Our analysis on today's big news:
CJEU Advocate General believes national security mass retention regimes are incompatible with EU Law.
Stay tuned for CJEU's judgment. https://nitter.net/privacyint/status/1217509472349958144/photo/1
One phone we looked at endlessly tries to transmit the user's name, gender, data of birth and IMEI to a missing server. It does so insecurely, giving away the data to any eavesdropper on any network that the user connects to
Find out more
https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/3226/buying-smart-phone-cheap-privacy-might-be-price-you-have-pay
Here is a Delta Chat talk from end December at #36c3 -- it discusses Delta Chat's unique messenger-approach, its use of the e-mail server network, its resilience against internet shutdowns, the crypto engine rPGP, and then tons of Q&A from the audience https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-oio-154-delta-chat-e-mail-based-messaging-the-rustocalypse-and-ux-driven-approach-ybti-wefixthenet-session-#t=1169
Tomorrow a German court will consider legality of mass surveillance, will it have implications on other counties that use similar programs?
Corporate third parties have built up a huge surveillance industry around us. A new report by the Norwegian Consumer Council shows how. #OutOfControl
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/new-report-exposes-adtech-invading-our-privacy
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."
#Firefox starts blocking third-party cookies by default
Hong Kong Police arrested protesters after accessing full details of injured protesters through Hospital Authority's "backdoor"
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.
#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
#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/
GitHub has added Liberapay to the funding platforms supported in the `FUNDING.yml` file: https://github.blog/changelog/2019-06-20-new-funding-platforms/
Reminder: Privacy is your right. You shouldn't be exploited for using the internet. #privacy #humanrights
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
Today at 15:00 in #aboutfreedom I give an interactive workshop about #Fdroid, #Gdroid, #FreeSoftware and #privacy on your mobile phone. Join the session to #FreeYourAndroid
https://events.ccc.de/camp/2019/wiki/Session:Freedom_to_go_-_an_interactive_workshop_from_An-_to_F-_to_G-Droid
#cccamp19 @fsfe
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