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Tutanota, to privacy
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨

We've sent an open letter with 60+ orgs to the EU urging them to protect your .

Defend ! 🔒 ➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/joint-statement-eu-compromise-csam-scanning

campuscodi, to random
@campuscodi@mastodon.social avatar

Mobile operating system GrapheneOS is adding support for a duress password.

The feature will allow users to set a special password that deletes all their data when entered.

GrapheneOS says the duress-initiated wipe does not require a reboot and cannot be interrupted.

https://grapheneos.org/features#duress

privacyguides, to random
@privacyguides@neat.computer avatar

PSA: If you're still using #Raivo 2FA on iOS back up your data immediately and do not update to the latest version.

As we suspected would happen when they were acquired last year, the new owners of the app have pivoted to a forced subscription model and updating to the new version will delete all your TOTP codes! https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/psa-export-your-keys-before-updating-raivo-otp-to-the-latest-1-6-version/18602

We recommend switching to Ente Auth, which can be used completely locally or with @ente's end-to-end encrypted cloud backups.

#TOTP #RaivoOTP #PSA #Ente #EnteAuth

nateb, to random
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Now that it's safe for me to disclose this: privacy(dot)com has adjusted their referral link. It now shares your real, government first name at the top. You can hide this by going into your account and setting a preferred name. See my referral link if you're unclear what I mean: thenewoil.org/privacy.

Just, ya know, in case anyone else might be on the verge of being fucking doxed by that unannounced change.

verge, to random
@verge@mastodon.social avatar

Google confirms the leaked Search documents are real https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/29/24167407/google-search-algorithm-documents-leak-confirmation

itsfoss, to random
@itsfoss@mastodon.social avatar

Ditch the mainstream and embrace the less known! Check out these Open Source ChatGPT alternatives:

https://itsfoss.com/open-source-chatgpt-alternatives/

DailyDose, to random
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"Argentina wants to learn from El Salvador’s experience of Bitcoin adoption and other cryptocurrency activities.

The government of Argentina is working with El Salvador to learn from its experience of Bitcoin adoption and other cryptocurrency activities.

Argentina’s securities regulator, the National Securities Commission (CNV), held a meeting with El Salvador’s National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD) to address crypto adoption and regulation..."

Read more: https://cointelegraph.com/news/argentina-bitcoin-collaboration-el-salvador

itsfoss, to Cybersecurity
@itsfoss@mastodon.social avatar

Master malware analysis with these six must-know Linux commands!

https://itsfoss.com/linux-commands-malware-analysis/

#cybersecurity

Tutanota, to random
@Tutanota@mastodon.social avatar

Hot Take: Data brokers shouldn't exist. 🚫

What do you think? 🤔
👉 https://tuta.com/blog/nsa-warrantless-surveillance-via-data-brokers

rysiek, to telegram
@rysiek@mstdn.social avatar

Telegram in 2020[1]:

> Q. Will you have ads?
> No.

Telegram in 2024[2]:

> Q. Will you have ads in my private chats and groups?
> No.

…but also:

> In 2021, Telegram launched Sponsored Messages – minimalist, privacy-conscious advertisements that can appear in certain public channels.

Hey, but at least they still promise not to sell your data, so that's fine. I'm sure they would never go back on this one. 🤡

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20200229080907/https://telegram.org/faq#q-how-are-you-going-to-make-money-out-of-this

[2] https://telegram.org/faq?setln=en#q-how-are-you-going-to-make-money-out-of-this

#Telegram

rysiek,
@rysiek@mstdn.social avatar

Telegram[1]:

> Private

Also Telegram[2][3][4][5]:

attaches a plain text auth_key_id to every message, thus allowing tracking user activity by anyone passively listening on the network

[1] https://telegram.org/?setln=en
[2] https://core.telegram.org/techfaq#q-how-does-end-to-end-encryption-work-in-mtproto
[3] https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/description#key-identifier-auth-key-id
[4] https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/description#authorization-key-auth-key
[5] https://www.pwnallthethings.com/p/russia-is-spying-on-telegram-chats

#Telegram

echo_pbreyer, to random German
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🇩🇪 75 Jahre #Grundgesetz – und #CDU-Frau von der Leyen höhlt es über die EU Schritt für Schritt aus. #Zensursula’s EU-Kommission hat in den letzten fünf Jahren auf den Weg gebracht:

💥Zerstörung des #digitalenBriefgeheimnisses durch #Chatkontrolle
💥Personenkennziffer für jeden Bürger #eID
💥Wiedereinführung der #Vorratsdatenspeicherung (#EUGoingDark HLG)
💥Online-Tracking & Microtargeting geht fast unverändert weiter #DSA #politischeWerbung
💥Legalisierung von #Europol's illegaler Massendatensammlung
💥ausländische Behörden können in Deutschland legale Internetinhalte ohne Richterbeschluss löschen lassen #TERREG
💥Zulassung flächendeckender #biometrischerMassenüberwachung im #AIAct
💥Industriezugriff auf unsere #Gesundheitsdaten ohne unsere Einlilligung #EHDS

Zensursula’s Europa braucht #digitaleFreiheitskämpfer! #Piraten

echo_pbreyer, (edited )
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🇬🇧 Ursula von der Leyen has been continuously eroding our fundamental rights. In the past five years, her EU Commission proposed:

❌the end of private messaging and secure encryption #ChatControl
❌introducing unique citizen identifiers #eID
❌a working group to resurrect indiscriminate #DataRetention #EUGoingDark
❌essentially unchanged online tracking & micro-targeting practices #DSA #politicalAds
❌legalising #Europol's unlawful bulk data collection practices
❌ultra-fast cross-border online content removals without court orders #TERREG
❌allowing for #biometricMassSurveillance in the #AIAct
❌granting industry access to our #healthdata without our consent #EHDS

Von der Leyen’s Europe needs digital freedom fighters! #Pirates

molly0xfff, to ai
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back in my day we called this spyware

#AI #privacy #Microsoft

mullvadnet, to random
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Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.

🧵 1/11

https://mullvad.net/why-privacy-matters/going-dark

mullvadnet,
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The European Commission has refused to disclose the members of the “Going Dark” High Level Group. However, Mullvad has accessed meeting minutes through a public request to the Swedish Ministry of Justice.

2/11

mullvadnet,
@mullvadnet@mastodon.online avatar

Anna-Carin Svensson is known for her, according to Wikileak 2010, recommendation to American authorities to withhold surveillance agreements, between Sweden and USA, from the Swedish parliament.

4/11

mullvadnet,
@mullvadnet@mastodon.online avatar

The first “Going Dark” meeting was led by Olivier Onidi (chat control advocate at the European Commission together with Ylva Johansson) and Anna-Carin Svensson at the Swedish Ministry of Justice.

3/11

mullvadnet,
@mullvadnet@mastodon.online avatar

On April 21, 2024, European Police Chiefs together issued a joint statement calling for "action against end-to-end encryption." According to Swedish police, the statement is a direct extension of the “Going Dark” initiative.

6/11

mullvadnet,
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At least one former FBI employee has been present at the meetings, saying: “solutions for lawful access (to data on device) should be prioritized". As a former FBI employee, he also expressed "his gratitude for the fact that the issue was being pursued within the EU.”

5/11

mullvadnet,
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According to meeting minutes from the Swedish parliament, the Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer states that the "Going Dark" group will work "to present effective recommendations for the new commission's entry in 2024 and for those recommendations to then be implemented."

7/11

mullvadnet,
@mullvadnet@mastodon.online avatar

The chat control bill was shot down by the European Parliament last year (still under endless debate in the Council of the EU), after the revelations that American tech companies and authorities has been part of the work behind the proposal. “Going Dark” is the new attempt.

8/11

mullvadnet,
@mullvadnet@mastodon.online avatar

We need to pay attention to the forces behind this. Both Ylva Johansson’s chat control argumentation and the “Going Dark” rhetoric is like a copy-paste from the FBI Director James Comey back in 2014.

9/11

mullvadnet,
@mullvadnet@mastodon.online avatar

As @Mer__edith said in a keynote speech: “The current attack on end-to-end encryption is very much related to a desire by some in government to return to the less fettered access to surveillance that they see as having lost post Snowden“

10/11

mullvadnet,
@mullvadnet@mastodon.online avatar

In the beginning of June, it’s time for the citizens of the European Union to elect new Members of the European Parliament. Vote for candidates who stand up for privacy as a human right!

11/11

protonprivacy, to infosec
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In this month’s we recommend “If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable” by expert Mikko Hypponen.

The book includes:
📚 an overview of how the Internet became what it is
🌏 discussions on the legal and geopolitical aspects of
🛑 a comprehensive overview of the multitudes of threats lurking on the web

And it’s all peppered with real-life stories from Hypponen’s 3-decade-long career: https://www.ifitssmartitsvulnerable.com/

protonprivacy, to random
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How predictable is your chosen PIN number? You’d be surprised!

Here’s why you might want to start choosing a less predictable PIN: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/most-common-pin-codes/

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