The apps on your phone know way too much about you. I'll tell you which apps collect the most data and offer suggestions for locking down your private information.
Also on @Blaze@feddit.org
There was a recent post on !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Philadelphia's $800K police drone program highlights the challenge of balancing public safety and #privacy. Criminologists explain how lessons from stop-and-frisk can guide responsible drone use in
cross-posted from: https://newsie.social/users/TheConversationUS/statuses/113909551624831355
Philadelphia's $800K police drone program highlights the challenge of balancing public safety and #privacy. Criminologists explain how lessons from stop-and-frisk can guide responsible drone use in law enforcement. https://buff.ly/4anJYJ7
Signal | A Synchronized Start for Linked Devices
With Signal on Desktop and iPad, you can link your primary Android or iOS account with another device, letting you check and respond to messages in both places or conduct video meetings and calls from the comfort of a bigger screen. Signal’s upcoming beta releases will also introduce the option t...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/30920964
With Signal on Desktop and iPad, you can link your primary Android or iOS account with another device, letting you check and respond to messages in both places or conduct video meetings and calls from the comfort of a bigger screen.
Tried already: https://reddit.com/comments/1iarxev/comment/m9f5zmq
As stated at the beginning of the post, it's not mine, feel free to share your concerns on the author's Github: https://github.com/osbytes/crypt.fyi/issues !
Yes, lessons learned. Just sold it back to the place I purchased it.
Share sensitive information securely with zero-knowledge AES-256 end-to-end encryption. Features include burn after reading, password protection, and customizable expiration times.
From an author:
I wanted to share crypt.fyi a free, open-source tool I built for securely sharing sensitive data/files. It uses client-side encryption and zero-knowledge architecture.
Key features:
Zero-knowledge architecture
End-to-end encryption using AES-256-GCM (actively investigating post-quantum encryption options)
Self-hostable
Suite of configurations (password, burn after read, max read count, ip/cidr-allow list, webhooks)
Strict rate-limiting
Strict CSP to mitigate supply chain attacks
Web, cli, and chrome-extension clients
Fully open source (Github)
The problems I aimed to solve: Many people share sensitive info (passwords, keys, etc.) through email, Slack, or SMS - which often leaves plaintext copies in multiple places. Existing solutions either require accounts, aren't open source, or have security/privacy/ui/ux/feature/config gaps/limitations.
[crypt.fyi](http://crypt
Apple and other smartphone makers are being pressed by India to pre-install government-developed apps on devices before sale, echoing a similar 2021...
Still in testing, Google Messages has made a small color tweak to the upcoming redesign of RCS read receipts that makes them bolder.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24739690
Still in testing, Google Messages has made a small color tweak to the upcoming redesign of RCS read receipts that makes them bolder.
OpenBike: A lightweight, open-source NextBike client for Android.
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/7235899
A Nextbike client without Google Play service dependencies.
The only feature from the normal app that is not available is the booking via the map (no Google Maps, bikes must be booked via QR code) and thus the reservation function.
The rest works without any problems.
Kiwi Browser is archived
Version 132.0.6961.0 including the following changes since: 2024-04-24T20:08:43Z Date: Sun Jan 19 12:19:21 2025 +0000 Update additional dependencies [...] 13 similar commits Date: Thu Jan 16 16...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/28525951
(also see https://www.androidauthority.com/kiwi-browser-shutting-down-3519510/ )
A while ago Mull/Mulch (and DivestOS) died, and now this.. I wonder what I'll use now.
In terms of other options, there are already
There are only so many people interested in the topic on Lemmy, and .ml is already the most active community by far.
The objective is to indeed make !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com grow.
In terms of other options, there are
There are only so many people interested in the topic on Lemmy, and .ml is already the most active community by far.
Does Lemmy have less personal stories than Reddit because users are more wary of doxxing themselves?
For people unaware, there is !casualconversation@lemm.ee
Does Lemmy have less personal stories than Reddit because users are more wary of doxxing themselves?
Good point
Sorry about the downvotes
Shia Labeouf meme
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing!
Isn't schadenfreude used in English?
Should we lock this community and redirect to !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com?
!privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com as announced in a previous post
The mod is okay with me opening this post: https://sopuli.xyz/comment/14240553
PayPal has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty to the New York State for cybersecurity failures leading to customer data exposure.
The government’s next-best argument (after “Third Party Doctrine yo!”) in support of its bulk collection of US persons’ phone metadata via the (now partly-dead) Section 215 …
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant. Congress should uphold its responsibility to protect civil rights and civil liberties by refusing to renew Secti...
Thanks for editing!
Signal on F-droid
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/22744300
I just noticed today that Signal (not talking Molly) is now available on F-Droid via the "Guardian" repository.
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.
US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal.
Trump paralysed the "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB), a key element of the EU-US data transfer deal that allows EU-US data flows.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Habit-Maker - FLOSS habit tracker app
A reward-based habit tracker for android. Contribute to dessalines/habit-maker development by creating an account on GitHub.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/30651663
A reward-based habit tracker for android.
Have you found it difficult to build new habits? Habit-Maker uses rewards and encouragements to help get over initial willpower required to form new habits.
Cooler Master doesn't allow VPN users to use their RMA contact form
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/7188351
Well, fuck you, Cooler Master.
As soon as I turned my VPN off I was able to successfully send my RMA request.
There are some cool users over there tho :/ gonna miss them
We'll make sure they come join us
Thanks, will do that when I have some time
OpenAI says that it may store user data related to Operator, its AI agent tool, for up to 90 days — even if users delete that data.
OpenAI says that it may store user data related to Operator, its AI agent tool, for up to 90 days — even if users delete that data.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/30645599
OpenAI says that it may store user data related to Operator, its AI agent tool, for up to 90 days — even if users delete that data.
A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that private messages of LinkedIn Premium customers were used to train AI models without proper consent.
Government must stop restricting website access with laws requiring age verification.Some advocates of these censorship schemes argue we can nerd our way out of the many harms they cause to speech, equity, privacy, and infosec. Their silver bullet? “Age estimation” technology that scans our faces,.....