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Modern cars have MANY ways of collecting and sending information out of the vehicle.
I haven't bought a car since '03. On purpose.
I hope reputable services arise allowing car OWNERS to have their own cars' exfiltration disabled legally. Unfortunately, I'll probably have to illicitly remove and replace all antennae systems on my next (used) vehicle.
#Privacy isn't ev…

Update on Kenya’s investigation into Worldcoin (Sam Altman’s dystopian eyeball scanning crypto scheme-scam) for serious violations of Data Protection laws and much more. #privacy https:…

A guy on my train talked on his phone about a wedding he's planning for one Million Euro in Salzburg for some british guys. 🤷
I just wanted you to know.
#gossip #privacy #OH

Update on Kenya’s investigation into Worldcoin (Sam Altman’s dystopian eyeball scanning crypto scheme-scam) for serious violations of Data Protection laws and much more. #privacy https:…

Good to see #Vermont making headlines about protecting the data #privacy of people. We’ll see if our governor signs it… but regardless, it’s good to see!

Sign the petition for stronger privacy protections
#Privacy

Sign the petition for stronger privacy protections | CHOICE
We all want to know our personal information is protected, but our outdated privacy laws are letting businesses get away with using our data in ways that are unfair or even unsafe. Will you sign the petition for strong privacy laws that create an even playing field between people and businesses?

Meta's new Facebook policy update regarding AI
"You have the right to object... if your objection is honored it will be applied"
Ergo, Meta reserves the right not honor your objection. Essentially, your objection is useless.
#meta #privacy

Completely nuts....
Microsoft CEO revealed that Windows PCs will have an AI photographic memory feature called “Recall,” which will take constant screenshots of everything you do
#microsoft #recall #privacy

I asked Kia to delete my personal information. Here is the response:
"Thank you for your email. At this time, under applicable law, privacy requests relating to personal information are not provided to residents in your state. For information on our general business practices regarding the collection, maintenance, and sharing of personal information, please see Kia’s Privacy Policy.
Sincerely,
Kia America"
So, basically, FU. We don't have to, so we aren't going to do it.
You really, really do NOT want to read their privacy policy. Absolutely no respect for your preferences regarding private information that they collect. And, wow, are they aggressive about collecting data on you.
I am pretty sure that Kia is not alone in this type of abuse. We really need better privacy law. With teeth.
#Security #Privacy #Kia #PII

Horrifying: The #EuropeanUnion might vote on implementing #ChatControl already tomorrow!
Basically, they want to scan everyone's chat messages for illegal stuff, which is completely disproportionate and a

Council to greenlight Chat Control - Take action now!
The Belgian EU Council presidency seems set to have bulk Chat Control searches of our private communications greenlighted by EU governments on Wednesday 19 June. This confirms concerns that the proponents of Chat Control intend to exploit the period shortly after the European Elections during which

Data retention for #copyright holders is more important than #privacy according to the #CJEU:
«The Court, sitting as the Full Court, holds that the general and indiscriminate retention of IP ad…

It's been a long time since I got a spam call. I've literally started wondering whether I somehow fell off their databases, or just managed to block the numbers used by all popular call centers. But where did spammers get my phone number?
My top suspicion is shopping online. Buying stuff with delivery to the parcel machine requires giving the #phone number, and this means that the shopping platform, the vendor, the delivery company, and most likely some SaaS software used by the vendor got my number — and every single one of them could make some side money by selling my PII.
Then, there are medical facilities. We all know how safe our data is with them (e.g. #Facebook on their phones, and give them full access to the contacts. I've done a small experiment back in the day. I've had a pseudonymous fb account, practically unused, no personal data. One day I've added my phone number to it. Should anyone be surprised that almost immediately I've gotten suggestions to connect with people, whom I could only be linked to via the fact that they had my phone number?
There are actually two problems there. One is that they were processing my phone number without my consent. The other, more important one is that they effectively doxxed me. My "contacts" have gotten a suggestion to connect to my pseudonymous account. You can imagine how severe consequences this could have for people with serious issues.
For a long time, I've considered changing my phone number, getting off the databases. The problem is that, to say it bluntly, the only way to leaking it, is to keep it in a drawer. The moment I give my phone number to the members of my family, it goes straight to Facebook, and there's nothing I can do with it — neither by friendly request, nor by threat. Here's the modern world for you.
#privacy

#Apple’s continued focus on highly-intentional #privacy, consent, highlighting of “On Device”, and “not shared with Apple or anyone else” feels pretty good after going all-in on this, career-wise, for the past 2 years.

Ernsthaft?
#Cookies #Privacy

What is the best non-invasive and #privacy respecting #email service?

Same principle as my case against Cambridge Analytica in 2019: an inadequate SAR and the UK authorities agreed but the SCL companies liquidated. Sam Altman can’t wind-up OpenAI so easily and also Max Schrems gets results. #GDPR #AI

ChatGPT's 'hallucination' problem hit with another privacy complaint in EU | TechCrunch
OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in the European Union. This one, which has been filed by privacy rights nonprofit noyb on behalf of an OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in the European Union that targets the inability of its AI chatbot ChatGPT to correct misinformation it generates about individuals.

I've been telling everyone for years. "No, advertisers are not listening to you through your phone microphone."" Apparently I'm wrong. Last night at dinner someone was talking about Herman Miller chairs and this morning I got Herman Miller ads in my Instagram. I've never searched my phone for Herman Miller chairs.
#Instagram #Privacy

The good news is they have since deleted that data from their system… though they predictably exclaimed “but I thought Interconnection was the point?”.
No child, choice, is the point.
#ActivityPub #Fediverse

There is a talk I wanted to give for a long time and it always gets rejected at conferences.
it's entitled "How can Heavy Metal teach us to be more respectful to our consumers?"
It's about #privacy , #ethicaldesign and more concepts that according to me are the foundation o…

Bye, Disqus. Hello, Commento .
#privacy

Bye, Disqus. Hello, Commento++.
Commento++ is an open source commenting platform originally built by the creators…

"Private Cloud Compute" ... Apple will offer Apple-silicon servers where you can offload #AI queries while still having #privacy
#WWDC

Wondering when the US will use the tactics they used against TikTok, against every corp. Breaking the law...
I bet if companies were being forced to sell because they broke the law, less of them would break the law...
Just so I'm clear, I am 100% against banning ANY app with hidden keyloggers and trackers. It's a good thing that TikTok is being banned, but let's use that energy for everything, yes?👍
#TikTok #Privacy

Everyone's demanding #privacy in #Google #Maps these days.

Mikäli kännykkäsi on kytkeytynyt auton navigointi- ja viihdejärjestelmään (Android Auto / Carplay) ja olet matkalla yllätysjuhlien sankarin kanssa, muista laittaa juhlien koordinointikanava mutelle automatkan ajaksi.
Vaikka viesti ei näykkään ruudulla, kanavan nimi voi olla ikävän paljastava.
#tietosuoja

"Private Cloud Compute" ... Apple will offer Apple-silicon servers where you can offload #AI queries while still having #privacy
#WWDC

Don't really know how to feel about this, extremely scary implications for #privacy #envryption, but a huge success against organised #crime and for european integration #europol. But it's an absolute brilliant episode of @… by @…
Tech Won't Save Us: How the FBI Tapped the Encrypted Chats of Criminals Around the World w/ Joseph Cox
Episode webpage: https://techwontsave.us/
Media file: https://chrt.fm/track/18859/www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/15191968-how-the-fbi-tapped-the-encrypted-chats-of-criminals-around-the-world-w-joseph-cox.mp3

#privacy
In the end, I had to file a #compaint against the large question-and-answer portal mentioned in my last post. They simply ignore the right to erasure under the #gdpr so that they do…

Unlock Your Phone Without Using Your Face or Fingerprint – The Markup https://themarkup.org/gentle-january/2024/01/26/unlock-your-phone-without-using-your-face-or-fingerprint

Unlock Your Phone Without Using Your Face or Fingerprint – The Markup
Authenticating with a passcode or pattern protects your data legally as well as physically

When I read that thing Douglas Adams said about how when you get old the new technology seems against the natural order of things, I thought that only applied to normal people. Technophobes and that.
Not me. I'll find the new tech exciting for ever.
Then I turn 50 and, hey, look what kind of monstrosities they start inventing.
#DouglasAdams #technology #ai #privacy

This is important.
#E2EE #Encryption #privacy #OnlineSafetyAct
The Register: You want us to think of the chil…

Mikäli kännykkäsi on kytkeytynyt auton navigointi- ja viihdejärjestelmään (Android Auto / Carplay) ja olet matkalla yllätysjuhlien sankarin kanssa, muista laittaa juhlien koordinointikanava mutelle automatkan ajaksi.
Vaikka viesti ei näykkään ruudulla, kanavan nimi voi olla ikävän paljastava.
#tietosuoja

I'm really not one to defend #google. But some of the coverage of the current leak of an internal database of privacy incidents is making a fuzz about the wrong thing.
#Privacy incidents are like #security

I'm currently testing GraphineOS. I am positively surprised #privacy #GraphineOS

#privacy
I had to follow up several times with one of the largest German question-and-answer platforms to get my "right to be forgotten" enforced. The answers to my request are pure comedy. They obviously don't understand the #gdpr or don't want to understand it (which wou…

How long should you retain....
#DMCA complaints? Action records?
#GDPR complaints and records?
Engineering / SRE data?
Security logs?
AV scan logs?
Maintenance logs?
Security audit reports?
#privacy #dataretention

With Awakari getting the spotlight again recently, I think it's time to remind everyone.
Unless you set your posts to "followers only", there's no safety from scrapers, AI, manual collection, etc.
Even more so, your "Public" posts can EASILY be grabbed if you're on Mastodon through your RSS feed.
There's 20k Fediverse instances out there and when you create a Fedi instance, it federates by default unless specifically specified. There is no guaranteed way to verify what each instance is doing with your posts.
Fediverse is not some kind of "bastion of privacy" like some seem to think.
If you want your posts to be private and almost guaranteed unscrapable, set your posts to "Followers Only".
Thanks for coming to my FED talk.
#Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Privacy #Decentralization #Federation

How long should you retain....
#DMCA complaints? Action records?
#GDPR complaints and records?
Engineering / SRE data?
Security logs?
AV scan logs?
Maintenance logs?
Security audit reports?
#privacy #dataretention

SimpleX Chat is now available with private message routing, IP address protection for messages, files & media, new chat themes and more #simplex #privacy #infosec

MastoTip of the day:
Did you know that EVERY Mastodon profile has an RSS feed attached to their account?
That means that ALL public posts originating from a Mastodon account can easily be grabbed/seen/scraped by anyone on the internet.
Not to mention there's 20,000 Fediverse instances and new ones every day that can be doing anything with your public posts without your knowledge.
Do yourself a favor. If you don't want your posts to be publicly available to anyone at any time, make your posts "Followers only". That's the only way to make sure your posts are private.
#Mastodon #Fedi #Fediverse #Privacy #MastoTips #MastoTip

If you ever thought "Fediverse needs to give more control to the user", you should give Nostr a try.
No one server has control over your account or content there. The way it works is similar, but different, to blockchain technology.
Your account is a "key pair" consisting of a public key that just gives viewing access to your account and a private key that controls everything about your account.
Content is spread through "relays" similar to instances on Fedi. However, your account doesn't just get deleted or unaccessible if you get banned from a relay. You simply remove that relay from your list and continue on.
This does mean that moderating your own experience is WAY more important. However, that personally doesn't effect me differently because I host my own instance and have to moderate my feed anyway. It's pretty easy to avoid ridiculous stuff, but less easy than "let someone else do it for you".
If having complete control over your social graph and not having to worry about being "cancelled" is something you desire, you should give really think about researching Nostr. There's even a few Nostr-Fediverse bridges so you can interact with Fedi content!
#SocialMedia #Nostr #Decentralization #Privacy #Censorship #Fedi #Fediverse