Texas sues TV makers for taking screenshots of what people watch
The Texas Attorney General sued five major television manufacturers, accusing them of illegally collecting their users' data by secretly recording what they watch using Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technology.
Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole …
US Authorities Have Far-Reaching Access to European Cloud Data
An analysis for the Ministry of the Interior highlights the reach of US laws. According to it, data stored in the EU is also not secure.
We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds
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People increasingly want their voices heard and are taking action by choosing the companies they support.
Palestinians in Gaza Are Watched, Tracked, and Targeted by Israeli Surveillance
Reporter Mohammed Mhawish describes the surveillance, from cameras at checkpoints to drones flying into people’s homes.
US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal
Section 230, passed in 1996 as part of the Telecommunications Act, has become the centre of a intense political debate in the recent years.
SicMu Neo | F-Droid
Simple, full-featured, file-based music player
PixiEditor 2.1 beta is available - Node Based Brush Engine, Smart layers and more
PixiEditor 2.1 Beta is now available! Explore the new Node Based Brush Engine, Smart Layers, and customizable toolsets to enhance your digital art experience.
Trump Plan Would Force Tourists to Share Years of Social Media Posts Before Entering US
New US tourist plan may require 5 years of social media posts. Concerns about civil liberties and impact on tourism industry.
Proton getting big encourages centralization
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Any open source alternative for math tricks Android app?
This program is dedicated to showing you a variety of interesting math tricks.
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...
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
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
ESTA: USA wants to check social media accounts of European travelers as well
For a vacation in the USA, people from Europe have so far not had to reveal too much. This could soon change if it's up to US border control.
HDMI Forum is unwilling to disclose the 2.1 specification for open-source (Linux): according to AMD, they had submitted a functional, HDMI …
Technically, the Steam Machine supports HDMI 2.1. However, Valve and AMD are not allowed to offer an open-source driver for it.
Joint Force, a 2D puzzle game, is coming soon to Steam
Solve challenging puzzles to reunite Belcho and Nim.
Manyverse – a peer-to-peer social network
A social network off the grid – mobile and available on Android
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Two cities in Oregon have ended their contract with Flock thanks to citizen pressure.
In a press release sent late Friday evening, the Eugene Police Department announced it has terminated its contract with Flock Safety.
Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions
Schleswig-Holstein saves 15 million euros in license costs by migrating from Microsoft to free software. The conversion is significantly cheaper.
Windhawk (an open Source customization marketplace for Windows) released v1.7
Windhawk now downloads pre-compiled mods by default instead of compiling them locally, significantly speeding up installations and updates. This can be disabled in the settings. Added support for v...
Compulsory spyware app to be installed on every Indian citizen's new phone
Messaging like WhatsApp/Signal is outside of the scope of Android (etc) permissions, so access cannot be granted to spy on such content; messages at rest MAY be protected from surveillance by use o…
Berlin: Police can secretly enter homes for state trojan installation
To collect data from IT systems, investigators in Berlin can secretly search suspects' rooms. This is in a Police Act amendment.
'Intellexa Leaks' Reveal Wider Reach of Predator Spyware
âThis investigation provides one of the clearest and most damning views yet into Intellexaâs internal operations and technology," said Amnesty International Security Lab technologist Jurre van Bergen.
Mullvad VPN - AND THEN? A film about Chat Control and mass surveillance
Chat Control is back on the menu. To highlight the corruption behind the proposal, Mullvad VPN now presents "And Then?"
[Jacobin] Citizenship by Algorithm: Narendra Modi transformed India’s biometric ID system from a tool for promoting social welfare into a m…
Narendra Modi transformed India’s biometric ID system from a tool for promoting social welfare into a mechanism of mass surveillance and disenfranchisement.
PixiEditor is a Universal Editor for all your 2D needs
PixiEditor is a free and open-source universal 2D graphics editor, powered by innovative Node Graph workflow. Create vectors, edit photos, design graphics, make pixel art and animate - all in one app!
DSpico the first open source flashcart for the DS(i) finally released!
DSpico is a project by the LNH team, consisting of two parts: an open-source DS(i) flashcart and an app launcher compatible with many existing DS(i) flashcarts. All components —PCB, software, shell, stickers, and box ar…
A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame
Keeping track of companies that "care about your data 🥺" - zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame
OASIS approves Open Document Format (ODF) v1.4 Standard, marking 20 years of interoperable document innovation
BOSTON, MA, 3 December 2025 — Members of OASIS Open, the global open source and standards organization, have approved the Open Document Format (ODF) for Office Applications V1.4 as an OASIS Standard, the organization’s …
South Korea developing app that shows real-time location of stalkers
Critics have voiced concern over the pervasiveness of stalking and violence against women in South Korea.
Build Your Own Glasshole Detector
Connected devices are ubiquitous in our era of wireless chips heavily relying on streaming data to someone else’s servers. This sentence might already start to sound dodgy, and it doesn’…
Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
Warning: What happens on your Android, doesn’t stay on your Android — not if it's a work phone.
SmartTube's signature has been compromised, possible injected malicious library found by some users
Important Announcement Friends, it seems that my digital signature has been exposed. This signature protects the app from fake and malicious updates, so there is a risk that someone may try to rele...
Uguu: simple lightweight temporary file host with support for drop, paste, click and API uploading.
Uguu is a simple lightweight temporary file host with support for drop, paste, click and API uploading. - nokonoko/Uguu
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Chat Control approved: Certain EU countries will see your private messages. Is yours on the list?
EU governments have finally agreed on a controversial new law that gives a backdoor to reading text messages and viewing photo messages
Hugging Face Chat
WebView wrapper for HuggingChat
Summit for Lemmy
A mobile client for Lemmy. Contribute to idunnololz/summit-for-lemmy development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Blorp â A Threadiverse client for Lemmy and PieFed. Web, iOS & macOS, and more!
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…
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.
Demand the Data: What’s Really Going Viral? | Mozilla Foundation
Social media platforms aren’t sharing what goes viral on their sites. Tell YouTube, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X to disclose their most-viewed content. Sign now.
Chat Control: EU Council vote is a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously
Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has "backed away" from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure of mass surveillan…
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