The #Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share #Secrets With #ChatGPT

In the 1960s an #MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot called #ELIZA. The conversations people had with it set precedents for the #chatbots to come.
#privacy #security

https://www.wired.com/story/inventing-eliza-book-excerpt-chatbot/

xAI's Grok Build CLI uploaded user directories to Google Cloud, sparking privacy concerns. The company has disabled uploads, deleted retained data, and open-sourced the code under Apache 2.0 #privacy #opensource

https://wesearch.press/s/xai-orggrok-build-now-open-source-4e35d417?utm_source=social&utm_medium=auto&utm_campaign=mastodon

#Guerrilla #London #BusAds Mock Kylie Jenner’s #MetaGlasses Campaign

“Billionaires could fund cures for cancer — so why are they funding #glasses for perverts instead?” asked the protest group #EveryoneHatesElon
#kyliejenner #facebook #privacy #security

https://hyperallergic.com/guerrilla-london-bus-ads-mock-kylie-jenners-meta-glasses-campaign/

🐈📦 #Meme

Schrödinger's Wallet:

I tuoi fondi sono contemporaneamente al sicuro e non al sicuro...

...finché non controlli chi possiede davvero le chiavi. 😉

🔐

Not your keys, not your coins.

#Dash #SelfCustody #Citiz3nGlitch #FinancialFreedom #LiveOnDash #LiveOnCrypto #DigitalCash #Web3 #BuiltToLast #Crypto #DAO #Privacy #Freedom #Trustless #Sovereignty #Fundamentals #Evolution 🧬

https://x.com/ItaliaDash/status/2077620994093498608?s=20

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🐈📦 #Meme Schrödinger's Wallet: I tuoi fondi sono contemporaneamente al sicuro e non al sicuro... ...finché non controlli chi possiede davvero le chiavi. 😉 🔐 Not your keys, not your coins. #Dash #SelfCustody #Citiz3nGlitch #FinancialFreedom #LiveOnDash #LiveOnCrypto #DigitalCash #Web3 #BuiltToLast #Crypto #DAO #Privacy #Freedom #Trustless #Sovereignty #Fundamentals #Evolution 🧬 https://x.com/ItaliaDash/status/2077620994093498608?s=20

Guerrilla London Bus Ads Mock Kylie Jenner's Meta Glasses Campaign (hyperallergic.com)

https://hyperallergic.com/guerrilla-london-bus-ads-mock-kylie-jenners-meta-glasses-campaign/

#meta #glasses #SpyGlasses #privacy

FreshRSS: the feed you control

FreshRSS — the feed you control. Every site, one quiet feed. No ads, no ragebait. You choose what you see. Free and open-source. Install guides, alternatives and screenshots in the directory.

https://selfhost.directory/project/freshrss

#Homeserver #Foss #Degoogle #Privacy #Linux #Sysadmin #Freshrss

Daily podcast: Flock Cameras: Public Safety or Mass Surveillance?

#News #TechNews #Flock #FlockCameras #Surveillance #Privacy #PrivacyMatters

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DuA6kDhwjiz2eKdi5IaPE

Złożyłem dziś wniosek do Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich w sprawie masowego przetwarzania danych mieszkańców Łodzi bez zgody. Mimo przyznania nieprawidłowości przez miasto, organy nadzoru nie reagują, a dowody mogą zostać usunięte.

#rodo #uodo #privacy

https://dadalo.pl/skrawki/wniosek-do-rzecznika-praw-obywatelskich/

☝️ Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives https://www.howtogeek.com/why-developers-are-ditching-github-for-codeberg-and-self-hosting-alternatives/

#codeberg #github #privacy #ai #opensource

Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.

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Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’

Secure Boot Easily Bypassable Using Decade-Old Vulnerabilities

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/07/16/secure-boot-easily-bypassable-using-decade-old-vulnerabilities/

#Privacy #News #PrivacyGuides

Encrypted messaging is great...

Until an attacker steals the account, adds a linked device, or tricks someone out of a recovery key.

In episode 441 of Shared Security, Tom and Kevin discuss the FBI warning about Russian intelligence targeting Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram users and why endpoint/account security still matters.

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fxFfY_e_MOI

Listen and subscribe wherever you like to get your podcasts:
https://sharedsecurity.net/subscribe
https://sharedsecurity.net/2026/07/13/signal-phishing-and-russian-intelligence-targeting-messaging-apps/

#podcast #signal #russia #privacy #cybersecurity

New Release: #Tor Browser 15.0.18

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15018/

#cybersecurity #privacy #anonymity #FOSS

Most Smart Watches, Rings, and Bands Lack Basic Transparency Reports and Key Privacy Features

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/most-smart-watches-rings-and-bands-lack-basic-transparency-reports-and-key-privacy

#LawEnforcementAccess #Transparency #Privacy

⚠️ Harm-based progress is NOT OKAY!
❌ Reject, refuse and switch American tech fueling human rights violations.
📲 Technological and scientific advancements mean approaches to human rights violations need to change and we need to pay attention to new forms of harm.

#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #intellectualprivacy #google #competition

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Text explains that competition is a myth and reports a Google case involving misusing market dominance to pushout competitors in Europe.

Briar is going into maintenance mode, only security fixes from here. Not for lack of skill. They had no funding and built it in their spare time for years.

Zerion runs on their Bramble protocol and we owe them for it. The gaps they listed as unsolved, account backup, attachments, reliably adding contacts, we’ve shipped. Our own protocol stack is next.

The foundation stays. The work keeps moving.

zerion.chat

#privacy #tor #foss

Ostatnio było tu nieco ciszej, ale na blogu niedługo coś się pojawi. Aktualnie trwają testy płatności zbliżeniowych na GrapheneOS.

Równolegle czekam na sprzęt, który posłuży jako fundament pod nowy eksperyment. Chcę sprawdzić w praktyce, jak daleko można przesunąć granice prywatności i modelu zero trust na fabrycznym flagowcu, opierając się na rygorystycznej kontroli sieciowej zamiast na alternatywnym systemie operacyjnym.

Gdy tylko urządzenie do mnie dotrze i przejdzie konfigurację oraz testy, na blogu pojawi się szczegółowy opis tej drogi.

#InfoSec #CyberSecurity #Privacy #Android #GrapheneOS #ZeroTrust #DeGoogle #MobileSecurity

Flock Cameras: Public Safety or Mass Surveillance?

#News #TechNews #Flock #FlockCameras #Surveillance #Privacy #PrivacyMatters

https://youtu.be/00h6-vKnZxs

Flock Cameras: Public Safety or Mass Surveillance?

#News #TechNews #Flock #FlockCameras #Surveillance #Privacy #PrivacyMatters

https://youtu.be/00h6-vKnZxs

Briar is in maintenance mode

This is a quick update about the status of Briar. Short version: the project is still active but we’re only making essential security updates and bugfixes for now.

Long version:

For several years we’ve been trying to find solutions to some of the longstanding issues with Briar, such as high battery usage and unreliable background operation on Android, missing features like account backup and file attachments, and a difficult user experience for adding contacts and communicating offline.

We considered completely rebuilding the application from the ground up, or even splitting it into separate applications for online and offline use. Meanwhile, the project didn’t have funding, we were reluctant to look for funding without having a long-term plan, and so we could only work on Briar in our spare time.

Last year, we decided that we wouldn’t realistically be able to solve these issues and so we reluctantly decided to shut down the project. We worked on releasing a final update for Android and desktop to allow the app to remain functional for as long as possible. In the meantime we were hearing a lot of supportive words from people we had told about our decision, and the app continued to attract new users. So finally we decided to continue the project in maintenance mode. We’re only making essential security updates and bugfixes for now, but eventually we hope to make some incremental progress on those longstanding issues.

We’re sending out this update because some rumours have been circulating that the project is shutting down, based on conversations we had with people in the internet freedom and privacy community last year. Those rumours are out of date: the project is continuing.

Briar has received funding from the Small Media Foundation, the Open Internet Tools Project, Access Now, the Open Technology Fund, the Prototype Fund, Internews, the NLnet Foundation, the Next Generation Internet programme, the ISC Project and eQualit.ie.
Contact

Nico Alt <nico@briarproject.org> [PGP key]

Torsten Grote <torsten@briarproject.org> [PGP key]

Michael Rogers <contact@briarproject.org> [PGP key]

Mastodon: @Briar

#briar #briarproject #tor #privacy

https://briarproject.org/news/2026-maintenance-mode/

€7.1B in cumulative GDPR fines. 443 breach notifications a day. A named body every EU resident can file a complaint with.

None of that exists without a data protection authority — and most jurisdictions don't have one.

New explainer: what's actually missing.

https://www.leaklens.org/explainers/what-a-data-protection-authority-does

#GDPR #DataPrivacy #Privacy