Guardian Project @guardianproject@librem.one

The NHS hands over patients data to Telefonica so they can predict mental breakdowns before they happen. We think your mental health should stay between you and your doctor.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-medical-records-given-to-telecoms-group-to-predict-mental-breakdowns-9qlwxqssg https://nitter.net/privacyint/status/1221806401149906944/photo/1

The public domain is populated by formerly copyrighted material and material that was never copyrightable in the first place. That second, less glamorous, category—the one of ideas, facts, procedures, laws, etc.—has become highly contested. #CopyrightWeek https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/public-domain-rule-copyright-exception

Thanks to @OpenTechFund@twitter.com for the continued support of Delta Chat developments, and for prominently promoting our recent milestones, Android and iOS appstore releases. More releases and other surprises are coming soon :)

What if a single parking ticket carried a fine of up to a year's salary? What if there were no way to know consistently how much the fine would be before you got it? Something very close to this scenario is a reality in copyright law. #CopyrightWeek https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/key-fixing-copyright-ending-massive-unpredictable-damages-awards

Some of @google's own findings demonstrate the contempt some manufacturers hold their users privacy and security in

#LowCostTech

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3330/senior-google-engineer-reveals-privacy-bombshell-androids-preinstalled-apps

#Google Docs And #Office365 here we come... from @Forbes@twitter.com
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2020/01/17/nextcloud-hub-launches-to-compete-with-google-docs-and-office-365/

@fdroidorg we are so happy to read about a collaboration between #FDroid and @exodus two projects we both love and funded in 2019! Stronger together!

RT @eff: Copyright is a monopoly right, and monopolies have a tendency to accumulate in the vaults of big companies, who use them to domina…

After signing a deal with the NHS, Amazon now wants to become a pharmacy.

We would love to tell you more, but the Department of Health decided Amazon’s commercial interest matters more than the public interest.

https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/3298/alexa-what-hidden-behind-your-contract-nhs

What if you could buy a phone that will last five years, can be easily repaired and is made as ethically as possible?🤔

Check-out out guest feature from the Fairphone 3’s lead industrial designer James Barber: https://frphn.co/DesigningFairphone3

#WeAreFairphone and we #DareToCare

Thanks to a lawsuit by @privacyint unlimited storage of personal data is and remains illegal in Europe. #PrivacyWin #Privacy #Fight4Privacy
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/privacy-rights-europe

👍 Un grand merci à l'association @42l qui nous a accueilli·e·s pour une conférence et un atelier samedi ! Nous vous informerons quand la vidéo de la conférence sera en ligne.
En attendant, retrouvez tous nos événements sur https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/fr/page/events/

150+ US universities encourage incoming students to download mental-health apps, but @thedeannapaul points out the privacy risks:

• Insurers can use it to calculate premiums
• Employers can use it to assess risk
• Advertisers can use it to tailor ads https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/12/27/colleges-want-freshmen-use-mental-health-apps-are-they-risking-students-privacy/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1217458164897062913

In 2019, the first large-scale study of pre-installed software on Android devices found harmful behaviours and backdoored access to sensitive data and services without user consent or awareness.

Tell @google it's time to take action

#LowCostTech

http://privacyinternational.org/petition

Our analysis on today's big news:

CJEU Advocate General believes national security mass retention regimes are incompatible with EU Law.

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3334/advocate-generals-opinion-national-security-mass-retention-regimes-are

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

#LowCostTech

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?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/german-constitutional-court-will-revisit-question-mass-surveillance-will-us

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