Privacy

Old AT&T data leak repackaged to link SSNs, DOBs to 49M phone numbers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/old-atandt-data-leak-repackaged-to-link-ssns-dobs-to-49m-phone-numbers/

#privacy #ATT

"Twelve years ago today, Edward Snowden — a longtime Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) board member — blew the whistle to journalists on global mass surveillance programs, changing the way we think about the relationship between privacy and national security.

The 2013 revelations take on added urgency as the Trump administration reportedly attempts to circumvent existing privacy guardrails to build a “master database” containing the most sensitive information the government holds on any given individual.

Such a database, combined with the government’s sprawling surveillance authorities, would grant the administration an unprecedented view into our private lives and provide it more opportunities to crack down on dissent.

It’s all the more reason to revisit what abuses the Snowden disclosures helped us mitigate, and which still urgently need fixing.

Here are some of the top impacts the disclosures had. Since it’s the 12th anniversary, we’ll list 12 of them."

https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/snowden-surveillance-revelations-take-on-added-urgency-12-years-later/

#USA #Snowden #NSA #Surveillance #PoliceState #MassSurveillance #Privacy

Recent commits suggest #Signal is preparing a paid subscription for backups

https://lemmy.ml/post/31209424

#FOSS #privacy #cybersecurity

#Germany fines #Vodafone $51 million for #privacy, security breaches

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/germany-fines-vodafone-51-million-for-privacy-security-breaches/

#cybersecurity

#Privacy-focused mobile OS /e/OS 3.0 released with tablet mode, parental control, and more

https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/privacy-focused-mobile-os-e-os-3-0-released-with-tablet-mode-parental-control-and-more/

#eOS #FOSS #Android #Lineage

This should be more than enough to shown that copyright holders and media publishers are no friends of users. Quite the opposite! They're only friends of MONEY - specially when it comes in the form of semi-eternal rents.Intellectual Property is theft (from the Commons).

"The court order came after news organizations expressed concern that people using ChatGPT to skirt paywalls "might be more likely to 'delete all [their] searches' to cover their tracks," OpenAI explained. Evidence to support that claim, news plaintiffs argued, was missing from the record because so far, OpenAI had only shared samples of chat logs that users had agreed that the company could retain. Sharing the news plaintiffs' concerns, the judge, Ona Wang, ultimately agreed that OpenAI likely would never stop deleting that alleged evidence absent a court order, granting news plaintiffs' request to preserve all chats.

OpenAI argued the May 13 order was premature and should be vacated, until, "at a minimum," news organizations can establish a substantial need for OpenAI to preserve all chat logs. They warned that the privacy of hundreds of millions of ChatGPT users globally is at risk every day that the "sweeping, unprecedented" order continues to be enforced.

"As a result, OpenAI is forced to jettison its commitment to allow users to control when and how their ChatGPT conversation data is used, and whether it is retained," OpenAI argued.

Meanwhile, there is no evidence beyond speculation yet supporting claims that "OpenAI had intentionally deleted data," OpenAI alleged. And supposedly there is not "a single piece of evidence supporting" claims that copyright-infringing ChatGPT users are more likely to delete their chats.

"OpenAI did not 'destroy' any data, and certainly did not delete any data in response to litigation events," OpenAI argued. "The Order appears to have incorrectly assumed the contrary.""

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/openai-says-court-forcing-it-to-save-all-chatgpt-logs-is-a-privacy-nightmare/

#AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #Copyright #Surveillance #Privacy #IP

#OpenAI slams court order to save all #ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/openai-says-court-forcing-it-to-save-all-chatgpt-logs-is-a-privacy-nightmare/

#AI #privacy

Lawsuit: #DOGE, #HHS used “hopelessly error-ridden” data to fire 10,000 workers

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/lawsuit-doge-hhs-used-hopelessly-error-ridden-data-to-fire-10000-workers/

#privacy #surveillance #politics

#Russia to Roll Out Digital #Ruble in 2026, Enabling Full Control Over Citizens’ Spending

https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-to-roll-out-digital-ruble-in-2026-enabling-full-control-over-citizens-spending-8789

#privacy #politics

#Apple Gave Governments Data on Thousands of #PushNotifications

https://www.404media.co/apple-gave-governments-data-on-thousands-of-push-notifications/

#privacy

#Obvio’s stop sign cameras use #AI to root out unsafe drivers

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/obvios-stop-sign-cameras-use-ai-to-root-out-unsafe-drivers/

#privacy

Liberal government tables border security bill with sweeping reforms and asylum claim clampdown

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/liberal-government-tables-border-security-bill-with-sweeping-new-data-collection-powers

#Canada #privacy #politics

Romanian national, 26, pleads guilty to ‘#swatting’ over 75 public officials, including a former US president

https://nypost.com/2025/06/03/us-news/romanian-national-pleads-guilty-to-swatting-over-75-public-officials-including-an-ex-president/

#privacy

Hell No: The #ODNI Wants to Make it Easier for the Government to Buy Your Data Without Warrant

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/hell-no-odni-wants-make-it-easier-government-buy-your-data-without-warrant

#privacy #politics

#Florida ban on kids using #SocialMedia likely unconstitutional, judge rules

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/federal-judge-blocks-florida-law-that-bans-kids-from-social-media/

#privacy #AgeVerification #politics

San Diegans Push Back on #Flock #ALPR #Surveillance

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/san-diegans-push-back-flock-alpr-surveillance

#privacy #SanDiego

The Importance of Data #Privacy For The #Queer Community

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/03/importance-of-privacy-for-the-queer-community/

#LGBTQ #pride

The Federal Government Demands Data from #SNAP—But Says Nothing About Protecting It

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/federal-government-demands-data-snap-says-nothing-about-protecting-it

#privacy #politics

How the Farm Industry Spied on #AnimalRights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists

https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-wmdd-dxe-animal-agriculture-alliance/

#BigAg #privacy #surveillance

In #NorthKorea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government #surveillance

https://www.techspot.com/news/108156-north-korean-smartphone-secretly-takes-screenshot-every-5.html

#privacy

Meta (Facebook, Instagram) & Yandex nutzen lokale Ports auf Android-Geräten, um Browserdaten mit nativen Apps zu verknüpfen. Dieses „Web-to-App-ID-Sharing“ hebelt Inkognito-Modus, Cookie-Löschen & Berechtigungssysteme aus. Betroffen: Milliarden Nutzer. Meta hat das Verhalten nach Offenlegung gestoppt. Nach meiner Ansicht wäre hier die Höchststrafe fällig: 4 % vom Umsatz!

https://localmess.github.io/

#Privacy #Android #Tracking #Meta #Yandex #Datenschutz #DSGVO

#Vanta bug exposed customers’ data to other customers

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/vanta-bug-exposed-customers-data-to-other-customers/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach

#Apple challenges 'unreasonable' #EU order to open up to rivals

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-challenges-unreasonable-eu-order-open-up-rivals-2025-06-02/

#DMA #privacy #politics

Vanadium version 137.0.7151.72.0 released:

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/releases/tag/137.0.7151.72.0

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/22883-vanadium-version-13707151720-released

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security #browser

Border Insecurity (Update)

https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/border-insecurity-update/

#privacy #travel #politics