Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

Hong Kong Police arrested protesters after accessing full details of injured protesters through Hospital Authority's "backdoor"

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/06/17/police-can-access-full-details-injured-protesters-hospital-says-medical-sector-lawmaker-following-patient-arrests/

#Privacy #HongKongProtest

Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software

Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week. Here’s why Firefox is better.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/

#privacy #google #firefox #chrome #spy #encryption #tracker #cookies #surveillance

"Until appropriate safeguards are in place, we need a moratorium on biometric technology that identifies individuals" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02514-7
#FacialRecognition #biometrics #privacy

A few aspects of Google’s Privacy Sandbox are good ideas. But most would be privacy disasters. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/dont-play-googles-privacy-sandbox-1

#HTTP #FeaturePolicy is a new way for websites to practice #LeastAuthority and build trust with users by disabling access to #browser APIs that are not used. Browsers already include it but the spec isn't final: it is missing a way to set the default to none. Join the discussion here https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-feature-policy/issues/189 #w3c

circa 1980. "And we concluded that one excellent way to protect people was to collect less information about them."

GitHub has added Liberapay to the funding platforms supported in the `FUNDING.yml` file: https://github.blog/changelog/2019-06-20-new-funding-platforms/

When looking at browser #privacy, #Firefox and #TorBrowser continue to make important improvements while #Google #Chrome continues to make excuses
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2019/08/23/deconstructing-googles-excuses-on-tracking-protection/

Caution! Phone zombies!

@FastCompany details invasive categorization fueled by online #surveillance, not only inChina but also the US -> https://www.fastcompany.com/90394048/uh-oh-silicon-valley-is-building-a-chinese-style-social-credit-system. Everyone deserves #privacy & trust enhancing tech to combat extralegal profiling -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroPET.html

We have joined the #fediverse! We chose @purism since they are doing good things with #FreeSoftware, hardware designed for it, and services designed around #privacy with anti-harassment in mind. Also, since this is a public account, it makes sense that this instance is only public posts. https://puri.sm/posts/opt-in-no-ads-and-no-tracking-solve-a-lot-of-problems-in-society/
https://puri.sm/posts/curbing-harassment-with-user-empowerment/

“@DuckDuckGo is a poster child for a future in which companies stand with their users and still make money...They counter the assumption that we’ve all been socialized to accept: that it is normal to hand over all your information." - EFF's @jenuhhveev https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/technology/duckduckgo-private-search.html

OK everyone, time to reset your face and fingerprint. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/14/major-breach-found-in-biometrics-system-used-by-banks-uk-police-and-defence-firms

26 years strong! Happy Anniversary! Happy #DebianDay!
Debian celebrates 26 years! https://bits.debian.org/2019/08/debian-turns-26.html