Hackers steal and leak sensitive #LAPD police documents

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/hackers-steal-and-leak-sensitive-lapd-police-documents/

#cybersecurity #police #DataBreach #privacy

What happens after #AgeVerification laws take effect: The chilling effect of online age and ID checks

https://proton.me/blog/age-verification-laws-chilling-effect

#privacy #FreeSpeech #politics

A 'Self-Doxing' #Rave Helps #Trans People Stay Safe Online

https://www.404media.co/trans-rights-privacy-online-cybersecurity-workshop-deadname-not-found/

#doxing #privacy #lqbtqia #lgb #lgbtq #politics

What #AgeVerification actually means (and why the term is misleading)

https://proton.me/blog/age-verification

#privacy #politics

#Microsoft Abruptly Terminates #VeraCrypt Account, Halting #Windows Updates

https://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/

#cybersecurity #FOSS #privacy

What Is #GhostMurmur? Secretive #CIA Tool Linked to #Iran Airman Rescue

https://www.newsweek.com/ghost-murmur-secretive-cia-tool-iran-airman-rescue-11797688

#privacy #surveillance #technology #politics

#Tails 7.6.1

https://tails.net/news/version_7.6.1/

#privacy #cybersecurity #anonymity #FOSS #Linux

Digital Hopes, Real Power: How the #ArabSpring Fueled a Global #Surveillance Boom

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/digital-hopes-real-power-how-arab-spring-fueled-global-surveillance-boom

#politics #privacy

“A loaded gun”

Letting Minsters bypass Parliament with Henry VIII powers is never a good idea.

But the government did it anyway, by packing the new UK data protection Act with them.

That means a potential future Reform government could easily create an integrated database for use by a British ICE.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/reform-deportation-operation-restoring-justice-data-surveillance-palantir-uk-labour

#dataprotection #privacy #surveillance #gdpr #ice #reformuk #ukpolitics #ukpol

🚨 NEW EPISODE LIVE

Your phone is a surveillance beacon. 5G isn't the fix.

Impractical Privacy breaks down: • Fake towers (Stingrays) • SS7 hacks • Metadata traps • Real solutions

🎧 Listen now (No trackers/ads): ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #Privacy #Fediverse #DigitalRights #PrivacyMatters #5G #Cellphones #Infrastructure #DataPrivacy #PrivacyTools #DigitalSelfDefense

Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends

https://www.wired.com/story/men-are-buying-hacking-tools-to-use-against-their-wives-and-friends/

#privacy #cybersecurity #spyware #stalkerware

A Mexican surveillance powerhouse you've never heard of is watching the U.S. border and it's looking to expand operations into America. Grupo Seguritech was once a small company selling home alarms—today, it's a $1.27 billion empire sprawling across Latin America, using public cameras, licence plate readers, drones and more to watch over the public.

https://flip.it/mrg9wz

#Privacy #Surveillance #USA #Tech

Anthropic just dropped something that should be on every security team's radar right now.

Claude Mythos Preview converts 72% of discovered vulnerabilities into working exploits across major operating systems and browsers, including zero-days.

Read more: https://steelefortress.com/lyacdk

Encryption #Privacy #Security

Video conferencing is not just a technical choice — it's a GDPR compliance decision. My new analysis examines Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Jitsi, and Proton Meet through the lens of the CLOUD Act, end-to-end encryption, and Art. 48 GDPR. E2EE as a default — not an option — is both a technical and a legal safeguard.
Regulatory is not an academic luxury. It is a professional responsibility.
👉 https://www.nicfab.eu/en/posts/videocall-gdpr-compliance/

#Privacy #E2EE #DataProtection #AIAct #GDPR #AI #dataprotection
@protonprivacy

🚨 IMPRACICAL PRIVACY IS LIVE

Cellular infrastructure was built without privacy. We're fixing that.

Today's episode: 📡 Fake towers 🔓 Network exploits 🛡️ What actually works

🎧 ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #Privacy #Fediverse #Cellphones #DigitalPrivacy #PrivacyTools #DigitalRights

Netflix Charts New Territory: A Separate App For Young Minds

Netflix has a new app just for kids' games. It has privacy settings and accessibility features. Find out what data is collected.

#NetflixKids, #GamingApp, #AppStore, #Privacy, #Accessibility

https://newsletter.tf/netflix-kids-game-app-privacy-accessibility/

> > P.G.P., a free encryption program used by antinuclear activists and human rights groups to shield their files and emails from government surveillance.

> I find it fascinating to see how the users of a program change, based on how a reporter wants to build or diminish.

Lerc about https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47696618

I prefer this take than using the Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse like @gael did for hardened OS. #Privacy and #security should always be positive.

#technology

"How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk"

"Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson chats with Ars about his new book,Your Data Will Be Used Against You."

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/04/how-our-digital-devices-are-putting-our-right-to-privacy-at-risk/

#Privacy

I’m sorry … but your ai isn’t worth my privacy.

#ai #generativeAI #privacy #tech #news

"Rep. Finke Was Right: Age-Gating Isn’t About Kids, It’s About Control"
"Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update"
"Here’s the Memo Approving Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot for Use in the Senate"

Check out the full list headlines I caught for March.

https://theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/march-2026-privacy-news-roundup

#privacy #surveillance #technology

secureblue is a security-focused Linux OS built on Fedora Atomic, using an immutable (read-only) system to reduce attack surface and prevent tampering.

It ships as bootable container images and includes strong hardening out of the box -- a solid choice for users who want more control and better security.

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

#Privacy #OpenSource #Linux #Security #FOSS #DigitalFreedom

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Screenshot of the secureblue GitHub repository readme. Badges show: build passing, integrity tests failing, trivy passing, OpenSSF best practices passing, OpenSSF Scorecard 9.2, Discord with 174 online. Description text reads: “secureblue is a security-focused desktop and server Linux operating system. It is built using BlueBuild and shipped as a set of OCI bootable containers, using Fedora Atomic Desktop’s base images as a starting point. For more information, visit the secureblue website.”

Researchers allege Microsoft’s LinkedIn scans installed browser extensions without user consent, potentially profiling users via detected tools. 🕵️‍♂️
Safari limits this, but Chromium-based browsers expose identifiers, raising privacy and regulatory concerns in the EU. 🌐

🔗 https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/03/microsofts-linkedin-is-scanning-installed-browser-extensions-without-user-permission

#TechNews #LinkedIn #Microsoft #BrowserGate #FOSS #Privacy #UserControl #Transparency #DigitalRights #Fingerprinting #BrowserExtensions #DataProtection #Tracking #OnlinePrivacy #EUCompliance #Browser

Any #Firefox to #Librewolf movers here? I'd like to hear your thoughts.

I just switched to a dedicated password manager, so no longer having my logins tied to my #Mozilla account, I thought I'd give Librewolf a try.

Having privacy settings by default is more soothing that I thought it would be. The “What, I can just start browsing?” experience is appealing.

Does Librewolf work for you in the long run?

#Privacy #DanmarkSkifter

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Screenshot from the Librewolf website, mentioning some of its features, including no telemetry, private search, content blocker included, enhanced privacy, fast updates and open source.

MassNotify settlement highlights a critical issue:
Auto-installed app
User consent questioned
Data now ordered to be destroyed
Privacy vs emergency tech deployment is back under scrutiny.

Are we building systems users can actually trust?

Source: https://statescoop.com/massnotify-covid-contact-tracing-app-settlement-ncla/

💬 Share your perspective
👍 Like & follow @technadu

#InfoSec #Privacy #CyberSecurity #IAM #DataProtection

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Massachusetts public health agency settles contact-tracing app lawsuit, agrees to delete data

Cloudflare aims for full post-quantum security by 2029, including authentication across all services. Current post-quantum encryption protects most traffic, but PQ-vulnerable keys must be retired to prevent downgrade attacks. 🔐

@cloudflare

🔗 https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-roadmap/

#TechNews #Cloudflare #PostQuantum #PQC #CyberSecurity #Encryption #Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #InternetSecurity #DataProtection #QuantumComputing #WebSecurity #InfoSec #DigitalSafety

Ireland Tests Digital ID to Verify Age of Social Media Users

Ireland sees age verification for social media as one step toward a wider ban on platforms operated by the likes of Meta. Earlier this year, Finance Minister Simon Harris said teens on social media amounts to a “major public health issue,” citing the impact it has on mental health

#Ireland #ageverification #privacy #mentalhealth #socialmedia #technology #Tech

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-03/ireland-tests-digital-id-to-verify-age-of-social-media-users

"👁 Selling Mass Surveillance | EFFector 38.7"

"Time and time again, we've seen police surveillance suffer from 'mission creep'—technology sold as a way to prevent heinous crimes ends up enforcing traffic violations, tracking protestors, and more."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/selling-mass-surveillance-effector-387

#Privacy

🎙️ NEW EPISODE LIVE!

The cellular network was built in 1985—with zero privacy in mind.

Today's Impractical Privacy exposes: • IMSI catchers • SS7 vulnerabilities • Metadata tracking • 6 practical protections

Awareness is power.

🎧 ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Fediverse #5G #Cellphone #DigitalPrivacy

Who gets to decide how your data is used, especially when you never gave informed consent?

Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert explore the ethical gray areas of data use, from facial recognition to unseen algorithmic decisions, in THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA on the Future Knowledge #podcast, in conversation with Laura DeNardis.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-secret-life-of-data

#Consent #DataEthics #Privacy #AI @aram @jesse #Bookstodon