Tom’s Hardware: LinkedIn is spying on you, according to a new ‘BrowserGate’ security report — scripts stealthily scan visitors’ browsers for over 6,000 Chrome extensions and harvest hardware data. “LinkedIn is understood to be injecting a JavaScript fingerprinting script into every page load that probes visitors’ browsers for 6,236 installed Chrome extensions and collects detailed device […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/12/toms-hardware-linkedin-is-spying-on-you-according-to-a-new-browsergate-security-report-scripts-stealthily-scan-visitors-browsers-for-over-6000-chrome-extensions-and-harvest-hardwa/
Tom’s Hardware: LinkedIn is spying on you, according to a new ‘BrowserGate’ security report — scripts stealthily scan visitors’ browsers for over 6,000 Chrome extensions and harvest hardware data

Tom’s Hardware: LinkedIn is spying on you, according to a new ‘BrowserGate’ security report — scripts stealthily scan visitors’ browsers for over 6,000 Chrome extensions and…

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Paypal decided to ask for more data. I decided to finally cancel it

#paypal #digitalsurveillance

NOTUS: The White House App Is Riddled With Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities. “The cybersecurity experts’ reviews of the app code turned up a host of issues that they say make data — for both users and some White House staffers — vulnerable. Several told NOTUS they were shocked by the slipshod approach to cybersecurity by the federal government, especially while the U.S. is engaged in war.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/05/notus-the-white-house-app-is-riddled-with-cybersecurity-vulnerabilities/
NOTUS: The White House App Is Riddled With Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

NOTUS: The White House App Is Riddled With Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities. “The cybersecurity experts’ reviews of the app code turned up a host of issues that they say make data — for both use…

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How Google Cookies Became a Police Tool to Unmask Anonymous Users

A US case shows how police used Google cookies to link an anonymous account to a real identity. But even encrypted email providers aren't immune to legal requests.

https://yoota.it/en/how-google-cookies-became-a-police-tool-to-unmask-anonymous-users/

Gothamist: New digital hall passes track bathroom breaks, gather data in NYC schools. “Permission to use the bathroom has taken an Orwellian turn at more than 150 New York City public schools, students say. New digital hall passes allow teachers to more closely monitor how long a student is spending in the bathroom — and who else has requested a bathroom break.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/01/gothamist-new-digital-hall-passes-track-bathroom-breaks-gather-data-in-nyc-schools/
Gothamist: New digital hall passes track bathroom breaks, gather data in NYC schools

Gothamist: New digital hall passes track bathroom breaks, gather data in NYC schools. “Permission to use the bathroom has taken an Orwellian turn at more than 150 New York City public schools…

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Mashable: Trump’s new White House app is a security and privacy nightmare. “X user @Thereallo1026 went so far as decompiling the White House app and found that it’s sharing the exact location data of its users every 4.5 minutes and sending that information to a third-party server.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/30/mashable-trumps-new-white-house-app-is-a-security-and-privacy-nightmare/
Mashable: Trump’s new White House app is a security and privacy nightmare

Mashable: Trump’s new White House app is a security and privacy nightmare. “X user @Thereallo1026 went so far as decompiling the White House app and found that it’s sharing the ex…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Ars Technica: FBI started buying Americans’ location data again, Kash Patel confirms. “Three years after saying it had stopped buying location data of Americans without a warrant, the FBI acknowledged it has restarted the purchases. During questioning at a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing yesterday, FBI Director Kash Patel said the location data purchases have produced valuable […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/23/ars-technica-fbi-started-buying-americans-location-data-again-kash-patel-confirms/
Ars Technica: FBI started buying Americans’ location data again, Kash Patel confirms

Ars Technica: FBI started buying Americans’ location data again, Kash Patel confirms. “Three years after saying it had stopped buying location data of Americans without a warrant, the FBI ack…

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Me, in 2021: "piracy of open source makes no sense"

Me, in 2026: "They did it. They fucking did it. Look at what they fucking did. With various states pushing age verification and biometric identification laws on developers, and distro developers complying far too easily, now it has actually become *necessary* to pirate Open Source software"

Two *very* notable examples of developers who are *already* adding fascism to FOSS: #systemd (as expected) and XDG / #freedesktop .

[1] https://lemmy.world/comment/22746018

#Linux #OpenSource #Piracy #OpenSourcePiracy #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalSurveillance

Artix isn't going to comply with age-gating. - Lemmy.World

Per the very first reply on their thread discussing it in their forums, which I linked directly to for the post title: > We’ll NEVER require any verification or identification from the user. However, what’s gonna happen should the attempts to age-gate the XDG portal screw over alt-init distros like Artix too? My guess is maybe they start blocking regions which force age gating like Arch Linux 32 is doing.

MinnPost: These warrants let police sweep up data from anyone near a crime scene. A bipartisan Minnesota bill says they should be illegal. . “Law enforcement can request data related to crime scenes – or more expansive areas – and work backwards to look for suspects. A group of bipartisan Minnesota lawmakers says they should be illegal except in emergency scenarios. They argue reverse […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/minnpost-these-warrants-let-police-sweep-up-data-from-anyone-near-a-crime-scene-a-bipartisan-minnesota-bill-says-they-should-be-illegal/
MinnPost: These warrants let police sweep up data from anyone near a crime scene. A bipartisan Minnesota bill says they should be illegal.

MinnPost: These warrants let police sweep up data from anyone near a crime scene. A bipartisan Minnesota bill says they should be illegal. . “Law enforcement can request data related to crime…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose