#EU Commission is expected to publish the draft law on "chat control" tomorrow. Lawmakers seek AI-based checks of all message content & images directly on users' devices in order to bypass encryption protocols.

Critics say this is an attack on the digital privacy of correspondence and leads to mass surveillance.

German Chaos Computer Club protests against the planned "chat control" law in an open letter. Says it is a "fundamentally misguided technology" and an "unprecedented surveillance tool".

https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2022/eu-kommission-will-alle-chatnachrichten-durchleuchten
@disclosetv #chatcontrol #privacy #europe

Users in Texas, Illinois can no longer use certain filters on Instagram and Facebook

Fun social media filters are now banned in Texas and Illinois. Meta turned off AR #filters in the two states after they accused the company of misusing #facial #recognition technology.

Some filters are still available on apps like #Facebook and #Instagram, but the filters that use facial recognition are now gone, thanks to new state laws.

#Texas accused #Meta of violating #privacy rights through its technology.

In #Illinois, a class-action #lawsuit that restricted the use of #biometric data was settled.

Texas has a similar case pending.

However, Meta doesn’t believe that its technology violates facial recognition laws in Illinois and Texas.

Meta said it plans to roll out an opt-in system that would explain how its technology works and continue offering filters that map out users’ faces.

via www.ksby.com



> Meta doesn’t believe that its technology violates facial recognition laws in Illinois and Texas

Hookers believe they are virgins and politicians believe they are honest men who are benevolent towards their people

https://www.activistpost.com/2022/05/25-human-rights-group-oppose-zooms-planned-a-i-tech-that-can-scan-users-faces-and-speed-to-determine-their-emotions.html #AI #HumanRights #Privacy #Surveillance #Zoom #nwo

Apple Tracks Every Tap On Its App Store
@takebackourtech | SOURCE

iOS developers & privacy researchers at Mysk have recently found that the Apple App Store sends every tap you make to Apple.

https://nitter.takebackourtech.org/mysk_co/status/1588308341780262912

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#Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption - BBC News
https://web.archive.org/web/20230224103103/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64584001


The encrypted-messaging app Signal has said it would stop providing services in the UK if a new law undermined encryption.
If forced to weaken the privacy of its messaging system under the Online Safety Bill, the organisation "would absolutely, 100% walk" Signal president Meredith Whittaker told the BBC.


#UK #Privacy #Encryption

The Online Safety Bill (UK) will bring in client-side scanning, a tech for moderating content on encrypted services. Apps will have to compromise encryption to scan your message, putting a spy in your pocket.

Join our campaign to #StopTheSpyClause

👉 https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me

#OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #surveillance #e2ee #ukpolitics

Reminder : a basic tutorial on
How to De-Google LineageOS

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=E1U5qoiR1fM&local=true

#Android #deGoogle #LineageOS
#Privacy

6 Best Secure Messaging Alternatives to WhatsApp | Avoid the Hack – https://avoidthehack.com/best-secure-messengers

The content of your messages and the metadata associated with them should be secure and private. Unfortunately many messengers out there fail to do this.

Telegram operates in the cloud, and while this does have good portability across multiple devices and device types, the service provider (or anyone with access to the cloud server) could theoretically read them at any time with relative ease; Telegram stores messages on the third-party cloud provider's server.
According to Telegram’s privacy policy, the service itself logs IP addresses and phone numbers.

#Infosec #Session #SimpleXchat #Briar #Threema
#Element #Telegram #privacy

simplex@mastodon.social - SimpleX Chat v5.1-beta.1 is released!

New in v5.1-beta.1:
- message reactions - finally!🚀
- self-destruct passcode.
- voice messages up to 5 minutes.
- custom time to disappear - can be set just for one message.
- message editing history.
- a setting to disable audio/video calls per contact.
- group welcome message visible in group profile.

Install the apps via the links here: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#install-the-app

More details: https://simplex.chat/blog/20230523-simplex-chat-v5-1-message-reactions-self-destruct-passcode.html

#privacy #security #messenger

#Signal spokesperson vs government mercenary on their latest #UK #bill intended to force backdoors and destroy #privacy

This Is Why We Need to Talk About CBDCs - TruthStreamMedia

Central banks and governments, at a global scale, have prepared to implement CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) with important consequences for every aspect of freedom in our lives.
Though they will introduce it to the public gradually, its capacity for total control is immense.

CBDCs will be PROGRAMMABLE. Where and how money is spent is literally built into this new currency. And they plan to use it to change how money is use. The executives that frequent the World Economic Forum and the other elite forums have said so.

And so, CBDCs will not just be money. No, not at all. CBDCs are designed as tools of a very political and ideological agenda; some of the worst policies that have been pushed in recent decades will now have the force of spending controls to “nudge” people into submission and compliance.

#DigitalCurrency #CentralBank
#CBDC #Privacy #BigBrother

Squawker (An open-source anonymous Twitter client) fork of Fritter

Features:
- Privacy: No login, no tracking, with all data local
- Feed: View all your subscriptions in a chronological feed
- Subscriptions: Follow and group accounts
- Search: Find users and tweets
- Bookmarks: Save tweets locally and offline
- Trends: See what's trending in the world
- Polls: View results without needing to vote
- Light and Dark themes: Protect your eyes.. And more!

#FrontEnd #Privacy #Twitter
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British youth faces 100,000-euro bill for bomb threat joke that prompted Spain to scramble a fighter plane to escort easyJet flight

The accused was checking in for a flight at London Gatwick airport when he sent a message to friends via Snapchat. It was picked up by the UK security services when the plane was flying over French airspace


Source: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/british-youth-faces-100000euro-bill-for-bomb-20240122151721-nt.html

>send a meme on snapchat
>get fined 120k

Would he have been saved by using any chat service with end-to-end encryption? Even Whatsapp? How can one avoid this happening to them?

⚡️hidden tech

#why #im #privacy

Privacy Companies Push Back Against EU Plot To End Online Privacy

An urgent appeal has been relayed to ministers across the #EU by a consortium of tech companies, exacting a grave warning against backing a proposed regulation focusing on child sexual abuse as a pretense to jeopardize the security integrity of internet services relying on end-to-end encryption and end privacy for all citizens.

In a open letter a total of 18 organizations – predominantly comprising providers of encrypted email and messaging services – have voiced concerns about the potential experimental regulation by the European Commission (EC), singling out the “detrimental” effects on children’s #privacy and #security and the possible dire repercussions for #cybersecurity.

#BigBrother #EUChatControl
#ChatControl #Encryption

Know Thy Enemy: The Taxonomies That Meta Uses to Map the Offensive Privacy Space

This talk introduces and examines privacy-inclusive taxonomies Meta has developed and uses to track privacy weaknesses, enumerate privacy adversarial TTPs, deconflict privacy and security efforts, and scale detection and remediation efforts. Taxonomies, such as #MITRE's #CVE, #CAPEC, and #ATT&CK® #frameworks, have long been used to track and understand cybersecurity weaknesses and the tactics of cyber adversaries. These taxonomies help #organizations stay abreast of trends, guide software development best practices, and pinpoint the most effective remediation and detection strategies to common #cybersecurity issues. As the field of offensive privacy matures, organizations require similar taxonomies to understand #privacy threats and align efforts across #security and privacy teams....

By: Zach Miller , David Renardy

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About Face (Recognition) | EFF

Is your face truly your own, or is it a commodity to be sold, a weapon to be used against you? A company called #Clearview AI has scraped the internet to gather (without consent) 30 billion images to support a tool that lets users identify people by picture alone. Though it’s primarily used by law enforcement, should we have to worry that the eavesdropper at the next restaurant table, or the creep who’s bothering you in the bar, or the protestor outside the abortion clinic can surreptitiously snap a pic of you, upload it, and use it to identify you, where you live and work, your social media accounts, and more? 


Kashmir Hill has been writing about the intersection of #privacy and #technology for well over a decade; her book about Clearview AI’s rise and practices was published last fall. She speaks with the #EFF about how face recognition technology’s rapid evolution may have outpaced ethics and regulations, and where we might go from here. 

#FacialRecognition

Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now! – Threema

This Wednesday, June 19, 2024, the #EU Council could be voting on the controversial #ChatControl bill. Should it pass, the consequences would be devastating: Under the pretext of child protection, EU citizens would no longer be able to communicate in a safe and private manner on the Internet. The European market’s location advantage would suffer a massive hit due to a substantial decrease in data security. And EU professionals like lawyers, journalists, and physicians could no longer uphold their duty to confidentiality online. All while children wouldn’t be better protected in the least bit. On the contrary, Chat Control could have a negative impact on minors in particular.

https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/stop-chat-control

#surveillance #privacy