A 2024 breach of data broker National Public Data exposed 272 million Social Security numbers and personal records on a hacking forum.

So what: freeze your credit for free at Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion to block unauthorized accounts.

#databreach #SSN #privacy #indigoprivacy

Still no word on when Discord will implement their global age verification (originally scheduled for March 2026, it was pushed back to the second half of 2026). However, Discord has a new vendor, Incode, and has been running tests with them, so its still happening. #privacy #discord #ageverification

Sources:
https://cybernews.com/privacy/discord-ages-verification-selfies/

https://thecybersecguru.com/news/discord-incode-age-verification-privacy/

IDscan, used for age verification, hacked and leaked.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/10/id-verification-giant-idscan-confirms-data-breach-with-more-than-150-million-drivers-licenses-stolen/

#ageverification #cybersecurity #infosec #privacy

Man gets 15 years for extorting women with #AI-generated porn videos

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-gets-15-years-in-prison-for-cyberstalking-and-sextortion/

#nsfw #privacy #deepfake #TakeItDown

New Release: #Tor Browser 15.0.22

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15022/

#privacy #anonymity #FOSS #cybersecurity

🧐 Headlines in #privacy from @thenewoil

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today I created a burner google account. these days google requires an Android phone in order to even create an account so I used an old phone to scan the QR code ( I am pretty sure this lets google grab all of the metadata of the mobile phone ). after about 1 hour creating the account. google’s automated system disabled the account however I appealed and got the account back. before someone asks I need google because of where I live.

this made me wonder what if google mandates age verification? if there were age verification google would immediately notice that I am creating another account ( burner account ) which it won’t like. burner account won’t be created in the first place!

we already have too much surveillance and this makes it worse. my mobile number is already tied to my read government identity. I DO NOT want my online account to be tied to my read identify too! it is sad, it really is

Want more control over Windows telemetry and tracking?

WindowsSpyBlocker is an open-source tool that helps block spying and tracking on Windows using network filtering rules. Written in Go and available as a single executable, it’s licensed under MIT.

More details & alternatives: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=windowsspyblocker

#Privacy #Windows #OpenSource #Telemetry #PrivacyTools #Security

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Screenshot of the WindowsSpyBlocker GitHub README, describing an open-source Go application that blocks spying and tracking on Windows systems by analyzing network traffic and applying rules.

#Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-age-awareness-apis-that-can-tell-if-users-are-children-teens-or-adults/

#privacy #AgeVerification

Parliament returns in 2 weeks!!

Protect #privacy and #encryption — help us reach 10K+ signatures THIS WEEK to show our Senate that #BillC22 controversy is only growing!

Demand the Senate give Bill C-22 a thorough review — stop surveillance powers before they become law: https://openmedia.org/ReformC22-mtd

Nudity blocking works by scanning ALL your content.

The privacy implications are huge.

And the same goes for the alternative: having to submit your sensitive data in the form of ID uploads or biometric scans to verify you're over 18.

Meanwhile, the age verification industry remains unregulated.

#privacy #surveillance #onlinesafety #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol

#LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby

https://www.theverge.com/tech/991190/lg-tv-spying-standby-recording-wi-fi-scanning-gamers-nexus

#privacy #IoT #SmartTV

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/votesafeorg-elon-musk/
#VotingAdvocacy #vote #voting #elections #ElectionIntegrityMatters #ElectionIntegrity #ElectionInterferenceMatters #broligarchy #VoteSafe #privacy

#Channel5 Gave Hunter #Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason

https://www.404media.co/channel-5-gave-hunter-biden-a-list-of-its-subscribers-emails-for-some-reason/

#privacy

In case you missed this yesterday, don't bank on Apple's "privacy" promises anymore because Apple now has to feed its AI data monster, same as every other data-thieving corporation.

Wired: Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features https://www.wired.com/story/apple-doesnt-want-you-to-worry-about-the-new-apple-watchs-listening-features/ @WIRED #Apple #privacy #surveillance

Cover your bits, the UK government wants to put scanning tech on your phone.

The aim? To prevent kids receiving and sending nudes. But it'll be there as default for everyone, unless you go through age verification to disable it.

It's a disproportionate move that'll compromise privacy and security.

Read our blog ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/nudity-scanning-tech-will-leave-us-more-exposed/

#privacy #surveillance #onlinesafety #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol

#ShinyHunters hackers claim breach of #Florida " #DAVID " #DMV database

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-hackers-claim-breach-of-florida-david-dmv-database/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach

Amid the pushback against public surveillance, Apple unveiled a new feature that can recall your conversations. TechCrunch's @Sarahp looks at why that move could be a risk for Apple as it attempts to compete in an AI-dominated industry.

https://flip.it/wHsoAp
#Apple #Privacy #Surveillance

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/117246556482074388

Who wants this?!

#Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism

RE: https://mastodon.social/@noybeu/117246282553202947

From #Firefox version 120, you can make use of #Global #Privacy #Control (#GPC) to automatically notify websites not to #sell or #share information about your browsing session on that website.

Turn on: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-privacy-control

Check a website for GPC: https://gpcsup.com/sites/vansoest.it

The Windows 11 Age API lets apps check a user's age bracket without exposing their birthday, meeting new age verification laws like California's.

#Windows11 #Microsoft #AgeVerification #Privacy #AgeAPI #DigitalSafety #TechNews

https://securityonline.info/windows-11-age-api/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

LG Denies Smart TV Spying Claims, Confirms Network Scan
https://www.cyberkendra.com/2026/09/lg-denies-smart-tv-spying-claims.html

#lgtv #iot #privacy

German police are reading WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal chats without breaking encryption. They link a new device to the account, or pull history from the server.

Encryption was never the weak point. The account was.

Zerion has no account, no phone number, no server that can authorize a second client. Keys live only on your device, which detects Cellebrite and wipes after failed unlocks.

No server, no target. Don't trust us, check the code.

zerion.chat

#privacy #Tor

Via #LLRX @psuPete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, September 5, 2026 - 5 highlights from this week: Your boss, tech companies & #police can read your #chatbot conversations; EFF releases 2 part guide to online safety and #doxxing; #TMobile Handed #Journalist’s #Phone Records to #Government; #FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ #Drivers #Licenses; #Amazon launches verification tool to help #consumers avoid #scams. #cybercrime #cybersecurity #privacy https://www.llrx.com/2026/09/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-september-5-2026/

A Secretive #DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over

https://www.404media.co/a-secretive-dhs-predictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financial-habits-and-pulling-them-over/

#privacy #surveillance #police #CBP #PITT #finance #PersonalFinance

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"...the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 will include a new AI feature that ambiently listens to the microphone, GPS, and uses other sensor data..."

https://mastodon.social/@luckytran/117242863676228437

#privacy #ai

#Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of #AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-failed-to-catch-hundreds-of-ai-child-abuse-ads-some-included-images-of-real-kids/

#nsfw #privacy

Sure, we solved the problem, but probably ripped off someone else's private work in the process. But who cares?

VentureBeat: OpenAI solves longstanding math problem with 10,000-agent swarm — but can't rule out benefiting from a researcher's private Codex data https://venturebeat.com/technology/openai-solves-longstanding-math-problem-with-10-000-agent-swarm-but-cant-rule-out-benefitting-from-a-researchers-private-codex-data @venturebeat #OpenAI #privacy

220 million traveler records exposed in #Vietnam-linked #APIS leak

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/220-million-traveler-records-exposed-in-vietnam-linked-apis-leak/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #travel

Alternate #X Frontend #Nitter Announces it Will Continue Despite the Cease and Desist

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/09/07/alternate-x-com-frontend-nitter-announces-it-will-be-continue-despite-the-cease-and-desist/

#Twitter #privacy #FOSS

A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely-used identity verification company based in Louisiana. KrebsOnSecurity also has learned that the New Orleans field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today launched an official inquiry into the source of the images.

Computerworld: Siri AI Recaps? Even if Apple builds it responsibly, others might not https://www.computerworld.com/article/4220223/siri-ai-recaps-even-if-apple-builds-it-responsibly-others-might-not.html @jonnyevans #Apple #privacy

#Mathspace discloses #DataBreach affecting over 1 million people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mathspace-discloses-data-breach-affecting-over-1-million-people/

#privacy #cybersecurity #math #education

Still using Windows and other consumer-unfriendly corporate products?

Bitdefender: Windows 11 to share users’ ages with installed apps https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/windows-11-age-verification #Windows #Microsoft #ageverification #privacy

That we have to make a deal on this speaks volumes about corporate [lack of] ethics.

"The tech giant has agreed not to use student or teacher data to train AI and not to track students using the technology."

Politico: Teachers union reaches AI privacy deal with Microsoft https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/09/aft-union-microsoft-ai-deal-01068544 @politico #Microsoft #education #privacy #BigTech

#Framework Laptop 12 Arrives with #Fedora Pre-installed

https://fedoramagazine.org/framework-laptop-12-arrives-with-fedora-pre-installed/

#Linux #privacy #FOSS #cybersecurity

"Age verification is spreading across the internet. It promises to protect children, but what happens when accessing a website or using your own device requires facial recognition, identity documents or third-party verification?

David speaks with Alexis Hancock from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the growing privacy risks surrounding age verification and digital ID systems. They examine how these technologies could threaten online anonymity, create new surveillance infrastructure and expose sensitive personal information.

Alexis explains why age verification alone does not teach children how to stay safe online, how data brokers and behavioral advertising contribute to the problem, and why banning VPNs or weakening encryption would make everyone less secure.

They also discuss zero-knowledge proofs, facial recognition, encryption back-doors, government surveillance and the danger of building a digital identity system that could be abused by future governments."—David Bombal

Age Verification: The Privacy Risk You Need to Know >

https://youtu.be/I5XcC49BGQ4?si=8c1797omdQOkeBVc

#EFF #Electronic_Frontier_Foundation @eff

Finally, Alexis shares practical ways to protect your privacy, including using encrypted communication, learning from EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guides and contacting elected representatives when harmful legislation is proposed."

#Alexis_Hancock #interview #age_verification #children #education #digital_identity #zero_knowledge_proofs #encryption #back_doors #facial_recognition #government_surveillance #protecting_children #anonymity #parenthood #security #privacy #surveillance_infrastructure #third_party_verification #digital_id #abuse #risks #insight #data_brokers #behavioral_advertising #VPN #banning_VPNs #weakening_encryption #data_brokerage #mass_surveillance #big_brother #protected_data #sensitive_information #personal_information #technology #tech #video

IDScan.net verificava identità per Hertz, FedEx, Target e migliaia di dispensari. Da oltre un anno gli hacker avevano accesso in tempo reale a tutto quello che scansionava: 153 milioni di patenti.
La loro "trust center" page(https://trust.idscan.net), piena di certificazioni GDPR e CCPA, è ancora online.
Ogni sistema di age verification crea un database, e ogni database diventa un bersaglio per milioni di utenti qualunque.

#ageverification #privacy #sorveglianza

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/

BleepingComputer: Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults

"...Microsoft is adding new age-awareness APIs to Windows 11 that will allow apps to determine whether someone is a child, teenager, or adult without exposing their exact date of birth.

The new Windows Age API uses information associated with a Microsoft account and can return age ranges such as under 10, 10-12, 13-15, 16-17, and 18+....Microsoft also wants you to verify your age once..."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-age-awareness-apis-that-can-tell-if-users-are-children-teens-or-adults/

#privacy #surveillance #windows11 #fascism

Arkansas Advocate: Flock tracks your license plate. We tracked the $2M it spent on lobbying.

https://arkansasadvocate.com/2026/08/31/flock-tracks-your-license-plate-we-tracked-the-2m-it-spent-on-lobbying/

#flock #alpr #privacy

🧐 Headlines in #privacy from @thenewoil

“Confused about which ⌗VPN is right, US senator asks the ⌗NSA for guidance arstechnica․com/security/2026/09/us-senator-calls-on-the-nsa-to-give-guidance-for-use-of-vpns/ ⌗privacy ⌗cybersecurity”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/117218791037345056

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This week in privacy:

• An investigation found LG smart TVs (216M sold) scanning your home network, logging voice as text, and sending ~4GB of viewing data to LG monthly.
• Windows was caught sending samples of what you type to Microsoft.
• US cities are canceling Flock camera contracts at a record pace; Florida is pushing them off state roads.

So what: disconnect smart TVs, turn off Windows typing data, and check deflock.org.

#privacy #indigoprivacy

Confirmed accurate and fresh (filed this week). Here's the tweet:

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📸🕶️ Meta is being sued in a new nationwide class action alleging it quietly mined Facebook and Instagram photos to build NameTag, an unreleased facial recognition system meant for its smart glasses, without telling users. The lawsuit also claims those same photos were used to train Meta's generative AI, again without consent.

To be clear, these are allegations in a newly filed case, not proven facts yet. But it's not coming out of nowhere either, earlier reporting had already found NameTag code buried inside Meta's software months before this lawsuit existed. The complaint even points to a Meta patent describing smart glasses that scan a stranger's face and match it against your old tagged photos.

You uploaded vacation pics and family photos. If this holds up, they may have become the training data for a device built to identify strangers on the street.

🔗 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202609/meta-sued-over-alleged-facial-recognition-training-for-smart-glasses

#Meta #Privacy #FacialRecognition #SmartGlasses #ConsumerRights

From the article:

"...“The government’s increasing use of mass surveillance — whether that surveillance comes via ALPRs, financial records, or the like — coupled with predictive policing is a recipe for tyranny,” Rob Frommer, senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, told 404 Media. “We fought a revolution for the idea that we are citizens, not subjects. Yet schemes like CBP’s Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team treat all Americans as if they are potential suspects. This is not just wrong, it’s unconstitutional, and IJ will keep pushing courts and Congress to end this attack on Americans’ security.”..."

#bigbrother #surveillance #privacy #alpr

404 Media: A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over

404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.

https://www.404media.co/a-secretive-dhs-predictive-policing-unit-is-analyzing-americans-financial-habits-and-pulling-them-over/

#bigbrother #surveillance #privacy

The overview of messengers.
Choose wisely.
#simplex #simplexchat #signal #deltachat #telegram #viber #privacy #e2ee #instagram #dm #discord #whatsapp #matrix #messenger #messengers

Smartphone security tip of the week: Activate two-step verification in your messengers

The two-step confirmation (two-factor authentication) prevents your SIM card or copies of it from being used to access your messages.

Read more about this topic: https://smartphone-dont-spy.de/en/list/activate-two-step-verification-in-your-messengers

#smartphone #privacy #security

I watched the 2hr video this morning. Things are *so so so bad*, it is unbelievable. #LG is just exemplaric of what happens all over the place. In the video a whole network of complicit corporations is exposed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

CC @EUCommission See toot above ☝️ .. Speed up regulation and enforcement please, before it is too late.

#Freedom #Democracy #technology #privacy #security #SurveillanceCapitalism #TechnoFascism

It becomes harder and harder to see how #Democracy can survive given the state of our modern technology, that has run totally amok.

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/117229629451189798

#HumaneTechnology #privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #TechnoFascism

🫧 Social coding commons » 🌐 2026-09-07
@smallcircles@social.coop

Whew, though not surprising at all in the age of #SurveillanceCapitalism and #TechnoFascism. #LG and #Samsung are known to be among the worst privacy invaders in TV land and beyond.

"LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices"

> "The researchers also documented remote code execution vulnerabilities in webOS that are currently moving through the responsible disclosure process. Because of the fact that the TV uses broad network listeners and data sweeps out of the box, the team's recommendation was straight-up disconnecting LG sets from the internet and using external streaming devices instead."

Perhaps they shouldn't do responsible disclosurre, but instead create such a huge #privacy scandal, that people return their TV's en masse, and regulation is made to forbid these practices once and for all.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594878

Do not connect your TV to the internet, or be content that Big Brother is watching you.

If your information is on a people-search site, you can remove it yourself for free. We show you how, every Friday.

#databrokers #privacy #indigoprivacy

PSA: DO NOT. EVER. PLUG SOMETHING "SMART" INTO YOUR NETWORK!

#Privacy #Enshittification #Surveillance

#SurveillanceState

"if you don't have anything to hide, what's the problem?"

this is the problem:

abuse by officials

exhibit A of the stakes, of which there will be many more until all these "but i have nothing to hide" morons realize

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/navy-vet-recorded-police-traffic-164745785.html

#NapoleonJones #Milwaukee #Flock #FlockCameras #FlockCamera #Surveillance #Privacy

Keep your camera feeds and AI processing under your control.

Viseron is a self-hosted, local-only NVR and AI computer vision platform with object detection, motion detection, face recognition, and more.

Run it with Docker and manage your setup through a web interface without relying on cloud processing.

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

#Privacy #SelfHosting #OpenSource #LocalAI #NVR #HomeSecurity #Docker

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Screenshot of the Viseron project page showing its blue eye logo and title. The page describes Viseron as self-hosted, local-only NVR and AI computer vision software with object detection, motion detection, face recognition, and monitoring capabilities.

Hundreds More #Flock Cameras Removed in the US This Week. Flock Caught Repackaging Traffic Data

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/05/0637208/hundreds-more-flock-cameras-removed-in-the-us-this-week-flock-caught-repackaging-traffic-data

#privacy #ALPR #police #surveillance

@ai6yr

This is why I always isolate my smart home devices on a separate guest network.

Many modern routers allow you to enable "client isolation" or "AP isolation" on the guest band, which ensures that connected devices can access the internet but cannot see or communicate with each other, nor with your main private network.

Smart plugs, bulbs, and cameras often have weaker security than computers or phones. If a malicious actor hacks one smart device, client isolation stops them from moving laterally to your laptop, phone, or NAS drive.

Overall, it prevents devices from scanning your local network to snoop on your private traffic or personal files. So even sneaky and greedy corporations like LG see and know nothing you don't want them to see or know.

You can still get full remote control of your smart home via the cloud — if that is what you're doing — without sacrificing your home network's overall security perimeter.

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#Network #Networking #Security #Privacy #LG

#Trezor: Recent customer data exposed in shipping provider incident

https://trezor.io/blog/news/recent-customer-data-exposed-in-shipping-provider-incident

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #crypto #ShipMonk

Holy heck. Dunno if this is true, but if so...

"...An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA&source_ve_path=MTc4NDI0

#privacy #smarttv

Americans!

Summary of RESET Act subcommittee markup last week:

-The House E&C subcommittee replaced the RESET Act with the GUARDIAN Act during a markup
-While the GUARDIAN Act doesn't explicitly ban people under 16 from social media, the bill's provisions would effectively result in an under 16 ban.
-Why? The costs and legal risks associated with implementing a parental consent flow would make it far more trouble than it's worth for most platforms. It would be less costly to just raise the minimum age ceiling to 16.
-While the bill doesn't explicitly mandate age verification (as of now), platforms would no doubt crank up the data harvesting dial in order to enforce their new minimum age ceiling and minimize legal risk.

#Privacy #Censorship #DigitalRights #FreeSpeech #ResetAct #GuardianAct #Under16socialmedia #Under16 #US #UnitedStates

Whew, though not surprising at all in the age of #SurveillanceCapitalism and #TechnoFascism. #LG and #Samsung are known to be among the worst privacy invaders in TV land and beyond.

"LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices"

> "The researchers also documented remote code execution vulnerabilities in webOS that are currently moving through the responsible disclosure process. Because of the fact that the TV uses broad network listeners and data sweeps out of the box, the team's recommendation was straight-up disconnecting LG sets from the internet and using external streaming devices instead."

Perhaps they shouldn't do responsible disclosurre, but instead create such a huge #privacy scandal, that people return their TV's en masse, and regulation is made to forbid these practices once and for all.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594878

Do not connect your TV to the internet, or be content that Big Brother is watching you.

A new #European Citizen #Initiative regarding age verification is running from 27/07/26 to 28/08/27, regarding #ageverification.

It requests that new legislation is built with #privacy in mind, #decentralization, open implementations and publicly auditable encryption protocols.

It doesn't completely abolish age verification, but is a step in the right direction.

If you're an European citizen, you can do your part by signing here: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2026/000011_en

Autistici/Inventati ha annunciato la chiusura di tutti i suoi servizi:
https://keepitfree.ai/it/announcements/a/i-chiude-restare-umani/

Qualche giorno prima aveva rilasciato una lunga intervista a sabot.media:

https://sabot.media/post/a-network-called-resistance?lang=it

L'intervista è disponibile anche in inglese:
https://sabot.media/post/a-network-called-resistance

e in tedesco nel sito di nd-aktuell.de:
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1202256.repression-gegen-autistici-inventati-lasst-uns-tausend-server-haben-tausend-netzwerke.html

#USA #AutisticiInventati #LibertàDigitali #privacy #Internet #resistenza #noblogs

@scuola
@maupao
@lindasartini
@informapirata
@informatica
@kenobit
@nemobis
@devol
@alephoto85
@RFancio

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Una rete chiamata resistenza Un'intervista con Autistici/Inventati sabot.media

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A/I chiude - Restare Umani Sep 6, 2026 Non appena abbiamo scoperto di essere finite sulla lista delle organizzazioni terroristiche globali, abbiamo scritto, dichiarato e promesso che avremmo cercato di resistere fino a che fosse stato possibile, che non ci saremmo arrese finché avessimo intravisto delle possibilità legali. Abbiamo mantenuto e difeso con orgoglio un’infrastruttura libera, riservata, autonoma e soprattutto partigiana. Per noi restare umani non è un semplice slogan. Significa che, prima di tutto, sono le utenti, le persone che costruiscono le reti umane a cui ci appoggiamo e le comunità che ci hanno inondato di messaggi e di amore e solidarietà, che devono essere tutelate. Non possiamo accettare uno scontro o prestarci a strumentalizzazioni che mettano in pericolo le loro vite, le vite dei loro cari, lasciandole alla mercé di autocrati, fascisti e agenzie che agiscono per vie extra-legali. La concreta possibilità di poter essere la causa di conseguenze penali o finanziarie per qualcuno che ci è vicino, o che anche solo interagisce con noi non ci permette altre scelte. A/I chiude. Il collettivo Autistici/Inventati chiude e sospenderà tutti i servizi a breve termine.

Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
(Mis)Uses of Technology
from the age-verification-is-another-phrase-for-privacy-breach dept

- Mike Masnick
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we’ve been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting

#data #ai #news #Tech #privacy

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/

"EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation"
"Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers Into Roaming Surveillance Vehicles"
"Illinois Just Told Every Operating System to Start Reporting Your Kid’s Age"
"Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement is a Bad Deal for Teens and All Social Media Users"

Check out the August news roundup for the full list of headlines.

https://theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/august-2026-privacy-news-roundup

#privacy #security #surveillance #ageverification

fun fact: just migrated a family member remotely from #Telegram to #ArcaneChat

In Telegram when you are in a videocall if you leave the app, you can't see the video anymore! only listen, while in ArcaneChat you can still continue seeing the other person in a floating bubble while you move and work in other apps, which helps if you are assisting someone remotely

#privacy #europe #european #android #chat #messenger #diday

🇪🇺 European Citizen's Initiative against ID age verification online

Just yesterday, Stop Killing the Internet, from the people at @StopKillingGames, launched an ECI against ID age verification! This is great but it needs 1 million signatures !

So, if you are a citizen of #eu , please sign it! If you don't, or even if you do, still share it around so more people know about it and can sign it!

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/066/public/#/screen/home

Reaching the signature threshold will not mean that ID age verification will immediately become illegal, but the subject will be brought to the @EUCommission and they'll have to do SOMETHING about it. This is already a huge step in the right direction!

Please boost and share this post to spread the word! Thank you!

@privacy

#stopkillingtheinternet #ageverification #privacy #europe

Just published "NetBSD 11 from scratch". I had a lot of fun writing it while diving into the internals of this great operating system. Hope you enjoy it and find it useful.
Happy hacking! 👇
https://meanmicio.org/2026/09/06/netbsd-11-from-scratch/
#NetBSD #encryption #CGD #privacy #noAI #OpenScience

Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users

https://www.gadgetreview.com/discord-is-bringing-back-age-verification-for-millions-of-users

> Discord age verification now locks stage channels, DMs, and adult content behind four ID methods — each with different privacy trade-offs worth knowing.

#discord #technology #privacy

Dear #government agencies, #NGOs, #publicservice institutions.

Public #announcements are critical to you and to us #citizens. Please don't force us to submit to the whims of #invasive & #exploitative private #walledgardens & #middlemen like #Twitter / #X, to just to read your messages for us!

A few alternatives are listed in the follow up toots.

Everybody else: Please share this message with the #authorities that matter to you.

#CC0 (public domain)
#privacy #softwarefreedom #sns

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The Nitter site (https://nitter.net/) displaying a message stating that their service has been suspended upon receipt of a cease and desist order from Twitter/X. Nitter is an open source alternative web frontend to Twitter/X that allows you to read tweets without logging on to the main site. Twitter/X removed the ability to read it without logging in, a while ago. Many government and other public service agencies still use Twitter to publish their announcements. This forces the users to maintain an account on the site. A lot of people choose not to do so for ideological, privacy or practical reasons. The site is notorious for hosting racist and sexist content, predominantly neo-nazism, including by the owner of the service. Source: Nitter site rendered in a mobile web browser. Dated: 2026-09-06

@EUCommission I think the EU is limited in what they can do about this in individual countries, therefore I appreciate the hotline as a direct service for us citizens.

I just hope, you don't try to regulate the people (like limited time on social media) instead of regulating the platform (stuff like privacy, dark patterns, gambling-like dynamics, promoting destructive stuff (for people and democracy), and so on)

(I assume you talk about social media)

#EU #SocialMedia #Democracy #privacy

Hey Discord - which 3rd party provider will lose our data next, once we give *you* our age verification selfies?

#Discord #privacy

Discord Is Bringing Back ID Verification

https://www.gadgetreview.com/discord-is-bringing-back-age-verification-for-millions-of-users

#Discord #AgeVerification #IDVerification #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #dystopia #technology

#Mastodon voice messages?

"Make social vocal" ?

#Idea #suggestion #BOOST #dev

Voice #filters added for #privacy?
(like #TikTok funny voice masks but more human sounding?)

= voice messages + #masks / filters ?

(a risk but much more #progressive #P2P)

Protection with a voice 'mask'.

What do you think ?

(Text is limited = can't cover the human expression range like voice and for some text isn't possible / too hard).

Also #Jitsi (https://meet.osna.social/) + integrated voice #masks?

Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users

https://www.gadgetreview.com/discord-is-bringing-back-age-verification-for-millions-of-users

#security #privacy #tech #technology #news #technews #discord #ageverification

#LLRX #CyberSecurity @bespacific
@newsie.social

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, September 5, 2026

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Your boss, tech companies and #police can read your #chatbot conversations; #EFF releases two part guide to online safety and #doxxing; T-Mobile Handed Journalist's Phone Records to Government; #FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses; and #Amazon launches verification tool to help consumers avoid scams.

Posted in: #AI #cybercrime Cybersecurity, #ecommerce #Privacy #SocialMedia Media

https://www.llrx.com/2026/09/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-september-5-2026/

#IDScan sued over alleged #DataBreach affecting 153 million drivers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/idscan-sued-over-alleged-data-breach-affecting-153-million-drivers/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DriversLicense

US #military disabled ad tracking on troops’ devices following reports of targeted attacks

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/04/us-military-disabled-ad-tracking-on-troops-devices-following-reports-of-targeted-attacks/

#privacy #advertising

An Algorithmic Failure Beneath the Secret #Ballot

https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/08/03/an-algorithmic-failure-beneath-the-secret-ballot/

#privacy #AI #election #democracy

@eff mass theft isn't a good look.

On top of that, why does Reason try to access my camera when I visit the page?

#Privacy

#ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From #REI in the Last 2 Years

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-wants-to-know-who-bought-a-certain-green-beanie-from-rei-in-the-last-2-years/

#privacy #surveillance #protest #activism #DHS #HSI

French hospital fined €500,000 after breach exposes data of 727,000

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-hospital-fined-500-000-after-breach-exposes-data-of-727-000/

#France #CNIL #HPL #healthcare #privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach

And just as the dust of the first lawsuit that resulted in a massive fine and a successful attempt by Meta to self-regulate has barely settled, you get this:

Fortune, from yesterday: ‘Feeding the beast’: Meta faces allegations of using its ‘perv glasses’ to train AI in new lawsuit https://fortune.com/2026/09/04/meta-perv-glasses-ai-lawsuit/ @fortune #privacy #Meta

Time: The Price of Privacy When It Comes to Dementia https://time.com/article/2026/09/12/the-price-of-privacy-when-it-comes-to-dementia/ @time #privacy

Confused about which #VPN is right, US senator asks the #NSA for guidance

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/us-senator-calls-on-the-nsa-to-give-guidance-for-use-of-vpns/

#privacy #cybersecurity

#Signal #Android Beta Has Support for Numberless Accounts

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/09/03/signal-android-beta-has-support-for-numberless-accounts/

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

🚨 Mullvad is shutting down its public encrypted DNS servers.

After running its public DNS-over-HTTPS service since 2022, Mullvad is retiring it and sponsoring Quad9 instead.

If you manually use Mullvad DNS, you’ll need to switch to Quad9 before November 2, 2026. Mullvad Browser users on the default DNS setting will be migrated automatically.

Read the full article: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/09/mullvad-shutting-down-dns-quad9.html

#Privacy #Mullvad #DNS #Quad9 #EncryptedDNS

in #ArcaneChat you can have several profiles separating private life from work!

you can mute your work profile while you keep available for family and friends, ex. during weekends or vacations

#privacy #anonymity #family #Europe #European #android

🔐 #Privacy news & updates from @privacyguides:

“🚨 This Week In Privacy ⌗69 will be live in 30 minutes, we'll be talking about how Google may have removed a key security feature from their Pixel 11 devices․ We'll also be covering the latest privacy & security news!👋…”

https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides/117214662458952302

🤖 via RSS feed. May not reflect our views.

"we have a company that is a big player in the age verification space, talking up age and identity verification laws, that appears to have had a long-standing ongoing leak of every ID it scanned.

At this point, anyone still supporting age verification requirements, especially claiming it’s for “child safety,” should have to answer for all the millions of people put needlessly at risk due to data breaches like this."

#DataBreach #KOSA #Privacy #AgeVerification

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/

#Privacy

153 Million Driver's Licenses Are Now for Sale on the Dark Web, Here's What That Means for You

So this one's a gut punch. A new dark web marketplace called Nexus is reportedly selling scans of 153 million driver's licenses, plus a bunch of other ID and medical cards. The data's allegedly tied to IDScan.net, one of those ID verification platforms companies use to confirm you are who you say you are. IDScan.net hasn't confirmed the breach yet, but the FBI's already investigating, which tells you how serious this is being taken.

Here's the part that gets me: most people have no idea their license was even uploaded anywhere in the first place. You verify your age for an app, rent a car, sign up for some service, and boom, that scan is sitting on a third party server you've never heard of, protected by security you have zero visibility into.

And a stolen driver's license isn't just annoying to replace. It's enough for someone to open credit lines, file a fake tax return, or straight-up pass an identity check pretending to be you.

If you want to actually do something about it, freeze your credit with all three bureaus if you haven't, it's free and it's honestly the best block there is against new accounts getting opened in your name. Start questioning why a site actually needs your ID before you upload it somewhere, a lot of the time it's just being collected because they can, not because they need it. If you're uploading anything sensitive on public wifi or a network you don't fully trust, run it through a VPN so at least that part of the transfer isn't sitting there exposed. And set up breach alerts through something like Have I Been Pwned so you're not the last to know if your info turns up somewhere it shouldn't.

None of this makes you bulletproof, that's kind of the depressing reality of how much of our identity lives on servers we don't control. But cutting down how much of your data is floating around out there is still the best move you can make.

***Source: Cybernews***

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

"...I'm just an average man with an average life
I work from nine to five, hey hell, I pay the price
All I want is to be left alone, in my average home
But why do I always feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone?

I always feel like somebody's watching me
And I have no privacy (oh-oh, oh)
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Tell me, is it just a dream?..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY&list=RD7YvAYIJSSZY&start_radio=1

#privacy #bigbrother #surveillance

"....They're part of the NYPD's massive AI surveillance platform: the Domain Awareness System (DAS). "Every police officer in the city can access it on their phones and pull up a profile of basically anyone walking around," she says.

The platform connects more than 80,000 cameras with drones, social media data, even systems that follow cars when you drive to another state. Dahl says it can unveil who I've seen and everywhere I've been in the last week. My whole life: tracked...."

#privacy #bigbrother

BBC: I went looking for surveillance cameras in my neighbourhood: I found so many more than I thought

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260902-how-to-watch-the-cameras-that-watch-you

#privacy #cameras

This is why online ID verification should not be trusted

FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/

#privacy #datasecurity #idtheft #socialmediakidsban #socialmediaban

Fun trap for people apply/refinancing their mortgage. The NextGen biometric that banks are requesting to for verification is being claimed as an exception to the Privacy Act 1988.

It doesn't have to be de identified or destroyed after verification for Tranche1 entities under the AntiMoney Laundering / CTF act.

1/2

#auspol #privacy #banking #australia #finance #mortgage #homeloans #biometrics

An ID verification company is suspected of being responsible for a data breach involving 153 million identity cards that were put up for sale to criminals! The cache includes drivers licenses, travel documents, medical cards, and other government IDs.

Companies are storing private identity documents which are being hacked by criminals.

We need better privacy rights.

https://matthewrosenquist.substack.com/p/153-million-reasons-to-rethink-identity

#privacy #cybersecurity #databreach #Identity

#Mullvad: Shutting down our public encrypted #DNS servers and sponsoring #Quad9 instead

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2026/9/3/shutting-down-our-public-encrypted-dns-servers-and-sponsoring-quad9-instead

#privacy #cybersecurity

Utah’s VPN Ban Law Goes Into Effect… Again

A court order blocking the ridiculous Utah VPN ban/age verification law has expired, allowing it to go back into force.

https://www.freezenet.ca/utahs-vpn-ban-law-goes-into-effect-again/

#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #court #lawsuit #legislation #US #Utah #VPN

This Is Flock’s #AI Search Tool for Cops

https://www.wired.com/story/flock-ai-search-user-interface/

#Flock #ALPR #privacy #surveillance #police

"Mystery animal" attacking people in New Hampshire....

Also noteworthy is that this video was probably being recorded without the victims of the attack even realizing it.

source: https://www.ksn.com/news/video-aggressive-mystery-animal-is-attacking-people-in-new-hampshire/

#NewHampshire #privacy #surveillance

#Tails 7.12

https://tails.net/news/version_7.12/

#privacy #cybersecurity #Tor #Linux #FOSS #anonymity

Smart electric vehicle chargers track charging sessions including time, location, and energy used, with data shared with utilities and vehicle manufacturers.

So what: pull your car's data profile at privacy4cars.com, and turn off connected-services data sharing in the vehicle's settings.

#privacy #connectedcars #locationdata #indigoprivacy

#Google Messages Bug Sends Old Texts to Random People

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/09/02/google-messages-bug-sends-old-texts-to-random-peopl/

#SMS #RCS #privacy #Android

Labor Day #Sale for #Redact: 25% off with code LABORDAY25

https://redact.dev/?affiliateCode=THENEWOIL

#privacy #SocialMedia

Every photo your phone takes can carry hidden EXIF data: exact GPS location, time, and device model. Send the original and you may be handing over where you live.

So what, strip it before sharing:
- iPhone: select photos > Share > Options > turn off Location
- Android: share the photo to the free Scrambled Exif app
- Mac: drop it on the free ImageOptim app

Big platforms usually strip it, but email and marketplace listings often don't.

#privacy #metadata #indigoprivacy

Identity of the week 😎

That's on Fauxx, available on @fdroidorg

-> https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fauxx.full

#privacy #fauxx #FDroid

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Active persona Dana Davis 65+ - Retired Fashion, Beauty, Travel

From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we’ve been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn’t waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a […]

OpenWhispr is a privacy-first, open-source voice-to-text app for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It can run transcription locally with Whisper or Parakeet, keeping your audio on your device.

It also supports meeting transcription, AI agents, notes, translation, and local or cloud AI models.

MIT licensed • Open source • Local AI • Cross-platform

More details & alternatives: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=openwhispr

#OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #LocalAI #VoiceToText

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Screenshot of the OpenWhispr project page in dark mode, showing its blue logo and name, MIT license, macOS/Windows/Linux support, release and download stats, and a description of it as a privacy-first open-source voice-to-text app with AI agents, meeting transcription, and notes.

Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year. | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/

> From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we̵…

#privacy #DataBreach

Awesome talk out from this year's DEFCON by Cybertiger, Colonel Panic, The Wrew.

Thanks for the shoutout!

Love to see my work inspiring more hackers to explore the surviellance state's IoT devices!

Be sure to catch this video 👇🏿

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcK-TDmzshc

@defcon

#DEFCON #Privacy #surveillance #Flock #Axon

"I rented a car, and within hours, my #DriversLicense was for sale"

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/my-drivers-license-is-one-of-153-million-for-sale-on-a-new-dark-website/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach

CalMatters: California kills bill regulating Flock cameras even as public rage grows

"...But after clearing the state senate, the bill was stopped in the Assembly by majority leader Cecilia Aguilar-Curry on Monday, the final day the Legislature meets this year, before it could be introduced for a floor vote. It was one of a handful of bills that enjoyed strong support from lawmakers and looked poised to pass but died under mysterious circumstances...."

https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2026/09/03/california-kills-bill-regulating-flock-cameras-even-as-public-rage-grows

#flock #alpr #privacy

Some of the most widely shared content from the Iran conflict so far has been AI-animated LEGO videos released as part of a government's messaging. This article calls it "slopaganda," and both the U.S. and Iran have been using it from official accounts.

We have laws of war for autonomous weapons, while governments posting AI-generated memes from official channels have no rules at all, and the author makes a good case that this is a form of militarized AI too. Just a non-lethal one. For years, security awareness training told people one simple thing: when in doubt, go to the official source. That advice stops working when the official source is posting memes.

A few things this changes for anyone running security or communications:

- Your employees are being trained, every day, to expect official accounts to be casual and unreliable. That makes impersonation easier and weakens the "does this sound right?" instinct.

- AI-generated content is now cheap enough that a nation-state, a scammer, and a bored teenager can produce it all at the same quality. The content itself tells you nothing about who made it.

- Verification has to move from "does this look real" to "did this come through a channel I can confirm?" That means signed messages, known domains, and a phone call when it matters.

I'd love to see the same energy that goes into AI weapons policy applied to AI messaging from official accounts. In the meantime, keep your own company's official channels boring and factual. Boring is a security feature.

https://philosophynews.com/the-ethics-of-slopaganda/

#Cybersecurity #AI #Disinformation #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #DeepFakes

Age Verification Company IDScan Hacked: 153 Million Drivers Licenses Compromised

IDScan had apparently been compromised for a year as hackers stole people's licenses live as they were added to the database.

https://www.freezenet.ca/age-verification-company-idscan-hacked-153-million-drivers-licenses-compromised/

#News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #DriversLicense #hack #IDScan #IDScannet #leak

🧐 Headlines in #privacy from @thenewoil

“Leaked Russian Cyber-Operations Training Materials schneier․com/blog/archives/2026/09/leaked-russian-cyber-operations-training-materials․html ⌗cybersecurity ⌗Russia”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/117202511911036841

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Also been introducing more local people to the DeltaChat privacy messenger.

Don't hesitate to message me, especially if you are wanting to buy a ThinkCentre mini PC with Linux. I still have some available.

#Fediverse #DeltaChat #privacy #Linux

#Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/02/norway-considers-ban-on-camera-enabled-wearable-pervert-glasses/

#privacy #Meta #IoT #SmartGlasses

Cops Are Asking #Axon to Make Their Cameras Look Different From #Flock So People Don't Destroy Them

https://www.404media.co/cops-are-asking-axon-to-make-their-cameras-look-different-from-flock-so-people-dont-destroy-them/

#privacy #police #surveillance #ALPR

The #ManifestV2 era is over: #Chrome removes #AdGuard #AdBlocker MV2 from the Web Store

https://adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-adblocker-manifestv2-removal.html

#Manifest #Google #privacy #cybersecurity

#Arti 2.6.0 released

https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_6_0_released/

#Tor #FOSS #privacy #cybersecurity #anonymity #Rust

#Australia’s Proposed #Privacy Law Changes

https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/australias-proposed-privacy-law-changes/40397

Small update. The next release is on GitHub now, but we’re waiting on approval before it lands on Google Play and F-Droid, so hang tight if that’s where you get Zerion.

This one adds a non-custodial wallet inside the encrypted ZVault: BTC and XMR, keys stay entirely with you, traffic over Tor. It’s open source and still, so treat it as early and use accordingly.

Coming to the stores as soon as review clears.

zerion.chat

#privacy #foss #tor #monero

If you want a password manager that you can keep local-only, KeePassXC is a great option 🔐

It's free,
Open-source,
Easy to install and use,
Doesn't require an account,
Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows,
And the team is here! 👉 @keepassxc

Here's how to set up KeePassXC with a YubiKey: ‪https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/18/installing-keepassxc-and-yubikey/

#PasswordManager #KeePassXC #Privacy #Security #Passwords #FOSS

Reading this, people could actually think Anthropic helps them keeping their data safe. However you still have to trust Anthropic itself that has access to all your data when using their AI or am i misreading it?
https://www.anthropic.com/news/enterprise-frontier-safeguards
#AI #Anthropic #EFS #privacy #security

Every default setting is a choice someone else made for you, usually the choice that shares the most. Changing a default is you making the decision instead. That is really all privacy is, taking the defaults back one at a time.

#privacy #digitalprivacy #indigoprivacy