It’s possible that you posted something online 10 years ago, and it was fine back then, but 20 years from now you will hope that no one finds it. My message is: the Internet never forgets, cultures change, and retroactive laws exist. People can get screwed over digital data.

"The current UI feels like it is designed to make things possible, yet difficult enough that people won’t figure it out."

Facebook says privacy changes that Apple has made to its newest operating system will cripple the social-media giant’s ability to serve targeted ads to iPhone users while they use outside apps.

Researchers notified the company in April of serious flaws that have yet to be fixed.

Reading a book on a Kindle sends Amazon a lot of data about reading habits. How fast pages are turned, font sizes and views, and device details.

A huge list of alternatives to Google products. Privacy tips, tricks, and links.

Secure Thoughts collaborated with Cyber Security Expert Jeremiah Fowler to expose an AI company which leaked millions of patient medical records online

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We’ve designed the Signal service to minimize the data we retain about Signal users, so the only information we can produce in response to a request like this is the date and time a user registered with Signal and the last date of a user’s connectivity to the Signal service.

Notably, things we don’t have stored include anything about a user’s contacts (such as the contacts themselves, a hash of the contacts, any other derivative contact information), anything about a user’s groups (such as how many groups a user is in, which groups a user is in, the membership lists of a user’s groups), or any records of who a user has been communicating with.

All message contents are end-to-end encrypted, so we don’t have that information either.

And don't forget to limit ad tracking. Advisory contains a host of recommendations.

Users have received notifications when their Google Home speakers hear smoke alarms or breaking glass

A glimpse at what the social media platform does in the U.S. underscores that data privacy issues extend beyond China.

Lemmy

Agree, Agree, Agree, I agree....wait