Most people store years of memories in apps they do not actually trust.
That never made sense to us.

Megatech Photos is built around privacy first.

Sign up: https://megatechphotos.com

#Privacy #DataPrivacy

#Matrix: Announcing the candidates for the 2026 Governing Board elections

https://matrix.org/blog/2026/05/election-campaigning/

#privacy #FOSS

"This may not be the Nuremberg trial, but we all know that the excuse of “following orders” is not an alibi when you know what you are doing. And everybody at Meta knew what they were doing. They knew they were designing systems to maximize engagement that polarized society. They knew this when they turned privacy into an exploitable variable. They knew it when the evidence mounted up on the harm Instagram was causing. They knew this when the platform became an infrastructure of propaganda, hatred and manipulation. And they knew this because many of these damages were documented, denounced and discussed inside and outside the company.

And now the same machinery is beginning to be applied inwards. Meta employees who for years helped surveil, profile, and exploit billions of users now discover that they too can be monitored, measured and turned into training data. As The New York Times notes with more than a hint of irony, Meta’s embrace of AI is making its employees miserable”.

Let’s be clear, Meta’s workforce have not had a Damascene moment: It’s something more human and more uncomfortable: the belated realization that the system they helped build had no limits, it just hadn’t come for them yet."

https://edans.medium.com/e7bb510a9127

#Meta #SocialMedia #Surveillance #Capitalism #Privacy #DataProtection

#Google explains why some new #Gmail accounts only get 5GB storage

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-free-15gb-gmail-storage-ending-explanation-3667360/

#privacy #email

Best Private #Browsers 2026 | Zero Trackers

https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers

#privacy #FOSS #guide #Tor #Firefox #Brave #DuckDuckGo

A #hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/a-hotel-check-in-system-left-a-million-passports-and-drivers-licenses-open-for-anyone-to-see/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #travel #passport #DriversLicense #Tabiq

💾 4 Privacy-Boosting Office Suites: Save Money & Ditch Microsoft

Seeking alternatives to Microsoft Office? Discover four office suites that emphasize privacy and cost-effectiveness.

https://byte-pulse.net/article/4-privacy-boosting-office-suites-save-money-ditch-microsoft

#privacy #officesoftware #opensource #europeantech

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Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools

https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/05/15/mozilla-to-uk-regulators-vpns-are-essential-privacy-and-security-tools-and-should-not-be-undermined/

#HackerNews #Mozilla #VPNs #privacy #security #UKRegulators

ICYMI: YouTube's AI face shield now covers every creator 18 and over: YouTube expands AI likeness detection beyond the Partner Program to all eligible creators aged 18+, enabling face scan requests and privacy removals in Studio. https://ppc.land/youtubes-ai-face-shield-now-covers-every-creator-18-and-over/ #YouTube #AI #Privacy #ContentCreation #DigitalSafety

🔐 "There are a lot of #privacy coins, but not a lot of privacy protocols that are in use." — Reuben Yap of #Firo

A sharp distinction between launching a coin and building real privacy infrastructure.

Watch the full presentation from #MoneroTopia26 👉 https://www.youtube.com/live/Alp-hVCoF7c?si=RatU57W2DPm_KsEX&t=2424

📝 New article: NNTP Revival: Decentralized Alternative to Social Media Surveillance

Explore NNTP and Usenet newsgroups as surveillance-resistant alternatives to centralized social platforms. Discover our News.Tcpreset.Net initiative for distributed communication.

🔗 https://www.virebent.art/blog/nntp-revival-social-media-alternative.html

#privacy #security #opensource #virebent

Daily podcast: Your Meta Glasses Are NOT Private At All. To Zuckerberg, privacy violations and mental harm are acceptable in the name of profit.

#News #TechNews #Meta #MetaGlasses #AI #WarCrimes #Privacy #podcast

https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/mgp

Your Meta Glasses Are NOT Private At All. To Zuckerberg, privacy violations and mental harm are acceptable in the name of profit.

#News #TechNews #Meta #MetaGlasses #AI #WarCrimes #Privacy

https://youtu.be/TEnOT5SufvE

Addio privacy, Instagram elimina la crittografia end-to-end nei DM: ora Meta potrà vedere e analizzare i nostri messaggi
https://www.greenme.it/scienza-e-tecnologia/social-e-web/addio-privacy-instagram-elimina-crittografia/

#crittografia #privacy #noMeta

Some old news, but always relevant, so we don't forget our OpSec:

I hope y'all have seen the Urban VPN "scandal" by now.

If you haven't caught up, it wasn't just a VPN, it was effectively a wiretap.

Their browser extension was found intercepting AI chats (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) by overriding the fetch() function.

They weren't just logging IPs, they were stealing the actual content of your prompts to sell to data brokers. But the real lesson here isn't just "don't use Urban VPN."

It’s about OpSec 101: Never trust a centralized entity.
If you care about security, the rule is simple: Don't trust, verify.

The moment you hand your traffic to a centralized company, especially a "free" one, you’ve created a single point of failure.

A VPN is just someone else's computer. If you don't own the infrastructure, you don't own your privacy.

Stop looking for "trustworthy" companies and start building a "zero trust" mindset.

The only way to ensure you aren't the product is to use a system where no one has the power to sell you out. Don't trust. Verify. Decentralize.

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

💾 Super Productivity: Open-Source Task Tool Prioritizes Privacy

Super Productivity is an open-source task management tool focusing on privacy, offering offline data handling and time tracking for efficient task management.

https://byte-pulse.net/article/super-productivity-open-source-task-tool-prioritizes-privacy

#open-source #taskmanagement #privacy #productivity

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Super Productivity: Open-Source Task Tool Prioritizes Privacy

Cloudreve is an open-source self-hosted file management platform that gives you more control over your cloud storage.

It supports local storage, S3-compatible providers, OneDrive, WebDAV, remote storage nodes, and more, making it a flexible privacy-friendly alternative to services like Google Drive.

Built for personal clouds, sharing, and multi-storage setups.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=cloudreve

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

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A dark-themed screenshot of the Cloudreve GitHub repository page or readme. At the top is a large circular blue logo featuring a white cloud, above the text "Cloudreve". Below a divider line, it reads: "Self-hosted file management system with multi-cloud support." Status badges show "checks passing", "release v4.16.0", "release size 34 MB", and "docker pulls 1M". Links follow for Homepage, Try it, Discussion, Documents, Download, Telegram, and Discord. At the bottom is a preview image of Cloudreve's clean, white web interface, displaying a file manager dashboard filled with folders, grid-view image thumbnails, and a right-hand metadata panel.

This #SupremeCourt case could redefine who owns your location data

https://adguard.com/en/blog/location-data-geofence-warrant-privacy.html

#privacy #politics #SCOTUS

US orders travelers on #AirForceOne to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after #China trip

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/us-orders-travelers-on-air-force-one-to-throw-away-gifts-pins-and-burner-phones-after-china-trip/

#cybersecurity #privacy #politics

Global Privacy Crackdown:
• US targets Signal/Tor w/ backdoor mandates
• EU tightens tool exports & platform moderation
• Russia/China expand VPN bans & speech limits
#Privacy #Censorship #DigitalRights

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The #DOJ Is Demanding #Apple And #Google Identify Over 100,000 Users Of #EZLynk

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/05/14/government-demands-apple-and-google-identify-over-100000-users-of-car-app/

#cars #privacy

""The European Union has failed to prevent member states from exporting surveillance technology to governments with well-documented histories of using technology to spy on activists, journalists, and other critical voices, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The European Commission should strengthen its implementation of EU regulations on the export of cybersurveillance technology to ensure that European technology is not facilitating rights abuses around the world.

The 54-page report, “Looking the Other Way: EU Failure to Prevent Surveillance Exports to Rights Violators,” assesses how the EU’s landmark Dual-Use Regulation, adopted in 2021, is functioning in practice. The regulation was intended, in part, to prevent the export of dual-use technologies—those that may be used for both civilian and military purposes, including commercial surveillance technology—to places where they are likely to be used to violate international humanitarian or human rights law. But that goal is not being achieved because it is not being implemented effectively.

“The EU is currently doing too little to prevent the export of surveillance technology from its member states to governments who are likely to use it to crack down on dissent,” said Zach Campbell, senior surveillance researcher at Human Rights Watch. “The European Commission should take urgent action to change this and provide much needed transparency for surveillance exports.”"

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/12/european-union-surveillance-technology-sold-to-rights-violators

#EU #Surveillance #Privacy #HumanRights

#MayoClinic is Using #AI to Listen to Emergency Room Visits

https://www.404media.co/mayo-clinic-is-using-ai-to-listen-to-emergency-room-visits/

#privacy #healthcare #medicine #doctor #hospital

ZDNet: The best secure browsers for privacy in 2026: Expert tested . “In ZDNET’s latest update, we conducted a thorough editorial review and changed the rankings of our top choices to better reflect new developments. We also overhauled our FAQ section.”

Collateral Damage: #Grok #AI and the Human Cost of Generative AI

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5770/collateral-damage-grok-ai-and-human-cost-generative-ai

#privacy #deepfake #Twitter

#DeleteWhatsAppDay: More Relevant Than Ever

https://threema.com/en/blog/deletewhatsappday-more-relevant-than-ever

#privacy #Meta #cybersecurity

Your AI chatbot is not a shrink – it’s a snitch.

Anything you tell a chatbot, thoughts, secrets, confessions, can be subpoenaed, admitted in court, and used against you.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/13/beware-what-you-tell-your-ai-chatbot-its-not-a-shrink-its-a-snitch

#aicon #aihype #llm #anthropic #openai #google #meta #privacy

Windscribe says it may leave Canada if Bill C-22 forces VPN providers to retain user metadata.
Signal has also criticized the proposed surveillance legislation over encryption and privacy concerns.

https://www.technadu.com/windscribe-response-to-canada-bill-c-22-surveillance-law/627913/

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #VPN #InfoSec

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Windscribe (Among Others) May Leave Canada Over Bill C-22 Surveillance Requirements

#Meta will use #AI visual analysis to determine underage users on #Instagram & #Facebook.

https://tuta.com/blog/meta-ai-analyses-pictures-detect-underage-users

#privacy #biometrics #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

Utah became the first U.S. state to hold websites liable when users bypass age verification systems using VPNs.

Critics warn the law could drive stricter identity verification, more data collection, and broader VPN blocking.

https://www.technadu.com/utah-age-verification-law-targets-vpn-bypass-liability/627910/

#CyberSecurity #VPN #Privacy #InfoSec

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Utah Becomes First US State to Hold Websites Liable Over VPN-Based Age Checks

That free online tool is tracking you – here’s how it works

https://anonyome.com/resources/blog/free-online-tools-tracking/

#privacy #surveillance

WhatsApp's latest 'delete after read' tweak is a win for privacy. Messages vanish after being seen, keeping chats tidy. Have you tried it yet? #WhatsApp #Privacy

🚩 #WhatsApp #Privacy

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