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November, 2019

Breaking Ground – Purism

Purism — Private and Secure Hardware, Software, and Services

Ubuntu 19.10: It’s fast, like “make old hardware feel new” fast | Ars Technica

There's even support for the ZFS filesystem (though it's "EXPERIMENTAL").

The California DMV Is Making $50M a Year Selling Drivers’ Personal Information - VICE

A document obtained by Motherboard shows how DMVs sell people’s names, addresses, and other personal information to generate revenue.

Before buying Ring, WEMO or Roku, consider privacy issues
Senators ask if Facebook really lets users opt out of location tracking | Ars Technica

Facebook says you can turn off location tracking; two senators have their doubts

AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds (2018) | Hacker News
We're Surrounded by Billions of Internet-connected Devices. Can We Trust Them?
Mozilla Foundation - What Half of iPhone Users Don’t Know About Their Privacy: New Poll

Mozilla is a global nonprofit dedicated to keeping the Internet a global public resource that is open and accessible to all.

Give Firefox A Chance For A Faster, Calmer And Distraction-Free Internet – marko.fyi
Re-Licensing Sentry | Product Blog • Sentry

Our projects now use the Business Source License (BSL), to protect them from being misused without changing anyone’s ability to run Sentry at their company.

How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct - The New York Times
Audio Fingerprinting using the AudioContext API
I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too. - The New York Times
Hold-up sur les données de santé. Patients et soignants unissons-nous – Framablog
How Facebook tracks you on Android (even if you don't have a Facebook account) - By Fendy

Suppose you’ve picked up an Android phone on the street and you saw the 4 apps above. Can you guess the profile of the phone user?

Bye Bye Microsoft Office. Hello LibreOffice
Firefox’s fight for the future of the web | Technology | The Guardian
This Amazon Customer Has Received Hundreds Of Free Products In Exchange For 5-Star Reviews
Facebook: We don’t need your consent! | noyb.eu
How safe is Apple’s Safe Browsing? – A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
I'm the Google whistleblower. The medical data of millions of Americans is at risk | Anonymous | Opinion | The Guardian
Facebook gave Tinder and other dating apps special access to user data

Tinder and other popular apps were given 'whitelist' privileges

Comment Lush rend ses pratiques numériques plus éthiques

La marque de cosmétique Lush a notamment entrepris de fabriquer ses propres tablettes tactiles pour contrôler les conditions dans lesquelles elles sont produites.

Facebook says 100 software developers may have improperly accessed user data

The company in September said it had suspended tens of thousands of apps as a result of an investigation into its software developer ecosystem following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

How to Spy on Your Neighbors With a USB TV Tuner | Tom's Guide
TrackingTheTrackers.com

A free online analysis tool to check if a website is disguising third-party trackers as first-party trackers.

Bose headphones are basically a spyware on your head - privacy
Firefox browser will block the IAB's DigiTrust universal ID - Digiday

Mozilla is set to block the DigiTrust consortium from tracking users in its Firefox browser.

If you care about user privacy, do NOT use Facebook JS SDK
CNAME Cloaking, the dangerous disguise of third-party trackers

An in-depth exploration of a new method used by tracking companies to disguise their third-party trackers as first-party trackers.

ServiceNow BrandVoice: How To Harmonize Dev And Ops
Facebook, Google Fund Nonprofits Shaping Federal Privacy Debate
Using public USB charging stations could drain your bank account, Los Angeles District Attorney's Office says | abc7.com
Builders Ditch Nest as Google Ties Digital Assistant to Devices - Bloomberg

Several residential builders have stopped buying and installing Google’s Nest devices after the internet giant overhauled how Nest technology works with other gadgets.

Amazon Is Accused of Forcing Up Prices in Antitrust Complaint - Bloomberg

In letter to Congress, a merchant argues that the company is hurting consumers—the traditional basis for such cases in the U.S.  

Facebook’s Suspension of ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Apps Reveals Wider Privacy Issues - The New York Times
Undercover reporter reveals life in a Polish troll farm | World news | The Guardian
New 'unremovable' xHelper malware has infected 45,000 Android devices | ZDNet

Factory resets aren't helping. Neither are mobile antivirus solutions. Malware keeps reinstalling itself.