Google sure is focused on delivering value to us
｢ Google recently notified Gemini users that it will start rolling out an update on July 7th that allows the AI bot to “use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.” ｣
https://www.theverge.com/news/693719/google-gemini-android-update-apps-activity
Hey Meta, don't leave us on read 👻
Over 10k people have said no to Stalker Ads, so get them off our feed!
This week ORG joined Good Law Project outside Meta's offices in a joint action with People vs Big Tech and Eko to ask why they've done nothing 🤷♂️
You have a legal right to say no to Stalker Ads on Meta 🫵
Use our tool to opt out (UK residents) ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out
#dataprotection #adtech #surveillancecapitalism #privacy #meta #zuckerberg #facebook
Did you know that in the EU, minors cannot be targeted by online ads? 🚫
Under the Digital Services Act, targeted advertising is NOT allowed for minors.
This Act is supported by a team of scientists from the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency.
It’s called the Internet of Things – connected cars, smart fridges, wearables. Devices like these and more don’t just collect data on their users, but also on the people around them.
Data from these devices is already starting to be used in court (and can be sold to commercial data brokers).
https://theconversation.com/how-internet-of-things-devices-affect-your-privacy-even-when-theyre-not-yours-251592
#tech#AI #privacy
We used to look closely at #whatsapp Usability/UX. Not anymore.
Meta is enshittifying WA to become a social media app, charging companies for access to followers, showing ads, and pushing AI slop down the throat of billions of people.
#deltachat remains all about pleasing private messaging UX. Resilient, secure and decentralized. Its trivial to get started as a family, group or little org. Its trivial to migrate between android, iphone, desktop, Ubuntu touch.
#Privacy and #RightToExit
I've just published a protoXEP to expose a lot of information on data policy, as part of my current @nlnet grant. The plan is to have services (XMPP server, gateways, etc) expose to clients how long they keep data, if they encrypt, how they handle authentication, who can access data, what is backup frequency, where data are located, etc.
This is very precious information when you use a service.
I now want to expose in a easy way this to end-users.
🔗 A web extension that redirects YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok and other websites to alternative privacy-friendly frontends
😮 💻 
👋 #Cybersecurity Experts ⚠️ 👋
Please, if you have time, read this and tell this non-techie the alarm sirens in my head are all for nothing. I read only as far as this:"
“(f) A quantum computer of sufficient size and sophistication — also known as a cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) — will be capable of breaking much of the public-key cryptography used on digital systems across the United States and around the world. "
🇪🇺 Sourcehut Moving to Europe | Hacker News
I've just published a protoXEP to expose a lot of information on data policy, as part of my current @nlnet grant. The plan is to have services (XMPP server, gateways, etc) expose to clients how long they keep data, if they encrypt, how they handle authentication, who can access data, what is backup frequency, where data are located, etc.
This is very precious information when you use a service.
I now want to expose in a easy way this to end-users.
As I don't think that I'll have time to make a video this week, here are some screenshots of the implementation. This is test, the fields and algorithm to calculate the score will improve with time and feedback.
I wanted to do that for years, and it's now done and specified thanks to @nlnet and @NGIZero .
Specification (to be improved with time) is at https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/data_policy.html .
This is very important informations that can now be checked at a glance.
🔓 Who is most at risk from the billions of leaked Facebook and Google passwords? • Rest of World
｢ Developing countries face the greatest risk from this breach due to rapid digital adoption coupled with inadequate cybersecurity infrastructure, experts said. The vulnerability is particularly acute in Asia and Latin America, which represent the largest user bases for many affected platforms ｣
Signal Cloud Backups are now available to test!
"Backup your messages and media using Signal's secure, end-to-end encrypted storage service. Never lose a message when you get a new phone or reinstall Signal"
Learn more about Signal Backups and how you can help test the new feature: https://community.signalusers.org/t/public-signal-backups-testing/69984?u=salt505
Testing is currently open for Android, with staging versions coming to Desktop and iOS soon.
I learned something today: Google's Gemini "AI" on phones accesses your data from "Phones, Messages, WhatsApp" and other stuff whether you have Gemini turned on or not. It just keeps the data longer if you turn it on. Oh, and lets it be reviewed by humans (!) for Google's advantage in training "AI" etc.
But this only came to my attention because of an upcoming change: it's going to start keeping your data long-term even if you turn it "off": "#Gemini will soon be able to help you use Phone, #Messages, #WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off."
This is, of course, a #privacy and #security #nightmare.
If this is baked into Android, and therefore not removable, I'd have to say I'd recommend against using Android at all starting July 7th.
#spyware#AI#LLM#Google #spying #phone#Android #private #data
Proton Mail launches “Newsletters” view — a built-in tool to manage email subscriptions without giving up privacy. 📬
No third-party access, no tracking, no ads. Just a cleaner inbox, on your terms. A welcome upgrade from one of the most privacy-respecting email providers. 🔒✉️
https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-newsletters
#Privacy#Security#CyberSecurity#Proton#ProtonMail#Email#EmailSecurity#DigitalPrivacy#BigTech#DataProtection#TechForGood#Tech#TechNews
This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes
