newatlas.com Facebook isn’t eavesdropping, but the truth is more disturbing
A longstanding conspiracy is the tale of how Facebook is listening in on your conversations, but the way it is actually serving you ads is much more unsettling.
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.eff.org Digital Identities and the Future of Age Verification in EuropeThis is the first part of a three-part series about age verification in the European Union. In this blog post, we give an overview of the political debate around age verification and explore the age verification proposal introduced by the European Commission, based on digital identities. Part two...
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62277390
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child clearly expresses that minors have rights to freedom of expression and access to information online, as well as the right to privacy.
These rights would be steamrolled by age verification requirements.
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.politico.eu ‘Fighting crime blindfolded’: Europe is coming after encryptionPolice have long wanted to read encrypted messages. They now have the backing of the EU’s top brass.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62164276
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
sizeof.cat Web Browser telemetry - 2025 editionTesting various web browsers to see what network connection they open by default on the initial start.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29040796
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub How to disable ACR on your TV (and stop companies from spying on you)
cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/39770
Smarter TV operating systems come with new privacy risks - chief among them is automatic content recognition (ACR), a feature that tracks what you watch.
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Europe proposes backdoors in encrypted platforms under new security strategy
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60408809
Additionally, the Commission envisions expanding Europol's role, effectively transforming it into a European equivalent of the FBI, with enhanced operational capabilities.
Granting Europol the ability to access encrypted data can only mean one thing: Brussels is proposing some form of government-mandated backdoor for communication platforms protected by end-to-end encryption.
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.politico.eu Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’Long seen as untouchable in Brussels, the GDPR is next on the list of the EU’s crusade against overregulation.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60263799
Europe's most famous technology law, the GDPR, is next on the hit list as the European Union pushes ahead with its regulatory killing spree to slash laws it reckons are weighing down its businesses.
The European Commission plans to present a proposal to cut back the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR for short, in the next couple of weeks. Slashing regulation is a key focus for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as part of an attempt to make businesses in Europe more competitive with rivals in the United States, China and elsewhere.
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Your TV is watching you
cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/80658
https://www.vox.com/technology/405879/roku-amazon-netflix-moana-disney
Don't Connect your TV to the internet!
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.theregister.com India wants cloud and email backdoors for tax authoritiesAsia in Brief: PLUS: Malaysia teams with Arm for local chip designs; NTT warns of possible breach; Samsung strikers settle; and more
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 6 ways Google Android uses common concepts to hide tracking in 2025
cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/65367
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27344091
- Persistent Device Identifiers
My id is (1 digit changed to preserve my privacy):
38400000-8cf0-11bd-b23e-30b96e40000d
Android assigns Advertising IDs, unique identifiers that apps and advertisers use to track users across installations and account changes. Google explicitly states:
“The advertising ID is a unique, user-resettable ID for advertising, provided by Google Play services. It gives users better controls and provides developers with a simple, standard system to continue to monetize their apps.” Source: Google Android Developer Documentation
This ID allows apps to rebuild user profiles even after resets, enabling persistent tracking.
- Tracking via Cookies
Android’s web and app environments rely on cookies with unique identifiers. The W3C (web standards body) confirms:
“HTT
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Privacy @europe.pub choutos @europe.pub I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud
"I went to run a rinse cycle, only to find that that, along with features like delayed start and eco mode, require an app.
Not only that, to use the app, you have to connect your dishwasher to WiFi, set up a cloud account in something called Home Connect, and then, and only then, can you start using all the features on the dishwasher."
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
theconversation.com Signal is not the place for top secret communications, but it might be the right choice for you – a cybersecurity expert on what to look for in a secure messaging appKeeping your chats secure is a good idea, but end-to-end encryption is just the beginning of the list of options to consider when picking a messaging app.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23696278
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.malwarebytes.com "This fraud destroyed my life." Man ends up with criminal record after ID was stolenA man didn't just have his ID stolen, identity theft ruined his life and robbed him of a promising future.
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.theregister.com UK's first permanent facial recognition cameras installed: As if living in Croydon wasn't bad enough
cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/61500
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.androidauthority.com Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's whyGoogle has confirmed it will move development of the Android OS to behind closed doors. Here's why it's doing it.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27424580
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub Is Tor Trustworthy and Safe? A 2025 guide to all the basics you need to know about Tor, and more
cyberinsider.com Is Tor Trustworthy and Safe?There is a lot of misinformation being promoted in various privacy circles about Tor. This article will examine some facts about Tor and assess whether it is the infallible privacy tool it’s made out to be by some. There is a growing chorus of people who blindly recommend Tor to anyone looking for o...
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/35049642
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.eff.org Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular SpyingRayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.
cross-posted from: https://kbin.melroy.org/m/[email protected]/t/817467
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.telegraph.co.uk Millions of people’s DNA up for sale as 23andMe goes bankruptCustomers urged to consider deleting their data after genetic testing company collapses
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Privacy @europe.pub tfm @europe.pub 
www.404media.co DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe BankruptcyThere is no way to know what a buyer will want to do with the reams of genetic information it has collected. Customers, meanwhile, still have no way to change their underlying genetic data.
cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/16968722