https://divestos.org/pages/news#end Wow. I was inactive for like a month in the privacy community, and I saw this in the Privacy Guides community. That’s very unfortunate… That’s a big loss for us. Thanks to the dev for the work he did. December marks…

This seems to be a similar case to what passed in Australia, though in this case I think aspects of the law may be enforced in the new year. It seems that it’s paused pending the results of a legal challenge, but it’s here. From everything I’ve seen, I think…

A dedicated place to share all of our wins! 🏆 Welcome to our 35th week of privacy & security wins 🙂 Now, this only works if you all want it to work. That means: Don’t be shy! Even the smallest win is something you can share. The more of you who contribute…

It’s a German article. I have the important phrases as quote below translated. If you want to read the whole article yourself and don’t know German you need to translate it yourself. At the Chaos Communication Congress, security researcher and hardware…

The v2 ultimate guide to making Windows as secure, private, and anonymous as you need it to be. This video covers security, privacy, anonymity, passwords, authentication, VPNs, biometrics, search engines, browsers, Tor, 2FA, virtual machines, Linux, communication…

A data leak exposed the location information of about 800,000 electric Volkswagen vehicles, allowing potential tracking of drivers’ movements. The issue, reported by Der Spiegel, stemmed from software in Volkswagen vehicles and affected brands like Audi,…

Episode 207: Many people are making a serious mistake when selling their phones, Chrome is about to user tracking into the express lane, a government not only unlocked a journalist’s phone with Cellebrite but also planted malware on it, and much more.

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Happy New Year Techlore community! 🎉 Wishing you all a happy, healthy and private year.

Q&A207: A counter argument to the advice we gave last time about securing your password manager, where to get crypto without turning over ID, and the potential drawbacks of mass privacy adoption. Join our next Q&A on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/coll…

Episode 208: Apple settles a lawsuit over unintended Siri activations, Tesla reminds us how bad car privacy really is, Bitlocker has been broken again, and more!

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Just saw this PR on GitHub, and Brave is officially creating their own email aliasing service for their browser🙌

Q&A208: What's kind of password is best to use? What's the best way to get rid of mobile malware? Is government surveillance worse than surveillance capitalism and are they ever justified? Are there any options for private electric vehicles or steps to take…

Happy New Year everyone, I hope you have all had a good start to the year! A dedicated place to share all of our wins! 🏆 Welcome to our 37th week of privacy & security wins 🙂 Now, this only works if you all want it to work. That means: Don’t be shy! Even…

Episode 209: A massive new data leak shows just how pervasive tracking via advertising is, Apple automatically opted users into AI analysis of their photos, Proton had a global outage, and more!

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I just saw a post on the PG forum about this and fixed this on my Mac. You may want to do the same. Apple by default doing such things is such a slap in the face against what they have always claimed about respecting their paying users. Apple has recently…

A hack and data breach at location data broker Gravy Analytics is threatening the privacy of millions of people around the world whose smartphone apps unwittingly revealed their location data collected by the data giant. The full scale of the data breach…

Q&A209: What other private cell carriers exist aside from Mint Mobile? Should you use Bitlocker or Veracrypt on Windows? How can you shred old data effectively? Can you safely remove a car's modem? How was Henry's time in Vienna? Join our next Q&A on Patreon:…

A dedicated place to share all of our wins! 🏆 Welcome to our 37th week of privacy & security wins 🙂 Now, this only works if you all want it to work. That means: Don’t be shy! Even the smallest win is something you can share. The more of you who contribute…

Welcome to my Lunatask review, an encrypted productivity app that tries to combine to-do lists, note-taking, habit tracking, and more into a single place! I'll explore its features, such as intelligent task prioritization, customizable workflows, and end…