Right now political parties can legally vacuum up your personal data with zero safeguards. Your bank can't do that, so why can they?

Learn more and sign the petition today 👉 https://voterprivacy.ca

#Canada #privacy #news
@OpenMediaOrg

Finanzamt 2.0: Steuerbehörden sollen KI mit echten Bürgerdaten trainieren | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Finanzamt-2-0-Steuerbehoerden-sollen-KI-mit-echten-Buergerdaten-trainieren-11312693.html #Datenschutz #privacy #Digitalisierung #digitalization #eGovernment #ArtificialIntelligence #AI @bmf

Unsure With How To Cancel Service, City Officials Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags Until They Can Be Removed

Dayton, Ohio's Police and local authorities are working to cover the controversial Flock cameras installed throughout the city as they try to figure out how to severe ties with the company.

#Ohio #flocksecurity #alpr #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.jalopnik.com/2183575/city-officials-unsure-remove-flock-cameras/

Last year for Pride I wrote a series
of articles at the intersection of privacy and LGBTQ+ experiences 🔒

Data privacy is important for everyone. But for some marginalized populations, data privacy is indispensable for social connection, access to information, and physical safety.

Here are 3 articles published with Privacy Guides last year discussing this topic from different angles:

The Importance of Data Privacy For The Queer Community

Stay Safe, but Stay Connected

Queer Dating Apps: Beware Who You Trust With Your Intimate Data

#PrideMonth #Privacy #LGBTQ #HumanRights #DigitalRights

@schnittchen good idea, tho I'd rather want to see somethibg like the WoT (Web of Trust) AddOn in it's hayday that does proper reputation signalling.

• Maybe something like kycnot.me where it alerts people about problematic Terms amd Conditions?

  • The problem is that it creates a lot of maintenance and legal burden to operate, and it propably needs legal professionals at the helm to not get sued into insolvency from litigatious corporations…

#WebOfTrust #WoT #privacy

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116674808630304817

Privacy is easy to lose and incredibly difficult to get back.Once the infrastructure exists, the rules can always change.

#Privacy #DigitalRights #AgeVerification #OnlinePrivacy

Microsoft's GitHub bans Security Researcher who posted Zero-Day Windows Exploits because Company 'ruined their life' [Expert claims Action is vindictive and promises further Retaliation].

There's been some drama unfolding lately in the Windows security world, and today's episode comes from yet another apparent run-in of researcher Nightmare-Eclipse [aka Chaotic Eclipse] against Microsoft. The company saw fit to ban Eclipse's GitHub account for as-of-yet unspecified reasons, forcing them to pack up and move shop to GitLab instead. Additionally, the Redmond firm had allegedly already deleted the Microsoft account Eclipse used for reporting the bugs.

https://gitlab.com/nightmare-eclipse

⁉️In a blog post, Eclipse claims this action was vindictive, stating once again that Microsoft refused communication attempts and that they "got zero pennies from doing so", a likely allusion to unpaid bug bounties from the MSRC program.⁉️

https://deadeclipse666.blogspot.com/2026/05/july-14th.html

The initiative pays out up to $30,000 to $100,000 for per end-point zero-day depending on conditions, and a cool $250,000 if you can crack open Hyper-V. Already having six zero-day exploits under their belt, Eclipse claims that July 14 will bring a reckoning of sorts for the company, hypothetically in the form of more zero-day exploits being published.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/bounty-programs

#it #security #privacy #engineer #media #infosec #tech #news

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👾Eclipse's dramatic dispute with Microsoft has been ongoing since early April, when they published the BlueHammer zero-day without warning. The language in their blog posts is unclear and passionate, directing cargo tanks of vitriol at Microsoft/MSRC.👾 <https://deadeclipse666.blogspot.com/> As a broad summary, Eclipse implies that Microsoft ignored or refused their zero-day reports and/or did not pay out bounties as requested, somehow causing financial harm in the process. Among other statements, Eclipse says "[they were] told personally by [Microsoft] that they will ruin my life and they did", that there's a dead-man switch of some sort, and that they "will make sure [Microsoft's] bones are shattered." ⁉️The saga has drawn speculation from other experts, like William Dormann from Tharros, who said that "MSRC used to be quite excellent to work with. But to save money, Microsoft fired the skilled people, leaving flowchart followers. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft closed the case after the reporter refused to submit a video of the exploit, since that's apparently an MSRC requirement now."⁉️ <https://medium.com/@taylorsmithgg/et-tu-defender-bluehammer-turns-windows-defender-against-you-666328724ec4>

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👾Microsoft has been mum on any details about these matters, so it's hard to tell if the situation is about an uncooperative researcher who doesn't follow standard disclosure rules or a company being difficult about security reports. Regardless, the move to ban Eclipse's GitHub account makes for poor optics, as it is being heavily criticized, and ultimately achieves nothing for security, since the code is out there anyway.👾 "So let me get this straight, when I actively asked you to communicate with me, you refused, humiliated me, and made sure to insult me in front of people," the researcher said in a post. <https://deadeclipse666.blogspot.com/2026/05/july-14th.html> ⁉️"You defame me in public with your CVE-2026-45585 advisory even though you literally deleted the Microsoft account I used to report bugs to you with and I got zero pennies from doing so and I still happily did like an idiot. Now you take the courtesy to flag my GitHub account and wipe it out of the public, just like that? You are proving to everyone that you [sic] actively escalating this conflict but I'm done begging you."⁉️

Encrypt your communication because your privacy shouldn't depend on government and corporate goodwill.
#encryption #privacy

Dass es erst soweit kommen musste, ...

#Uber erlaubt Tonaufnahmen – neue Sicherheitsfunktion startet | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Uber-erlaubt-Tonaufnahmen-neue-Sicherheitsfunktion-startet-11311482.html #Datenschutz #privacy

@ieatbeees I can't use the web like a Tech-Illiterate Normie anymore given all the shite websites do.

#TechIlliterates #Enshittification #Ads #Tracking #Malware #Privacy

Happy #pride🌈

At Tuta, we value and respect everyone. We know that protecting ones private data is even more important for minorities, be it because of their sexual orientation, their beliefs, or something else.

We are happy that we can protect everyone's data with quantum-safe end-to-end encryption. And for pride month, we hope that we make a difference to anyone in need for #privacy.

Let's build a better and safer web! 🌐🔒

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Tuta Team with LGBTQ+ flag

Wie SSD-Zugriffszeiten zum digitalen #Fingerabdruck werden | Security https://www.heise.de/news/Webbrowser-koennen-Informationen-durch-SSD-Zugriffszeiten-ausspaehen-11311895.html #Datenschutz #privacy #Tracking #JavaScript #Browser #Webbrowser

La nuova integrazione tra #ProtonMail e #Gmail consente di leggere e inviare email da un unico spazio, con maggiore attenzione alla privacy e meno dipendenza dai servizi Google. #Privacy #Email #Tecnologia #Linux

https://www.linuxeasy.org/proton-mail-integra-gmail/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Aufwachen! Der Cloud-Act ist Realität. 🚨☝️
Zitat aus dem Artikel:
„Nach Angaben des Berichts des niederländischen Magazins Vrij Nederland übermittelte Microsoft unter anderem E-Mails, Sitzungsprotokolle und Einladungen an US-Behörden, offenbar ohne die Namen der beteiligten Beamten zu schwärzen. Hintergrund ist der sogenannte Cloud Act in den USA.
Dieses Gesetz verpflichtet US-amerikanische Technologieunternehmen dazu, unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen Daten an US-Behörden herauszugeben, selbst wenn diese Daten auf Servern außerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten gespeichert sind.“
https://winfuture.de/news,159002.html
#Microsoft #Cloudact #DSA #GDPR #Privacy #Sovereignwashing #bigtech #fisa

"Welcome to Uruky, AlternativeTo's new official partner!"

"Following closely thearrival of our first partner, we are absolutely thrilled to announce thatUrukyhas joined AlternativeTo as our second official partner!"

https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/5/welcome-to-uruky-alternativeto-s-new-official-partner-/

#OpenSource #Privacy

Wow, this seems like an even worse idea than the drone that flies around in your house listening to everything you say. #Privacy #AI
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/robot-training-startup-will-send-humans-wearing-cameras-to-clean-your-home/