#EU Commission is expected to publish the draft law on "chat control" tomorrow. Lawmakers seek AI-based checks of all message content & images directly on users' devices in order to bypass encryption protocols.

Critics say this is an attack on the digital privacy of correspondence and leads to mass surveillance.

German Chaos Computer Club protests against the planned "chat control" law in an open letter. Says it is a "fundamentally misguided technology" and an "unprecedented surveillance tool".

https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2022/eu-kommission-will-alle-chatnachrichten-durchleuchten
@disclosetv #chatcontrol #privacy #europe

Users in Texas, Illinois can no longer use certain filters on Instagram and Facebook

Fun social media filters are now banned in Texas and Illinois. Meta turned off AR #filters in the two states after they accused the company of misusing #facial #recognition technology.

Some filters are still available on apps like #Facebook and #Instagram, but the filters that use facial recognition are now gone, thanks to new state laws.

#Texas accused #Meta of violating #privacy rights through its technology.

In #Illinois, a class-action #lawsuit that restricted the use of #biometric data was settled.

Texas has a similar case pending.

However, Meta doesn’t believe that its technology violates facial recognition laws in Illinois and Texas.

Meta said it plans to roll out an opt-in system that would explain how its technology works and continue offering filters that map out users’ faces.

via www.ksby.com



> Meta doesn’t believe that its technology violates facial recognition laws in Illinois and Texas

Hookers believe they are virgins and politicians believe they are honest men who are benevolent towards their people

https://www.activistpost.com/2022/05/25-human-rights-group-oppose-zooms-planned-a-i-tech-that-can-scan-users-faces-and-speed-to-determine-their-emotions.html #AI #HumanRights #Privacy #Surveillance #Zoom #nwo

Apple Tracks Every Tap On Its App Store
@takebackourtech | SOURCE

iOS developers & privacy researchers at Mysk have recently found that the Apple App Store sends every tap you make to Apple.

https://nitter.takebackourtech.org/mysk_co/status/1588308341780262912

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#Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption - BBC News
https://web.archive.org/web/20230224103103/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64584001


The encrypted-messaging app Signal has said it would stop providing services in the UK if a new law undermined encryption.
If forced to weaken the privacy of its messaging system under the Online Safety Bill, the organisation "would absolutely, 100% walk" Signal president Meredith Whittaker told the BBC.


#UK #Privacy #Encryption

The Online Safety Bill (UK) will bring in client-side scanning, a tech for moderating content on encrypted services. Apps will have to compromise encryption to scan your message, putting a spy in your pocket.

Join our campaign to #StopTheSpyClause

👉 https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me

#OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #surveillance #e2ee #ukpolitics

Reminder : a basic tutorial on
How to De-Google LineageOS

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=E1U5qoiR1fM&local=true

#Android #deGoogle #LineageOS
#Privacy

6 Best Secure Messaging Alternatives to WhatsApp | Avoid the Hack – https://avoidthehack.com/best-secure-messengers

The content of your messages and the metadata associated with them should be secure and private. Unfortunately many messengers out there fail to do this.

Telegram operates in the cloud, and while this does have good portability across multiple devices and device types, the service provider (or anyone with access to the cloud server) could theoretically read them at any time with relative ease; Telegram stores messages on the third-party cloud provider's server.
According to Telegram’s privacy policy, the service itself logs IP addresses and phone numbers.

#Infosec #Session #SimpleXchat #Briar #Threema
#Element #Telegram #privacy

simplex@mastodon.social - SimpleX Chat v5.1-beta.1 is released!

New in v5.1-beta.1:
- message reactions - finally!🚀
- self-destruct passcode.
- voice messages up to 5 minutes.
- custom time to disappear - can be set just for one message.
- message editing history.
- a setting to disable audio/video calls per contact.
- group welcome message visible in group profile.

Install the apps via the links here: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#install-the-app

More details: https://simplex.chat/blog/20230523-simplex-chat-v5-1-message-reactions-self-destruct-passcode.html

#privacy #security #messenger