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Guy Who Reverse-Engineered TikTok Reveals The Scary Things He Learned, Advises People To Stay Away From It | Bored Panda
https://www.boredpanda.com/tik-tok-reverse-engineered-data-information-collecting/?utm_source=smartnews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic #privacy #security

Thanks to the tireless efforts of activists and organizations in Massachusetts and around the country, including EFF, this week Boston joins the ranks of cities that have banned government use of face surveillance. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/victory-boston-bans-government-use-face-surveillance

A data broker used protestors' cell phone information without their knowledge to release demographic estimates of recent protests against police violence. This is a huge invasion of privacy and yet another reason why we need robust data protection laws. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/protests-tech-company-spying

https://www.zdnet.com/article/amd-smashes-25x20-apu-efficiency-goals/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

The law says all police training materials in California are supposed to be published online. But @CommissionPOST is allowing the people who train police on use of force and surveillance technology to claim copyright to block publication.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/california-agency-blocks-release-police-use-force-and-surveillance-training https://t.co/YsiS4msTAS

While EARN IT attempts to avoid acknowledging the elephant in the room—its attack on encryption—the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act puts it at the center of a three-ring circus. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/senates-new-anti-encryption-bill-even-worse-earn-it-and-thats-saying-something

Kannste dir nicht ausdenken, wie dreist die noch immer sind:

Neuer Microsoft Edge kopiert ungefragt Browserdaten von Firefox und lässt sich nur per Taskkill daran hindern

https://www.golem.de/news/windows-10-microsoft-edge-kopiert-ungefragt-browserdaten-von-firefox-2006-149281.html

Rocket.Chat (self-hosted) has become indispensable for both the distributed organisations I work in over the past few years.

I can't understand why any organisation would commit their collaboration to overseas platforms like Slack, Discord, and MSFT Teams where you have to pay to access your own data... sort of like a ransom... Yup. Ransomware.

The United States has desperately needed a universal fiber broadband plan, and the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act is that plan.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/house-introduces-universal-fiber-broadband-plan

Brazil's “Fake News bill” is about to be approved and contains serious threats to privacy, security, freedom of expression, innovation and users' ability to use social networks #NaoVotaPLFakeNews https://iapp.org/news/a/controversial-fake-news-bill-could-set-back-privacy-protections-for-brazilians/ (1/4)

Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.

– Anonymous

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Victory! The Indiana Supreme Court has found that the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination protects against compelled unlocking of a phone, because complying with the order was a form of “testimony” under the Fifth Amendment. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/victory-indiana-supreme-court-rules-police-cant-force-smartphone-user-unlock-her

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Police and COVID-19: Two of a Kind : Why One Nurse Risked Her Life to Fight the Virus and the Police https://crimethinc.com/2020/06/22/police-and-covid-19-two-of-a-kind-why-one-nurse-fought-the-police-as-well-as-the-virus?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

It’s time for @AGBecerra to place a moratorium on California’s statewide gang database, CalGang. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/california-coalition-calls-moratorium-state-gang-database

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/facebook-faces-advertiser-backlash-over-its-handling-of-racism-hate-speech/

From Minneapolis to Greece, Fuck the Police : A Month of Ecological, Prisoner, and Solidarity Struggles in Greece https://crimethinc.com/2020/06/22/from-minneapolis-to-greece-fuck-the-police-a-month-of-ecological-prisoner-and-solidarity-struggles-in-greece?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

7 #freesw alternatives to #VSCode http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/139014 "the version you download from #Microsoft is not open source" and it's #spyware + #openwashing