VICE
Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account
· Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all. · Shared by 363, including DHH, Swizec Teller writing a book on software rewrites, @kevinctofel@hachyderm.io 🇺🇦, Neira Jones, Molly Wood, IamNomad, OM, Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Aamir Raz, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Steve Tendon, Martin Steiger 🦈, Aron Pilhofer (now here journa.host/@pilhofer), Jane, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ethan Marcotte, Niklaus Gerber, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Audrey Watters
The Guardian
Why you should worry if you have a Chinese smartphone
6 min · · China’s use of technology for social control of its citizens is extensive – but it could affect users elsewhere too, says security analyst Samantha Hoffman · Shared by 173, including Faik Ersoy, Josep M. Ganyet, Thomas Power, Dean Anthony Gratton, luis antónio santos, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Massimiliano Aroffo, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Carl Robinson 🎙️
The Washington Post
It’s the middle of the night. Do you know who your iPhone is talking to?
6 min · · Shared by 164, including Marsha Collier, Ralph Hutter, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Scott McLeod, Mark Kaigwa, Jane, Daniel Jörg, Guy Kawasaki, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Noely ⚡️🏐, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Mathew Ingram, OM, Bernhard Huessy, Eric L. Barnes 🏝️, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Luca Like, Yvette Dubel
moderncss.dev
Modern CSS Solutions
· A series examining modern CSS solutions to problems Stephanie Eckles (@5t3ph), a seasoned frontend developer, has been solving for 13+ years. · Shared by 162, including Matt, Bruce Lawson, 6clicks | John Robert-Nicoud, Abel Caballero Díaz, Rodrigo Noales, Stef Walter, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Bryan Onel, Marius Bleuer, Mohamed Azazy, Veerle Pieters, Davy De Pauw, David Hellmann, Evan (he/him), Benoist Lawniczak, Alain, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Simeon | @dotproto@toot.cafe, Samuel Hauser, Vikram Dutt
WIRED
Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses
6 min · · The encryption app is putting a $50 million infusion from WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton to good use, building out features to help it go mainstream. · Shared by 158, including Matthias Lampe, Jennifer Ouellette, 瑞拿頭, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Backchannel, Matthew Green, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Philippe, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Johannes Lenz, Axel Rauschmayer (INACTIVE), Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️ 🛡️, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Rick Powell
privacytools.io
privacy tools - encryption against surveillance
20+ min · · You are being watched! Knowledge, encryption and privacy tools to protect you against global mass surveillance. · Shared by 155, including Tweakers, Stammy, Faik Ersoy, Esther Schindler, Clemens M. Schuster, Daniel Bentes, Marcos, Ruben Feurer, masone, Pascal Birchler, Bruno Skvorc 🦞 | bruno.eth, Rezha Julio, Carissa Véliz, Florian Hanke 🍎, Oliver Raduner, Kenneth Kalmer, Sumomi, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Kim Søvsø, mastodon.social/@renestalder
syncthing.net
Syncthing
2 min · · Private. None of your data is ever stored anywhere else other than on your computers. There is no central server that might be compromised, legally or illegally. Encrypted. All communication is… · Shared by 148, including mastodon.social/@renestalder, Claudio Perez Gamayo, José Rodrigues, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Michael Weibel, David Garner, Kam, Philippe, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Matthijs Kleverlaan, Florian Hanke 🍎, Kaushik Gopal, Bryan Onel, ᴄʟᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ sᴄʜᴡᴀʀᴢ, Dominik Chanton, Bjorn Larsen, L. Taylor Banks, Beni Buess, Linus Basig, Philipp Laurim
NBC News
Millions of people uploaded photos to the Ever app. Then the company used them to develop facial recognition tools.
7 min · · “The app developers were not clear about their intentions," one Ever user said. "I believe it’s a huge invasion of privacy.” · Shared by 145, including Joan Lockwood, Azeem Azhar, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Scott Williams, Oliver Raduner, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, OM, Charles Baldwin, Yvette Dubel, ACLU, Bjorn Larsen, Florian Hanke 🍎, Tobias Kopka, Kashmir Hill, Michael Duergner, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social
Stammy
Getting started with security keys
· How to stay safe online and prevent phishing with FIDO2, WebAuthn and security keys. A look into YubiKeys, TOTP authenticator apps, passwordless and more. · Shared by 143, including Linus Basig, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Mark Kaigwa, Tom Connor, Esther Schindler, Christopher Allen, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Davor, Gabriele, pizza.lottie 🍕, OM, mdy, Philippe, Niklaus Gerber
home-assistant.io
Home Assistant
1 min · · Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3. Track and control all devices at home and automate control. Installation in less than a minute. · Shared by 143, including ἀποκαραδοκία, Francis DB, Oliver Nabani, Jacob du Toit, slumos, Marius Bleuer, Oleg Baskov, Balda, Luca Hammer, Simon07, mastodon.social/@renestalder, ITNEXT, Merlin Mann, Tom Howard ✈️ 🇺🇸 NYC BOS DC SF CHI FL, Steve Streza 🏳️🌈, Marc G., DON’T PANIC, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Scott Hanselman 🌮, Linus Basig
The Markup
The High Privacy Cost of a “Free” Website
17+ min · · Trackers piggybacking on website tools leave some site operators in the dark about who is watching or what marketers do with the data · Shared by 138, including ツ, henrik, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Chris Isak, Christian Müller, Mark Kaigwa, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Thomas Pleil, Daniel Stahl, Bernhard Huessy, Jochen Burkhard
The New York Times
We Read 150 Privacy Policies. They Were an Incomprehensible Disaster.
· The average policy took 18 minutes to finish and required a college-level reading ability. · Shared by 133, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Avinash Kaushik, Esther Schindler, Antonio Vieira Santos, Sam DeZerga, Charles Baldwin, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Nathan Benaich, Privacy Matters, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Rick Powell, Bjorn Larsen, mastodon.social/@renestalder, John Battelle, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, #MuskOut (not parody)
truthonthemarket.com
GDPR After One Year: Costs and Unintended Consequences
5 min · · GDPR is officially one year old. How have the first 12 months gone? As you can see from the mix of data and anecdotes below, it appears that compliance costs have been astronomical; individual “data… · Shared by 100, including mastodon.social/@renestalder, Leo Polovets, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Clemens, BrendanEich, Jonathan Kogan, bouiboui, Thomas Power, Yvette Dubel
googleprojectzero.blogspot.com
A very deep dive into iOS Exploit chains found in the wild
3 min · · Posted by Ian Beer, Project Zero Project Zero’s mission is to make 0-day hard. We often work with other companies to find and report se... · Shared by 98, including John Koetsier, Chris Messina, Rene Ritchie, mastodon.social/@renestalder, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Peter Steinberger, Martin Steiger 🦈, Jeff Atwood
OneZero
How Facebook Could Use Giphy to Collect Your Data
4 min · · GIPHY joins Facebook’s data collection arsenal · Shared by 94, including Dayyan Smith, IamNomad, Eghosa Omoigui, Luca Like, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Oliver Raduner, Katja Evertz
socialcooling.com
Social Cooling
1 min · · Digital reputation systems are limiting our ability and our will to protest injustice. In China each adult citizen is getting a government mandated "social credit score". This represents how well… · Shared by 89, including Charles Kubicek, Manos Hatzimalonas, Fern, Stammy, Peter Steinberger, Nilan 🇱🇰 නිලාන්, Chris Burniske, 瑞拿頭, Chris Messina, janfsauer, Jochen Burkhard, Privacy Matters, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Kim Dik, Gerd Leonhard, Harpreet Singh, Konrad Lischka