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https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta-settles-u-k-right-to-object-to-ad-tracking-lawsuit-by-agreeing-not-to-track-plaintiff/
#meta #socialmedia #werbung #tracking #profiling #klage #aktivistin #datenschutz #privacy
Meta settles UK 'right to object to ad-tracking' lawsuit by agreeing not to track plaintiff | TechCrunch
A human rights campaigner, Tanya O'Carroll, has succeeded in forcing social media giant Meta not to use her data for targeted advertising. The agreementNatasha Lomas (TechCrunch)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate
#privacy
A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting d…Electronic Frontier Foundation
Collaboration between Big Tech and the Trump administration began before Donald Trump’s swearing-in on January 20. Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Uber each gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. Separately, in personal donations, so did Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple’s Tim Cook.
Americans concerned about the Trump administration and Silicon Valley’s embrace of it, may consider becoming a “digital expat”—moving your digital life off of US-based systems. Meanwhile, Europeans are starting to see US data services as “no longer safe” for businesses, governments, and societies.
Here’s a brief rundown of the privacy, security, and civil liberties issues related to the use of US-based digital services that suddenly feel more urgent—and what to do about it."
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/
#USA #Trump #BigTech #Privacy #CyberSecurity #DataProtection
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/releases/tag/7.51.0.681
#signal #signalapp #Privacy #FOSS
Release 7.51 · signalapp/Signal-iOS
Now when you link your primary Signal device to a new Desktop or iPad, you can bring your chat history and your last 45 days of media with you. The transfer process is end-to-end encrypted, and com...GitHub
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/substack-rival-ghost-is-now-connected-to-the-fediverse/
#privacy #FOSS
Substack rival Ghost is now connected to the fediverse | TechCrunch
Newsletter platform Ghost, an open source competitor to Substack, is now connected to the fediverse, also known as the open social web. Federated apps runSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
...this is very cool!
So...we have:
#owncast not #twitch
#mastodon not #twitter or #threads
#pixelfed not #instagram
#peertube not #youtube
#loops not #tiktok
#friendica not #facebook
#matrix not #whatsapp
#revolt not #slack or #discord
#libreoffice not #microsoft
Give #bluesky a pass (investor-owned)
Read more about why, and what the #fediverse is:
https://engagemedia.org/2020/facebook-fediverse-alternatives/
#socialmedia #media #freedom #privacy #broligarchs #fascism #data
OwnCast: Live streaming and chat on the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
There’s also a contradiction at play. If politicians dream of making the UK a technology hub they should not be working to undermine the foundations of cyber security, on which a workable tech industry relies.
The government should withdraw its misguided mandate. Instead of surreptitiously cutting the brake cables on the technological car, it should be working to strengthen security and privacy of the technology that forms the nervous system of our world. Business leaders must also take a role, making it clear that these dangerous moves are unacceptable, and pushing the companies they license technology from to deploy encryption, and other protections, without which their interests and those of their customers will be vulnerable.
We have ceded so many of the core operations of our lives and institutions to tech, we must recognise that strong encryption isn’t the enemy of security — it is security. The argument that weakening encryption will make any of us safer is as wrong as it is dangerous."
https://www.ft.com/content/a934150f-e0f5-4e75-a2d1-a3671ea52ca0
#UK #CyberSecurity #Encryption #Backdoors #Privacy #Apple
The war on encryption is dangerous
Government demands to access encrypted data via back doors will leave it vulnerable to hacks, breaches and theftMeredith Whittaker (Financial Times)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/researchers-name-several-countries-as-potential-paragon-spyware-customers/
#privacy #cybersecurity #Australia #Canada #Cyprus #Denmark #Israel #Singapore
Researchers name six countries as likely customers of Paragon's spyware | TechCrunch
The Citizen Lab said it believes several governments may be customers of spyware maker Paragon Solutions.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
“‘I learned with concern that a French researcher,’ on a mission for the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), ‘who was going to a conference near Houston was banned from entering American territory before being expelled,’ said the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Philippe Baptiste, in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). ‘This measure was allegedly taken by the American authorities because this researcher's phone contained exchanges with colleagues and friendly relationships in which he expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy,’ he added.”
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/03/19/etats-unis-un-chercheur-francais-refoule-pour-avoir-exprime-une-opinion-personnelle-sur-la-politique-menee-par-l-administration-trump_6583618_3210.html
#USA #fascism #EU #France #science #freedomOfSpeech #privacy #travelWarning
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines.Le Monde avec AFP (Le Monde)
Text messages sent between iOS & Android devices will soon benefit from end-to-end encryption, after the GSM Association published new specifications for the RCS protocol that include support for cross-platform E2EE.
https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/technologies/networks/gsma_resources/gsma-rcs-universal-profile-3-0-specifications/
#ios #android #rcs #protocol #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #tech #news
Ultimately, the entire deal fell apart after Clearview and ICI clashed about the utility of the data with each company filing breach of contract claims. The dispute ultimately went into arbitration where it is common for disputes to be settled privately. The arbiter ultimately sided with Clearview AI in 2024 and ordered ICI to return the contract money. To date, ICI has not paid Clearview, with the company now seeking a court order to enforce the arbiter’s ruling."
https://www.404media.co/facial-recognition-company-clearview-attempted-to-buy-social-security-numbers-and-mugshots-for-its-database/
#Clearview #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection #SocialSecurity #FacialRecognition #Biometrics
Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database
Clearview AI spent nearly a million dollars in a bid to purchase “690 million arrest records and 390 million arrest photos” from all 50 states, court records reveal.Freddy Martinez (404 Media)
While we prefer to focus on technical guarantees like strong end-to-end encryption over matters like jurisdiction, these issues still matter, and the United States certainly does not have a monopoly on the best technologies.
We've compiled a list of some of our favorite and highly recommended European privacy tools, to highlight how easy it can be to take your data back from American Big Tech companies: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/
#EUTech #EuropeanTech #Privacy #USElection2024 #EUCloud #EuropeanAlternatives #PrivacyGuides #Article
#dataprivacy #datenschutz #privacy #DataPrivacyFramework #dsgvo #fail
That person was Mark Klein, who died on March 8 this year from cancer. He was 79.
After a life working in telecoms, Klein realized he had helped the NSA wire up a listening station in AT&T's San Francisco switching facility - the infamous Room 641A - that was being used to illegally spy on Americans.
The evidence he gathered and shared led to two lawsuits that exposed the extent to which US citizens were being spied on by their own government in the post-9/11 world. Klein faced legal pressure, death threats, and the constant fear of ruin, to get his story out and tell the public what was going on. But Klein regretted nothing."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/15/rip_mark_klein/
#USA #NSA #Surveillance #ATT #MassSurveillance #PoliceState #Privacy
On the FTC’s website, the page hosting all of the agency’s business-related blogs and guidance no longer includes any information published during former president Joe Biden’s administration, current and former FTC employees, who spoke under anonymity for fear of retaliation, tell WIRED. These blogs contained advice from the FTC on how big tech companies could avoid violating consumer protection laws."
https://www.wired.com/story/federal-trade-commission-removed-blogs-critical-of-ai-amazon-microsoft/
#USA #Trump #FTC #Antitrust #ConsumerProtection #Privacy #BigTech #AI
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/uk_vigilance_case_ganesh_joshi
#uttarakhand #dehradun #india #news #press #politics #corruption #vigilance #RTI #HighCourt #GaneshJoshi
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देहरादून: कैबिनेट मंत्री गणेश जोशी के खिलाफ विजिलेंस में दोबारा होगी शिकायत, हाईकोर्ट जाने की भी तैयारी: एडवोकेट विकेश नेगी।
आरटीआई एक्टिविस्ट एडवोकेट विकेश सिंह नेगी एक बार फिर से कैबिनेट मंत्री गणेश जोशी के खिलाफ आय से अधिक संपत्ति अर्जित करने के मामले में विजिलेंस से शिकायत करने जा रहे हैं।प्रेम पंचोली (Aliyesha)
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_hp_sdrf_secures_first_place_north_competition
#himachal #dharamshala #india #news #press #SDRF #Emergency #FirstResponder #RescueTeam #DisasterManagement
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Dharamshala: HP SDRF Secures First Place in Northern Region Competition.
Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Response Force (HP-SDRF) has achieved first place in the regional-level SDRF competition.Rajesh (Aliyesha)
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_cm_nitish_inaugrates_water_supply_projects
#bihar #patna #india #news #press #politics #nitishkumar #water #DrinkingWater #HarGharNalKaJal #Rural #RuralDevelopment
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Patna: CM Nitish Kumar Inaugurates and Lays Foundation Stone for Water Supply Projects Worth ₹7,166 Crore.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for water supply projects and building structures under the Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal initiative.Alok Sharma (Aliyesha)
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_seema_haidar_now_mother
#newdelhi #delhi #india #news #press #love #CrossBorderLove #SeemaHaider #pakistan #PakistanToIndia
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नई दिल्ली: पाकिस्तान से आई सीमा हैदर भारत में भी मां बनीं, सचिन मीणा और हैदर की पहली संतान बेटी हुई।
दिल्ली-एनसीआर की सबसे चर्चित और विवादित हस्ती सीमा हैदर भारत में भी मां बन गई हैं।दिल्ली ब्यूरो (Aliyesha)
#vivaldibrowser #merch #privacy
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_govt_honours_progressive_farmers
#bihar #patna #india #news #press #farming #farmers #horticulture #agriculture #ModernFarming
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Patna: Bihar Agriculture Department Honours Progressive Farmers in Horticulture.
The Agriculture Department of Bihar organised a special ceremony at the Agricultural Bhavan in Mithapur to honour farmers who have excelled in the field of horticulture.Alok Sharma (Aliyesha)

Two high-severity security flaws have been disclosed in the open-source ruby-saml library that could allow malicious actors to bypass Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication protections.
https://github.blog/security/sign-in-as-anyone-bypassing-saml-sso-authentication-with-parser-differentials/
#github #ruby #saml #library #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #programming #tech #news
Sign in as anyone: Bypassing SAML SSO authentication with parser differentials - The GitHub Blog
Critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities were discovered in ruby-saml up to version 1.17.0. See how they were uncovered.Peter Stöckli (The GitHub Blog)
Has anyone come across any businesses that have made the leap recently? Feel free to DM or message on Signal, mattburgess.20
#infosec #privacy #cloud #security
Und wie schafft ihr es, eure Kontakte von WhatsApp wegzulocken? Einfach selbst wechseln und hoffen, oder aktiv überzeugen? Gibt’s Tricks - oder gebt ihr irgendwann auf?
Bin gespannt auf eure Erfahrungen!
#Threema #Signal #WhatsApp #Messenger #Privacy #Datenschutz
📣 Announcing Altbot 2.0: The Privacy & Green Update 🔒💚
Exciting news! After months of development, Altbot 2.0 is officially launching with major improvements to privacy, efficiency, and description quality.
What's new in Altbot 2.0:
- 100% local AI processing for true privacy - unlike Google Gemini which saves data for training, Altbot 2.0 retains ZERO information about you or your images using the powerful Ovis2:8B model running on my custom AltTron server equipped with an A5500 GPU and expansion capacity for two additional GPUs
- Full GDPR compliance with clear informed consent - I've implemented comprehensive privacy measures including transparent data handling policies, user rights protection, and minimal data collection practices that exceed GDPR requirements
- Better quality descriptions across all 11 supported languages thanks to a newly developed translation layer specifically optimized for local LLM models
- Significantly more energy efficient with a new feature that shows you exactly how much energy was used for each request! This efficiency comes from using a server-grade GPU optimized for lower power consumption, and 36% of the energy consumed is from clean sources mainly nuclear power (thanks to being based in Georgia)
- That a request happened
- How long it took to complete
- What type of media it was (image, video, or audio)
- What language was used
For those who don't know, Altbot has been helping make the Fediverse more accessible by automatically generating alt-text descriptions for images. The project has grown beyond anything I imagined, now serving thousands of users across the network.
Support Altbot's Future 💝
To bring these privacy and efficiency improvements to life, I had to invest in a more powerful server than initially planned. The server costs exceeded my budget by around $900, which I've covered out of pocket. Who woulda thought that competing with a $1.98 trillion dystopian mega corporation would be expensive? Shocking, I know.
I've set up a Ko-fi fundraising goal to help recover these costs and support ongoing development: Ko-fi.com/micr0byte
Your contributions will help ensure Altbot remains:
- Free for everyone
- Continuously improved
- Sustainably maintained
This milestone represents a commitment to ensuring accessibility doesn't come at the cost of privacy or environmental impact. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together.
As Altbot continues to grow, I'm open to sharing more about this journey with anyone interested in accessibility, ethical AI, or Fediverse projects.
For press inquiries: inquiries@micr0.dev
Feel free to boost or reach out!
#Accessibility #Fediverse #AltText #EthicalAI #OpenSource #Privacy #Altbot
• Smart devices capture real-time intent data by listening to our conversations •
Advertisers can pair this voice-data with behavioral data to target in-market consumers…..
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25051283-cmg-pitch-deck-on-voice-data-advertising-active-listening?ref=404media.co
#Amazon #Google #Facebook #data #Privacy #activelistening

⚠️Protect yourself Now!!!⚠️
If you’re running a Windows 10 PC, make sure you download the latest update right now. Microsoft patched 57 vulnerabilities affecting its foundational systems and core products, including six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2025-Mar
#microsoft #windows #update #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #tech #news
Privacy = protecting your personal info & controlling who sees it.
👤 Anonymity = hiding your identity so no one can trace you.
Examples:
Privacy: not sharing your address,
Anonymity: hiding your IP with a VPN.
More info below! 👇 #blog #tech #privacy
https://blog.internxt.com/privacy-vs-anonymity/
Privacy vs Anonymity | Internxt Blog
With all the new online products and services coming out, you see a lot of buzzwords used to describe them—private, anonymous, secure, open-source, safe, encrypted.Internxt
ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship call for the Tribunal into the UK government's secret order for Apple to break encryption to be held in public.
The case happens TOMORROW.
Read more ⬇️
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/apples-appeal-against-uks-secret-icloud-backdoor-order-must-be-held-in-public-rights-groups-urge/
#encryption #e2ee #privacy #security #ukpolitics #ukpol #cybersecurity #apple
Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge | TechCrunch
Privacy rights groups have called on Apple's legal challenge to a secret U.K. government order asking it to backdoor an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE)Natasha Lomas (TechCrunch)
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_delhi_police_case_fiit_jee_420
#newdelhi #delhi #india #news #press #FIITJEE #FraudCase #DelhiPolice #EOW #StudentRights #CoachingScam #EducationFraud #LegalAction #JusticeForStudents #Education #Students
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नई दिल्ली: दिल्ली पुलिस की आर्थिक अपराध शाखा ने FIITJEE के खिलाफ धोखाधड़ी का मामला दर्ज किया।
कोचिंग संस्थान FIITJEE के खिलाफ दिल्ली पुलिस का शिकंजा कसता जा रहा है।दिल्ली ब्यूरो (Aliyesha)

The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-24201 and was found in the WebKit cross-platform browser engine used by Apple's Safari and many other apps.
⚠️Install the Update immediately!!!⚠️
[For your device security, it’s a good practice to install updates within 36 hours of becoming available.]
https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100
#apple #ios #macos #update #it #security #privacy #engineer #media #tech #news
Apple security releases - Apple Support
This document lists security updates and Rapid Security Responses for Apple software.Apple Support
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_aiims_patna_world_glaucoma_awarness_week
#bihar #patna #india #news #press #health #Glaucoma #EyeHealth #AIIMSPatna #AIIMS #PreventBlindness
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Patna: AIIMS Patna Observes World Glaucoma Awareness Week with Awareness Walk.
World Glaucoma Awareness Week is being observed from 9 to 15 March to raise awareness about glaucoma and prevent irreversible vision loss among the general public.Alok Sharma (Aliyesha)
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_green_warriors_green_dharamshala_campaign
#himachal #dharamshala #india #news #press #trees #TreePlanting #environment #GoGreen #SaveThePlanet #GreenInitiative
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Dharamshala: “Green Warriors for Green Dharamshala” Campaign Launched.
Initiated by Dharamshala Municipal Corporation, “Green Warriors for Green Dharamshala” campaign was officially launched today.Rajesh (Aliyesha)
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_cu_help_market_self_group_products
#himachal #dharamshala #india #news #press #WomenEmpowerment #marketing #CentralUniversity #EconomicGrowth #CommunitySupport
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Dharamshala: Central University Students to Market Self-Help Group's Products.
Students from the Central University have initiated a project aimed at bringing the products of self-help groups to markets within the state and beyond.Rajesh (Aliyesha)
💾 Local = one-time cost but hidden fees (upgrades, power, risk of data loss).
☁️ Cloud = flexible pricing with security, backups & accessibility.
Who will win the battle? Check out our article here
#tech #privacy #blog
https://blog.internxt.com/cloud-storage-vs-local-storage-cost
Cloud Storage vs Local Storage Cost | Internxt Blog
Although the importance and growth of cloud storage is rapidly increasing, local storage may still have its place for personal or business use, as it still offers some advantages over cloud storage.Internxt
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/in-affidavit-former-social-security
"detailed how deputies for #ElonMusk forced their way into the agency, formed a clandestine unit, and gained access to its most sensitive #databases...
also warned that careless actions by Musk’s #Doge could lead to interruptions in #SocialSecurity payments."
#Musk #Coup #Corruption #Trump #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #Data #Privacy #News #US #USA
In affidavit, former Social Security official says DOGE is putting benefits at risk
In an affidavit filed in federal court on Friday, a former senior civil servant at the Social Security Administration (SSA) detailed how deputies for Elon Musk forced their way into the agency, formed a clandestine unit, and gained access to its most…Caleb Ecarma (Musk Watch)