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"Another tracker which cannot be removed once created is the Google Android ID, a device identifier that's linked to a user's Google account and created after the first connection made to the device by Google Play Services.
It continues to send data about the device back to Google even after the user logs out of their Google account and the only way to remove it, and its data, is to factory-reset the device."
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Apple appeals the UK government’s order to backdoor its encrypted services.
The fight to save encryption continues. Why? Backdoors are a gift for criminals and predators.
We must keep our personal data and family photos secure. We need encryption.
https://www.theverge.com/news/623977/apple-uk-encryption-order-appeal
#Apple #encryption #privacy #security #e2ee #ukpolitics #ukpol
There is an optional feature on Mastodon which lets you automatically delete your posts after a certain amount of time:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/deleting-posts-automatically-in-mastodon-after-a-certain-time-period
If you activate this, your posts that are older than a certain number of weeks, months or years are automatically deleted by your server.
The setup process for autodelete also lets you choose types of post or specific posts not to delete.
(If you want to keep everything, just don't activate autodelete 🙂 )
Sure, they might have your previous data.
But you know what they *don't* have?
They don't have your *future* data.
It's never too late to start improving your data privacy online. Every small step helps.
If you’re in the UK you now can’t trust any online service to protect your data now that the government can just order them not to. A company revealing that they have been instructed to violate your privacy is itself an offence, but their actions make it clear they have.
Apple have removed iCloud end to end encryption for new UK users and will force existing users to disable it.
The state of state privacy laws in 2025 -- a report from @epicprivacy and US-PIRG
Of the 19 states that have passed data privacy laws, nearly half of them receive a failing grade
https://pirg.org/edfund/resources/state-privacy-laws/
"All across the country, tech and other companies are pushing for weak laws. The majority of the 19 state laws passed so far closely follow a model that was initially drafted by industry giants such as Amazon. From tech to telecomms, there’s a lot of companies making a lot of money in data.
In 2021, Virginia became the second state in the nation to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. Where California’s law — which was passed in 2018 — established some real protections, Virginia’s was almost entirely void of meaningful provisions. A notable difference: While California’s rules became law in response to a proposed ballot question, Virginia’s legislation had been handed …
The state of state privacy laws in 2025 -- a report from @epicprivacy and US-PIRG
Of the 19 states that have passed data privacy laws, nearly half of them receive a failing grade
https://pirg.org/edfund/resources/state-privacy-laws/
"All across the country, tech and other companies are pushing for weak laws. The majority of the 19 state laws passed so far closely follow a model that was initially drafted by industry giants such as Amazon. From tech to telecomms, there’s a lot of companies making a lot of money in data.
In 2021, Virginia became the second state in the nation to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. Where California’s law — which was passed in 2018 — established some real protections, Virginia’s was almost entirely void of meaningful provisions. A notable difference: While California’s rules became law in response to a proposed ballot question, Virginia’s legislation had been handed to the bill sponsor by an Amazon lobbyist, and it was based on an earlier bill from Washington state that had been modified at the behest of Amazon, Comcast, Microsoft, and other industry lobbyists."
Here in Washington we defeated the Bad Washington Privacy Act FOUR TIMES despite lobbying from Amazon, Comcast, Microsoft, and the whole tech industry. After that, we passed the much stronger My Health My Data (which doesn't appear on the chart because it's a health data privacy bill). But sure enough, in the hearing two weeks ago on the People's Privacy Act, the tech lobbyists were still saying that we should align with the 19 other states. What is it about "no" they don't understand? As I said in my testimony
"As Andrew Kingsman pointed out, most of the “19 other state bills” they keep referring to were based on the industry-supported Bad Washington Privacy Act, which our legislature rejected four times. Sure, lobbyists for big tech and the advertising industry got them passed elsewhere – and without a private right of action – but we do get to make our own decisions!"
https://privacy.thenexus.today/the-peoples-privacy-act-hb-1671-testimony-and-followon-mail/
If you or someone you know has been putting off taking their privacy & security seriously, it's time to take the first steps.
I produced a video at @privacyguides that lays out the steps in an easy & accessible way, to make it simple for anyone to lock down their digital life.
➡️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5bKUA2sVFM
➡️ PeerTube: https://neat.tube/w/1GaeNH2GyUark4kNXCcL6Q
what an absolute childish nazi prick
(oh, and since he's a government employee now, this is state censorship in its clearest form)
https://www.disruptionist.com/p/elon-musks-x-blocks-links-to-signal
This is *the most malicious, brutal* malicious compliance I've seen in quite some time, possibly ever, and I am HERE FOR IT. Thank you, @jwz
ORG and over 150 signatories call on the UK government to RESCIND its demand to create a backdoor to Apple encryption.
It "jeopardises the security and privacy of millions, undermines the UK tech sector, and sets a dangerous precedent for global cybersecurity."
"The world’s second-largest provider of mobile devices would be built on top of a systemic security flaw, putting all of its users’ security and privacy at risk."
🍪 A 2023 study concluded CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service' that made us spend 819 billion hours clicking on traffic lights to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google
As a probably 25 year plus long supporter of #Amnesty, I'm saddened that #AmnestyInternational does not have a decent presence at #Mastodon.
Mastodon is a #publicvalues driven social media platform that aligns very well with the values of Amnesty International.
#PracticeWhatYouPreach #Fediverse
I asked Amnesty here for a presence on Mastodon: https://www.amnesty.org/en/about-us/contact/
Encryption backdoors must never be allowed. To prove that Tuta is #free from any #backdoor, the entire client code is published as #opensource.
Let's fight against mass surveillance! ✊
🚨BREAKING: Google will soon install an app called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore
They say it's a "safety measure" to protect your #privacy, but in fact it's client-side scanning.
Yet, we all know that client-side scanning is bad: https://tuta.com/blog/eu-client-side-scanning
Deinstall the app on your #Android: System -> Apps
