Notices tagged with privacy

I sincerely hope they change their mind

I have nothing to hide
I also have nothing to show

"New Zealand has become the first country to threaten travelers with prosecution and fines if they refuse to hand over passwords for their digital devices at security."

"We’re not aware of any other country that has legislated for the potential of a penalty to be applied if people do not divulge their passwords"

#Privacy

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/409523-new-zealand-to-impose-fines-on-travelers-who-refuse-to-unlock-digital

Bookmark: [toread] Facebook says 50m user accounts affected by security breach | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/28/facebook-50-million-user-accounts-security-berach #facebook #privacy

@BiggusDikkus

#Foss, #decentralized, #privacy friendly #captcha alternative...

WHEN?!?!??!!!!?!?!

Surprise! #Facebook is taking phone numbers given to them for two factor authentication and using them for #ad targeting https://twitter.com/konklone/status/1045067078531788800 #privacy

My 2¢ after playing with #Falkon for a little bit:

1. Falkon might be more resource-efficient on a Qt-based desktop than others -- or if you run a lot of Qt apps in general, particularly those that make use of #QtWebEngine.

2. Falkon's tracking protection is a bit limited, but at least it doesn't phone home out of the box -- which is a problem that both #Chrome and #Firefox have, though you can at least disable this in Firefox.

#internet #security #webbrowser #privacy

Turns out, #Falkon is the second life of #QupZilla. It's a #KDE web browser using #QtWebEngine rendering engine.

"Since version 3.0, QupZilla is no longer developed and new version are released with Falkon name as a KDE project."

https://www.falkon.org/about/

#internet #webbrowsers #privacy #security #data

Oh, Microsoft 🙄

“From the moment you first handwrote or enabled handwriting recognition on your PC, your WaitList.dat file began compiling every text file the PC received. In my own file on my Windows tablet, I found documents I’ve written, PDFs I’ve downloaded, and emails sent to me.”

“... it dates to at least Windows 8, if not Windows 7. The file’s lack of protection is an issue, however, as it can be copied in under a second...”

#Privacy

https://www.techspot.com/news/76575-windows-recording-every-keystroke-devices-handwriting-recognition-enabled.html

As most of you will know, I'm what's known as a #privacy #geek. However, I'm also involved in #marketing and #communications where it's known that the choice of one small word can radically change perceptions of something.

It seems to me that when we talk of online privacy, that it's actually one of those phrases that misleads and puts off many people who would otherwise care about it.

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RT @openwavedigital@twitter.com
By this point everyone pretty much knows that #android is REALLY bad at #privacy. No fear though, @fdroidorg@twitter.com to the rescue with this really awesome #opensource software repository to help you get a little more control over your #data. #fdroid #security
https://www.blog.openwavedigital.com/f-droid-foss-android-repo/

Love #FOSS and #privacy, but are still using #GoogleTranslate?

Give an open equivalent, #OpenNMT (Open Neural Machine Translate) a try! There's a live #translation page (similar to Google Translate) at:
https://demo-pnmt.systran.net/production#/translation

...or contribute at https://github.com/OpenNMT/OpenNMT (comes in #Lua, #Python and #TensorFlow variants)

#Baltimore will soon be used to test surveillance drones on domestic targets: https://theoutline.com/post/6070/why-some-baltimore-residents-are-lobbying-to-bring-back-aerial-surveillance

The surveillance drones primarily and unfairly target the underprivileged and PoC.

And five eyes countries have officially declared war on crypto: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/access-evidence-encryption

Looks like I need to hasten setting up the #censorship and #surveillance resistant wireless mesh network in Baltimore, including a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization to support the efforts.

#privacy #security

#Baltimore will soon be used to test surveillance drones on domestic targets: https://theoutline.com/post/6070/why-some-baltimore-residents-are-lobbying-to-bring-back-aerial-surveillance

The surveillance drones primarily and unfairly target the underprivileged and PoC.

And five eyes countries have officially declared war on crypto: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/access-evidence-encryption

Looks like I need to hasten setting up the #censorship and #surveillance resistant wireless mesh network in Baltimore, including a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization to support the efforts.

#privacy #security

We should venerate #privacy and create space for the #weirdos and the #PoliticallyIncorrect to do what they do. That's where progress comes from.
#future #innovation #queer #startup #diversity #openmind

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/22/android-sends-data-google-10-times-ios-to-apple/

Idle Android Devices Send Data to Google Nearly 10 Times More Often Than iOS Devices do to Apple, Research Finds #privacy

@jond

You might want to mention this to @nextclouders

Apparently as coders they can't figure out how to post to #Twitter and #Mastodon without using Twitters t.co link surveillance... 🤔

#privacy #nextcloud

RT @TutanotaTeam@twitter.com
Tutanota is available on @fdroidorg@twitter.com 😍🎉

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/open-source-email

#FOSS #FTW #Privacy

Oh dear

Yet another good app going down the slippery slope to #privacy oblivion

"CCleaner v5.45 Pulled Due to Anger Over Usage Data Collection"

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/ccleaner-v545-pulled-due-to-anger-over-usage-data-collection/