Instagram appears to be stepping back from end-to-end encrypted messaging — a surprising move after years of Meta, its parent company, promoting strong encryption as the future of private communication.
Are there any alternative app stores that do list them? I might just go to apkpure to side load, but it’s annoying these often-recommended browsers aren’t available there.
Howdy all. I want to deGoogle, but the one thing that keeps me here is Google Maps. Any good alternatives? I don’t want to use Apple or Microsoft products, either, that’s going from one head of Cerberus to another.
It was reported in Brazil last week that the Federal Police was able to access previously displayed WhatsApp "view once" messages during an "extraction carried out by specific software that jointly displays the messages and files sent, reversing, in practice, the single view of the message" .
Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature want to update the state Constitution to add a right to privacy they say will shield state residents from federal overreach across a wide range of topics, from abortion access to immigration enforcement.
“Our location data should never be sold to the highest bidder. Today, data brokers and others sell records of our daily movements, including to sensitive locations like healthcare facilities, places of worship, or rallies, as often as every three seconds. This bill would curb those practices and strengthen privacy protections for all Virginians.”
I’ve been rewatching tech documentaries lately (Citizenfour, Terms and Conditions May Apply, The Internet’s Own Boy, The Social Dilemma, The Code: Story of Linux). Then stumbled onto this video about the Epstein files. Not speculation, but actual documents and actual names. Names that overlap with the people who own the infrastructure of the internet, who shaped international relationships and narratives, who give TED talks about openness while cooperating with the same governments Snowden exposed.
They were able to de-anonymize posters from collections with 10,000’s of users, tested with scrapings from Hacker News, LinkedIn, and Reddit. Not good from a privacy perspective.
Amazon is telling people who use its wishlists feature to switch to post office boxes or non-residential delivery addresses if they want to ensure their home addresses remain private, as part of a change in how it processes gifts bought from third-party sellers. The change is especially concerning to many sex workers, influencers and public figures who use Amazon wishlists to receive gifts from fans and clients.
TL;DR: Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox: a single control panel that lets people disable AI features in the browser or pick and choose which to leave on. On the surface, this sounds like a win for user choice in an era of AI-everything.
Even if you don’t use it, if anyone who has your number uses truecaller then your number, profession, and social graph etc will be recorded and shown to other users.
Whenever we hear that a platform like Twitter was valued at 44 billion dollars, a simple question arises: how does an app reach such an enormous valuation? This question came up during one of our FSHM weekly GLUG meetings.
I’ve recently discovered meshtastic and related tech. With the trust vacuum around cell phones and data scraping and tracking etc, I basically assume the government et al can see what’s up on my iphone constantly.
Wickr used to be my favorite E2E messaging app but it disappeared for awhile. Then it got bought by Amazon so I distrust it at face value because I don’t trust Amazon in general. How do people feel about this? It seems to have good encryption still and burn on read.
I installed this app on my previous phone a long time ago probably from some privacy Reddit thread and never touched it again. I have it on my new phone after transferring data over and it looks like it still works exactly the same way.
I’ve been subscribed to Proton Unlimited for a little while now and enjoying the services, but I also want to know what made other people choose Tutanota or Posteo over Proton. Was it cost? Transparency/security stuff? Location data is held? I’m exploring a lot of things in the privacy space and seeing what else is out there. Wanted to create this thread as a more recent post people could look at as well.
TL;DR: As Mozilla moves to make Firefox an AI browser, people are looking at other options. Some people are rediscovering Waterfox, a browser that has been around for a decade from independent developer BrowserWorks. In this post, I interview the founder of Waterfox - Alex Kontos, and we discuss Waterfox’s history and look towards its future. We also talk about how Waterfox thinks about AI in the browser.
Starlink updated its Global Privacy Policy on January 15, according to the Starlink website. The policy includes new details stating that unless a user opts out, Starlink data may be used “to train our machine learning or artificial intelligence models” and could be shared with the company’s service providers and “third-party collaborators,” without providing further details.
Legal action and renewed public criticism are once again raising questions about WhatsApp’s privacy and end-to-end encryption claims. Recent developments suggest that the way encrypted messaging platforms operate at massive scale may not be as straightforward as many users assume.
Greetings, I’m new around these parts and have been thinking of kicking iCloud/Gmail to the curb as far as email, calendar and contacts go. I currently use both services, but I’m getting tired of being the product, the flood of advertising and the stress that relying on multinational tech companies brings into my life. I’ve considered switching to either Proton or Tuta for these services, but I’m not sure of what advantages and disadvantages each one brings to the table. My requirements are fairly simple:
I’m an European student heading to Shanghai for an internship where debit and credit cards are rarely accepted. Locals recommend using Alipay for payments, but I have heard mixed results about compatibility with European credit cards. Some claim credit cards don’t work at all with Alipay, while others say they have zero issues. It was suggested to get a Wise or Revolut card to use with Alipay. What are your thoughts on which option is more privacy friendly or if there are better alternatives.
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