Waiting for Big Tech to respect my #privacy.

Happy #Halloween everyone! 🎃👻💀

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Sceleton sitting on a bench: WAITING FOR BIG TECH TO START RESPECTING USER PRIVACY

🚨BREAKING: We've stopped #ChatControl for good!

Until a new Council Presidency tries again...

But for now, we can enjoy our success. Thanks everyone for fighting for #privacy along with us! ❤️ 👏

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News screenshot: Danish Presidency backs away from ‘chat control The Danes will seek to propose a voluntary detection regime in the CSAM proposal, instead of controversial mandatory detection orders

The EU will scrap the controversial mass surveillance clause from its proposed child abuse regulation. Privacy experts like Bart Preneel have long warned it’s "like putting a camera in every home."
#ChatControl #Privacy #EU
https://www.standaard.be/buitenland/eu-ziet-af-van-omstreden-controle-van-chatberichten-in-de-strijd-tegen-online-kindermisbruik/101450895.html

ICE’s forced face scans to verify #citizens is #unconstitutional , lawmakers say

#SocialMedia videos have confirmed that #Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( #ICE ) and Customs and #Border Protection ( #CBP ) officers patrolling US streets are actively using #FacialRecognition technology to verify #citizenship
#privacy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/ices-forced-face-scans-to-verify-citizens-is-unconstitutional-lawmakers-say/

How much AI slop can a cop shop mop with a town chocked full of flock?

#ColumbineValley #Denver #Flock #Privacy #acab #creepycops #Flock #axon #AI #surveillance

Which surveillance gadget/technology do you despise the most, and why? 👁️‍🗨️

#Privacy #Surveillance

The U.S. government allowed and even helped American firms sell tech used for surveillance in China.

@AssociatedPress reports on the actions of five Republican and Democratic administrations.

https://flip.it/1sGY.l

#China #Surveillance #Tech #Technology #Privacy #News

No more Microsoft Exchange. 🇩🇪German consultancy IAGO GmbH celebrates its decision to switch to Tuta Mail. 🎉

The benefit:

✅ Digital sovereignty
✅ Security
✅ GDPR-compliance

Check here what Niclas has to say about Tuta and what feature he loves most. ❤️
➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/iago-switched-from-exchange-to-tuta-mail

#Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #EmailEncryption #MadeInGermany

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Image showing replacing Microsoft products with Linux, Tuta Mail and Tuta Calendar.

Introducing fnox: A secret manager that pairs well with mise via @kingmob https://lobste.rs/s/xwdzyh #privacy #security
https://fnox.jdx.dev/

We're trying to use @Tutanota for our email needs, but it seems like our email address is getting marked as spam by Gmail. Hopefully it's something we can overcome soon as we try to recruit members!

#Privacy #Security #TutaMail #Tutanota

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2025:
📍 03:00 PM on November 08
🗣️ "Local Offline AI"
👥 Speaker(s): Adam Monsen
📍 Room: Room 145
🏷️ Track: Open source AI and Data Science
📝 Join Adam's talk to learn how to stand up offline AI models for powerful and privacy-friendly advanc...

#SeaGL2025 #ai #business #privacy #data #FLOSS
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/VD9V3K/

Ever wondered how to write an email to your lawyer or doctor? Let's hope they use encryption! 🔒 😎 But why does a business need end-to-end encryption?

✅ Protect sensitive data
✅ Stay GDPR compliant
✅ Build trust

Find out more: ➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/why-companies-need-encryption

#Security #Encryption #Privacy #CyberSecurityMonth #GDPR

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Encryption Protects Your Business: Personal Data Financial records Trade secrets

filepizza: Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser https://lobste.rs/s/i4znrr #privacy #web
https://github.com/kern/filepizza

What to you is a good
visual symbol of data privacy that isn't a padlock or a key or a shield?🛡️🔒🔑👀

#Privacy #Poll

Colorado Sun: After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence

Chrisanna Elser spent days collecting evidence, from apps on her phone to dashcam footage in her vehicle, to prove her whereabouts

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/flock-camera-police-colorado-columbine-valley/

#flock #alpr #privacy #crime

@forthy42

(2/2)

...juridical person may not be held responsible for damages.

In some countries, there are concept of criminal law for corporations. I'd be very much in favor of applying these for #BigOil and #BigTech (#Privacy, #Copyright,...)

E.G. #CorporateCriminalLiability in the #US:
https://openyls.law.yale.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/f28701cd-14b9-4063-8ce8-8325b7283700/content

Also, more limited IMO, in the #UK:
https://www.saffery.com/insights/articles/corporate-criminal-offence-cco-a-guide-for-uk-businesses/

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Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2025 Q3 https://lobste.rs/s/rzmp5p #browsers #privacy #security
https://attackanddefense.dev/2025/10/28/firefox-security-privacy-newsletter-2025-q3.html

#ChatControl is OFF the table for now. 💪

But the Danish Minister of Justice and chief architect of the current Chat Control proposal, Peter Hummelgaard, wants to bring it back in December.

😡 He now even claims your activism was paid for by Big Tech! 😡

We must keep fighting for #encryption and our right to #privacy 🔒️

Source: https://netzpolitik.org/2025/absurd-und-respektlos-daenischer-justizminister-diskreditiert-chatkontrolle-proteste/

#No2Backdoors #CyberSecurityMonth #CyberSecurity #Security

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Danish Minister of Justice and chief architect of the current Chat Control proposal, Peter Hummelgaard, wants to bring it back in December

Why IP address truncation fails at anonymization https://lobste.rs/s/xxp1tx #law #privacy
https://00f.net/2025/10/27/ip-anonymization/

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2025:
📍 11:30 AM on November 08
🗣️ "The CLI Renaissance: Why Command Lines Matter in the Age of AI and the Promise of MCP"
👥 Speaker(s): Sriram Madapusi Vasudevan
📍 Room: Room 332
🏷️ Track: Open source AI and Data Science
📝 As AI reshapes our digital interfaces, command lines aren't fading—they're evolving. This talk exami...

#SeaGL2025 #ai #cli #privacy #cli #FLOSS
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/9PWA3Q/

Oh wow, utility (possibly) ratting out their customers to ICE

https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/115446857186439348

#Fascism #ICE #Privacy

23 common tech myths: Busted once and for all.

From @PCMag: "How many of these doozies are you still falling for? Let our experts set you straight."

https://flip.it/PjY5Js

#Tech #Technology #Privacy #Cybersecurity

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-vacuum-broadcasting

#privacy

I'm old enough to remember when having your photo and fingerprints taken by the authorities was reserved to convicted criminals.

Now it will eventually be all of us.
All of us constantly tracked by governments and corporations alike, requiring our biometric data for anything they feel like.

Our privacy rights are going down the drain under the pretext of security.

But it will not make us safer, on the contrary.
Don't believe their authoritarian lies.

#Privacy #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

Follow Louis Rossmann's channel for #Anti #Capitalism #AntiConsumer #Anti #DRM #Repair etc!

before they try ban him! ⬇️

https://inv.nadeko.net/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w

#Legend #LouisRossmann

+BONUS INFO #Plausible = #Analytics (#Ethical) on Fediverse!
➡️ @plausible https://fosstodon.org/@plausible
#GDPR #Privacy #PrivacyPreserving

U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/u-s-photograph-border-9.6953627 #Privacy #Biometrics #Surveillance #CDNPoli

@Defcon_Music 1/ #DEFCON audio music is great !
(click post)

AND

2/ #DEFCON #Conference #Audio is great:
https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%201/

#EFF mentioned years back ! See
➡️ Judi Clark - #Computer #Privacy and the 1st #Amendment

(all of them worth a download in 1 #RAR file 109mb from link above)

NewPipe is turning 10 :O https://lobste.rs/s/bsri9a #android #historical #privacy #reversing
https://newpipe.net/blog/pinned/announcement/newpipe-turns-10/

'Die elektronische Patientenakte sei sicher, versichert die #Bundesregierung. Doch ihre Antworten auf eine Kleine Anfrage lassen die Zweifel an diesem Versprechen wachsen. Versicherte sollen der ePA offenbar blind vertrauen – selbst wenn ihre Gesundheitsdaten bei US-Behörden landen könnten.......'

Mit Sicherheitsrisiken und Nebenwirkungen #ePA

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/elektronische-patientenakte-mit-sicherheitsrisiken-und-nebenwirkungen/

#Daten #Datenschutz #Privacy #USA #Deutschland #Netzpolitik

Microsofts neuer Servicevertrag erlaubt #Totalüberwachung aller Nutzer
"Ab Ende diesen Monats gelten neue Geschäftsbedingungen für Microsoft-Kunden. Wenn sie sich bei der Nutzung mehrerer Produkte (Betriebssystem, Software & Cloud-Dienste) nicht an deren vage formulierten Verhaltenskodex halten, kann das Microsoft-Konto gesperrt werden. Man verliert dann den Zugriff auf alle bezahlten oder kostenlosen Dienste und alle dort gespeicherten Daten. Auch wird #Microsoft mit den Behörden kooperieren. Die Regressansprüche aufgrund der Sperrungen hat man übrigens nicht minder vage formuliert."
via @tarnkappeinfo https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/netzpolitik/microsofts-neuer-servicevertrag-erlaubt-totalueberwachung-aller-nutzer-280856.html
#Massenüberwachung #Repression #Antireport #privacy #Datenschutz

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Bild zeigt Graffiti einer Videokamera . Darunter steht "For your Safety and our curiosity"

I made myself posters from my 2 favorite #privacy related articles for my home office.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 12, and the #GDPR article 17.

Why yes, I am a giant nerd.

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A photo of 2 pieces of white paper with text on a black surface. One with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 12 text printed on and the other with the General Data Protection Regulation article 17, the Right to Erasure, printed on. The articles are a bit too long to copy here in alt-text but you should absolutely DuckDuckGo them if you do not know them already because they are awesome.

„Immer häufiger sieht man sie: Bilder und Videos von Influencern, die Essen, Kleidung oder Spenden an Obdachlose verteilen. Was vermeintlich gut gemeint ist, nützt in erster Linie dem Content-Creator und kann problematische Nebenwirkungen haben. Denn oft filmen sie die Gesichter der Obdachlosen, ohne diese zu fragen. Mit ihrer Kampagne „Mein Gesicht gehört mir!“ geht die Bahnhofsmission #Essen auf Instagram und auf der Straße gegen das Phänomen vor.“

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/ungewollt-im-internet-neue-kampagne-gegen-instrumentalisierung-von-obdachlosen-durch-influencer/

#Datenschutz #Daten #Privacy #Netzpolitik #Antireport

Today October 21st is
Global Encryption Day! 🔒🎉

This is a good time to remember that encryption is essential to online security and digital privacy.

Despite some governments pushing hard to weaken it, we must remind them that we all need encryption, and especially end-to-end encryption, to stay safe online 💚

Privacy is a human right
and end-to-end encryption is one of the best tool we have to enforce that right.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/

#GlobalEncryptionDay #Encryption #E2EE #Privacy #RootForE2EE

Microsoft says it’s starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store. Trillion dollar corporation is so poor. They need more money by selling your data to the highest bidder. wtf? #privacy #security https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations

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The headline reads: Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu / The app recommendations from Windows 10 are coming to Windows 11 soon.

I had to report another company to a data protection authority for failing at basic "privacy policying."

I gave them so many chances to correct the problem before reporting. Basically, free privacy consulting, but they heard nothing. It's just irrational at this point.

#Privacy #PrivacyLaw

The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me https://lobste.rs/s/aovn8c #privacy #reversing #security
https://codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day-my-smart-vacuum-turned-against-me/

"Viele deutsche Städte wünschen sich Videoüberwachung mit KI-gestützter Verhaltenserkennung. Die wird seit sieben Jahren in Mannheim getestet. Ein Besuch der überwachten Orte zeigt, was diese Form der Überwachung mit den Menschen in einer Stadt macht – und wie schlecht die Technologie funktioniert."

Verhaltensscanner im Mannheim: Hier wird die Überwachung getestet, die so viele Städte wollen

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/verhaltensscanner-im-mannheim-hier-wird-die-ueberwachung-getestet-die-so-viele-staedte-wollen/

#KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Überwachung #Videoüberwachung #Tech #Technology #Netzpolitilk #Privacy #Daten #Datenschutz

#Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Polizeiarbeit aus der Blackbox #Palantir

Ein Millionendeal hinter verschlossenen Türen: Baden-Württemberg kauft von der US-Firma Palantir die umstrittene Software Gotham ein. Jetzt ringen Regierung, Polizei und Kritiker:innen um Vertrauen, Kontrolle und Grundrechte….

https://www.kontextwochenzeitung.de/wirtschaft/757/polizeiarbeit-aus-der-blackbox-10478.html

#BaWü #Überwachung #Polizei #Gotham #Datenschutz #Privacy #Deutschland

Patientenakten enthalten oft falsche oder übertriebene Diagnosen #ePA

"Seit Oktober ist die elektronische Patientenakte Pflicht. Versicherte können darin einsehen, welche Diagnosen und Behandlungen dokumentiert wurden. Doch nicht immer sind die Diagnosen richtig......"

https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/falsche-diagnosen-in-elektronischer-patientenakte-100.html

Erfundene Krankheiten mit echten Folgen

'Für Betroffene können falsche Diagnosen allerdings gravierende Konsequenzen haben - etwa beim Wechsel in die private Krankenversicherung oder beim Abschluss einer Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung. Stehen in der Akte Krankheiten, die bei ihnen nie existierten, kann das zu höheren Beiträgen für sie führen oder dazu, dass Versicherungen im Schadensfall nicht zahlen.

Auch das ZDF-Magazin "frontal" berichtete kürzlich von Patienten, die Diagnosen in ihren Patientenakten fanden, von denen sie gar nichts wussten. In einem Fall sagte ein Versicherter, dass er laut Akte ein Kollaps-Patient sei und ein Blutgerinnungsstörung habe. Das mache ihn zum Hochrisikopatienten - mit entsprechenden Zuschlägen. Hätte er die Krankheit tatsächlich, dürfte er aber wohl kaum im Vertrieb arbeiten und am Steuer sitzen, heißt es in dem Magazin......'

#Digitalisierung #Gesundheit #Gesundheitsdaten #Datenschutz #Medizin #Bundesregierung #Privacy

@micr0 Hi #Altbot ❗

⚠️ I replied to the #consent email but with a #question (so not "yes" or "allow") and it accepted that as consent :)

🎈 So maybe that needs checking better... as I didn't really consent and more wanted to know more!

So I wanted to ask before the consent something - the question was:

❓ "What do you use for automating the #alttext?"

❓ "How does it work as a automated process?"

This could go in the auto-email same to with the #privacy link & while asking for #consent.

Maybe it's not in #github or as clearly either so feels like it is important enough to be said how it's done and the process magic... as I have no idea!...

Thanks a lot for #answers...

Roger Dingledine telling stories about the #Tor network at #DEFCON33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djM70O0SnsY #Privacy