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"...Through the Facebook application for Android devices, Meta accessed photographs, videos and related metadata belonging to Italian users “without obtaining specific consent and without properly informing them”, the authority said in a statement...." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/15/italy-fines-meta-887m-for-accessing-android-users-photos-and-videos #privacy #facebook #meta #lawsuit

Georgia mayor admits to tracking police chief’s vehicle; entire full-time police force resigns Timmons says he placed a tracker on the police chief’s truck and a surveillance camera on a car wash pointing at city hall where the chief’s office is because the mayor’s signature goes on the chief’s time sheets and he had concerns about them. “The mayor’s position is not just shaking hands and kissing babies,” Timmons said. But the mayor says he did not expect officers’ signatures on a bunch of resignation letters and did not expect the entire full-time Milner police department to resign effective Wednesday, Oct. 28. The mayor wants to and says he’ll be able to keep a police department. In the meantime, the sheriff will patrol. Milner Police Chief Lamar Bunn says he’s done nothing wrong.

Let Me Let You Own Your Data https://lobste.rs/s/fllb0m #databases #privacy https://www.willett.io/posts/data/

Tech Companies Are Trying to Shift the Entire Concept of Privacy (Again) Privacy, which companies were once happy to claim was all about personal choice, is now primed to affect everyone around you even more than it already did. Meta and Google’s smart glasses can record anything the owner is looking at or use artificial intelligence to describe it. Apple’s* Audio Intelligence feature turns every Apple Watch into a transcription machine that records or summarizes your day. Amazon’s Bee devices take that a step further and can record and transcribe everything. Dozens of other…

Claude Code sends your email address to websites

Link Previews and You via @JadedBlueEyes@tech.lgbt https://lobste.rs/s/0rmq2f #privacy #web https://sable.moe/en/blog/link-previews-and-you/

Hello again, fediverse! 👋 I’m Alex, a Linux sysadmin in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. I first joined in 2019, then wandered between servers and took a few breaks along the way, so consider this a fresh start. I’m now running my own instance on GoToSocial, because I enjoy self-hosting things I probably don’t need to self-host. Outside of work I dabble in music production and plan to start on game development, both strictly as hobbies. Expect a mix of homelab tinkering, Linux war stories, open-source and privacy chat, the odd travel photo, and whatever I’m playing or listening to at the moment. I’ll use content warnings for heavier topics and alt text on images. Question for you: what’s the best thing you’ve self-hosted that you couldn’t live without now? #introduction #Scotland #SelfHosting #GoToSocial #Linux #SysAdmin #OpenSource #Privacy #MusicProduction #GameDev

I moved from Proton to Tuta but I don't like it! What other suggestions do people have? Hi all, a couple of years back I moved to Proton on a 2 year plan. Then the CEO started spouting Trump stuff. I cancelled at the time but the subscription is only now up for renewal. I have moved everything across to Tuta recently, but I don’t like it, so I’m looking for further suggestions. Why didn’t Tuta work for me? No function to auto-forward emails to another email address. No bridge or IMAP so I can’t connect to Paperless Mobile app is janky - when I swipe to archive, it sort of sits there for a while as it talks to the server. And just generally it feels slow like it’s waiting for the server for every action instead of backgrounding the requests. Web app is weird. It doesn’t even have an archive button, I have to use “Move -> Archive” making it slow to go through my inbox. Importing emails is only available on their most expensive plan. Weird to not want people to move to your platform? (it also couldn’t handle 15000 emails, I had to load them 1000 at a time) Things I want: Must support custom domain Must support catchall Must support forwarding an email to another email address based on the “to” address Must not be run by dicks (e.g. Trump supporting CEO or Proton, union busting like Fastmail, and no big tech) - as close as possible at least Should have some method to connect to my self-hosted Paperless NGX (e.g. Proton’s bridge, or just IMAP) Should have emails encrypted from provider if possible - not sure if anyone other than Proton or Tuta do this. Should support GPG Should allow importing email history from previous provider Should have a nice web/mobile app or allow IMAP. Bonus points if I don’t have to use the Play store. Honestly I’d put up with the janky app if Tuta had the functions I want, I mostly just want my money going to some provider that aren’t dicks, but having the provider not be able to read my emails would be a bonus. Anyone got suggestions for me? Update: I’ve gone with Mailbox.org for now, which meets pretty much all of the above to some extent.

Glasses that can record you shouldn't go unregulated. Ireland's AI Committee agrees. Ireland’s Oireachtas AI Committee has called for smart glasses that can record people to be regulated over privacy concerns. The bigger question: should they be banned outright?

Hello Fediverse! 👋

VaeVictis OS is a hardened Debian 13 desktop (GNOME) for people leaving Windows.

Out of the box:

• closed firewall, no open ports
• full disk encryption
• sandboxed apps
• simple tools for VPN, system snapshots and NVIDIA drivers
• free guides and small tools at vaevictisos.org/learn

Honest note: it's a hobby project. The tools are written with AI and have not been independently audited. Feedback and code reviews are very welcome.

https://vaevictisos.org

#Debian #Linux #Privacy #OpenSource #introduction

Is there anything better than bitwarden for privacy? Other than self hosting ofc

Why should I pay for my email provider when I can also get the same service for free? 💸 The answer is simple: If something on the internet is free, you're the product😡❗ Even when it comes to your emails📩 While a basic Tuta account is free because everyone deserves #privacy, we depend on our paying users to keep things running. So thank YOU! ❤️ Find out why you should opt for a paid email service here 👉

The ad tells you about the app. The privacy policy tells you about you. Reject Convenience reads the privacy policies of ZocDoc, Ground News and Monarch, so you know what you’re agreeing to before you sign up.

Revisiting Leander v Sweden and Big Brother Watch https://lobste.rs/s/7ehnxt #law #privacy https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/revisiting-leander-and-big-brother/

🆕 Copy Sanitized Link Links often carry tracking parameters that tell a site who shared them and where they came from. Copy Sanitized Link strips those out before the link reaches your clipboard, so the person you send it to gets the page and nothing else. It’s an easy habit that keeps a bit more of your browsing to yourself. Available now in Vivaldi 8.3 on mobile and desktop. ✅ #Browser #Vivaldi #Software #Apps #Privacy

People are 3D printing covers for Flock cameras in response to “indiscriminate mass surveillance" The internet is losing it.

Hi infosec.exchange 👋 Computer scientist with a soft spot for self-hosting and security. Always happy to chat about Linux, privacy, and running your own services. #Introduction #Linux #Privacy #Security #SelfHosting #HomeLab #OpenSource #InfoSec

Hello Fediverse! 👋

VaeVictis OS is a hardened Debian 13 desktop (GNOME) for people leaving Windows.

Out of the box:

• closed firewall, no open ports
• full disk encryption
• sandboxed apps
• simple tools for VPN, system snapshots and NVIDIA drivers
• free guides and small tools at vaevictisos.org/learn

Honest note: it's a hobby project. The tools are written with AI and have not been independently audited. Feedback and code reviews are very welcome.

https://vaevictisos.org

#Debian #Linux #Privacy #OpenSource #introduction

Mozilla's study of nearly 25 million Firefox users found that its fingerprinting protections cut the share of uniquely identifiable users from 75% to 46%. That figure is measured against simulated commercial fingerprinters. Mozilla says some protections are on by default only in Private Browsing, and Strict Enhanced Tracking Protection applies them to all windows. https://fingerprinting.study/ #Firefox #Privacy

Why VPNs Are Worth Defending Developers of virtual private network (VPN) apps are reporting that their products are again being pulled from Apple’s App Store in Russia. This is an unacceptable crackdown on a vital tool to protect privacy and speech online. Why? VPNs give people a way to control their own online activities. When you visit a website through…