#Europe’s #GDPR #privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-gdpr-privacy-law-europe-president-ursula-von-der-leyen/
#Privacy
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#EuropeanCommission takes aim at end-to-end encryption and proposes #Europol become an #EU FBI
https://therecord.media/european-commission-takes-aim-encryption-europol-fbi-proposal
#EU Possibly Emerging As One Of The Greatest Threats To #Privacy
https://www.webpronews.com/eu-possibly-emerging-as-one-of-the-greatest-threats-to-privacy/
New #Windows11 trick lets you bypass #Microsoft Account requirement
#MadisonSquareGarden’s #surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design
https://www.theverge.com/news/637228/madison-square-garden-james-dolan-facial-recognition-fan-ban
#privacy #FreeSpeech #MSG #RadioCity #BeaconTheatre #ChicagoTheatre #TheSphere #FRT #FacialRecognition
New #Windows11 build makes mandatory #Microsoft Account sign-in even more mandatory
#OracleHealth breach compromises patient data at US hospitals
Open letter to anyone with a protest or rights-based website:
PLEASE get rid of Facebook and Google SSO login options and analytic tracking codes from your sites.
You are literally handing over your user data to unscrupulous players that are in direct opposition to your cause. These sites can and do hand over user-specific data.
To everyone, stop using these options. Set a strong password. Use an alias email. Use a VPN.
After #Trump's decree: fight for US funding for #Tor, #FDroid and #LetsEncrypt
"...If the government or law enforcement starts treating all anti-Tesla actions as criminal, peaceful protesters could find themselves facing consequences meant for extremists...Per the Attorney General’s Guidelines, the FBI doesn’t require a factual basis for a suspicion of terrorism to begin conducting physical surveillance, which includes taking photos of people, cars, and license plates, deploying informants to infiltrate a group, accessing private databases, and more. ..."
“It’s also important to understand that law enforcement in the United States is primarily intended to protect the property of the wealthy,” German said.
“Corporations in the United States are politically powerful and have access to elected officials and top law enforcement officials. And when their interests are challenged, particularly by protest, they want to present that as a law enforcement issue, rather than as legitimate public concerns about their corporate activities.”
"...If the government or law enforcement starts treating all anti-Tesla actions as criminal, peaceful protesters could find themselves facing consequences meant for extremists...Per the Attorney General’s Guidelines, the FBI doesn’t require a factual basis for a suspicion of terrorism to begin conducting physical surveillance, which includes taking photos of people, cars, and license plates, deploying informants to infiltrate a group, accessing private databases, and more. ..."
“It’s also important to understand that law enforcement in the United States is primarily intended to protect the property of the wealthy,” German said.
“Corporations in the United States are politically powerful and have access to elected officials and top law enforcement officials. And when their interests are challenged, particularly by protest, they want to present that as a law enforcement issue, rather than as legitimate public concerns about their corporate activities.”
#SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of #Signal Ever
https://www.wired.com/story/signalgate-is-driving-the-most-us-downloads-of-signal-ever/
#UK's first permanent #FacialRecognition cameras installed in #SouthLondon
https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/uk_facial_recognition/
Tip #680
Enable Proton VPN to protect your online privacy.
In Vivaldi, you can connect to Proton VPN without any extra hassle using your Vivaldi account, giving you a more private and secure browsing experience.
To get started:
- Click the ”VPN” button on the right side of the Address Bar.
- Log in to your Vivaldi account or to your Proton account.
- Click “Connect”.
Tip #680
Enable Proton VPN to protect your online privacy.
In Vivaldi, you can connect to Proton VPN without any extra hassle using your Vivaldi account, giving you a more private and secure browsing experience.
To get started:
- Click the ”VPN” button on the right side of the Address Bar.
- Log in to your Vivaldi account or to your Proton account.
- Click “Connect”.
Today we are very proud to announce that the United Nations has switched from Google Forms to CryptPad Form for collecting endorsements on the UN Open Source Principles: https://unite.un.org/news/sixteen-organizations-endorse-un-open-source-principles
CryptPad Form is a full-fledged application allowing you to build privacy-preserving questionnaires for your respondents.
Try it for free, without even registering an account, on our CryptPad.fr flagship instance!
#UnitedNations #UN #Privacy #OpenSource #Forms #Studies #FOSS