"Don’t judge a book by its cover – how a technology is named doesn’t tell you how it is used. This is the case with Data Clean Rooms (“DCRs”), which are not rooms, do not clean data, and have complicated implications for user privacy, despite their squeaky-clean name.

Data Clean Rooms are cloud data processing services that let companies exchange and analyze data, restrained by rules that limit data use. They are typically used when two companies want to exchange limited information about their customers. For example, a newspaper and a grocery store might use a DCR to evaluate the efficacy of an advertisement by identifying grocery sales made to newspaper subscribers. However, a close examination of DCRs yields an evergreen lesson: even if privacy enhancing technologies alone can’t protect privacy and even if they address some privacy risks, they can contribute to others.

In some cases, DCRs can add privacy protections to the handling of consumer data. In others, disclosure of consumer data via DCRs presents the same privacy risks as disclosure through other means like tracking pixels. DCRs, like other technologies that claim to protect privacy, can also be used to obfuscate privacy harms."

https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/11/data-clean-rooms-separating-fact-fiction

#USA #FTC #DataCleanRooms #DCRs #Privacy #DataProtection

→ Why the #Guardian is no longer posting on X
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x

“#X is a #toxic #media platform and […] its owner Elon #Musk has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse”

“we can do this because our business model does not rely on #viral content tailored to the whims of the #social media giants’ #algorithms”
↳Yes. Fake news, polarization, and controversial content are largely the results of the #ad and #privacy harvesting #business model

cc @mediapart

Gini Health Mohali expands to Gini Advanced Care Hospital with new 30-Bed ICU facility.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/pb_gini_health_expands_gini_care_hospital

#punjab #mohali #india #press #news #health #medical #Diabetes #DiabetesDay #hospital #ICU #HealthCare #NewFacility

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Bihar JDU holds strategic meeting for upcoming assembly elections.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_jdu_strategic_meeting_assembly_election

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #jdu #AssemblyElections #elections #elections2025

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Wenn du über aktuelle Beiträge informiert werden möchtest, kannst du dem Blog auf verschiedenen Kanälen folgen, dich mit uns austauschen und aktiv am Diskurs teilnehmen. 👇

• Folgen: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/bleib-aktuell/
• Forum: https://www.kuketz-forum.de/
• Chat: https://www.kuketz-blog.de/chat/

Bleib informiert und diskutiere mit!

#blog #sicherheit #security #datenschutz #privacy #mastodon #newsletter #rss #matrix #signal #discourse #forum

दिल्ली में आज होगा मेयर का चुनाव, एलजी ने बीजेपी पार्षद को बनाया चुनाव अधिकारी, किसका पलड़ा भारी ?

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_today_mayor_election_mcd_2024

#newdelhi #delhi #india #press #news #politics #mayor #mcd

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The ATO is sending me text messages despite my communications preferences clearly telling them not to do this. This time I've lodged a formal complaint with themselves. The next time I'll lodge it with Scamwatch

#Privacy

"Officials inside the Secret Service clashed over whether they needed a warrant to use location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on smartphones, with some arguing that citizens have agreed to be tracked with such data by accepting app terms of service, despite those apps often not saying their data may end up with the authorities, according to hundreds of pages of internal Secret Service emails obtained by 404 Media.

The emails provide deeper insight into the agency’s use of Locate X, a powerful surveillance capability that allows law enforcement officials to follow a phone, and person’s, precise movements over time at the click of a mouse. In 2023, a government oversight body found that the Secret Service, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement all used their access to such location data illegally. The Secret Service told 404 Media in an email last week it is no longer using the tool."

https://www.404media.co/fyi-a-warrant-isnt-needed-secret-service-says-you-agreed-to-be-tracked-with-location-data/

#USA #LocationData #Geolocation #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection #Intelligence #LocateX

“It's infinitely safer to convince 500 people to withdraw their money from Wells Fargo and Chase so they can't fund a defense contractor or the next pipeline than it is to redecorate a few of their branches. (It leaves a bigger dent too.)”

https://kolektiva.social/@tothedaring/113460078355087435

#civilDisobedience #massNoncooperation #directAction #organizing #protest #resistance #activism #MovementSecurity #MoSec #privacy #infosec #movementorganizing #harmreduction #safety #protestSafety #harris #trump #election #election2024 #democrats

Chief Minister Sukhu to personally monitor key sectors for making Kangra the tourism capital.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_cm_sukhu_kangra_tourism_capital

#himachal #dharamshala #india #press #news #kangra #airport #zoo #MilkPlant #tourism #WaterSports #PongDam

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation for AIIMS Darbhanga, launches development projects across Bihar.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_pm_modi_lays_foundation_aiims_projects_bihar

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #aiims #medical #education #doctor #bjp #pmmodi #nitishkumar #governance

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💡 Ecosia e Qwant: l’alternativa europea a Google e Microsoft

https://gomoot.com/ecosia-e-qwant-lalternativa-europea-a-google-e-microsoft/

#ambiente #bing #blog #ecosia #eusp #google #ia #microsoft #news #picks #privacy #qwant #sostenibilità #tech #tecnologia #ue

https://www.wired.com/story/the-wired-guide-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/

Wired has published a guide to protecting yourself from surveillance by the US government

The guide discusses the potential increase in government surveillance under a second Trump administration and offers advice on upgrading personal privacy protections, including using end-to-end encrypted messengers and securing devices.

#privacy #security #civilrights

"On Monday Amazon confirmed a breach of employee data which was published on a crime-focused forum, according to a statement from Amazon to 404 Media.

The data includes the employees’ name, work contact information, and what location they work at, and has more than 2.8 million lines of data, according to the post on Breach Forums. The post says the source of the data was MOVEit, which is suite of cloud data management tools.

“Amazon and AWS systems remain secure, and we have not experienced a security event. We were notified about [a] security event at one of our property management vendors that impacted several of its customers including Amazon. The only Amazon information involved was employee work contact information, for example work email addresses, desk phone numbers, and building locations,” an Amazon spokesperson told 404 Media in an email."

https://www.404media.co/amazon-confirms-breach-of-employee-data/

#Amazon #DataBreach #DataProtection #Privacy #Hacking #CyberSecurity

राजधानी के 1700 निजी स्कूलों में नर्सरी दाखिले की दौड़ शुरू।

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_school_admission_nursery_starts

#newdelhi #delhi #india #press #news #school #admission #forms #prospectus #SchoolAdmission #ImportantDates

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Baijnath Shiv Temple to witness walnut shower on the 14th of November.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_walnut_shower_baijnath_temple_14_nov_2024

#himachal #dharamshala #india #press #news #kangra #baijnath #LordShiva #LordVishnu #LordBrahma #BaikunthChaturdashi #Walnut #WalnutShower #religion #culture #mythology

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Darbhanga AIIMS is a Major Step in Healthcare: Dr. Dilip Jaiswal.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_darbhanga_aiims_major_step_jaiswal

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #aiims #medical #education #doctor #bjp #pmmodi

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In Fatehpur Tanda, Dehradun, river and barren land have been leased.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_river_barren_land_leased_himalayan_ayurveda

#uttarakhand #dehradun #india #press #news #government #governance #mismanagement #RTI #IllicitLand #LandLease #court #LandMisuse

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[Important Update] Google patches two Android Zero-Days used in targeted Attacks.

Google fixed two actively exploited Android zero-day flaws as part of its November security updates, addressing a total of 51 vulnerabilities. Tracked as CVE-2024-43047 & CVE-2024-43093, the two issues are marked as exploited in limited, targeted attacks.

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2024-11-01

#google #android #update #zerodays #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #tech #news

tools like @torproject, @securedrop (by @freedomofpress) and @signalapp are going to be so important for protecting people in the coming years. please support them

#privacy #security #anonymity #journalism #whistleblowing

If you’re looking for an EU-based alternative to AzireVPN since they’ve now sold to a US company (why, hello, Trump presidency, how goes?), see Mullvad VPN (@mullvadnet).

https://mullvad.net

#privacy #security #VPN #AzireVPN #MullvadVPN

दिल्ली-मुंबई एक्सप्रेस-वे का लिंक रोड तैयार।

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_delhi_mumbai_expressway_ready

#newdelhi #delhi #india #press #news #governance #expressway #highway #roadways #traffic #toll #mumbai #TollPriceIncrease

Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

Protección de datos lúdica. Un desarrollador ha publicado una página con consejos completos de seguridad.
https://netzpolitik.org/2024/smartphone-dont-spy-spielerischer-datenschutz/ #privacidad #privacy

Kangra District tops good governance index for the third consecutive time, wins INR 50 lakhs.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_kangra_district_tops_governance_index_again

#himachal #dharamshala #india #press #news #government #governance #kangra #accolade #infrastructure #transparency #education #accountability

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'Ministers support legislation allowing police to secretly access suspects’ computers"

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-support-legislation-allowing-police-to-secretly-access-suspects-computers/

"Otzma Yehudit-backed bill written so as to prevent law enforcement from using spyware tools against politicians suspected of corruption"

#Israel #privacy #tech #press

Creators of This Police Location #Tracking Tool Aren't Vetting Buyers. Here's How To Protect Yourself | Electronic Frontier Foundation - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/creators-police-location-tracking-tool-arent-vetting-buyers-heres-how-protect #privacy #privacidad

"DNA firm holding highly sensitive data 'vanishes' without warning"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7wl7rpndjo

"A DNA-testing firm appears to have ceased trading - without telling its customers what has happened to the highly sensitive data they shared with it.

Atlas Biomed, which has offices in London, offered to provide insights into people's genetic make up as well as their predisposition to certain illnesses."

@BBCNews

#UK #London #DNA #AtlasBiomed #BBC #privacy #security #press

"At the end of October, Tor directory authorities, relay operators, and even the Tor Project sysadmin team received multiple abuse complaints from their providers about port scanning. These complaints were traced back to a coordinated IP spoofing attack, where an attacker spoofed non-exit relays and other Tor-related IPs to trigger abuse reports aimed at disrupting the Tor Project and the Tor network.

Thanks to a joint effort from the Tor community, InterSecLab, and the support of Andrew Morris and the team at GreyNoise, the origin of these spoofed packets was identified and shut down on November 7th, 2024.

We want to reassure everyone that this incident had no effect on Tor users. While the attack had a limited impact on the Tor network - taking a few relays offline temporarily - it caused unnecessary stress and inconvenience for many relay operators who had to address these complaints. Although this attack targeted our community, IP spoofing attacks can happen with any online service.

There's still work ahead: we need to support relay operators in getting their accounts reinstated and assist providers in unblocking IPs for Tor directory authorities."

https://blog.torproject.org/defending-tor-mitigating-IP-spoofing/

#Tor #CyberSecurity #Anonymity #Privacy #IPSpoofing

"The FBI is warning that hackers are obtaining private user information — including emails and phone numbers — from U.S.-based tech companies by compromising government and police email addresses to submit “emergency” data requests.

The FBI’s public notice filed this week is a rare admission from the federal government about the threat from fraudulent emergency data requests, a legal process designed to help police and federal authorities obtain information from companies to respond to immediate threats affecting someone’s life or property. The abuse of emergency data requests is not new, and has been widely reported in recent years. Now, the FBI warns that it saw an “uptick” around August in criminal posts online advertising access to or conducting fraudulent emergency data requests, and that it was going public for awareness.

“Cyber-criminals are likely gaining access to compromised US and foreign government email addresses and using them to conduct fraudulent emergency data requests to US based companies, exposing the personal information of customers to further use for criminal purposes,” reads the FBI’s advisory."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/08/fbi-says-hackers-are-sending-fraudulent-police-data-requests-to-tech-giants-to-steal-peoples-private-information/

#USA #CyberSecurity #FBI #Hacking #Privacy #DataProtection #DataBreaches

What a mess.

We’re all looking at the insecure finances, ownership & security of 23 & Me.

Meanwhile, DNA report company Atlas Biomed took money & DNA, then simply went dark & vanished…

And now appears to have been a Russian front company based in Moscow.

#23andme #dna #dnatesting #atlasbiomed #moscow #russia #infosec #privacy #informationsecurity #medtech

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7wl7rpndjo

Civil Rights Commission Pans #FaceRecognition Technology - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/civil-rights-commission-pans-face-recognition-technology #privacidad #privacy

EFF to New York: #AgeVerification Threatens Everyone's Speech and #Privacy - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/eff-new-york-age-verification-threatens-everyones-speech-and-privacy #privacidad

बनारस और अयोध्या की तर्ज पर दिल्ली में भी होगा भव्य दीपोत्सव, यमुना तट पर जलेंगे साढ़े तीन लाख दीये।

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_banaras_ayodhya_like_deep_festival_yamuna

#newdelhi #delhi #india #press #news #politics #rivers #yamuna #banaras #ayodhya #deepotsav #DeepFestival #LordRam #LaserShow #festival #religion #elections

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India Alliance Will Win All Four Seats in the By-Election: Dipankar Bhattacharya.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_india_alliance_will_win_all_four_seats

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #cpiml #bjp #byelections #elections #indiaalliance #islamophobie #bangladeshi #jharkhand #AmbaniAdani #donaldtrump

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20-Day National Sculpture Camp Draws Art Lovers to Kalagram.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/pb_20_day_national_sculpture_camp_kalagram

#punjab #chandigarh #india #press #news #art #culture #stone #fibre #sculptors #sculpture #kalagram #ZodiacSigns #NZCC #MinistryOfCulture

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Nitish Kumar Offers Arghya to the Setting Sun and Visits Chhath Ghats.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_nitish_kumar_offers_arghya_chhath

#bihar #patna #india #news #press #governance #jdu #nitishkumar #chhath #ChhathPuja #Arghya #SunGod #festival #religion

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The Influence of Donald Trump’s 2024 Re-Election on Indian Politics and Indo-U.S. Relations.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/al_influence_donald_trump_india_politics

#india #press #news #usa #america #donaldtrump #elections2024 #politics #china #quad #trade #visa #bjp #pmmodi

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यमुना नदी में छठ पूजा की परमिशन नहीं, हाईकोर्ट ने कहा- गंदे पानी में नहाकर बीमार हो जाओगे।

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_no_permission_chhath_puja_yamuna

#newdelhi #delhi #india #press #news #politics #government #mismanagement #pollution #rivers #WaterPollution #sewerage #IndustrialWaste #religion #chhath #chhathpuja #HighCourt

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Smashing Security podcast #392: Pasta spies and private eyes, and are you applying for a ghost job? https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-392/ #SmashingSecurity #Recruitment #databreach #government #TheVatican #Lawℴ #Dataloss #Malware #Podcast #Privacy #israel #Mossad #police #Italy

In the weeks to come,
protecting your communications and online activities might become increasingly important 🔒

Remember that complete anonymity online is difficult to achieve,

But here are a few tools
you can start using *right now* to greatly improve your protections and data privacy online:

📶 VPN (Proton VPN): https://protonvpn.com/

Browser - Day-to-Day (LibreWolf): https://librewolf.net/installation/

Browser - Sensitive Activities (Tor): https://www.torproject.org/download/

Email (Proton Mail): https://proton.me/mail/pricing

📩 Throwaway Email Addresses (SimpleLogin): https://simplelogin.io/

Messaging & Audio/Video (Signal with username): https://signal.org/download/

📄 Shared Documentation (Anytype): https://download.anytype.io/

🔃 File Sharing (OnionShare): https://onionshare.org/

🗺️ Maps (OsmAnd): https://osmand.net/

✊ Activism & Groups (Mobilizon): https://joinmobilizon.org/en/

📆 Scheduling Meetups (Framadate): https://framadate.org/abc/en/

#Privacy #Safety #USpol #Activism