Spain court orders NordVPN, ProtonVPN to block 16 LaLiga piracy sites via dynamic IP lists—no appeals, inaudita parte hearing. ⚖️

LaLiga cites EU Digital Services Regulation duties; both VPNs decry lack of notification, due process violations. 🛡️

Impacts paid privacy tools while free VPN loopholes persist. 🔒

@protonprivacy

🔗 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spain-orders-nordvpn-protonvpn-to-block-laliga-piracy-sites/

#TechNews #Privacy #VPN #Cybersecurity #Piracy #EU #Regulation #DigitalRights #FOSS #Internet #Censorship #LaLiga #Spain #NordVPN #Proton #Europe

"DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies"

"Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition."

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-wants-a-single-search-engine-to-flag-faces-and-fingerprints-across-agencies/

#Privacy

Proton survey (UK, Germany, France): 73% see Europe too dependent on US tech, 83% concerned 🇪🇺

74% listed firms use Google/Microsoft email/cloud; top wants: privacy (55-60%), security (61-70%) 🔒

Signups up 80% in Nordics post-Greenland threats 🧭

@protonprivacy

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/european-alternative-us-tech-survey

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Europe #Data #Sovereignty #IT #Digital #Google #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Greenland #FOSS #US #USA #LibreOffice #Politics #France #UK #Germany

‚Meist im Verborgenen bereiten Unternehmen Daten aus der Online-Werbung für Geheimdienste auf. Manche prahlen damit, praktisch jedes Handy verfolgen zu können. Eine Recherche von Le Monde gewährt seltene Einblicke in eine Branche, die auch europäische Sicherheitsbehörden umwirbt.‘

Überwachungsfirmen können Menschen mit „anonymen“ Werbe-IDs ausspionieren #ADINT

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/adint-ueberwachungsfirmen-koennen-menschen-mit-anonymen-werbe-ids-ausspionieren/

#Netzpolitik #Überwachung #Tracking #Werbung #Daten #Datenschutz #Privacy #Repression

Gesichtserkennung: Scharfe Kritik an Plan für "biometrische Rundum-Überwachung"

CCC, FIfF & Co. warnen vor dem neuen "Sicherheitspaket" der Bundesregierung. Die Ampel verfalle in blinden Aktionismus und wolle Anonymität faktisch beenden.

https://www.heise.de/news/Gesichtserkennung-Scharfe-Kritik-an-Plan-fuer-biometrische-Rundum-Ueberwachung-9853072.html @surveillance@a.gup.pe

#Gesichtserkennung #sicherheitspaket #Ampel #Solingen #Überwachung #Privacy #Datenschutz

So soll die Gesichtserkennung der Polizei funktionieren

Künftig sollen Ermittler biometrische Fotos von Verdächtigen mit Internetbildern abgleichen dürfen. Die Regelung erscheint wenig praxistauglich.

Jetzt soll es ganz schnell gehen: Wenige Tage nach der Ankündigung eines Sicherheitspakets hat die #Bundesregierung die Pläne bereits in gesetzliche Regelungen umgesetzt. Um das Gesetzgebungsverfahren zu beschleunigen, werden die Vorschläge direkt von den Bundestagsfraktionen selbst eingebracht.
Damit wird die sonst erforderliche Stellungnahme des Bundesrats umgangen.

Wir geben eine Übersicht, welche neuen Befugnisse Ermittlungsbehörden erhalten sollen, um nach Verdächtigen mithilfe biometrischer Fotos im Internet suchen zu können….

https://www.golem.de/news/gesetzentwurf-so-soll-die-gesichtserkennung-der-polizei-funktionieren-2409-188866.html @surveillance@a.gup.pe

#GesichtserkennungStoppen #Gesichtserkennung #Überwachung #Biometrie #Polizei #Antireport #Datenschutz #Privacy

Der Regierungsentwurf für die Ampel zur Terrorismusbekämpfung aus dem "Sicherheitspaket" geht weiter als angekündigt und schließt einen Stimmenvergleich ein.

Die #Bundesregierung verschärft ihre Pläne zur Netzüberwachung. Zusätzlich zur Ankündigung von Ende August, Fotos und Videos aus dem Internet polizeilicher Gesichtserkennung zu unterziehen, sollen jetzt auch Videos und Tonaufnahmen mittels Stimmerkennung gerastert werden….

https://www.heise.de/news/Solingen-Polizei-soll-Gesichts-und-Stimmerkennung-im-Netz-durchfuehren-9690314.html @surveillance@a.gup.pe

#Überwachung #Solingen #Sicherheitspaket #Ampel #Datenschutz #Privacy #Gesichtserkennung #Antireport

CCC droht mit Anleitungen zur Überwachungssabotage

Zivilgesellschaftlichec Verbände sind empört über das Sicherheitspaket der #Bundesregierung.
Der "billige Populismus" spiele Rechtsextremen in die Hände.

Nach Ansicht des CCC lässt sich die Bundesregierung "von den Faschisten treiben und schwenkt in Rekordzeit von 'Anonymität wahren' zu 'alle biometrisch überwachen'".
Der Hacker-Verein kündigte an: "Wenn dieser Gesetzesentwurf verabschiedet wird, dann genügt es nicht mehr, schöne Stellungnahmen zu schreiben und alle drei Jahre eine Demo gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung zu organisieren. Künftig müssten wir dazu anleiten, Überwachungsmaßnahmen zu sabotieren und abzuschalten."…..

https://www.golem.de/news/sicherheitspaket-ccc-droht-mit-anleitungen-zur-ueberwachungssabotage-2409-188906.html @surveillance@a.gup.pe

#CCC #überwachung #Sabotage #Datenschutz #Privacy #Netzpolitik #Antireport

‚Die #Ampel will dem #Bundeskriminalamt eine biometrische Superdatenbank in die Hand geben, in der alle gespeichert sind, deren Bild im Internet erschienen ist. Wir erklären, wie das technisch geht und wie radikal es das Grundrecht auf #Privatsphäre für Millionen Menschen aushöhlt…..‘

https://netzpolitik.org/2024/sicherheitspaket-eine-biometrische-datenbank-um-alle-zu-finden/

#GesichtserkennungStoppen #Bundesregierung #Massenüberwachung #Privacy #netzpolitik #sicherheitspaket

Apple filed 267 child abuse reports in 2023. Google filed 1.47 million. Internal documents show both companies' employees warned that encryption would reduce their ability to detect child exploitation, but they proceeded anyway. Now courts in three states are testing whether "privacy-first" policies constitute willful blindness to harm.

#ChildSafety #TechAccountability #Privacy

https://www.implicator.ai/apple-and-meta-called-it-privacy-the-courts-call-it-willful-blindness/

US companies entering Brazil often assume privacy compliance transfers directly.

LGPD shares GDPR roots, but operational calibration is needed: local expectations, Portuguese documentation, ANPD guidance, and the encarregado role.

Privacy governance shapes expansion strategy.

#LGPD #Privacy #Compliance

Do not comply.

Do not share your ID or biometric data with abusive platforms requesting it. You have a choice to say no, complain, and leave.

This is an important act of resistance for the future of humanity.

This isn't just about privacy, this is also about safety, diversity, democracy, and human rights.

#Privacy #MassSurveillance #HumanRights #Fascism #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

Privacy is at the center of child safety accusations against Apple and Meta. Here’s why.

From CNBC: https://flip.it/jiuFpm

#Privacy #Meta #Apple #SocialMedia #Tech #Technology

@briankrebs this is a big #privacy yikes so i'm tagging them in.

Discord is rolling out facial recognition age verification in March 2026.

Using AU10TIX - the same vendor that leaked 70,000 government IDs five months ago.

You'll need to:
- Upload government ID
- Record video selfie
- Let AI match your face to ID
- Trust a recently-breached vendor

This is terrifying.

https://snugg.social/en/blog/discord-age-verification-facial-recognition-privacy

#Discord #FacialRecognition #Privacy #Biometrics

Help me Fedi! Recommend your favorite reports and papers about #adtech and #surveillance or #privacy.
In particular I am looking not just for reports about what data brokers sell but specifically info about how they use ad tech to collect data and build user profiles.
🙏

BleachBit 5.1.0 Beta: gestore cookie selettivo, modalità esperta e pulizie Linux avanzate per privacy e spazio disco. #BleachBit #Linux #Privacy #PuliziaSistema #OpenSource

https://www.linuxeasy.org/bleachbit-5-1-0-beta-arriva-la-modalita-esperto/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

🚨🔞 The number of countries planning age checks for social media keeps increasing. Will your country be next?

😡Age verification and ID checks destroy everyone's #privacy. 😡

Learn what countries are planning a social media ban for teens and fight #AgeVerification 💪

👉https://tuta.com/blog/age-verification-kills-anonymity

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Country flags: Australia, Turkey, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, UK, Canada, Slovenia, Spain, Poland, France

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Daily Digest | 20 February 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

It's "funny" how so many conspiracy theories about USA just turn out to be true. This time it's the turn of USA scanning citizen's faces for surveillance. Tho i am not sure if this is real news.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zZ98DPIp0a4

#usa #1984 #privacy #surveillance #ai

$10K bounty for something figuring out how to disable Ring Video Doorbells from sending data to Amazon. (while still allowing them to be used locally)

https://bounties.fulu.org/bounties/ring-video-doorbells

#ring #privacy

X's documentation explicitly states:

"Direct messages are not protected against hacking or unauthorised access."

If messages aren't protected against hacking, they're not encrypted properly.

This is encryption theatre, not encryption.

Words matter in security.

#Encryption #Cybersecurity #Twitter #Privacy

Mercury News: Mountain View police say feds accessed license-plate data without permission

Chief Mike Canfield says cameras will be disabled pending further direction from the City Council

"MOUNTAIN VIEW – Federal agencies in 2024 accessed data from a camera in this city’s Flock Safety automated license plate reader system – something that the Mountain View Police Department says was done without its “permission or knowledge.”,,,,"

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/02/02/mountain-view-police-say-feds-accessed-license-plate-data-without-permission/?utm_email=345B144BE3B684760585551485&lctg=345B144BE3B684760585551485&active=no&listId=%23Listrak%5clistId%23&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2026%2f02%2f02%2fmountain-view-police-say-feds-accessed-license-plate-data-without-permission%2f&utm_campaign=bang-multi_pubs-morning_report-nl-wednesday&utm_content=manual

#flock #alpr #privacy #bigbrother

Real end-to-end encryption (Signal):
- Messages encrypted on your device
- Only the recipient can decrypt
- Service provider CANNOT read
- Even if hacked, messages stay encrypted

X's "encryption":
- X can read your messages
- Not protected against hacking
- X controls the keys

See the difference?

#E2EE #Signal #Encryption #Privacy

I was coming very close to switching to Rossmann/Merrill's new #privacy-focused #cellular carrier, #Phreeli, but it has a #BindingArbitration clause, too.

* Long, soul-rattling sigh

So, I guess I'll just switch to #MintMobile instead and pay half as much.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

cc: @phreeli

Many of us know how bad modern cars are for privacy. Yet many of our friends and neighbors do not realize how intrusive it really is. I linked a blog entry from Mozilla’s investigation about car privacy. In that blog is a link to their make-by-make analysis. The amount of very intimate information a modern car collects is honestly appalling. It includes things like health data, real time mood information, weight gain or loss, and so on. And it does so even for passengers.

The web has many resources talking about this problem, but almost no resources on what to do about it. I know the simple thing is to say, “just drive an old car bro!” That’s fine if you can, but not everyone can do that. Also it has drawbacks like more maintenance. Sometimes less safety if it’s older than certain safety features. For the purpose of this thread, it is more interesting to focus on newer, surveillance enabled cars which are the majority of what people drive on the road today.

Some people have figured out how to bypass the surveillance package on some cars. One way is to uncouple the antenna it uses to phone home. Other times you can bypass the telematics module or remove a fuse that powers it. I feel like we really need a central model by model repository of information.

Past that, how do we prove it has worked, if we do it? Has anyone reading this tried to use an RF detector to see if their car is still trying to phone home, after they have disconnected a telematics antenna? What are your experiences? I want to buy one and use it to test my own car, but the info on the web seems sketch.

What X actually has:

"Encryption in transit and at rest"

Translation:
✅ Encrypted traveling to X's servers
✅ Encrypted sitting on X's servers
❌ X holds the decryption keys
❌ X can read everything

That's not end-to-end encryption. That's just locked with X holding the key.

#Encryption #E2EE #Twitter #Privacy

Brazil’s data protection authority (ANPD) became autonomous in 2022 and was further strengthened in 2025 as a full regulatory agency.

This signals growing enforcement maturity under LGPD, clearer regulatory authority, and long-term governance stability.

For companies operating in Brazil, privacy compliance is shifting from emerging requirement to strategic expectation.

#LGPD #Brazil #Privacy #DataProtection