privacy
This week's net.wars, "Dangerous corner", goes to CPDP and finds that privacy issues have expanded to include the electrical grid and farming. "Simplify!" says the EU. For whose benefit? https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/05/23/dangerous-corner/ #NetWars #privacy #HumanRights #CPDP
Hello! It has been a while since I posted an intro, so here goes:
My online name is Dolphin 👋
I am not important. I am not here to sell anything. I hate nazis. I am an #LGBTQIA+ / trans #ally and mom.
I will write nerdy posts that I carefully analyze and source & then post silly things.
My deep dive 🤿, serious posts are generally about 1) #business / #finance / #economics, 2) #HumanRights and 3) #privacy. I often post article screenshots.
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#Introduction #intro #hello #greetings
Is #LinuxMint burning out? Developers consider longer release cycle
https://nerds.xyz/2026/02/linux-mint-longer-development-cycle/
So many moments in the day, and they don't, really, have to all be efficient.
Of course, if we were machines, that would be different, because the very purpose of a machine is to perform a task efficiently.
But we're not machines, and we're not computers. And more importantly, we are not inferior to machines and computers.
We created them.
After the Bath Grayscale art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/after-the-bath-grayscale-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
#bath #home #privacy #quote #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #peace
This has to be a #DOGE Easter Egg.
#IRS “improperly” [accidentally-on-purpose] disclosed #confidential #immigrant tax data to #DHS
The #tax agency only recently discovered the “mistake” & is working with other federal agencies on a response.
#law #privacy #immigration #InfoSec #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/11/immigrants-irs-dhs-tax-data/
Maybe instead of building global police states, parents should just parent their children...
#foodforthought #censorship #privacy #surveillance #internet #wtf #childsafety
#Whistleblower details how #DOGE may have taken sensitive #NLRB data
In the first days of March, a team of advisers from #Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, DC, headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board.
The small, independent federal agency investigates & adjudicates complaints about unfair #labor practices.
#law #InfoSec #privacy #NationalSecurity #Musk
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security
Senior #State Department official sought internal communications with #journalists, #European officials, & Trump #critics
#Trump appointee Darren Beattie requested records regarding a large list of high-profile names, organizations, & #RightWing buzzwords for a “#TwitterFiles” style document dump about alleged conservative censorship.
#law #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #privacy #InfoSec #democracy #RevengePolitics
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/
NEW: ORG investigation reveals Meta enables vulnerable people to be targeted with disinformation and fraudulent ads.
With ads offering fake identity documents still running on Facebook, Meta is profiting from the global migrant crisis.
Read more about our report on Meta's surveillance capitalism advertising model ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/
#meta #facebook #dataprotection #adtech #privacy #gdpr #data #advertising #surveillancecapitalism #migrants #ukpolitics #ukpol
#Privacy & #DataProtection picks of the day:
➡️ @CryptPad - Privacy-friendly FOSS online office suite (🇺🇳 UN recently started using it!)
➡️ @cryptomator - Lets you add E2E encrypted folder to any online cloud
➡️ @ToSDR - Summarising small print of online services, grades privacy-friendliness
➡️ @librewolf - Web browser emphasising privacy, forked from Firefox
➡️ @briar - Messenger app designed for maximum privacy
➡️ @privacyint (main) & @privacyint@media.privacyinternational.org (videos) - NGO campaigning for privacy
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Last year, I wrote this article about dating apps privacy ❤️🔒
It has a focus on queer dating apps for Pride, but I think it contains valuable information for anyone using any dating apps.
If you are currently using a dating app,
or thinking of using one, you might find some useful tips and warnings in there: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/24/queer-dating-apps-beware-who-you-trust/
If anyone wants to give the virtual debit card service Privacy.com a try, my referral link is below and yes we both get something, I just can't remember what that is! Although, if your bank has virtual debit cards, go with their native solution instead. https://app.privacy.com/join/FFPW2 #Privacy #Security
New Privacy Guides article 🔐
by me:
If you are an Apple user looking for a free, open-source, and privacy-focused password manager, KeePassium is a fantastic option.
KeePassium offers synchronization options, but allows you to keep your password database offline by default.
It's also KeePass-compatible, which makes migrating from or to any other KeePass-compatible apps easy.
Check the full review here: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/13/keepassium-review/
#PrivacyGuides #Security #Privacy #Password #PasswordManager #KeePass #KeePassium
The fediverse now has a mobile-first personal server called Holos by @HolosSocial (via @apps). It's a full ActivityPub server that runs on your Android device (iOS coming soon). You own your identity with a custom domain and your followers live on your device.
Project URL: https://holos.social
Key features:
✅ Your server on your phone – Your identity, keys, and followers live on your device, not a giant shared server.
✅ Custom domain identity – Permanently own your handle (@you@yourname.com) and take it anywhere.
✅ True E2EE for DMs – Real end-to-end encryption for private conversations, a major privacy upgrade.
✅ Relay-based connectivity – Connects to the wider fediverse via relays, so a personal server is practical on mobile.
Open source, privacy-focused, and built to give you real ownership in the fediverse. The Android version is available now.
Donations:
https://fedilab.app/page/donations/
Open Collective:
https://opencollective.com/fedilab
#HolosSocial #Fediverse #ActivityPub #E2EE #Privacy #Android #Fedilab #OpenSource
This is fucking dystopian and we should all be fucking horrified that this shit is happening.
I've become kind of inured recently to horrifying, dystopian shit, and this still shocks me.
We aren't "at risk" of living in a police state. We _are_ living in a police state.
That's been true for BIPOC forever, and now it's catching up with the rest of us because we let it happen to them.
h/t @josephcox
#infosec #privacy #policeState
https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/
Dani's Race. An #openworld #libre #game for #GNU / #Linux made in #UPBGE ( #blender #gameengine ).
Please Download and Play!!!
A centralized intelligence database on all Americans is not inherently legal.
It likely breaks the Privacy Act of 1974, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the 1st, 4th and 5th Amendments.
This must be stopped. Contact your Senators and Representative and ask them to stop it. I use @5calls to call mine.
https://newrepublic.com/post/195904/trump-palantir-data-americans
New Privacy Guides article 🌈🔒
by me:
Data privacy is important for everyone.
But for some marginalized groups,
data privacy is indispensable for social connection, access to information, and physical safety.
For Pride month this year,
we are happy to present you the first article of our series discussing topics at the intersection of data privacy and LGBTQ+ experiences.
Stay safe 🔒
Stay connected ✨
And Happy Pride! 
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/03/importance-of-privacy-for-the-queer-community/
"There’s no opting out of being tracked: if you drive, you should simply assume that these cameras are logging your movements.
A Texas police officer used Flock to perform a nationwide search of more than 83,000 ALPR cameras while looking for a woman who had had an abortion."
But who cares?
The only danger to women are trans women in bathroom and sports! /s
#feminism #texas #abortion #civilright #womensrights #health #science #tech #privacy #news #media #women
Calm, relaxed, serene, she moved slowly yet gracefully, her thoughts as tranquil as her movements.
The bath had been so warm and relaxing; a little steam misted over the mirrors, and the air in the room was of the perfect temperature.
This was quite the perfect way to spend some time.
Reverie art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/reverie-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
#bath #home #privacy #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #artist #woman #beauty #peace #relax
You know what? As a society, I don't think we have a data privacy problem, actually.
What we truly have is a
consent-respecting problem.
If, as a society and as individuals, we truly respected people's informed and freely given consent, we would not have problems with data privacy at all.
If we culturally improve our consent-respecting practices, we will inevitably understand better how to improve our privacy-respecting practices.
Ask first.
Give options.
Respect people's choices.
Never share without prior permission.
Switzerland is heading down a murky path. 😳
(Update: clarifying this was a specific case, not general case... although, lots of cameras wandering around everywhere nowadays)
"Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show"
(9/28/2023)