Most smart home devices are cloud subscriptions in disguise. When the company shifts, gets acquired, or decides to charge more, your automation stops working. There's a better way.
submitted by cm0002 to privacy
17 points | 1 comments
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-trump-ice-98e30301d67d3a368efbd8fafa72bf17
> archive.ph/EFeJA
submitted by cm0002 to privacy
17 points | 5 comments
https://fluxer.app/blog/mobile-clients-and-fluxer-v2
Fluxer v2 is out, mobile clients are open source, self-hosting is improving, and public development is moving back to GitHub.
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Lawful access has raised privacy concerns, yet Gary Anandasangaree echoed Conservative Vic Toews who said in 2012 people 'can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.'
All-out social media bans are harmful for kids and adults, but there's a more effective, privacy-respecting option...
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95 points | 14 comments
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/jamie-sarkonak-liberals-bill-c-100041080.html
Disable media saving under Google's updated privacy settings.
The post Meta Under Fire After Secretly Testing Military-Grade Facial Recognition Tech appeared first on Android Headlines.
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A reported $120.2 million USDT routing through Monero left about $72 million frozen, but the market impact showed how quickly traceable liquidity can move toward harder-to-follow rails.
The post Did Tether just freeze $72M in USDT with no link to a hack in Monero money laundering sting? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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How do I acquire Monero without having to show my id ?
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Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 13, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the ...
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The New York Times Gift Article: “A digital whiteboard? A carpenter’s level? An image generator? These are just some of the built-in apps you may be hauling around on your phone or tablet. Apple includes these apps as bonus features, but if you never use them, would you rather have the storage space back? Preinstalled ...
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37 points | 13 comments
https://0807.st/
Made a small file host focused on not leaving a trace.
- No account, no ads, no trackers
- You set when the file deletes itself (1 hour to 30 days, or after X downloads)
- Optional password on files and notes
- Reachable over Tor via an onion service
- Self-hosted
For when you just need to hand someone a file…
Ethereum researcher Nico says post-quantum account protection can begin today for $0.07 per account, without waiting for a hard fork update.
submitted by cm0002 to privacy
62 points | 8 comments
https://itsfoss.com/news/bitwarden-quiet-changes/?=0
I have been using Bitwarden for around 7~ years. Subscription for this long too, at 10USD p/year. I will be switching due to lack of transparency, and would love to hear others thoughts on this.
The linked article goes into further detail, but here is a small summary that very much…
submitted by cm0002 to privacy
104 points | 13 comments
The reasons of his departure? Military AI, surveillance of Europeans, ethical principles erased.
René Mayrhofer has been protecting the security of your Android smartphone for nine years. He just quit Google for a reason that directly concerns you: the company signed a deal allowing the Pentagon to use its AI for classified…
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330 points | 15 comments
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COUNTRIES THAT BAN OR RESTRICT VPN SERVICES: Iran, Belarus, Iraq, North Korea, Turkmenistan, China, Russia, Egypt, India, Myanmar, Oman… United Kingdom?
This is probably referring to this: www.independent.co.uk/…/vpn-ban-uk-b2939311.html
An older post from Mulvad about their issues advertising in the UK:…
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341 points | 16 comments
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COUNTRIES THAT BAN OR RESTRICT VPN SERVICES: Iran, Belarus, Iraq, North Korea, Turkmenistan, China, Russia, Egypt, India, Myanmar, Oman… United Kingdom?
This is probably referring to this: www.independent.co.uk/…/vpn-ban-uk-b2939311.html
An older post from Mulvad about their issues advertising in the UK:…
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Most of these apps aren't necessarily bad, they just didn't fit in with what I was looking for.
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242 points | 26 comments
_The reasons of his departure? Military AI, surveillance of Europeans, ethical principles erased._
René Mayrhofer has been protecting the security of your Android smartphone for nine years. He just quit Google for a reason that directly concerns you: the company signed a deal allowing the Pentagon to use its AI for classified…
submitted by liverstealer to privacy
123 points | 38 comments
https://itsfoss.com/news/bitwarden-quiet-changes/
I have been using Bitwarden for around 7~ years. Subscription for this long too, at 10USD p/year. I will be switching due to lack of transparency, and would love to hear others thoughts on this.
The linked article goes into further detail, but here is a small summary that very much…
submitted by SleepyPie to privacy
11 points | 10 comments
https://www.qubes-os.org/
With all the supply chain attacks in the Linux ecosystem, isn’t the natural solution to move to full application sandboxing?
Flatpacking is great but not all applications support it.
Is it too much of a hassle?
The use of facial-scanning technology at several San Francisco gay bars has angered many in the LGBTQ+ community. At locations often frequented by people who are not publicly out, the notion of tracking patrons' whereabouts in the very havens sought for privacy raises many alarms.
At least three gay bars in the Castro District have started using Patronscan Guard+, a technology intended to…
submitted by cm0002 to privacy
50 points | 10 comments
https://www.404media.co/how-to-disable-meta-rayban-led-light/
Google says ShinyHunters exploited Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to steal data from 100+ organisations, with universities making up most victims.
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98 points | 20 comments
https://auzo.uk/linkedin/
LinkedIn locked me out of my own account. The only way back is through Persona — a third-party service that wants a photo of my passport, a scan of my face, and a recording of my movements (liveness detection: turn your head, follow the dot, so a still photo can’t stand in for me). The stated reason: “unusual…
For decades, luxury was easy to recognize. It came in the form of bigger homes, expensive cars, designer clothing, first-class flights, and exclusive products. But a quiet shift is taking place. Increasingly, some of the most desirable things money can buy are not things at all. They are experiences built around absence: no notifications, no […]
The post The Next Luxury Trend Might Be Being Left…
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