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A Federal TikTok Ban is a 'Misguided Detour' from Doing What’s Needed to Protect People’s Privacy and Safeguard National Security (www.commondreams.org)
Under the FISA expansion, what exactly should I worry about, how do I manage privacy?
Hello everyone, with the unfortunate passing of the FISA expansion, I was left with a few questions. I tried to research it, and to me, it seems like they are beefing up surveillance with routers and ISPs (correct me if I'm wrong.) Aside from having businesses stalk you when you use their WiFi (connected with ISPs.)...
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden (cointelegraph.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14393091...
Android 15 will run Bluetooth with your phone still turned off. (security.googleblog.com)
I saw this on infinity for Reddit earlier, I don't know if there's a workaround for this or not.
Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade (www.neowin.net)
I don't think people on this sub use it, but it's great news for us. The worse it gets the likelier people move on.
How can you clean your phone number (2nd upload)
Hello everyone! I have a small issue. I wanted to remove all media accounts associated with my phone number. One account to remove was Telegram, I deleted the app long ago, but never my account....
Lockdown Mode for Android?
Is there a fork of Android (or a way to harden it) that locks down the OS similarly to how Apple does it?...
Why haven't private carriers emerged yet?
All questions are in bold for ease of use....
adguard vpn selling user data to third-parties? (lemmy.world)
my apologies for the long screenshot. i had purchased adguard's vpn service for five years since its primary adguard service is well know in the iapple ecosystem....
Sweden joined NATO, what does this mean for MullvadVPN?
My main question is, should we avoid VPN companies that are apart of the the 14 eyes, etc.? TIA!
PDF editor on Linux?
Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew of a FOSS editing app to use on PDFs, just to add text and and mark things out, I tried GNU image editor but it just works on images exclusively. Any ideas are appreciated, thanks.
Finally got rid of telegram, congratulations to me (sh.itjust.works)
It was a many months transition, and it's finally done...
"listening in on the neighborhood" - blog post about urban audio surveillance by "SoundThinking" (formerly known as ShotSpotter) in Albuquerque and elsewhere (computer.rip)
I installed Windows 10 in a virtual machine...man, this is straight up dystopian.
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/be22ba36-0ad7-4d26-91d0-46ee2a934846.png...
I am genuinely horrified to see how much data google collected from me
I created a google takeout and in that zip file I found some files containing a ton of data about me. It has logged every single page I visited while using the google search engine and chrome browser. It even logged every single time I opened an app on my old android phone. It even has VOICE RECORDINGS of me and a log of every...
Private chat app using wifi only. No SIM available
My niece has an old iphone with no SIM/phone number. Only wifi internet access....
Nitter is over - It's been a fun ride (nitter.cz)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11962108...
What PC is like the "thinkpad" of PCs?
Hello. Many of the older thinkpads were regarded as being peak for the ability to repair and easily see into them at both the hardware and software levels....
How to get a private car
Hello internet users. Someone in my family is looking to buy a car and wanted some recommendations for a private one. They are looking to buy new, and need Android Auto and CarPlay. I know all new cars suck for privacy by default, but I was hoping someone here could offer some insight as to which cars can be made better and what...
Nitter is shutting down (github.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11136426...
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla is unhappy because the use of browser engines other than WebKit will be restricted to the EU, forcing them to develop two different apps....
NSA Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says (www.reuters.com) Portuguese
NSA Director Paul Nakasone confirmed such purchases in his letter to Wyden, saying the data collected "may include information associated with electronic devices being used outside - and, in certain cases, inside - the United States."
Not such a conspiracy theory now (lemmy.world)
Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now... (lemmy.ml)