Whether it works or not isn't the lede - face-scanning everyone to access social media's fuck off dystopian. Government by Black Mirror.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-19/teen-social-media-ban-in-doubt/105435036
privacy
Discover Murena Fairphone (Gen. 6): a new ethical smartphone unveiled 🥳
Today Fairphone introduces the next generation smartphone – the Fairphone (Gen. 6) and we are proud to announce you its deGoogled version Murena Fairphone (Gen.6) running /e/OS @e_mydata, an easy-to-use, privacy-first open-source operating system.
🟢 12 easily replaceable parts
🟢 Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
🟢 50 MP camera
🟢 Gorilla Glass 7i
Order yours today at https://murena.com/#FairphoneGen6 #SwitchDay #Privacy #e_mydata
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Will next week's Internet Governance Forum in Oslo be the final #igf? Some at the #UN hope so…
It would be quite a mistake to hand more power to the Member States at the expense of all the multistakeholders who have contributed so much over the years to the flying circus!
Don't miss our Tuesday lunchtime workshop: #Privacy-Preserving #Interoperability and the #Fediverse!
https://igf2025.sched.com/event/246Ho?iframe=no
A variety of US federal and state laws give cops the power to get your data from online services. This overview goes over how they work, and how they can be mitigated.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/how-cops-can-get-your-private-online-data
#privacy #police #security #encryption
ALERT for Bluesky Bridge Users 🚨 🦋
If you are using a Bluesky bridge on Mastodon, DO NOT TAG Mastodon accounts in your posts without prior informed consent from this person.
This could end up showing a preview of this person's profile picture and bio on Bluesky without their consent.
Additionally, be careful about how the upcoming Quote Post feature could behave with Bluesky bridges.
Some of us don't want our information shared with commercial platforms like Bluesky, and have not consented to this bridge.
This practice can even endanger some Fediverse users.
If you have chosen to share your
own data with commercial platforms, make sure you leave the same choice to others.
This is important.
#Privacy #Mastodon #Bluesky #BlueskyBridge #Fediverse #Consent
🤖 Gemini’s Gmail summaries were just caught parroting phishing scams. A security researcher embedded hidden prompts in email text (w/ white font, zero size) to make Gemini falsely claim the user's Gmail password was compromised and suggest calling a fake Google number. It's patched now, but the bigger issue remains: AI tools that interpret or summarize content can be manipulated just like humans. Attackers know this and will keep probing for prompt injection weaknesses.
TL;DR
⚠️ Invisible prompts misled Gemini
📩 AI summaries spoofed Gmail alerts
🔍 Prompt injection worked cleanly
🔐 Google patched, but risk remains
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-gemini-bug-turns-gmail-summaries-into-phishing-attack
#cybersecurity #promptinjection #AIrisks #Gmail #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #AI
A recent comic on the US giving international tourists the Big Brother treatment
The #Trump admin has, for the first time ever, built a searchable national #citizenship #data system.
The tool, which is being rolled out in phases, is designed to be used by state & local election officials [sure] to give them an easier way to ensure only citizens are voting. But it was developed rapidly without a public process, & some are already worrying about what else it could be used for.
NPR is the first to report….
#surveillance #law #privacy
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/29/nx-s1-5409608/citizenship-trump-privacy-voting-database
Anyone wearing one of these things should be required to display a warning sign.
“Bee makes a $49.99 Fitbit-like device that listens in on your conversations while using AI to transcribe everything that you and the people around you say, allowing it to generate personalized summaries of your days, reminders, and suggestions from within the Bee app.”
#AI #Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism
https://www.theverge.com/news/711621/amazon-bee-ai-wearable-acquisition
If you are enabling an AI feature scanning all your emails, consider this will also scan the emails people have sent you. This information could include personal or otherwise legally protected information.
If this data leaks later (as it regularly happens with these systems), this could mean severe legal consequences for you down the road.
YOU are responsible for protecting the data of others under your custody.
This includes the messages and emails others send to you.
Finally! #Privacy laws #vloggers, and anyone uploading photos & videos, must follow in the #Philippinesyoutu.be/1yol7ELLff4...It applies to #Filipino citizens & foreigners in the country. Blur people if you don't have their permission!
BAWAL NA ANG VLOGGING SA PILIP...
Finally! #Privacy laws #vloggers, and anyone uploading photos & videos, must follow in the #Philippines
https://youtu.be/1yol7ELLff4?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-myDefault
It applies to #Filipino citizens & foreigners in the country. Blur people if you don't have their permission!
@pilipinas @philippines
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The world needs a secure, open source alternative to Facebook private posting (i.e. to friends only), but nothing on the fediverse really fills the need today, alas. At the Fediforum in June, I gave a short presentation on FriendSafe, a social media system I've written that supports private posting. It's a proof of concept that works today, but it would need major UX work and a security review before it's really ready for widespread use. It has a few other features I haven't seen in other social media yet, and which I'd love to see added to other projects.
In this thread is that 10-slide presentation, one slide per post. The text in the slides is the same as the text in the posts. The presentation is focused on FriendSafe, but I'm also just trying to get these ideas out there.
Let's start a conversation. Specifically, how can we move forward to get secure private posting ASAP, with full mobile support, etc.? I think this is critical to let people exit FB.
Buried in Proton's AI announcement today is a pretty shocking detail about their service 👀
Because of legal uncertainty around Swiss government proposals to introduce mass surveillance — proposals that have been outlawed in the EU — Proton is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland. Lumo will be the first product to move.
Smartphone security tip of the week: Do not take screenshots of personal or sensitive data
Certain malicious apps secretly search your screenshots for login data, recovery data or personal information.
Read more about this topic: https://smartphone-dont-spy.de/en/list/do-not-take-screenshots-of-personal-or-sensitive-data
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Age verification is creating an information desert.
The Online Safety Act sets every UK user to child as default.
Teenagers? Blocked. Adults? Content denied unless we do age checks with unregulated companies.
It's not just porn! News on Gaza and Ukraine is being scrubbed from view, threatening #freedomofexpression as well as #privacy ⛔
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #palestine #gaza #ukraine #reddit #ageverification #ageassurance #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol
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Don't trust cloud services with your creative work.
#enshittification #privacy #infosec #security #cybersecurity #writing #art
A list of Digital Service Providers located outside the jurisdiction of the United States of America:
https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/Outside_Us_Jurisdiction
This is an ongoing group project — so if you have any suggestions, corrections, or new information to share, feel free to reach out!
#USJurisdiction #USA #America #UnitedStates #Privacy #Security
no more music for U-18s in UK 🙃
#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #AgeVerification #Spotify #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Censorship #Surveillance
By the way, this article I wrote for Pride Month on queer dating apps is also applicable to anyone using any dating apps.
I highly recommend a read if
you are currently using a dating app,
or have been in the past and have not deleted your data and account yet:
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/24/queer-dating-apps-beware-who-you-trust/
#Privacy #DatingApps #Dating #QueerDatingApps #SurveillanceCapitalism #AgeVerification
This French city has said no to Microsoft.
#Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by #China
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Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular #SharePoint software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the product.
#News #Tech #Cybersecurity #Government #Safety #privacy
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack-china-cybersecurity
Recent comic: Cutting out the Middleman
I suspect that some readers might interpret this cartoon as a call for Luddism, but mostly it's a reflection of thoughts I've been having lately about out-of-control data harvesting and a growing surveillance state.
#tech #technology #privacy #data #comic #cartoon #surveillance #consumers #corporations
