyeball/

#Privacy #BiometricData #DigitalRights

Claims that running a slop machine locally is privacy-friendly are wrong unless the person running it has a concept of privacy that is limited to them alone.
But the technology is still built on massive theft of personal information, no matter where it's running. Arguing that running it locally makes everything okay is nothing but an admission of egocentrism.

That's why reading praises for the slop machines with the privacy hashtag makes me angry!
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#privacy #LLMs #StopTheSlop #Slopposition

Daily Digest | 20 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