Privacy

You Can Say NO

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/17/you-can-say-no/

#privacy

"While Bill C-2 does not explicitly state that it is paving the way for new and expanded data-sharing with the United States or other countries, the legislation contains references to the potential for “agreement[s] or arrangement[s]” with a foreign state, and references elsewhere the potential that persons in Canada may become compelled by the laws of a foreign state to disclose information.2 Other data and surveillance powers in Bill C-2 read like they could have been drafted by U.S. officials.

Furthermore, in response to questions at a technical briefing on Bill C-2 by Justice Canada on June 9, 2025, Justice Canada officials acknowledged to the persons present at the briefing that the intent of certain provisions within Bill C-2 is to enable Canada to implement and ratify a new data-sharing treaty, publicly known as the “Second Additional Protocol” to the Budapest Convention (“2AP”). The briefing acknowledged that other cross-border “cooperation” tools were foreseeable.

The federal government’s quiet acknowledgement that new provisions in Bill C-2 are being introduced to implement the 2AP treaty raises broader questions about the full extent of Bill C-2’s impacts as it concerns data-sharing with U.S. law enforcement authorities."

https://citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-preliminary-analysis-of-bill-c-2/

#Canada #DataSharing #USA #C2 #DataProtection #Privacy #Surveillance

#Facebook announces that all videos on its platform will soon be shared as #reels

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/facebook-announces-that-all-videos-on-its-platform-will-soon-be-shared-as-reels/

#Meta #privacy

#Asana warns #MCP #AI feature exposed customer data to other orgs

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/asana-warns-mcp-ai-feature-exposed-customer-data-to-other-orgs/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach

#Scania confirms #insurance claim #DataBreach in extortion attempt

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/scania-confirms-insurance-claim-data-breach-in-extortion-attempt/

#privacy #cybersecurity

#UK watchdog fines #23andMe over 2023 #DataBreach

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/uk-watchdog-fines-23andme-over-2023-data-breach/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DNA

Protecting Minors Online Must Not Come at the Cost of #Privacy and Free Expression

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/protecting-minors-online-must-not-come-cost-privacy-and-free-expression

#politics #Europe #AgeVerification

"Fresh off burying lawful access provisions that grant access to internet subscriber information without a warrant in the border bill, the government has now quietly inserted provisions that exempt political parties from the application of privacy protections in Bill C-4, an “affordability measures” bill.

The provisions, which come toward the end of the bill, are deemed to be in force as of May 31, 2000, retroactively exempting the parties from any privacy violations that may date back decades. The provisions mean the parties will be exempted from the privacy standards faced by private sector organizations across the country, with no real consequences for privacy violations and no effective oversight over the use of Canadians’ personal information.

The ostensible reason for the provisions is a British Columbia case that applied provincial privacy law to federal political parties. The government is now seeking to render that case moot and provide all political parties with an effective exemption from any privacy laws other than measures found in the Elections Act. An appeal of the B.C. case is scheduled to be heard later this month."

https://thehub.ca/2025/06/16/michael-geist-the-governments-stunning-new-assault-on-canadians-privacy/

#Canada #Privacy #Politics #DataProtection #PoliticalParties #Marketing

This is how you stop data trackers from sucking up your #health data

https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2025/06/17/this-is-how-you-stop-data-trackers-from-sucking-up-your-health-data

#privacy #healthcare

#Meta Invents New Way to Humiliate Users With Feed of People's Chats With #AI

https://www.404media.co/meta-invents-new-way-to-humiliate-users-with-feed-of-peoples-chats-with-ai/

#privacy #Facebook

#FacialRecognition error sees woman accused of theft

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr510p7kymo

#FRT #privacy

Hacker steals 1 million Cock(dot)li user records in #webmail #DataBreach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-steals-1-million-cockli-user-records-in-webmail-data-breach/

#email #cockli #privacy #cybersecurity

Vanadium version 137.0.7151.115.0 released:

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/releases/tag/137.0.7151.115.0

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/23229-vanadium-version-137071511150-released

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #browser

GrapheneOS version 2025061500 released:

https://grapheneos.org/releases#2025061500

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/23158-grapheneos-version-2025061500-released

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security

GrapheneOS version 2025061600 released:

https://grapheneos.org/releases#2025061600

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/23198-grapheneos-version-2025061600-released

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security

#EFF to #NJ Supreme Court: Prosecutors Must Disclose Details Regarding #FRT Used to Identify Defendant

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/eff-nj-supreme-court-prosecutors-must-disclose-details-regarding-frt-used-identify

#privacy #politics #court #NewJersey #FacialRecognition

At the @[email protected] meeting in April 2025, co-chairs @[email protected] and @[email protected] gave an overview of @[email protected] 's ongoing and new work. After the publication of two W3C statements -- the #ethical web principles and the #privacy guidelines --, the TAG is notably working on an "explainer explainer" and new findings, such as a finding on #AI. The group has also started a "TAG Associates program" to include external experts in their work.

🎬 Watch "Technical Architecture Group (TAG) Update": https://youtu.be/xdRveCDlay4

#23andMe's founder Anne Wojcicki wins bid for bankrupt #DNA testing firm

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/23andmes-founder-anne-wojcicki-wins-bid-dna-testing-firm-2025-06-13/

#privacy

Best #Privacy Browsers

https://hushed.com/best-privacy-browser/

#guide #Brave #Firefox #Tor #Safari

'We're done with #Teams': German state hits uninstall on #Microsoft

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250613-we-re-done-with-teams-german-state-hits-uninstall-on-microsoft

#Germany #privacy #FOSS #LibreOffice #OpenXchange

"It’s unclear whether the users of the app are aware that their conversations with Meta’s AI are public or which users are trolling the platform after news outlets began reporting on it. The conversations are not public by default; users have to choose to share them.

There is no shortage of conversations between users and Meta’s AI chatbot that seem intended to be private. One user asked the AI chatbot to provide a format for terminating a renter’s tenancy, while another asked it to provide an academic warning notice that provides personal details including the school’s name. Another person asked about their sister’s liability in potential corporate tax fraud in a specific city using an account that ties to an Instagram profile that displays a first and last name. Someone else asked it to develop a character statement to a court which also provides a myriad of personally identifiable information both about the alleged criminal and the user himself.

There are also many instances of medical questions, including people divulging their struggles with bowel movements, asking for help with their hives, and inquiring about a rash on their inner thighs. One user told Meta AI about their neck surgery and included their age and occupation in the prompt. Many, but not all, accounts appear to be tied to a public Instagram profile of the individual.

Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts wrote in an emailed statement to WIRED that users’ chats with Meta AI are private unless users go through a multistep process to share them on the Discover feed. The company did not respond to questions regarding what mitigations are in place for sharing personally identifiable information on the Meta AI platform."

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-artificial-intelligence-chatbot-conversations/

#AI #GenerativeAI #Meta #Chatbots #Privacy #DataProtection

The #MetaAI app is a #privacy disaster

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/the-meta-ai-app-is-a-privacy-disaster/

#Meta #AI

GrapheneOS version 2025061300 released:

https://grapheneos.org/releases#2025061300

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.

Forum discussion thread:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/23124-grapheneos-version-2025061300-released

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security

A New Digital Dawn for Syrian #Tech Users

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/new-digital-dawn-syrian-tech-users

#Syria #privacy #cybersecurity

"My #Mac Contacted 63 Different #Apple Owned Domains in One Hour - While Not is Use"

https://appaddict.app/post/my-mac-contacted-63-different-apple-owned-domains-in-one-hour-while-not-is-use

#privacy