If you want to send @protonprivacy an email about this recent bullshit, feel free to use mine as a template (full text is in the Alt Text).
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Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter 2026 Q3 https://lobste.rs/s/trqbi2 #browsers #privacy #security
https://attackanddefense.dev/2026/11/02/firefox-security-and-privacy-newsletter-q3.html
Die ePA zeigt wieder sehr schön, wie man »Freiwilligkeit« neu definiert:
Ab Ende Oktober sollen pseudonymisierte Daten aus der Medikationsliste standardmäßig an das Forschungsdatenzentrum fließen - außer man widerspricht aktiv. Und viele Krankenkassen informieren ihre Versicherten offenbar erst kurz vor dem Start.
Bei hochsensiblen Gesundheitsdaten wäre ein echtes Opt-in die saubere Lösung: erst fragen, dann nutzen. Nicht erst nutzen und hoffen, dass schon rechtzeitig jemand widerspricht. Opt-out bei der ePA ist aktuell der einzig vernünftige Weg. 👇
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/opt-out-widerspruch-bei-der-elektronischen-patientenakte-epa-einlegen/
#ePA #Datenschutz #Gesundheitsdaten #Digitalisierung #Privacy
Oh please. These dipshit tech freaks and tech losers don't hate AI bots. They hate you, and they want your data. Money second, but data first. That's why, for example, reddit is doing this, all so they can force you to make an account and get more data on you https://thenextweb.com/news/reddit-rss-feeds-shut-down-old-reddit-ai-scraping #Reddit #RSS #Data #Security #Privacy
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You've heard of the #AI bubble, now get ready for: User data going in fire sales as the bubble bursts. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261029-the-ai-bubble-could-expose-your-deepest-secrets
Breaking, exclusive and spicy, from me:
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely-used identity verification company based in Louisiana. KrebsOnSecurity also has learned that the New Orleans field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today launched an official inquiry into the source of the images.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/
Konform Browser v153.6 was released last week and packages are available on all channels.
v153.6 is a major upgrade including scheduled rebase from Firefox/Gecko 140esr to 153esr, making 153.6.0-100 by far the biggest change this year.
153.6.0-102 was released yesterday and includes bugfixes for upstream issues as well as a couple of minor regressions. As usual, stable release is considered production-ready and all users are advised to update.
Konform Browser has until now been releasing security fixes for esr140 branch and as of this update, Konform Browser v140 series is now EOL. This also concludes publishing of beta releases from the konform-next repository for 2026.
A lot of tweaks, several cuts and a couple of new Konform-exclusive security features have been introduced alongside and on top of upstream changes to keep browser behavior and browsing experience aligned with expectations and project goals of #security, #privacy, and #freedom. For more details, see release notes and commit log.
https://codeberg.org/konform-browser/source/releases
Check it out and spread the word ☮️ 🕉️
Would also appreciate user feedback on Konform Browser v153. Now that development and maintenance are back on one track we turn our eyes to an accumulated bucket list of possible future improvements. Your experiences, ideas and complaints can all be very helpful when picking what to look at next!
These announcements can be filtered using #konform_release hashtag.
https://konform-browser.codeberg.page/
#konform_release #konformbrowser #firefox #linux #privacy #security #privacy #browsers #opensource #freesoftware #gecko #firefox_esr
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My goodness #meta #muse is a Teletubby from a #privacy hellscape. Would someone inform me? Does Meta keep profiles on non-customers? #cw
https://www.wired.com/story/muse-creates-detailed-profiles-of-all-your-friends-and-family/
My new video is up!
This week I talk about Microsoft Copilot's prompt review program, privacy risks of using LLM's and leaks, and discuss a European privacy alternative.
Note: There are some off color jokes in this one and I do wish some bad things on pedophiles.
If you enjoy the video, please be sure to tap the like button. This helps us tiny YT creators tremendously.
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"Nothing to hide" doesn't mean "everything to share." 🔒
Take control of your digital life and reclaim your privacy with #OpenSource alternatives:
💻 OS: #Linux
📱 MobileOS: #GrapheneOS
💬 Social & Chat: #Mastodon , #Pixelfed , #Loops , #SimpleX , #Deltachat
📧 Core Workspace: @Tutanota for E2E encrypted mail, calendar, and contacts (with an E2EE drive on the way!)
I published “How I Avoid the Reddit Login and App Walls🧱 (featuring eddrit & Redlib)” at
https://www.ii.com/avoid-reddit-wall/ - as always, feedback is welcome!
#Reddit #eddrit #Redlib #Libreddit
#LoginWall #AppWall #SignInWall
#SocialMedia #SocialNetworking
#Activism #Hacktivism #Messaging #Privacy #Security #Zeitgeist
#InfiniteInk #Byℵ #ByNM
When a health care provider asks consent for them to use AI to transcribe the visit, you decline, and they respond with "we might not have as much time". That's not consent, that's coercion. My access to medical care shouldn't be conditional on my consent to have inaccurate medical records that violate patient privacy.
As I warned about months ago now, I can confirm that Google Chrome's #AI API is now actively being used for device fingerprinting and tracking purposes.
Out of 100 of the top global english language content sites - around 30% are actively using the API for fingerprinting, Google Advertising (profiling) or both) without the legally required consent (EU law).
@stux is het inmiddels (weer) mogelijk om een account op mstdn.social te registreren met een alias emailadres van @protonprivacy ?
#privacy #security #proton
#Alabama country boy vs #AI #surveillance and #privacy defilement
Jacob Rockwell at a #Pensacola, #Florida #CityCouncil meeting
👏 👏 👏
(Jacob's actually from Escambia County, which is the far Western tip of Florida, so basically Alabama)
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Excuse me, but no, this is not the same as being banned from a place. Nope, no. No. Fucking. Way. No. . We blind people turn off our smartphones when we're watching a movie in a theater don't we? If you are using these glasses for education, in an educational setting, and they are denying you the tech, I can stand behind you on that but not this. No. Not every place that is backlashing against these glasses is banning you. This is not the same thing. I refuse to see it as such. > "That is essentially a little bit like an organisation saying: 'As a blind person you're not welcome coming into this place'," he said. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmx2qlz7ney2o #Privacy #Glasses
It seriously galls me to admit David Brin can be right about *anything*. But here is your reminder he predicted our current #privacy dystopia in 1998.
> The Transparent Society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transparent_Society
Sadly few have read this book. But if you feel privacy is a human right (as I do) then you might want to pick up a copy. It isn't a perfect predictor of today's world, but it nails certain aspects and their related politics.
And it suggests some fixes we should consider. Like 'sousveillance'…
Fingerprints are the new cookies https://lobste.rs/s/ml9xrb #privacy
https://royfish.dev/fingerprints-are-the-new-cookies
I just published a blog post that explains the latest #WSocial controversy:
W Social is publishing as a permanent record on the open web the full names, nationalities and approximate birthdays of their verified users... who may be unaware all this information is available for anyone to see, outside of the social network.
Oh look. Police don't like it when they're tracked! Same reason why I keep saying let's give all Marginalized folks guns for free in my country and watch how fast gun control happens. https://www.jalopnik.com/2288078/man-diy-flock-cameras-police-dont-like-it/ #Privacy
Canadian Man Creates DIY #Flock-Style Cameras That Only Scan #Police Plates And For Some Reason The Cops Are Annoyed By This
It's funny how the moment the cameras are turned on them, police are suddenly worried about their their own movements being tracked, and how such data could enable "bad apples" to stalk them. You know, just like police have been caught doing to innocent civilians time and time again.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2288078/man-diy-flock-cameras-police-dont-like-it/
#surveillance #privacy
How Discover-Tech turned targeted ads into a pipeline for zero-click spywares https://lobste.rs/s/zytoux #privacy #security
https://citizenlab.ca/research/how-discover-tech-turned-targeted-ads-into-a-pipeline-for-spyware/