@evacide I recommend Google Pixels with #grapheneos to everyone I talk about phones. There are barely any drawbacks due to project's maturity and even if you do not care about #privacy, it's more secure than stock android and offers all the same features. We need it to become available on more phones and become more mainstream. The only issue is reliance on Google for further device support and development. If GrapheneOS did not exist, I have no idea what phone I would choose as neither iOS nor stock android offer anything close.

ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/ice-and-the-smartphone-panopticon

#HackerNews #ICE #Smartphone #Panopticon #Privacy #Surveillance #Technology

Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy

https://therecord.media/demark-reportedly-withdraws-chat-control-proposal

#HackerNews #Denmark #ChatControl #Controversy #Privacy #Policy #TechNews

when proprietary platforms ask me to fill in my details

Me:

#opsec #cybersecurity #osint #privacy #anonymity #humor #vforvendetta #tech #technology #surveillance #advertising #ads

New Cwtch release! 🎉

As the recent AWS outage showed, centralizing all your communications is a problem. Try a decentralized, encrypted, metadata-resistant messaging app instead.

https://cwtch.im/

#privacy #DigitalPrivacy

Which surveillance gadget/technology do you despise the most, and why? 👁️‍🗨️

#Privacy #Surveillance

@Em0nM4stodon
Always connected vehicles. Not only is it a huge invasion of privacy and one that you have no way to escape if you need a new car but it also brings with it subscription capitalism requiring you to continually pay for things you already bought.

#Privacy #Surveillance

Which surveillance gadget/technology do you despise the most, and why? 👁️‍🗨️

#Privacy #Surveillance

when proprietary platforms ask me to fill in my details

Me:

#opsec #cybersecurity #osint #privacy #anonymity #humor #vforvendetta #tech #technology #surveillance #advertising #ads

Privacy laws can’t keep up with ‘luxury surveillance’ https://thever.ge/SmqQ #Wearable #Gadgets #Privacy #Meta #Tech

New Cwtch release! 🎉

As the recent AWS outage showed, centralizing all your communications is a problem. Try a decentralized, encrypted, metadata-resistant messaging app instead.

https://cwtch.im/

#privacy #DigitalPrivacy

People pay a premium for tracking technologies that get imposed unwillingly on others

https://reallifemag.com/luxury-surveillance/

#privacy #surveillance #LuxurySurveillance

Great article by @geekybodhi about the privacy dangers of AI Powered Browsers.

"At first glance, these features read like useful convenience upgrades. But beneath the sales pitch, digital-rights and privacy experts see something else taking shape. They warn that AI-native browsers could reshape the internet’s architecture, weaken privacy protections, and hollow out the open web."

https://cybernews.com/ai-news/ai-web-browsers-threaten-privacy-open-web/

#Privacy #AI #LLMs

👁️ European privacy group noyb files a criminal complaint against Clearview AI in Austria, alleging illegal biometric data scraping under #GDPR.
The complaint could bring the first criminal penalties for AI privacy violations in Europe.
Schrems: “Clearview AI ignores EU fundamental rights.”
💬 Follow @technadu for verified #infosec and #privacy insights.

#AI #FacialRecognition #DataPrivacy #ClearviewAI #GDPR #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #CyberLaw

DHS used to only have information on immigrants who’d had contact with the agency.

Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-social-security-data-voter-citizenship-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DHS #SocialSecurity #Vote #Data #Election #Privacy #Security #USPolitics

People pay a premium for tracking technologies that get imposed unwillingly on others

https://reallifemag.com/luxury-surveillance/

#privacy #surveillance #LuxurySurveillance

@hipsterelectron That's terrible. In the beginning, #Gmail won plenty of people over with, at the time, great spam filtering and 2GB storage. It was a much different time in 2005, however.

Fast forward 20 years and Google's mail service isnt innovative. It doesn't stand out and isn't competitive. Now fully entrenched in the #NSA #PRISM program and the company completely in bed with the #usgovernment everyone has every reason to run away.

I pay for my new provider but it's a HELLUVA lot cheaper than trading #privacy for "free" email.

Meta's new subscription service monetises our data rights 🏧

Thousands of people exercised their data protection rights and asked Meta to stop using their personal data for advertising.

Their response? Users must consent to the use of their personal data for targeted advertising, or cough up the dosh to opt out.

To respect our data rights, Meta must offer a tracking free version to implement this in a lawful way.

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/meta-fails-to-respect-data-rights-with-consent-and-pay-scheme/

#meta #adtech #dataprotection #privacy #gdpr

"Accept and continue" by @fabianstenzel 👏🏻👏🏻🍪🌎✨✨ making cookies visible part of "Digital Bodies" one night show at #frappantkachelraum 16.7.2025 #lastsemester #screeschots

https://github.com/FabianStenzel/ads-and-tracking-accept-and-continue

#chromeextension #cookies #visualization #browsing #privacy