How Microsoft stores and shares your encryption keys
Microsoft gives U.S. authorities BitLocker keys, making local encryption useless if your device is seized at the border.
I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon
Reflections on my time leading Mastodon and what's to come next.
Calibre 9.7 E-Book Manager Released With Offline HTTPS Content Server Mode
Calibre 9.7 introduces full offline mode for HTTPS content server connections, improved annotations grouping, viewer zoom enhancements, and several bug fixes.
We should push other phone OEM's such as Fairphone and Samsung to work with PostmarketOS, GrapheneOS, and Ubuntu Touch
This must be the product of GrapheneOS's work with a major OEM that it teased in October.
Is Flock just a poor US-centric copy of, globally active Genetec?
Genetec provides unified security solutions that combine IP-based video surveillance, access control, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR), communications, and analytics to help protect the everyday.
Watchman Privacy Vs The Hated One - Corrupt sponsorships, war on privacy and anarchy
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Looking for feedback: We built a minimal, passwordless VLESS-Reality proxy service
Simple, transparent, and logless VLESS proxy access.
Plasma 6.7
Plasma 6.7 brings powerful new features to KDE’s classic desktop, and refines its user experience to new levels.
Banning noise will be a disaster for statistical data products
Sadly, taking away valuable disclosure avoidance tools doesn't make fundamental trade-offs go away.
ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Reaches The Milestone Of Being Able To Run Half-Life
ReactOS, the open-source operating system working for binary compatibility with Microsoft Windows computer programs and drivers, has reached the milestone of being able to enjoy the classic game Half-Life running on thi…
"The US is building a machine to watch the world" [YouTube]
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A modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine, powered by XeTeX and TeXLive.
A modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine, powered by XeTeX and TeXLive. - tectonic-typesetting/tectonic
Quiet Changes in Bitwarden
The password manager swapped its CEO, rewrote its core values, and briefly pulled "Always Free" from its pricing page.
WebSpace - Web Apps, Websites And PWAs Manager!
Your favorite web apps, now on your phone. Contribute to theoden8/webspace_app development by creating an account on GitHub.
Password strength explained
I try to explain how attackers would guess your password, should they get their hands on your encrypted data. There are some thoughts on the strength of real-world passwords and suggestions for your new password.
Handy flock camera license plate reader map
Find license plate readers (LPRs) near you.
Alternatives to AdAway
AdAway is a free and open source ad blocker for Android. - AdAway/AdAway
I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
Browser tool that offers surfers way to implement privacy choices is creating challenges for website operators facing pressure from regulat…
A web-browser tool that offers surfers a one-click way to implement their privacy choices is creating challenges for website operators facing pressure from state regulators and aggrieved consumers over the selling and s…
Good Luck Opting Out: Tesla, Meta, Amazon, Google, X, Uber, OpenAI, Tinder and 30 other companies make it almost impossible for users to co…
EPIC’s report Good Luck Opting Out: Manipulative Design Patterns in Opt-Out Processes by Justin Sherman, EPIC Scholar in Residence, and Caroline Kraczon, EPIC Counsel, investigates whether the consumer opt-out processes…
AARP calls on AZ Senate to bring nursing home camera bill to vote
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Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: Analyzing their SSD activity
Telltale SSD activity can be measured in the browser using simple JavaScript.
LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, c…
DOJ indicts 8 pro-Palestine activists after FBI raids, sparking protest
Eight pro-Palestine activists associated with the University of Michigan were indicted for alleged crimes connected to divestment campaigns.
Federal prosecutors charge 15 people with impeding agents during Minnesota immigration crackdown
Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding federal agents during a massive immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year.
FOSS Discord alternative Fluxer releases v2
Fluxer v2 is out, mobile clients are open source, self-hosting is improving, and public development is moving back to GitHub.
GTK on Android
Attached: 1 video Continuing the GTK on Android saga, here's Jorts (Granite / elementary) Now onto pushing my patches for it to Pixiewood #GTK #elementary #elementaryOS #Granite #GNOME
Texas Sues Netflix for Spying on Kids and Consumers by Illegally Collecting Users’ Data Without Their Knowledge or Consent
Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Netflix for spying on Texans, including children, and collecting users’ data without their knowledge or consent.
Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance
A new divide is emerging: between workers who use AI at work and those who are managed by it
Sovereign Tech Fund invests over €1 million in KDE software development
Big Tech’s disregard for privacy laws and individuals’ personal data has become a matter of national security. As news of willful mismanagement fill the headlines on an almost daily basis, the world is beginning to turn…
Instagram privacy tech turned off - what does this mean for DMs?
The platform said it would remove end-to-end encrypted messages, a major U‑turn by parent company Meta.
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 developers battling "AI slop code pull requests"
The team behind the popular PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have seen a rise in what they say are AI slop code pull requests.
Recognition of open-source work as voluntary work
Recognition of open-source work as voluntary work in Germany
The Privacy Wiki
A meta-aggregator comparing privacy tool recommendations across multiple sources
Firefox privacy project Arkenfox is EoL, potentially impacting Librewolf & Phoenix
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Share your experience on fighting* for privacy and what obstacles - if any - have recently been put in place by your government to make res…
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Researchers have just unveiled a technique called FROST that lets a website work out which other websites and apps you have open, without y…
Most of the surveillance stories we’ve looked at here lately have involved things you can at least see when you walk past them: cameras at the gate, sensors on the shelf, a label adjusting a price as you move through sp…
Fluxer (Discord clone): "We are open-sourcing (AGPLv3) and going live with our mobile app beta on June 15th"
We are open-sourcing (AGPLv3) and going live with our mobile app beta on June 15th. This beta is locked to Android users and Plutonium iOS users. We plan a full rollout in 1 month to Google Play, Apple App Store, F-Droi…
Kdenlive 26.04.2 released 🎉 🥳
The second maintenance release of the 26.04 series is out with the usual batch of bug fixes and improvements for workflow and stability. This update comes with fixes to rendering, timeline editing, project file handling…
Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft
Last week, Dan Blanchard, the maintainer of chardet—a Python library for detecting text encodings used by roughly 130 million projects a month— released a new…
I created a guide/website that helps beginners discover and switch to privacy-focused tools
People increasingly want their voices heard and are taking action by choosing the companies they support.
Lloyds used data from 30,000 staff accounts in union pay talks
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FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs
A lively discussion about open source, security, and who pays the bills has erupted on Twitter.
How the FBI managed access Nancy Guthrie's Google Nest camera even though it was turned off
Many are wondering how the FBI managed to access Nancy Guthrie's turned off Google Nest following her kidnapping, leaving them fearful for privacy
OpenCiv3: Open-source, cross-platform reimagining of Civilization III
OpenCiv3 is an open-source, cross-platform, mod-oriented, modernized remake of Civilization III by the fan community built with the Godot Engine and C#, with capabilities inspired by the best of the 4X genre and lessons…
Is DeleteMe.org real? Looks too good to not be a data stealing scam.
Your Personal Data is Yours Again.
A plan for a post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025)
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Amazon, Facebook, ICE, and FBI have access to a private intelligence-sharing network
Seattle Shield requests suspicious activity reports from companies, which are then circulated with members as part of surveillance apparatus
Possible to avoid Google's future open source ban on Android devices?
Google is implementing a significant policy shift, banning unverified APKs, ROMs, and certain emulators on certified Android devices starting in 2026. This move, aimed at enhancing security and combating malware, will r…
LLM/"AI" Policies | Jellyfin
The rise of LLMs as a useful development tool over the last year or so has been significant. The power and flexibility of tools like Claude Code and ChatGPT have given a lot of functionality both to experienced develope…