The #SECUREDataAct is Not a Serious Piece of #Privacy Legislation

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/secure-data-act-not-serious-piece-privacy-legislation

#politics

📢⚠️ Google Chrome is reportedly downloading a 4GB #GeminiNano AI model onto eligible devices without clearly notifying users, according to researcher Alexander Hanff. The report has triggered privacy, transparency, and #GDPR concerns.

Read more: https://hackread.com/google-chrome-installing-4gb-ai-model-user-devices/

#GoogleChrome #Cybersecurity #Privacy #AI #Google #Chrome

Digital identity - what it is & how to protect it.

https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-protect-digital-identity

#privacy #cybersecurity #guide

🚨 NEWS: I Cinque Punti Deboli dell'Economia AI: Energia, Privacy e la Credibilità delle Ricerche

Ecco i punti chiave in breve:
💡 L'economia dell'intelligenza artificiale sta vivendo una fase di crescita senza precedenti, ma sotto la superficie luccicante dei nuovi modelli e degli investimenti miliardari emer...

🚀 LINK: https://meteoraweb.com/news/i-cinque-punti-deboli-delleconomia-ai-energia-privacy-e-la-credibilita-delle-ricerche

#aGI #dataCenter #openAI #privacy #xAI

Have some thoughts lately...

Indonesian nerds or activist who cares about privacy should have started to follow to make our own version of EFF (Electronic Frontiers Foundation), The Citizen Lab, Cult of Dead Cow, etc... who focused on advocating, brainstorms, doing campaigns, promoting, educating the goverment regarding digital rights.

We have seen what Komdigi trying to do so far, it just the starting point, and it will get worse day by day, unless WE educate our goverment the right way to do digital rights.

Why?

If you think again, the goverment has the right for concern regarding negativity on what they do. BUT, what they did is oriented with nations that do not like about digital rights, you know which countries, I am talking about.

Our nation is on their way doing digital sovereignity, WHICH IS I REALLY 100% SUPPORT, because west nations are starting being an assholes lately.

What I have seen so far is that activist, nerds, etc who are aware... is just being reactive, not preventive. We have seen that Komdigi following what England do for digital verification.

They will start to follow what other nation did to "protect" nation interest.

C word nation with their digital firewall, they might follow it (cough TKPPSE)

Turning off internet like "I" word? Already happened in Papua before.

But, we can prevent it (hypothetically) by educating and give our own solution with the goverment.

OR WE make our own protection ourselves.

Screaming on social is okay, but it is still not enough, we need to scream and also make the solution. Prepare before the worst!

Sorry about my incoherent rambling, but I think this is important before I forget, and we need to start as fast as possible before our goverment sinking too late to safe. And we all be fucked because of it.

Cc. @safenet

@indonesia@a.gup.pe @indonesia@lemmy.world

#indonesia #opinion #infosec #privacy #digitalrights #indonesiagovernment

Daily Digest | 7 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

"How to Digitale Sicherheit"

'Wir beobachten den staatlichen Ausbau von Überwachungsmaßnahmen, das Entstehen neuer perfider Kontrollmechanismen und die gleichzeitige Bereitschaft von Menschen dabei fleißig mitzuhelfen. Wir wollen Teil einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit diesen Technologien sein und mit der klassischen Sicherheitslogik brechen. Wir vertrauen weder Staat, noch irgendwelchen Absichtserklärungen oder internationalen Richtlinien.

Das hier ist Version 1.1 eines kleinen step-by-step Guides, mit dem Ziel die ersten Schritte zum Selbstschutz einfacher zu gestalten und das Bewusstsein zu schärfen. Wir werden dieses Dokument weiter updaten, verändern und erweitern, schreibt uns gerne, wenn ihr was zu kritisieren und anmerken habt!
(In Kürze auch auf english verfügbar)
(...)
Wir lassen uns nicht vereinzeln und einschüchtern, wir sind überall in Kompliz*innenschaft und unsere Beziehungen sind so viel mehr als eine Welt binärer Codes.
Wir hoffen dieser Guide hilft euch, euch sicherer und komfortabler in der digitalen und der physischen Welt bewegen zu können.'

https://emrawi.org/?Broschure-How-to-Digitale-Sicherheit-nun-online-2449

Broschüre:
https://www.autistici.org/encryptedspices/

#Ratgeber #Guide #Überwachung #Datenschutz #Privacy #Antireport

A Kid With a Fake #Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool

To stop children from bypassing its age checks, #Meta is revamping its age-verification tools with an #AI system that analyzes images and videos for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure.
#ageverification #privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/a-kid-with-a-fake-mustache-tricked-an-online-age-verification-tool/

The SECURE Data Act is Not a Serious Piece of #Privacy #Legislation

#Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a draft of the bill late last month without bipartisan support. The bill is weaker than congressional proposals in prior years, as well as most of the 21 state consumer privacy laws already on the books.

The bill could wipe out hundreds of state privacy protections.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/secure-data-act-not-serious-piece-privacy-legislation

Buried in Paragraph 14 of your lease:

"Tenant agrees to the installation of smart building technologies for safety and efficiency."

That's it. That's the consent. You didn't negotiate it. You didn't opt out. You took the lease or you took the street.

And the data flows to brokers, insurers, and police, often without a warrant.

Ep.25 of Impractical Privacy talks the "Smart Building" trap.

🎧@ impracticalprivacy.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

#Privacy #TenantRights #SmartHome #IoT

To stop children from bypassing its age checks, Meta is revamping its age-verification tools with an AI system that analyzes images and videos for “visual cues,” such as height and bone structure.

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A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool

When Big Tech is warning Canadians about their privacy you know it is serious. @OpenMediaOrg #cdnpoli #Canada #billC22 #surveillance #privacy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/apple-argues-liberals-lawful-access-bill-could-put-users-personal-data-at-risk-9.7190092

Perplexity data lawsuit dropped - but the privacy questions remain: A class action accusing Perplexity of routing AI chat data to Meta and Google was voluntarily dismissed on May 1, 2026, leaving core privacy claims unresolved. https://ppc.land/perplexity-data-lawsuit-dropped-but-the-privacy-questions-remain/ #Privacy #DataProtection #ClassAction #AIEthics #ChatAI

Graphite is an open-source vector and raster graphics editor with a node-based, non-destructive workflow. It brings a modern, flexible approach to design beyond traditional tools.

Still in alpha, but a promising creative tool worth watching.

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

#OpenSource #Privacy #Design #CreativeTools #DigitalMinimalism

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A screenshot of the project header for Graphite. The logo features a stylized pencil tip icon. A headline describes it as "Your procedural toolbox for 2D content creation." The text explains that Graphite is a free, open-source vector and raster graphics engine currently in alpha, featuring a nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.

Your landlord doesn't just own the walls. They own the data.

Smart locks. Thermostats. Water sensors. They are logging your comings, goings, and habits to the cloud. And you didn't choose them.

Stop renting a surveillance node. Start reclaiming your sanctuary.

🎧 Ep 25 is live: impracticalprivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #TenantRights #DigitalPrivacy #Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalRights #RentersRights #SmartHome #IoT

OpenAI didn't respect Canadian privacy law when it trained ChatGPT:investigation
캐나다 개인정보보호 당국의 공동 조사 결과, OpenAI는 ChatGPT를 훈련시키는 과정에서 캐나다 개인정보보호법을 준수하지 않아 민감한 개인 정보가 무단으로 수집 및 사용된 것으로 밝혀졌다. 이에 OpenAI는 조사 후 개인정보 보호 조치를 강화하고 추가 개선책을 약속했으나, 캐나다 개인정보보호 위원회는 법률 현대화의 필요성을 강조했다. 이번 사건은 AI 기술의 개인정보 보호 문제와 규제 필요성을 부각시키며, AI 챗봇과 관련한 법적·사회적 논의가 활발해지고 있음을 보여준다.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/privacy-investigation-chatgpt-open-ai-9.7188538

#openai #privacy #chatgpt #canada #airegulation

#OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/openai-president-explains-to-jury-why-his-diary-entries-sound-greedy/

#AI #ChatGPT #privacy

🤯 Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

#chrome #privacy #ai

#Instructure hacker claims data theft from 8,800 schools, universities

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/instructure-hacker-claims-data-theft-from-8-800-schools-universities/

#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach #education

Twake Drive is an open-source file storage and sharing platform built as a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Drive. Upload, organize, search, and share files while keeping full control over your data.

Still developer-focused and requires some setup, but a promising cloud option without big tech.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=twakedrive
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: https://digitalescapetools.com/

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Privacy #Cloud #DigitalMinimalism

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A screenshot of the GitHub README for StartOS. It features the StartOS logo (a stylized 'A' in a circle) and title. Below the title are several status badges indicating a v0.4.0-beta.6 release, a passing Debian-based build, and links to support, docs, and their website. A header asks "What is StartOS?" followed by a description stating it is an open-source Linux distribution for running personal servers and managing self-hosted services.

Preliminary findings confirm OpenAI abused our personal information, but the privacy commissioner considers the issues related to the BC mass shooting "resolved". BUT they are saying that there are wider problems and legislation needs to be updated. Time to contact our elected officials.

(still WAY too much deference given to the industry IMO)

Press conference live now on CBC News Network

#CdnPoli #privacy #ai #democracy

"The SECURE Data Act is Not a Serious Piece of Privacy Legislation"

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/secure-data-act-not-serious-piece-privacy-legislation

#Privacy

#Meta will use #AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/meta-will-use-ai-to-analyze-height-and-bone-structure-to-identify-if-users-are-underage/

#privacy #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

🚨 NEWS: Pornhub Sblocca gli Utenti UK che Verificano l'Età con Apple: Una Svolta per la Privacy e il Controllo degli Accessi

Ecco i punti chiave in breve:
💡 Il panorama della verifica dell'età online sta vivendo una trasformazione silenziosa ma profonda. La società Aylo, proprietaria di Pornhub, ha annunciato che gli utenti del Regno U...

🚀 LINK: https://meteoraweb.com/news/pornhub-sblocca-gli-utenti-uk-che-verificano-leta-con-apple-una-svolta-per-la-privacy-e-il-controllo-degli-accessi

#apple #ios #privacy #verificaEtà #pornhub

#FTC to ban #DataBroker #Kochava from selling Americans’ location data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-to-ban-data-broker-kochava-from-selling-americans-location-data/

#privacy #surveillance

#Vimeo #DataBreach exposes personal information of 119,000 people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vimeo-data-breach-exposes-personal-information-of-119-000-people/

#cybersecurity #privacy

UK online safety law raises concerns.
• Privacy risks from age verification
• Expanded govt powers
• Possible VPN restrictions

https://www.technadu.com/uk-online-safety-law-concerns-raise-privacy-debate/627353/

Safety vs privacy - your take?
#InfoSec #Privacy #CyberSecurity

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UK Urged to Rethink Online Safety Law Over Fears of Privacy and Internet Restrictions

#EFF and 18 Organizations Urge #UK Policymakers to Prioritize Addressing the Roots of Online Harm

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/eff-and-18-organizations-urge-uk-policymakers-prioritize-addressing-roots-online

#privacy #AgeVerification #Mozilla #Tor #ORG