CNET
Amazon Alexa keeps your data with no expiration date, and shares it too
2 min · · A US senator asked questions, and Amazon provided answers you might not want to hear. · Shared by 31, including 瑞拿頭, Chris Messina, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Connecticut SEO, Marsha Collier, Matthias «Delay» Göbel
MIT Technology Review
The Pentagon has a laser that can identify people from a distance—by their heartbeat
2 min · · The Jetson prototype can pick up on a unique cardiac signature from 200 meters away, even through clothes. · Shared by 95, including Esther Schindler, George M 🇪🇺, C̷͈̳̫͗͊̾had P̸̜͇̱̗̻̝̙͆͑͑͝͝ollitt, Nils Hitze, Howard Getson, Adrian Bührer, Mark Suster, Alex Barrera, Luca Like, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, 🇺🇦 Eugene Borukhovich, Stephan Woodtli, Eric Topol, Tom Connor, Miguel, Leni "Lee" Krsova ⚔️, rudolph regter, 瑞拿頭
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
What Orwell’s ‘1984’ tells us about today’s world, 70 years after it was published
5 min · · In the year 1984, there was self-congratulatory coverage that the dystopia of the novel had not been realized. However, an expert argues that the technologies described in the novel are here and… · Shared by 1, including 瑞拿頭
VICE
When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Overlord’ to Spy on Users
4 min · · Several employees were caught abusing the tool, which let them read users’ messages and passwords. · Shared by 35, including 瑞拿頭, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Ste Davies, Dr Hannah Little, Mathew Ingram
The New York Times
You Care More About Your Privacy Than You Think
7 min · · Plus, how to sext securely. · Shared by 23, including Mathew Ingram, Thomas Power, 瑞拿頭, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️
WIRED
It's Time to Switch to a Privacy Browser
5 min · · Ad trackers are out of control. Use a browser that reins them in. · Shared by 153, including Ward Plunet, Mark Kaigwa, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Backchannel, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, 瑞拿頭, Rick Powell, Sébastien Bonset
Idle Words
The New Wilderness (Idle Words)
7 min · · 06.10.2019 The New Wilderness The need to regulate online privacy is a truth so universally acknowledged that even Facebook and Google have joined the chorus of voices crying for change. Writing in… · Shared by 66, including Rachel Thomas, Rick Powell, 瑞拿頭, Joshua Walker, Konrad Lischka, Daniel Bentes, Jane
Nautilus Magazine
WeChat Is Watching
16+ min · · It’s 9 a.m. on a typical morning in Chengdu and I’m awakened by the sound of my phone alarm. The phone is in my study, connected… · Shared by 66, including Miguel, Gideonro, 瑞拿頭, Jeff Atwood, Matthias Lampe
The Guardian
Apple and WhatsApp condemn GCHQ plans to eavesdrop on encrypted chats
2 min · · GCHQ ‘ghost protocol’ would seriously undermine user security and trust, says letter · Shared by 24, including 瑞拿頭, Matt Navarra, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mathew Ingram
medium.com
Wasabi — a wallet for anonymizing Bitcoin via trustless CoinJoin.
6 min · · Open blockchain of Bitcoin makes it traceable · Shared by 1, including 瑞拿頭
telegra.ph
Why WhatsApp Will Never Be Secure
6 min · · The world seems to be shocked by the news that WhatsApp turned any phone into spyware. Everything on your phone, including photos, emails and texts was accessible by attackers just because you had… · Shared by 113, including Peter Fenton, Dmitry Solovyev, osioke.eth, Thomas Power, Johannes Lenz, Yvette Dubel, Charles Baldwin, Paolo Sinelli, Josep M. Ganyet, Rick Powell, Rainer Luginbühl ☝, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, 瑞拿頭
The New York Times
Google’s Sundar Pichai: Privacy Should Not Be a Luxury Good
5 min · · Yes, we use data to make products more helpful for everyone. But we also protect your information. · Shared by 88, including Christian Müller, Simon Wüthrich, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 瑞拿頭, Michael Duergner, Yvette Dubel, Gergely Orosz, Thomas Power, Bjorn Larsen, Brian Tomlinson ⚡️, Massimiliano Aroffo, Builtvisible, Mathew Ingram
Gizmodo
If You Care About Privacy, Throw Your Amazon Alexa Devices Into the Sea
2 min · · Remember a couple of weeks ago when we learned that humans were monitoring Amazon Alexa commands, essentially spying on users in the name of product improvement? Well, we’ve got some more bad news… · Shared by 12, including 瑞拿頭
freeCodeCamp.org
How to encrypt your entire life in less than an hour
5 min · · “Only the paranoid survive.” — Andy Grove · Shared by 102, including 瑞拿頭, luis antónio santos, Helmi, ἀποκαραδοκία, Brad Engel, Thomas Power
Cloudflare
Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service
9 min · · Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet. We're excited today to take another step toward that mission with the launch of 1.1.1.1 — the Internet's fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS… · Shared by 491, including Oriol Farré, Vinny Lingham, Josh Clark, Tris Hussey, Mark Kaigwa, Rate limit exceeded, adrianoesch, Thomas Pleil, Esther Schindler, Nils Hitze, Shawn Venasse, Mauricio Matias, Bjorn Larsen, Sachin Rekhi, Andreas Von Gunten, Helmi, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, David Butler, Ron McIntyre
The New York Times
Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State
11+ min · · In Ecuador, cameras across the country send footage to monitoring centers to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. The surveillance system’s origin: China. · Shared by 112, including luis antónio santos, Thomas Pleil, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Mathew Ingram, Eric Seufert, Charles Baldwin, Mark Kaigwa, Björn Ognibeni, Azeem Azhar, 瑞拿頭, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Leslie D, Gerd Leonhard, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to