New Release: #Tor Browser 15.0.16

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15016/

#privacy #anonymity #FOSS #cybersecurity

I run 0807, a file host I host myself.

You drop a file, you get a short link, and you choose when it disappears.

I am posting it here because the whole thing is built around privacy, and because I would rather lay out the real threat model than call it “secure” and let you find the gaps later.

The privacy side:

• No account, no sign up. An upload is not tied to any identity.
• No ads, no third party trackers, no analytics. Nothing is loaded from outside domains, so no fonts or scripts phoning home.
• The server does not log IP addresses or requests. The rate limiter holds an IP in memory for a few minutes to count requests, then forgets it. Nothing is written to disk.
• Reachable over Tor through an onion service.
• Auto delete by time (one hour to thirty days, or never) or after a chosen number of downloads.
• Optional password on files and on text notes.
• Files up to 20 GB.
• Executable types like exe, bat and scripts are blocked so it cannot be used as a malware drop.

The honest part, which this community will and should ask about:

it is not end to end encrypted. The server can read what is stored, on purpose.

I want to be able to remove illegal uploads when they get reported, child sexual abuse material above all. A server that cannot see its own contents cannot act on those reports, and I am not willing to run one that cannot.

So I gave up that form of secrecy in exchange for being able to take that content down.

What that means for you in practice the password is casual access control, not protection from me as the operator or from anyone who breaks into the server.

If you need real confidentiality, encrypt the file on your own machine before uploading and share the key separately.

Treat 0807 as a way to move files around with self destructing links and no account, not as a vault for secrets you cannot afford to expose.

It is open source, and I host the code on my own server instead of GitHub, so there is no third party in that loop either.

You can read every line check the no logging claim yourself suggest a change, or open an issue all without an account:

SRC

OC by developer @0807@lemmy.world

I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/elkjop-forced-consent-fine/

#HackerNews #forcedconsent #Elkjop #privacy #law #technews #fines

Abends mal kurz nachgedacht: Du würdest niemandem auf der Straße deinen Ausweis, deine Standortdaten und deine letzten 200 Suchanfragen in die Hand drücken, oder?

Aber bei "Cookies akzeptieren" klickt man's mit links weg. 🍪

Kleiner Tipp: Browser-Erweiterungen wie uBlock Origin und mal die Privatsphäre-Einstellungen durchgehen. Kostet 10 Minuten, spart dir tracking-mäßig einiges.

Gute Nacht & passt auf eure Daten auf. 🌙

#Datenschutz #DigitaleRechte #Privacy

Leak Exposes Members of Peter #Thiel’s Secretive ‘#Dialog’ Society

https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #politics

"The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare"

"One messy database is threatening to disenfranchise thousands or even millions of registered voters, while leaving even more at risk of intimidation or data breaches, in the name of solving a problem that barely exists."

https://www.theverge.com/policy/952167/voter-rolls-privacy-election-save-program

#Privacy

https://deflock.org/

An open-source project mapping license plate readers. These systems continuously record your movements without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion.

#deflock #flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy

If you have to upload a piece of information to validate your age or identity, it is not privacy-preserving.

Stop privacy-washing surveillance tech.
Stay alert about false privacy claims.

#Privacy #StopIDSurveillance #StopKillingTheInternet

U.S. law enforcement can purchase location data from data brokers without a warrant, the same data that would otherwise require court approval to obtain from carriers. https://indigoprivacy.com/subscribe #privacy #lawenforcement #locationdata #surveillance #indigoprivacy

#Apple plans to change its #HideMyEmail #privacy feature that could make it less effective

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/16/apple-plans-to-change-its-hide-my-email-privacy-feature-that-could-make-it-less-effective/

The Government Wants to End Anonymity on Phones -404 Media
#surveillance #privacy

https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-government-wants-to-end-anonymity-on-phones/

ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker - 404 Media #ice #surveillance #privacy

https://www.404media.co/ice-appears-to-be-buying-immigrants-tax-identifiers-from-a-data-broker/

The privacy-focused Tails 7.9 is now available with Tor Browser 15.0.16, updated firmware for newer hardware, and a Secure Boot notification fix.
https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-9-anonymous-os-rolls-out-with-tor-browser-and-firmware-updates/

#linux #opensource #privacy

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The privacy-focused Tails 7.9 is now available with Tor Browser 15.0.16, updated firmware for newer hardware, and a Secure Boot notification fix.

Artist Morry Kolman will be livestreaming feeds of the NBA champions’ ticker-tape parade from NYC’s traffic cameras—and this time, the city’s Department of Transportation isn’t demanding he stop.

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How to Watch the Knicks Parade on NYC Traffic Surveillance Cameras

Do I look like a shmuck?!

A thing people need to be saying more often.

W Social has thirteen privacy violating steps in order to join and you’ve got to do those privacy violating steps every other year.

Certain Google products want to record video of your hand doing gestures of their choosing to verify you’re a human. Certainly not a way to train “AI” to make better hands while gaining biometrics about the back of your hands.

Discord and others demanding (and then temporarily walking back demands) to let a third party see your ID. Even though their previous vendors have already leaked IDs before.

The next time some megacorp demands outrageous access to your private information, ask them:

Do I look like a shmuck?!

#WSocial #Google #Discord #Privacy

#AdGuard launches Mail Tracking Protection: stop invisible trackers in your inbox

https://adguard.com/en/blog/mail-tracking-protection-filter.html

#email #privacy

Stockton, California gave the thumbs up to a $3.15 million investment in drones by Flock, on top of the automatic license readers the company already supplies.

The massive public opposition against is regarding privacy, immigration enforcement, and mass surveillance — not just in regards to how the drones are used, but how the data they collect is stored and shared.

#Stockton #California #flocksafety #drone #drones #surveillance #privacy

https://www.techradar.com/cameras/drones/this-california-city-just-approved-the-use-of-flock-drones-as-first-responders-but-residents-are-worried-about-militarization-and-surveillance