Hacker NewsMay 17

Age Assurance on the Internet: Identity, Privacy, and the Limits of Verification

https://sphericalcowconsulting.com/2026/04/14/age-assurance/

#HackerNews #AgeAssurance #InternetPrivacy #DigitalIdentity #VerificationLimits #OnlineSafety

Age Assurance on the Internet: Identity, Privacy, and the Limits of Verification

This episode explores age assurance on the internet, where digital identity, privacy, and policy collide. Heather explains why age verification, age estimation, and age assurance are not the same, …

Spherical Cow Consulting
Jefe WinskiMay 16

'Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users'

https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users

Google has tied its next-generation reCAPTCHA system to Google Play Services on Android, meaning anyone running a de-Googled phone will automatically fail verification when the system decides to challenge them.

The requirement forces Android users to run Google’s proprietary app framework version 25.41.30 or higher just to prove they’re human.

#reCAPTCHA #Degoogle #DontBeEvil #FOSS #InternetPrivacy

PPC LandMay 10
Urban VPN's in-house LinkX protocol promises 5x faster speeds: Urban VPN's in-house WireGuard protocol Urban LinkX claims 5x faster connections in lab tests while Protocol Control lets users switch VPN protocols in-app. https://ppc.land/urban-vpns-in-house-linkx-protocol-promises-5x-faster-speeds/ #VPN #UrbanVPN #LinkXProtocol #WireGuard #InternetPrivacy
Urban VPN's in-house LinkX protocol promises 5x faster speeds

Urban VPN's in-house WireGuard protocol Urban LinkX claims 5x faster connections in lab tests while Protocol Control lets users switch VPN protocols in-app.

PPC Land
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 13
👁️📸 In a shocking revelation that no one saw coming, your photos are indeed visible to others—hold onto your hats, folks! 🙄 Apparently, the internet remains undefeated in its relentless quest to state the painfully obvious. Bravo for unraveling this enigma, truly #groundbreaking work. 🎉
https://theyseeyourphotos.com/ #internetprivacy #socialmedia #shockreveal #technews #photographyhumor #HackerNews #ngated
They See Your Photos

Upload a photo to find out how much an AI sees.

They See Your Photos
mayonnaiseApr 13
doing a college paper on my stance on Internet privacy, and my experiences with it in my own life... but it requires scholarly research, has anyone smarter than me (preferably an expert in the subject) who is currently on Fedi done research into the matter? a paper, maybe?

preferably something of an anti-censorship and anti-government meddling stance, but i dont think i need to ask that considering all of us use a decentralized service xd

many thanks to all that might participate, ill be sure to credit you in the citations :]

#cybersec #cybersecurity #internetprivacy #privacyrights
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 6
OMG, everyone! 😱 Big Brother is watching! But fret not, because the super sleuths at #TBOTE are here to save us from the evil corporates who, *gasp*, actually dared to *track* our clicks! 🚨 Apparently, your shady internet habits are now classified as full-on #espionage, so better start wearing a tinfoil hat if you want to read this "classified" gossip! 🕵️‍♀️🔍
https://tboteproject.com/surveillancefindings/ #BigBrotherWatching #TinfoilHat #InternetPrivacy #ClickTracking #HackerNews #ngated
Surveillance Findings: Age Verification as Mass Surveillance Infrastructure

OSINT investigation documenting how age verification laws across three countries funnel citizen biometric data through a 269-check surveillance pipeline with government reporting capabilities.

The TBOTE Project
All Things SecuredMar 30

The New Doxxing Playbook (how to protect yourself)

https://apertatube.net/w/ijuztMP79UztTnLiksEo81

The New Doxxing Playbook (how to protect yourself)

PeerTube
Hacker NewsMar 22

Cloudflare flags archive.today as "C&C/Botnet"; no longer resolves via 1.1.1.2

https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/domain/archive.today

#HackerNews #Cloudflare #archive_today #CCBotnet #cybersecurity #internetprivacy

archive.today Domain Information | Cloudflare Radar

Detailed information for archive.today: IP addresses, ASN, rank, security details, WHOIS, popularity insights, TLS certificates and recent scans.

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 21
Ah yes, because clearly the only way to protect our precious little ones is to blanket the entire internet in bubble wrap and a healthy dose of parental paranoia 🍼🔒. Let's just turn the web into a PG-rated daycare and call it a day, shall we? 🤦‍♂️🌐
https://news.dyne.org/child-protection-is-not-access-control/ #parentalcontrols #internetprivacy #digitalparenting #bubblewrapculture #onlinechildsafety #HackerNews #ngated
Do Not Turn Child Protection Into Internet Access Control

Age verification turns the open internet into a permission system and pushes control away from families, schools, and users.

News From Dyne
Hacker NewsMar 6

The Shady World of IP Leasing

https://acid.vegas/blog/the-shady-world-of-ip-leasing/

#HackerNews #IPLeasing #ShadyBusiness #Cybersecurity #InternetPrivacy #Networking

The Shady World of IP Leasing

The IPv4