G'day :)

Just a query. I use both WhatsApp and Messenger via the PWAs for Firefox extension. Both offer to install their own native apps on Windows, but I don't trust that this is safe since I assume they could then monitor anything else going on on my computer.

Would that be a fair assumption?

Google's Chrome web browser is set to warn users that private browsing does not prevent them from being tracked. Many users were under the impression that

Is it useful for people with limited tech knowledge? Is the organization trustworthy? I don't know enough about any of this to vet it, but a basic primer would be useful for me and my even less tech savvy relatives.

866 Trackers this has to be some kind of new record?

#privacy

Privacy friendly app repository by SECUSO, a unit of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Nairobi boasts nearly 2,000 Huawei surveillance cameras citywide. But in the nine years since they were installed, it is hard to see their benefits.

Not at all sure my stock kb is doing me any privacy favors.

Omnivore is an open-source, privacy friendly and self-hostable alternative for read-it-later services like Pocket, Instapaper, or Flipboard. This could be your platform of choice.

Youtube is now fully blocking me from watching videos if my adblocker is on. I use firefox with uBlock. I turned it off and then they claimed that I still had an adblocker on. After swapping my user agent to Chrome it started working again. Has anyone else have this happen to them?

This feels like they're trying to push people into using chromium based browsers.

Exploring potential privacy vulnerabilities in Apple devices. This article discusses revealing a user's first name without permissions using the mDNS protocol.

Designed and based in France, Qwant is the first search engine that protects its users' freedoms. Our key words: privacy and neutrality.

Newly released documents highlight the bureau's continued secrecy around cell-site simulators—spying tech that everyone already assumes exists.

So, I registered at kbin.social. I suppose my messages/posts are stored at kbin.social server, right?.
I'm an european citizen, does the GDPR applies here?

#privacy

Swedish privacy authority has fined Spotify for violating the Right of Access held under European Union's General Data Protection Regulation.

The Markup found many sites tied to the national mental health crisis hotline transmitted information on visitors through the Meta Pixel

A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.

You can turn it off in your options.