Proton AG and Standard Notes joined forces ( proton.me )
Unfortunately for now there are not usable for me....
Apple Warns Users in 92 Countries About 'Mercenary Spyware' Threat ( www.pcmag.com )
Worth noting: the warning originally had a direct mention that the attack was from a surveilling government, but they removed that part after being asked.
Redlib: Open-source, privacy-focused frontend for Reddit without Reddit's ads, trackers, and bloat. A fork of Libreddit. ( safereddit.com )
The purpose of this post is not to endorse the use of Reddit ( https://shields.tosdr.org/en_194.svg), but rather to inform users of a privacy-friendly approach in case they need to utilize the platform....
'Pay or Okay' explained: Why more and more websites make you pay for your privacy - noyb ( noyb.eu )
Breezy Weather: An open-source, privacy-friendly Android weather app forked from the now-unmaintained Geometric Weather ( f-droid.org )
Screenshots:...
Google Agrees to Delete Billions of Files Collected in Chrome Incognito ( restoreprivacy.com )
HeliBoard, a privacy-conscious open-source Android keyboard based on AOSP/now-unmaintained OpenBoard, is now available on F-Droid ( f-droid.org )
HeliBoard keyboard is an improved fork of the now-unmaintained OpenBoard keyboard. It does not require internet permission, allowing it to be used 100% offline....
Mozilla Stands Against Google's New Advertising Tech ( news.itsfoss.com )
JPMorgan Chase is about to let advertisers target customers based on their spending ( qz.com )
If you're considering opening a Chase account, here's some food for thought.
Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade ( www.neowin.net )
I don't think people on this sub use it, but it's great news for us. The worse it gets the likelier people move on.
Millions of customers’ data found on dark web in latest AT&T data breach ( www.opb.org )
Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza ( www.nytimes.com )
Within minutes of walking through an Israeli military checkpoint along Gaza’s central highway on Nov. 19, the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha was asked to step out of the crowd. He put down his 3-year-old son, whom he was carrying, and sat in front of a military jeep....
You may be offered a free premium Telegram subscription – but please don’t accept ( archive.is )
Telegram is giving away FREE Premium subscriptions! All they need from you is to use your cell phone as a relay to text out their OTP codes! And the recipient of the OTP sees your phone number! What could POSSIBLY go wrong with this deal?...
Replacement for Firefox? ( fedia.io )
Hey there,...
Google Safe Browsing makes real-time protection private ( www.theregister.com )
Florida Man Sues G.M. and LexisNexis Over Sale of His Cadillac Data ( archive.ph )
Romeo Chicco’s auto insurance rate doubled because of information about his speeding, braking and acceleration, according to his complaint.
Microsoft has adhered to the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) by enabling Windows 11 users to uninstall Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Bing, and more. ( alternativeto.net )
Advice on cleaning bloatware off of a new PC ( www.bestbuy.com )
I helped my 77 year old mother purchase a new laptop, and I want to be sure to get all the bloatware off of it, and set her up with with some better privacy options. I am aMac guy at home so I haven't done this kind of thing for many years. (I use Windows at work, so I'm quite familiar and capable, but obviously I have to rely...
U.S. Department of Commerce Publishes Proposed Rule Imposing “Know Your Customer” and Reporting Requirements on U.S. Infrastructure as a Service Providers ( www.natlawreview.com )
The Best Password Managers in 2024 ( blog.thenewoil.org )
2023 was a record-breaking year for cybersecurity in a bad way. Ransomware payments hit a record high of $1.1 billion, which is likely to...
Brave to end 'Strict' fingerprinting protection as it breaks websites ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
Dropbox is sharing users' files with OpenAI, here's how to opt out ( boingboing.net )
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Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching ( themarkup.org )
These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.
Apple Confirms Governments Using Push Notifications to Surveil Users ( www.macrumors.com )
Google Researchers’ Attack Prompts ChatGPT to Reveal Its Training Data ( www.404media.co )
ChatGPT is full of sensitive private information and spits out verbatim text from CNN, Goodreads, WordPress blogs, fandom wikis, Terms of Service agreements, Stack Overflow source code, Wikipedia pages, news blogs, random internet comments, and much more....
