Sure. Google location tracking "bad" and Apple data harvesting "good", but it's pretty hack to see articles popping up about how poor Android trackers are compared to AirTags. https://somegadgetguy.com/b/46Q
Ignoring the security nightmare AirTags were at launch, the assumed permissions Apple just takes for the Find My network, and the annoying (and scary looking) process Apple forces users through to OPT OUT of location tracking, it's shocking how well Google is doing only a couple weeks into this new finder network going live.
#ASNBank stopt feitelijk met aanbieden contactloos betalen. Als je dat wilt, doe je dat maar via Google Pay. "Jij maakt zelf afspraken met Google, ASN is niet verantwoordelijk".
Hebben ze een DPIA uitgevoerd? Want zo krijgt niet alleen ASN inzicht in je betalingsverkeer, maar Google ook. Wat is de toegevoegde waarde nog van die bank dan trouwens?
Gebruik je ASN en Google Pay? Had je de voorwaarden gelezen? #Privacy#Soevereiniteit#GooglePay https://www.asnbank.nl/downloads/voorwaarden-google-pay.html
Very important for Swedes to vote in the EU Election. Privacy is a fundamental human right, even when there are bad people doing bad things. Mass surveillance by the government does more harm than good.
Looks like Microsoft will make Recall opt-in. Seemingly they needed user feedback to figure out that people might not like the idea of them taking a screenshots of their screens every 5 seconds or so.
Security experts also pointed out that this would be a security nightmare. Pretty obvious, really.
This is another example why it is clear Big Tech is not to be trusted to make the right decisions, even when they are staring them in the face.
Desperate to not loose out, they are moving quickly to not be left behind, running blindly ahead without thinking of the consequences.
Noted anti-capitalist agitator Adam Smith had it right: "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices."
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Je suis à DevFest Lille ou j’assiste à une conf’ de Benoit Masson sur les téléphones /e/OS/ . Il faut une démo sur un Samsung Galaxy S4 (10 ans tout de même) avec une version récente d’Android mais degooglisée, connecté à un NextCloud. #murena#eOS . Merci à Gaël Duval (ex-Mandrake/Mandriva !) pour ça ! #privacy
Tomorrow I'll be participating in a webinar on #privacy and the #fediverse organized by Privacy Laws and Business. I think it's an important issue -- I hope we spend more time talking about this topic.
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Since Microsoft seems to not care about the #Privacy impact that the #Copilot+ #Recall feature has, I am going back to #Linux as my daily driver. All my #Homelab servers run on Debian or its derivatives, work servers run RedHat or Windows, but I have not used a Desktop Linux for quite a while as a daily driver. I've been playing with Debian 12 with Gnome for the past few days, and next I'll be playing with Fedora, which I have not used since the early 2000's. We'll see how fast I can catch up.
Autonomi have launched their beta network and rewards program.
Anyone can run nodes and if you want to join the fun, sign up for the second wave of noderunner rewards. Even non-technical folks can do this with any old computer.
Health insurance giant Medibank is facing a fine in the trillions of dollars, after the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court over its 2022 cyber attack. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/medibank-taken-to-federal-court-over-cyber-attack/103936664
The commissioner now alleges that Medibank seriously interfered with the privacy of 9.7 million Australians by "failing to take reasonable steps to protect their personal information". #auslaw#auspol#privacy
A few words about the new Microsoft Recall #privacy busting feature. People on Mastodon probably know about it already, but still — WTF? Just store everything in a local database that seems to be insecure even before release? #windows#microsoft#ai
L’innovazione tecnologica richiede sempre più dati. Un’esigenza che va contemperata con quella della tutela dei diritti personali, in un’opera di bilanciamento che chiama in causa tutti: autorità di regolazione, grandi società e cittadini comuni