The Guardian
How private is your Gmail, and should you switch?
5 min · · You might be surprised how much Google’s email service – and others – know about you · Shared by 195, including Ceferino Díaz, Stephan Woodtli, Nicolas Babin, Privacy Matters, Tom Raftery, Thomas Power, Dean Anthony Gratton, Stefan Diepolder, Faik Ersoy, DON’T PANIC, Thomas Pleil, Rakesh Awasthi, Alyssa C
accc.gov.au
Google misled consumers about the collection and use of location data
2 min · · The Federal Court has found that Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd (together, Google) misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between January 2017… · Shared by 61, including DHH, Matthew Green, Faik Ersoy
WIRED
What Really Caused Facebook's 500M-User Data Leak?
3 min · · The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers. · Shared by 136, including Nicolas Babin, Backchannel, Yves Mulkers, Mathew Ingram, Casey Newton, Privacy Matters, Faik Ersoy
The Guardian
Revealed: the Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens
7 min · · A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform · Shared by 351, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jansnet, Mark Kaigwa, Mathew Ingram, Mike Butcher, Matt Navarra, Loughlin O'Nolan, @timnitGebru@dair-community.social on Mastodon, Thomas Power, George M 🇪🇺, John Koetsier, David Smith, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Cristina Tardáguila, Adrienne Fichter, Thomas Pleil, Faik Ersoy, Liliane Ferrari ™, John Battelle, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave)
BBC News (World)
Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
5 min · · Email app Hey reveals that two-thirds of the messages it handles contain the hidden trackers. · Shared by 169, including Faik Ersoy, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Jason Fried, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, jean marc manach @manhack@social.tcit.fr, Jenna Tiffany, Chris Isak, DHH
WIRED
Fleeing WhatsApp for Privacy? Don't Turn to Telegram
3 min · · Because the chat app doesn't encrypt conversations by default—or at all for group chats—security professionals often warn against it. · Shared by 121, including Nicolas Babin, Faik Ersoy, Backchannel, Thomas Pleil, Lee Keyes, Marsha Collier, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social
The New York Times
What We Learned From Apple’s New Privacy Labels
6 min · · Requiring that app makers list the data they collect reveals a lot about what some apps do with our information (ahem, WhatsApp) but creates confusion about others. · Shared by 99, including Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Consumer Reports, Ian M Calvert, Faik Ersoy, Yves Mulkers, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Privacy Matters
WIRED
There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain
4 min · · Security cameras. License plate readers. Smartphone trackers. Drones. We’re being watched 24/7. What happens when all those data streams fuse into one? · Shared by 226, including Ceferino Díaz, Florian Graillot, Mathew Ingram, John Nosta, Nicolas Babin, Faik Ersoy, Luca Like, Backchannel, John Hagel, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Anita Leirfall, Brian Roemmele, Andrzej Jóźwik
The Verge
Global Privacy Control wants to succeed where Do Not Track failed
4 min · · Second time’s the charm. · Shared by 75, including Gabriel Weinberg, l. ones, Faik Ersoy
Rest of World
Where surveillance cameras work but the justice system doesn’t
20+ min · · On the evening of October 9, 2013, 50-year-old elementary school teacher Laura Ramírez was run over by a car and killed on Avenida Dr. José María Vertiz near downtown Mexico City. The vehicle fled… · Shared by 84, including Faik Ersoy, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Mark Kaigwa
nature
Facial recognition technology can expose political orientation from naturalistic facial images
18+ min · · 1.Santow, E. Emerging from AI utopia. Science 368, 9–9 (2020).ADS CAS Article Google Scholar · Shared by 59, including Faik Ersoy, David Wallace-Wells, Agnes Callard, Arin Basu, Roger Highfield, Aníbal M. Astobiza, Adrienne Fichter, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Bilal Zuberi
WIRED
How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone's Encryption
7 min · · New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools. · Shared by 144, including Jens D. Peter, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Matthew Green, Backchannel, Ceferino Díaz, l. ones, Privacy Matters, Tara Imani, AIA, Rifki Caesar Novaldin, Faik Ersoy
9to5Mac
App privacy labels show stark contrasts among messaging apps
3 min · · Apple's new app privacy labels went live in the App Store last month, giving users the chance to see what data is collected by each ... · Shared by 179, including Ines Bieler, Tim, George Zachary, Chris Gledhill, niazakhan, Matthias Lampe, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Mark Kaigwa, James Young, Faik Ersoy, Oliver Raduner
The New York Times
Behind a Secret Deal Between Google and Facebook
7 min · · Facebook was going to compete with Google for some advertising sales but backed away from the plan after the companies cut a preferential deal, according to court documents. · Shared by 234, including Craig Brown, PhD, Oren Etzioni, Carlos Jonay Suárez Suárez, John Battelle, Lelio Simi, DHH, Azeem Azhar, Antonio Vieira Santos, Faik Ersoy, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Dirk Spannaus, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), felix salmon, Matt Navarra, Katja Evertz, Christian Müller, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Bjorn Larsen, Stig Ørskov, rogerverhoeven
WIRED
WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years, Actually
2 min · · A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place since 2016. · Shared by 234, including Nicolas Babin, Backchannel, Matthias Lampe, rogerverhoeven, Faik Ersoy, Nir Eyal, Mari Smith, Marsha Collier, Michelle Farella, Hrag, Katja Evertz, Johannes Lenz, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Josep M. Ganyet
VICE
How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps
10 min · · A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military. · Shared by 541, including Stephan Woodtli, Gay_Men_4_Life, Jonathan Kogan, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Keerthi G, Howard Getson, Gabriele, Andy Budd, Paolo Pedercini 🥶, LARRY ELKAN, Faik Ersoy, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Psymposia, Privacy Matters