#OkCupid settles #FTC case on alleged misuse of its users' personal data

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/okcupid-settles-ftc-case-on-alleged-misuse-of-its-users-personal-data-175159228.html

#privacy #dating

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OkCupid gave 3M dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/okcupid-match-pay-no-fine-for-sharing-user-photos-with-facial-recognition-firm/

#HackerNews #OkCupid #FacialRecognition #FTC #Privacy #DataSharing #DatingApps

#Delve whistleblower strikes again, with alleged receipts about ‘fake compliance’

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/delve-whistleblower-strikes-again-with-alleged-receipts-about-fake-compliance/

#privacy #cybersecurity

Your #Vape Wants to Know How Old You Are

https://www.wired.com/story/your-vape-wants-to-know-how-old-you-are/

#privacy #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

Tim Cook talks #Apple's 50th anniversary, future of #AI and #privacy

https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/tim-cook-talks-apples-50th-anniversary-future-ai/story?id=131137939

#Apple Exclaves and the Secure Design of the #MacBookNeo’s On-Screen #Camera Indicator

https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/apple_enclaves_neo_camera_indicator

#privacy #cybersecurity #iPhone

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#Sky Wins Irish Court Order to Unmask 300+ Pirate #IPTV Users via #Revolut Bank

https://torrentfreak.com/sky-wins-irish-court-order-to-unmask-300-pirate-iptv-users-via-revolut-bank/

#piracy #Ireland #privacy

Your #Vape Wants to Know How Old You Are

Companies hope that #biometric age-verification tech in cartridges could put flavored vapes back in business. But it's unlikely to solve the real problems.
#ageverification #privacy #security

https://www.wired.com/story/your-vape-wants-to-know-how-old-you-are/

Firefox 149 will offer a Free built-in VPN, split Views, Tab Notes and optional AI Windows.

Mozilla has announced several major updates coming to Firefox. Starting with Firefox 149, users in the United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom will be able to access a free built-in virtual private network [VPN] with a 50-gigabyte monthly data limit. The VPN will route browser traffic through a proxy, masking users IP addresses and locations for increased privacy without needing extra downloads.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-148-149-new-features/

⁉️Also Firefox is the first browser to ship Sanitizer API, a new web security standard that blocks attacks before they reach you [for untrusted HTML XSS vulnerabilities].⁉️

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/goodbye-innerhtml-hello-sethtml-stronger-xss-protection-in-firefox-148/

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#mozilla #firefox #vpn #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #tech #news

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👾Alongside the VPN, Firefox 149 will introduce split view, allowing two webpages to be displayed side by side in a single window. This enables easier comparison, copying, and multitasking without constantly switching tabs.👾 Also in this release, the Smart Window feature [formerly AI Window] will offer an optional browsing assistant. Using artificial intelligence, it will provide quick definitions, article summaries, or product comparisons directly within the browser interface. Users can choose to enable or disable this feature. Firefox 149 will introduce Tab Notes, letting users attach notes to any tab to aid with multitasking and organization. <https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/new-in-nightly-tab-notes-feedback-wanted/td-p/117040> ⁉️These updates are complemented by broader usability improvements. The redesigned settings section now offers clearer navigation and an improved search function, making customization simpler.⁉️ <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-labs-explore-experimental-features-firefox> Additionally, Firefox is debuting refreshed themes, icons and visual refinements throughout its interface. Users may also notice the appearance of Firefox’s new mascot, Kit 🦊. <https://youtu.be/AtuzapfqF1M>

Apple removes VPN apps in Russia amid Telegram crackdown.

Fewer privacy tools = tighter control over user traffic.

https://www.technadu.com/apple-removes-vpn-clients-from-russian-app-store-amid-telegram-crackdown-reports-say/624877/

#Infosec #Privacy #VPN

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Apple Removes VPN Clients from Russian App Store Amid Telegram Crackdown, Reports Say

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#Google en marche pour fermer #Android :

À partir de septembre 2026, Google exigera que tous les développeurs Android soient vérifiés de manière centralisée avant que leurs applications puissent être installées sur un appareil Android certifié.

Sans vérification, votre application sera bloquée. Le sideloading (installation directe et manuelle) disparaîtra.

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Google is closing Android:

Starting Sept. 2026, Google will require all Android developers to be centrally verified before their apps can be installed on any certified Android device.

No verification = your app is blocked. Sideloading will end.
https://dev.to/ivaansrivastavadev/google-is-closing-android-heres-what-you-need-to-know-48bd

#privacy #confidentialité

Unter dem klassischen Vorwand des Kinderschutzes führen derzeit fast im Gleichschritt viele Regierungen Alterkontrollen im Internet ein. Diese gehen nicht nur mit Zwängen zum Nutzen von 'Digitalen Identitäten' und staatlichen Apps einher, sondern geben Staaten auch den Vorwand, den Bevölkerungen die Nutzung von VPNs zu verbieten und den Zugang zu Wissen zu überwachen und zu kontrollieren.

"VPN-Dienste könnten sich damit zu einem neuen Hauptschauplatz im Kampf um die Freiheit im Internet entwickeln. Dass hier viele westliche Staaten mit einigen Jahren Verzögerung dem Vorbild von autoritären Regimen wie Nordkorea, #Russland oder #China folgen, sollte eigentlich zum Nachdenken veranlassen. Ebenso wie der Umstand, dass es nicht einmal China mit einem wirklich umfassenden Überwachungssystem schafft, den Zugriff auf westliche Onlinedienste komplett zu blockieren. Dafür hat man aber einen exzellenten Einblick in die Internetaktivitäten der breiten Masse. "

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000314714/auf-online-altersbeschraenkungen-folgt-der-wunsch-nach-dem-verbot-von-vpn-diensten

Ohne Bezahlschranke:

https://archive.ph/UJkLw

#Überwachung #VPN #Altersverifikation #Datenschutz #Daten #Privacy

Daily Digest | 31 March 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

Dieses Unternehmen hat dein Gesicht geklaut.! #Clearview

‚…es gibt eine Technologie, bei der niemand auf „Ablehnen“ klicken kann: Suchmaschinen für Gesichter.

Es gibt sie für Regierungen, Polizei und auch für private Nutzer:innen. Sie dringen tiefer in die Privatsphäre ein als alles bisher Dagewesene, entziehen kann sich ihnen keine:r.‘

https://krautreporter.de/politik-und-macht/6263-dieses-unternehmen-hat-dein-gesicht-geklaut-niemand-kann-es-stoppen?shared=284be5a2-6874-42f7-9df0-bb2ab7e99655#lesen

#Datenschutz #Gesichtserkennung #Privacy #Überwachung #Biometrie #Kapitalismus #Daten #Technologie #Tech

Sam Bent reports the White House app v47.0.1 requests 26 Android permissions, including precise location, biometric authentication, storage changes, startup, overlay, and Wi-Fi access, and embeds 3 trackers including Huawei Mobile Services Core. The piece also says the app includes an ICE tip line link and a "Text the President" feature that prefills "Greatest President Ever!" while collecting contact details. More broadly, the article compares permissions and trackers across U.S. government apps including FEMA, myFBI Dashboard, IRS2Go, and CBP Mobile Passport Control and argues many functions could be delivered via the web instead of mobile apps.

https://www.sambent.com/the-white-house-app-has-huawei-spyware-and-an-ice-tip-line/

#InfoSec #Privacy #MobileSecurity

So what should we do about the "age verfication" (meaning our actual ID/photo verification) issue, which will probably eventually be required to access all or most of the traditional internet.

Seems like we need to make a separate internet with its own separate protocols for those who don't want to submit to it and thus will lose access to the world wide web. Something non-techy users like me could access.

I know about Gemini and Gopher protocols and have used them. They might do for basic, simply formatted text communication, but aren't suited for more complex structures. They're probably limited in other ways too, like how robust or secure they are and how much traffic they can handle.

There's ftp - file transfer protocol. There's Tor, which I know almost nothing about. AFAIK everything else is just http/https.

So are there people working on this, or sources to find out more about alternative networks?

Of course none of it will matter if it gets to the point where our ISPs start blocking any devices that don't provide the required credentials.

Maybe it will come down to mesh networking, at least for people who live in the more densely populated areas.

#ageVerification #age_verification #privacy #internet

What If Technology Respected You?

Big Tech is built on surveillance and extraction. It doesn’t have to be.

In this week’s episode, Aral Balkan explores how corporate power reshaped the internet—and what reclaiming it could look like.

🎧 Listen now: https://youtu.be/wUuJ9eE86lI

#DigitalCommons #FOSS #Privacy #TechEthics #SurveillanceCapitalism

We do so much in the name of privacy. Hardening devices and sandboxing our apps, but we ignore the "Digital Shadow" trailing behind.

From old logins to forgotten accounts, those "dead pixels" from 2012 are an Identity Buffet for data brokers. Your Zombie Accounts are crawling out of the basement.

It’s time to start hitting "Delete" and shredding those ghosts. 👻
Ep. 20 drops Wednesday.

Listen: impracticalprivacy.com
#Privacy #Infosec #CyberSecurity #DigitalMinimalism #DataPrivacy #TechPodcast

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Podcast cover art for 'Impractical Privacy' Episode 20, titled 'The Digital Autopsy'. The design has a dark, neon cyberpunk aesthetic. In the center is a glowing humanoid figure made of blue and purple digital blocks and circuitry. A robotic arm on the left, labeled 'Autopsy Probe', beams a green laser into the figure's chest area labeled 'User Data'. From this spot, a glowing, spectral data ghost is being extracted. Surrounding the central figure are floating holographic screens. One screen is a 'Zombie Accounts Checklist' showing 'Old Forum Login' and 'Pizza App Profile' stamped with 'DELETED' in red, along with '2014 Keychain Site'. Another screen is labeled 'Identity Buffet' and shows a magnifying glass inspecting a user profile. The bottom of the image features a futuristic control console with glowing audio waveforms, graphs, and the host's signature, 'Sudo', in a flowing light blue script.

The debate around age restrictions on social media is evolving into calls to ban VPN services. What a surprise. Not.

Instead of addressing the real issue - techno capitalism gone wild - they intend to take away what little tools we have to defend our privacy against it.

The politicians subscribing to this surveillance madness have made themselves techno capitalism's enablers. None of them can ever again rightfully claim to work for the people - for us!
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#privacy #surveillance #politics