AI and Businesses
If you follow the newsletters of some companies, you quickly notice that many business owners not only “play around” with Chatgpt & Co. they are not aware that these “tinkering” with AI are data breaches, just on a different level.
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Facebook Tracked Teen Girls Deleting Selfies to Push Beauty Ads, Insider Claims
A former Facebook insider alleges the platform monitored teen girls who deleted selfies to serve them beauty ads. The revelations come from Careless People, exposing how Meta exploited emotional vulnerabilities for profit — a disturbing face of surveillance capitalism.
Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals App Govt Uses to Archive Signal Messages
A Chrome extension that will auto-reject non-essential cookies
If these sound familiar, you're not using a privacy-first provider. 
What red flag phrases do you watch out for?
Interested in opting-out of data-harvesting big tech?
For research and real world experiences, the Opt-Out Project is an excellent resource.
https://www.optoutproject.net/
The Legal Grey Area of Biometrics vs. Passcodes in Digital Privacy
As smartphone searches by law enforcement become more common, the debate over whether biometrics or passcodes offer better protection intensifies. Legal experts weigh in on the implications of using b...
https://news.lavx.hu/article/the-legal-grey-area-of-biometrics-vs-passcodes-in-digital-privacy
@arstechnica I wanted to read your article, because I value your information. But I can neither allow myself to read this nor share it with my followers (minuscule as they are in number) or anyone else, for that matter. I’m disappointed in your lack of respect for users’ privacy.
#DigitalPrivacy #ProtectYourData
The term 'metadata' is an inaccurate description of behavioural surplus and helps to downplay the severity of the large-scale incursion on our privacy.
https://theprivacydad.com/why-the-term-metadata-is-not-helpful-in-discussions-around-privacy/
Cybersecurity Tip #2: Απόφυγε να Συνδέεσαι σε Δημόσια Wi-Fi χωρίς VPN!
Τα δημόσια Wi-Fi σε καφετέριες, αεροδρόμια ή ξενοδοχεία μπορεί να φαίνονται βολικά, αλλά είναι και επικίνδυνα. Χωρίς την κατάλληλη προστασία, κάποιος κακόβουλος χρήστης στο ίδιο δίκτυο μπορεί να παρακολουθήσει τη δραστηριότητά σου ή να υποκλέψει ευαίσθητα δεδομένα όπως κωδικούς ή τραπεζικές πληροφορίες.
Χρησιμοποίησε πάντα ένα αξιόπιστο VPN (Virtual Private Network) για να κρυπτογραφείς τη σύνδεσή σου και να διατηρείς την ιδιωτικότητά σου, ακόμα και σε ανοιχτά δίκτυα.
Bonus Tip: Αν δεν έχεις VPN, προτίμησε να χρησιμοποιήσεις τα δεδομένα του κινητού σου για ευαίσθητες εργασίες.
Your phone tracks you. Your apps collect your data. Then data brokers package and sell it—to the government. No warrant needed. They're buying what they legally can't take, circumventing your 4th Amendment rights with your tax dollars. This isn't conspiracy. It's business as usual. #DigitalPrivacy #DataBrokers #Privacy
Navigating the Digital Privacy Minefield: Biometrics vs. Passcodes in Law Enforcement
As smartphone searches by law enforcement become more commonplace, the debate over the efficacy of biometrics versus passcodes intensifies. Experts weigh in on the legal implications and the evolving ...
How to lock down your phone if you're traveling to the U.S.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/27/cbp-cell-phones-devices-traveling-us/
Swiss tech & privacy community:
The Federal Council is proposing major changes to the #VÜPF that would expand surveillance and threaten #digitalprivacy.
Read Proposal: https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen/bundesrat.msg-id-103968.html
Consultation open until 6 May 2025
Send input: ptss-aemterkonsultationen@isc-ejpd.admin.ch
Let’s stand up for privacy and digital rights in #Switzerland.
Thoughts on Change dot org alternatives for petitioning local council?
Secure and private name/address collection seems like the big hurdle here.
Yes it’s technically public info once the petition is submitted, but that’s no reason to leave it lying around on the internet…
#auspol #digitalprivacy
