Guardian Project @guardianproject@librem.one

when people know about #tracking and can easily do something about it, they do so by a large margin: "around 80% of [#iOS 13 users] stopped all background tracking by apps."

https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/01/13/app-tracking-alert-in-ios-13-has-dramatically-cut-location-data-flow-to-ad-industry

from BBCNewsPR: "You can access BBC News on Tor here: https://bbcnewsv2vjtpsuy.onion. You can also access BBC News' language services by adding a forward slash and writing the name of the language service you wish to access. For example, https://bbcnewsv2vjtpsuy.onion/persian will take you to the BBC Persian site."

@cis_india wrote about how Reliance Jio, the most popular ISP in India, is employing a SNI inspection to block websites (and why it matters): https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/blog/reliance-jio-is-using-sni-inspection-to-block-websites

a #Chromebook can run #Android apps, please #Google let us install the apps we can already on Android. #ChromeOS should not lock out the apps #Android allows https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=761329

from @privacyint: "Six years after the @Snowden
revelations, two governments describe their mass surveillance programmes - but who even noticed?

We break down why it matters."

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3164/two-states-admit-bulk-interception-practices-why-does-it-matter

"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

#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

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/

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/