EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
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Surprise EU rollback of 'GDPR' digital-rights rules prompts alarm
People's sexual orientation, ethnicity, or political views could be exposed in proposed EU changes to the 'GDPR' digital-rights laws, civil society experts warn, after a leaked draft.
NovaCustom launches privacy SHIFTphone (degoogled with iodéOS and hardware kill switches)
With the SHIFTphone 8.1 running iodéOS, you get a privacy-friendly phone without Google that is modular and sustainable.
Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation
After developing a facial-recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microphone.
ublock lite is now on IOS, Should people switch to that instead of using Adguard or should they stick with Adguard?
This is a question that for some is easy to answer and for others may not be as
easy to answer. So all input could help other people find and make a more
knowledgeable choice and one that helps them towards their privac…
A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet
Trump has staged an unscheduled, midair rapid disassembly of the global system of trade. Ironically, it is this system that prevented all...
Saw this ghacks article for speeding up YouTube on FF and seems to help.
Here are two quick tweaks for improving the performance of the Firefox web browser on YouTube.
Anyone can track WhatsApp and Signal users' activity, knowing only their phone number: "Careless Whisper: Exploiting Silent Delivery Receip…
With over 3 billion users globally, mobile instant messaging apps have become indispensable for both personal and professional communication. Besides plain messaging, many services implement additional features such as …
Hugging Face Chat
WebView wrapper for HuggingChat
All my new code will be closed-source from now on - Marc J. Schmidt
All my new code will be closed-source from now on. I've contributed millions of lines of carefully written OSS code over the past decade, spent thousands of hours helping other people. If you want to use my libraries (1…
What's up with FUTO?
Some time ago, I noticed some new organization called FUTO popping up here and there. I’m always interested in seeing new organizations that fund open source popping up, and seeing as they claim several notable projects…
Has somebody looked up your license plate in Flock? Now you can find out
Have police looked up your travel history? Search Flock Safety audit logs for your license plate
European Commission issues call for evidence on open source
The European Commission has opened a 'call for evidence' to help shape its European Open Digita [...]
Ireland is updating it's laws to get more surveillance powers(including using spyware and intercepting communication encrypted or not encry…
From: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Hate It Or Rate It | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Track and decide: Love it or leave it with every purchase.
Inside Denmark’s struggle to break up with Silicon Valley
From a media blockade to “nationalizing” government software, Denmark has become a laboratory for resisting U.S. Big Tech. But is the price of sovereignty too high?
SnekStudio - Free, Open-source VTuber Softare in Godot!
SnekStudio is a free, open-source VTuber application written using the Godot engine!
The Tulip Creative Computer - a portable Python synthesizer for music and graphics
The Tulip Creative Computer - a portable Python synthesizer for music and graphics - shorepine/tulipcc
Samsung users, if you are on One UI 8 and plan to downgrade to One UI 7 to be able to unlock the bootloader, do not install November's secu…
It looks like Samsung has silently removed the option to unlock the bootloader from One UI 8.0 onwards as it has been reported by some users in the forum (here, here). By reversing the Settings app code we can take a de…
Open-Source EMR Pen Tablet Hardware Implementation and Documentation
Open-Source EMR Pen Tablet Hardware Implementation and Documentation
A manifesto for open source, from Mercedes-Benz
by Dr. Wolfgang Gehring, August 02, 2021
I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off this setting
Your smart TV can do many great things, but this isn't one of them.
Mixapps - shareable playlists that work offline
turn your music into shareable apps that work offline - hunterirving/mixapps
Sriracha imageboard and forum (written in Go, supports Docker)
Imageboard and forum
GenAI has started to kill open source projects
Adam Wathan the creator of Tailwind CSS posted that he had to let go of 75% of his engineering team because of AI. He said traffic to the Tailwind help documentation is down 40% and that is where most people learn about…
The Document Foundation is proud to release LibreOffice 25.8
The best open source office suite continues to evolve, while maintaining its focus on privacy and digital sovereignty Berlin, 20 August 2025 – The Document Foundation announces the release of LibreOffice 25.8. This late…
Crypto mixing / Tumbler
Hello. Iâm wondering if anyone me here uses a Crypto tumbler or mixer service
without KYC . Looking for recommendations
/e/ OS does a little trolling and sends all your Text to Voice data to OpenAI for processing and Speech generation.
reality — an open, secure, de-Googled system is not open, not secure, and not a de-Googled system!? This is just a new anøm disguised as open source. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Tor nodes in Advanced Privacy are rout…
The Book of Secret Knowledge
A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more. - trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge
FiloSottile/age: A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style c…
A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability. - FiloSottile/age
In August, The Document Foundation had a major update to LibreOffice. But so much more is happening: conference news, a job opening, extens…
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… Every six months – in February and August – we release a new major update to LibreO…
ICE Hunts Down Immigrants by Spying on Their Wire Transfers
Investigators traced the remittances an immigrant was sending from Hawaii to Mexico to figure out his location.
Russia orders state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on new phones
Critics say Max, a WhatsApp rival, could be used to track users, though state media says it is not a spying app
Chinese Pudu robots found open to hijacking
: The controls were left wide open on Pudu's robots
McDonald's not lovin' it when hacker exposes rotten security
: Burger slinger gets a McRibbing, reacts by firing staffer who helped
Brain implants that read minds: a medical miracle raises new ethical questions
For the first time, researchers have succeeded in translating silent thoughts in real time using a brain implant coupled with artificial intelligence. This technology promises to offer a new form of…
Labor plans to make it harder to access government information
A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.
Three years of building no-code software for political organizations
What is no-code? No-code is primarily a type of software that allows you to create more software, customized for your needs, starting fro...
After about 8 months, I love this Android browser. Not Chrome, FF, or Edge based.
A fully free (as in freedom) open source browser with a focus on a privacy.
Thunderbird Shares New Details on Upcoming Pro Features (Thundermail's servers to be located in Germany! 🇩🇪)
Thunderbird Pro will offer Thundermail email service, appointment scheduling, file sharing, and maybe even AI features. Email will be hosted on German servers.
Digital Omnibus: How Big Tech Lobbying Is Gutting the GDPR
The EU’s Digital Omnibus quietly rewrites the GDPR in Big Tech’s favour – weakening data protection, user rights and enforcement. EFRI explains what is at stake.
Proton getting big encourages centralization
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Sectigo’s Wrongful Revocation of RustDesk’s EV Certificate: A Concerning Precedent for the Software Security Ecosystem
Overview On December 8th 2025, Sectigo abruptly revoked RustDesk’s Extended Validation (EV) Code Signing Certificate without presenting any evidence of malicious behavior or security compromise. Th...
Open-Source ASI Alignment Proposal That Makes Privacy a Law of Physics – Thoughts/Red-Team?
“A complete, verifiable, eternal alignment target for artificial superintelligence” - 3377777/LAW-The-Guardian-Constitution
Real Estate Giant Redfin Exposed Users’ Personal Info on Listing Contact Forms
Contact forms on Redfin's real estate listings displayed past users’ names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
The Solution For The Network Effect Is Having People Have Feet On Both Sides Until They Fully Switch Isn't It?
Major social media platforms often prioritize data collection over user privacy. This raises concerns about the vast amounts of personal information shared online. Fortunately, a...
(Posting on behalf of the dev) NEWM needs a helping hand!
Contribute to newm-next/newm-next development by creating an account on GitHub.