A newly discussed Android 16 flaw may allow apps to bypass VPN protections and leak a user’s real IP address, even with “Always-On VPN” enabled.

The issue has raised concerns about VPN reliability, Android networking behavior, and user privacy on stock Android devices.

Read more: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/05/android-16-vpn-bypass-real-ip-leak.html

#Privacy #Android #VPN #CyberSecurity #GrapheneOS

#EFF to Fourth Circuit: Electronic Device Searches at the #Border Require a Warrant

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/eff-fourth-circuit-electronic-device-searches-border-require-warrant

#privacy #politics

#iOS, #macOS, and #iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted #RCS messaging and more

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/ios-macos-and-ipados-26-5-updates-arrive-with-encrypted-rcs-messaging-and-more/

#cybersecurity #privacy #Apple #Mac #iPad #iPhone #iMessage #encryption #messaging

Free software offers trust and privacy; #Ring offers mass surveillance: https://u.fsf.org/4aw #Flock #privacy #surveillance

RE: https://indieweb.social/@permafriday/116561082682363965

THIS IS A LABOR ISSUE

now that Google doesn't have to pretend #android is not the #backdoor #surveillance system Snowden warned us about, it has a problem:

app developers.

the app store was always a honeypot for free #labor. without #apps there is no android. so Google has to rein in app devs, if they don't want their #spyware broken.

but if you give up your encryption keys, the app isn't yours. this isn’t about #privacy.

Google wants app devs to be employees without labor rights.

#Tails 7.7.3

https://tails.net/news/version_7.7.3/

#privacy #cybersecurity #anonymity #FOSS #Tor

Honestly over the year, i tested many app for chat, and one of them i unfairely refused to test, because it was a "ridiculous idea", fast forward a years, and it's now my default app, and the most stable one i had (even more stable than the Liar Signal).

This app is @delta

Please Try it, use it as much as possible, and go out the Signal's LIAR that try to maintain you in the GAFAM server ecosystem by telling it's impossible to run a chat otherwise Delta is the living proof they lied.

#endtoend #endtoend_encryption #chat #email #privacy #security #sovereinty #foss #selfhosting

Screenity is an open-source screen recorder and annotation tool for Chrome that works without sign-ins, tracking, or recording limits.

It supports screen/audio recording, drawing tools, blur for sensitive content, offline usage, local self-hosting, and exporting videos as MP4, GIF, or WebM.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=screenity

#OpenSource #Privacy #ScreenRecording #SelfHosted #Chrome #Linux

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Project overview for Screenity, an open-source and privacy-focused screen recorder and annotation tool. The image shows various UI elements like webcam overlays and recording settings, alongside recognition as a top product on Product Hunt and Hacker News.

Meduza: Yandex subsidiary fined for transferring Yango taxi users’ personal data to Russia. “A Dutch-registered subsidiary of technology company Yandex has been fined 100 million euros for transferring the personal data of users of the Yango taxi service to Russia, Finland’s Data Protection Ombudsman announced. The company, MLU B.V., is part of the Yandex group and registered in the […]

Children deserve to be safe online.

But the sort of mandatory device-scanning software to block nudes, like SafeToNet, that Jess Philips MP (UK) raises in her resignation letter would undermine privacy and security for everyone.

ORG supports measures that empower users and improve safety without mass surveillance.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/12/darren-jones-keir-starmer-future-labour-leader

#jessphilips #surveillance #privacy #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Featured story: Flock has sold nearly 92,000 cameras to local police departments—including more than 10,000 in #Texas, according to an open source map.

Privacy advocates are determined to bring that number down, and they're starting to get their way. https://www.texasobserver.org/license-plate-readers-texas-privacy-advocates/

#tech #privacy #politics #USpol #news

All The Data #Facebook Collects - And How To Stop This

https://tuta.com/blog/what-does-facebook-know-about-me

#privacy #guide #Meta

iPhone-Android Messaging Gets an Encryption Overlay

Apple adds encryption to messages between iPhones and Androids with iOS 26.5. This makes cross-platform chats more secure. Rolling out now.

#iMessage #Android #Encryption #Privacy #iOS265

https://newsletter.tf/iphone-android-encryption-ios-26-5-update/

Messages between iPhones and Androids are now more secure with end-to-end encryption. This is a big step for privacy, making chats safer than before.

#iMessage #Android #Encryption #Privacy #iOS265
https://newsletter.tf/iphone-android-encryption-ios-26-5-update/

#Police shut down reboot of #Crimenetwork marketplace, arrest admin

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-shut-down-reboot-of-crimenetwork-marketplace-arrest-admin/

#cybercrime #DataBreach #privacy #cybersecurity

#EU weighs restricting use of U.S. cloud platforms to process sensitive government data, sources tell CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/eu-commission-cloud-sensitive-data.html

#privacy #politics

European companies have sold controversial surveillance technologies to countries known for violating human rights, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/12/tech/europe-spyware-human-rights-watchdog/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #surveillance #privacy #humanrights #europe #spyware

#GM agrees to pay $12.75M in #California driver #privacy settlement

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/09/gm-agrees-to-pay-12-75m-in-california-driver-privacy-settlement/

#cars

#Droidian, an Awesome Phone OS for Patient People

https://theprivacydad.com/droidian-an-awesome-phone-os-for-patient-people-guest-post/

#Debian #Linux #smartphone #privacy #FOSS

🚨 NEWS: iOS 26.5 Rivoluziona la Privacy tra Crittografia RCS e Nuove Libertà per Wearable Terze Parti nell'UE

Ecco i punti chiave in breve:
💡 Apple ha rilasciato iOS 26.5 dopo mesi di beta testing, portando con sé un aggiornamento che va ben oltre la semplice correzione di bug. Se le tanto attese funzionalità di Siri son...

🚀 LINK: https://meteoraweb.com/news/ios-265-rivoluziona-la-privacy-tra-crittografia-rcs-e-nuove-liberta-per-wearable-terze-parti-nellue

#apple #digitalMarketsAct #privacy #iOS26.5 #carPlay

RE: https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi/116558756243844890

Google should inform users about the change of terms of service and preserve transparency as it affects people's right to privacy.

Secretly changing ToS is something that will backfire on Google, especially as there are many good alternatives to Chrome.

#Google #Chrome #privacy #AI #LLM #transparency

Daily Digest | 12 May 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

ICYMI: Chrome on Android now lets users share approximate location with websites: Chrome for Android adds approximate location sharing, giving users a middle-ground privacy option between full location access and denial for website requests. https://ppc.land/chrome-on-android-now-lets-users-share-approximate-location-with-websites/ #Chrome #Android #Privacy #LocationSharing #Websites

"Venmo’s recent redesign improves payment privacy defaults and adds rewards-focused tabs"

"Venmois rolling out a major app redesign with a stronger focus on privacy, shopping rewards, and money management."

https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/5/venmo-s-recent-redesign-improves-payment-privacy-defaults-and-adds-rewards-focused-tabs/

#Privacy

Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data

https://www.techspot.com/news/112362-europe-may-restrict-microsoft-amazon-google-handling-sensitive.html

#EU #privacy #surveillance #Microsoft #Google #Amazon #technology #personaldata #health #government

"GM agrees to $12.75M California settlement over sale of drivers’ data"

"[...] California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a proposed $12.75 million settlement agreement with General Motors (GM) over allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/gm-agrees-to-1275m-california-settlement-over-sale-of-drivers-data/

#Privacy

"It's Not Always About You" - How Your Privacy Impacts Others 📽️ Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E00m... #privacy #interview #podcast

Phone privacy WARNING: Supposedly to control telemarketing calls, the FCC is considering requiring ID, a verified address, a prior phone number, and a police background check to get a phone number.

Hopefully the 3ed party reseller prepaid vendors who do not require ID would respond by selling data-only plans and setting them up not to use SMS and thus not to require a phone number at all.

Signal could then respond to this by allowing new accounts to be activated without a phone number. A phone number is needed to make voice calls. It is not needed to use Signal except at setup at this time and there are other encrypted messenger systems that don't use phone numbers at all. The web doesn't need a phone number for sites not demanding any form of verification or not using a login. For 15 years I used the Internet without phone service, I may well be going back to that.

If the ID requirement passes, I will probably NOT be keeping phone service unless I can get a foreign country SIM and use it in roaming mode.

Hopefully a year or two would pass before they realize making this work requires also having coffeeshops, libraries, universities, stores etc demand ID to use the wifi.

This garbage is on top of the age verification crap and Google's plans to integrate Play Integrity checking into recaptha.

The FCC needs to remember that most telemarketing alls are already illegal and do NOT originate inside the US. If they do, it would require a data link from a boiler room in another country to a business class landline here

#ID #privacy

Privacy is a human right, whether it is our personal information, biometrics or the very space we occupy - privacy must be protected in all realms.

Our data and our private spaces must be protected.

#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #dataharvesting #surveillance

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Identifies privacy, mental privacy and physical privacy as different but interconnected concepts.

ICYMI: GPC could cut EU consent banners - but law must catch up first: A May 2026 study finds Global Privacy Control can partly reduce EU cookie consent banners, but regulators must first clarify how the GPC signal maps to GDPR. https://ppc.land/gpc-could-cut-eu-consent-banners-but-law-must-catch-up-first/ #Privacy #GDPR #Cookies #DataProtection #EURegulations

The White House's new counterterrorism strategy labels opponents of Trump as domestic terrorists, including those supporting Palestine, trans rights, and opposing ICE. This move allows the FBI and DHS to use AI tools against citizens, raising concerns about privacy and rights. #privacy #surveillance⁠
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In response, the Colorado People's Caucus of AI has launched the Big Tech Tracker to identify re... https://instagr.am/p/DYNmWIGHSq7/

EU negotiations to extend the “Chat Control 1.0” ePrivacy derogation collapsed after Parliament, Council, and Commission failed to agree on privacy safeguards. 🇪🇺
The expired measure had allowed platforms like Meta and Microsoft to scan private messages for CSAM, raising concerns over mass surveillance and legal basis. 🔒

🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/did-the-eu-parliament-really-vote-not-to-protect-children-online/

#TechNews #EU #Europe #Privacy #ChatControl #Parliament #Commission #Encryption #Surveillance #Cybersecurity #Meta #Microsoft #Policy #Freedom #CSAM