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drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in Rightsholders Want U.S. “Know Your Customer” Proposal to Include Domain Name Services * TorrentFreak

Sounds like they want to crack down on seedboxes.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in U.S. "Know Your Customer" Proposal Will Put an End to Anonymous Cloud Users * TorrentFreak

Hot on the heels of piracy spiking when streaming media libraries were being pared down. This reads like a shot against seedboxes.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in People Are Slowly Realizing Their Auto Insurance Rates Are Skyrocketing Because Their Car Is Covertly Spying On Them

People don’t use turn signals, speed through residential neighborhoods, change lanes in the middle of intersections, it’s insane.

It's been like that since I was a kid in the 80's.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in People Are Slowly Realizing Their Auto Insurance Rates Are Skyrocketing Because Their Car Is Covertly Spying On Them

https://gizmodo.com/23andme-is-selling-your-data-but-not-how-you-think-1794340474

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/23andme-sells-anonymous-dna-data-to-drug-company-for-20-million/article_ea59fe96-79df-11ee-8473-47193d62656b.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/23andme-will-give-gsk-access-to-consumer-dna-data

https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/377206-23andme-accused-of-having-fire-sale-of-customer-dna-data

The usual warnings about "anonymized data" and "data aggregation" apply.

drwho , 2 months ago to Technology in Almost all Chinese keyboards have severe security flaws that can be (mis)used for mass surveillance, report reveals

Thanking? No. That would be impolitic.

Quietly using? They'd be foolish not to.

drwho , 2 months ago to Technology in Google fires 28 workers for protesting $1.2 billion Israel contract

I think yinz missed the sarcasm in the comment you're replying to.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in Downsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?

The only fix for that is for nobody to communicate, ever.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews

Pay up, Fastjack.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in Android 15 will run Bluetooth with your phone still turned off.

More like, already deployed, this is just the announcement.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in Android 15 will run Bluetooth with your phone still turned off.

That is why we took our time when designing the new Find My Device, which uses a crowdsourced device-locating network to help you find your lost or misplaced devices and belongings quickly – even when they’re offline.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in 'Pay or Okay' explained: Why more and more websites make you pay for your privacy - noyb

Then, nah.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in 'Pay or Okay' explained: Why more and more websites make you pay for your privacy - noyb

How expensive do we have to be for them to actually listen to us for a change? Or do you mean "expensive consultants?"

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in 'Pay or Okay' explained: Why more and more websites make you pay for your privacy - noyb

How much oil do you have?

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in Should You Pay For An Identity Theft Protection Service?

Data breaches are so common, and so many people have been caught in them, why bother paying for ID protection? It's granted a year at a time (for whatever that might be worth) for nothing to everybody caught in it. At this point, we may as well try to leave all those years of ID theft monitoring to our grandkids.

drwho , 2 months ago to Privacy in Federal privacy legislation update: the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA)

If anybody out there is looking for a new career, becoming a lobbyist might be the way to go.