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#Genetic data site #openSNP to close and delete data over #privacy concerns
openSNP, a platform for sharing genetic and phenotypic data, will shut down, and delete all user submissions over privacy concerns and risk of misuse by authoritarian governments.
Announced earlier this week by co-founder Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, who expressed concerns about how personal #genomics data is subject to abuse today and how fundamentally landscape has changed over the last 14 years.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/genetic-data-site-opensnp-to-close-and-delete-data-over-privacy-concerns/

#EuropeanCommission takes aim at end-to-end encryption and proposes #Europol become an #EU FBI

https://therecord.media/european-commission-takes-aim-encryption-europol-fbi-proposal

Air-Gapped Guitar | Sticker

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/cyphafunk4rt

#privacy

You´re welcome.
https://lifehacker.com/tech/best-internet-browsers-privacy

Brave Wallet integrates shielded Zcash transactions for enhanced privacy

https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/brave-wallet-integrates-shielded-zcash-transactions-for-enhanced-privacy/

Science fiction novelist, journalist and technology activist Cory Doctorow @pluralistic speech at the 2025 Ursula Franklin Lecture. >

https://vimeo.com/1059798497

#enshitification #monopsonies #twiddling #LockedUsers #LockedSellers #GAFAM #lecture #AlgorithmicWageDiscrimination#speech #SurveillanceCapitalism #interoperability #competition #regulation #WorkersPower #BigData #sellers #users #TechnoFeudalism #employment #ratings #Uberisation #queries #JediBlue #profiling #enshitified #internet #abuse #DataBrokers #AntitrustLaw #TechLayoffs #RegulatoryCaptures #TechnologicalAbuse #privacy #value #GiantPileOfShit #TechnicalMechanism #rankings #unions #digitalisation #nursing #speech #lecture #video #coporatocracy #monopoly

#TMobile Shows Users the Names, Pictures, and Exact Locations of Random Children

https://www.404media.co/t-mobile-shows-users-the-names-pictures-and-exact-locations-of-random-children/

So here we go again: "EU: These are scary times – let's backdoor encryption!"

Now #chatcontrol is rebranded with the excuse of threats like terrorism, organized crime, surging cybercrime and attacks against our critical infrastructure, instead of child sexual abuse.

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https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/eu_backdoor_encryption/

TikTok rischia multa da 500M€ per aver invioto dati in Cina
#ByteDance #Cina #DataProtection #Europa #GDPR #Irlanda #Multa #Notizie #Privacy #Sanzioni #Sicurezza #SocialMedia #SocialNetwork #TechNews #Tecnologia #TikTok #TrasferimentoDati #UE #Violazioni

https://www.ceotech.it/tiktok-rischia-multa-da-500me-per-aver-invioto-dati-in-cina/

#iOS 18.4 includes a new location services #privacy setting for your #iPhone

https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/02/ios-iphone-new-location-services-privacy-toggle/

Brave Translate expands to 108 languages

https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/4/brave-translate-expands-to-108-languages/

Earlier, from Francesca D'Annunzio and Pulitzer Center: Operation Lone Star has turbocharged DPS’ surveillance capabilities. Lawmakers say they want to prevent Texas from becoming a police state but have filed only modest legislation to regulate use of #AI.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/

#Brave Wallet adds shielded #Zcash transactions on desktop, with #Android and #iOS coming soon

https://brave.com/blog/shielded-zcash/

If you live in a country that blocks Signal communications, this link may be helpful. Also this Signal blog contains instructions if you wish to assist people in countries censoring Signal communications. #censorship #privacy #signal

https://signal.org/blog/proxy-please/

Device is a Liability: Harden It or Lose It #CyberSecurity #DeviceSecurity #Privacy #Encryption #Linux #ZeroTrust #AnonOps #Infosec #VPN #HardenYourDevice #DeadSwitch #GhostOps #TomITCafe #SecurityFirst #NoCompromise #DigitalAnonymity #AirGapped

http://tomsitcafe.com/2025/04/03/device-is-a-liability-harden-it-or-lose-it/

#RoyalMail investigates data leak claims, no impact on operations

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/royal-mail-investigates-data-leak-claims-no-impact-on-operations/

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"Data Kindness" by @aram and @jesse

1. "when you invite someone into your home, remember that they may be more vulnerable than you are to certain kinds of data surveillance."

2. "remember that data surveillance means more than just devices."

3. "when sharing selfies and videos on social media, look closely before you post. Who else is included in those images?"

https://time.com/7273469/data-monitoring-kindness-essay/
#privacy #data #surveillancecapitalism