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🚨 Your encrypted drive is not encrypted. Not really.

Ep.27 of Impractical Privacy, Sudo unpacks "YellowKey," an insane new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's BitLocker.

Discovered by Chaotic Eclipse, it bypasses default TPM-only setups in seconds using just a USB stick and the Windows Recovery Environment.

Tune in to learn how adding a Pre-Boot PIN or switching to VeraCrypt can save your digital life.
Listen: ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#InfoSec #Privacy #Windows11 #Microsoft #Surveillance

The Verge 11m ago

Firefox is working on a rounded redesign with easy-to-find controls for privacy and AI

https://www.theverge.com/tech/935631/firefox-project-nova-redesign

#Tech #Privacy #OpenSource

Firefox is working on a rounded redesign with easy-to-find controls for privacy and AI

Mozilla’s Project Nova redesign for Firefox will give the browser a rounded UI and make it easier to find privacy settings, including Firefox’s AI Controls.

The Verge

Hacker News 30m ago

Freenet, a peer-to-peer platform for decentralized apps

https://freenet.org/

#HackerNews #Freenet #decentralized #apps #peer-to-peer #technology #open-source #privacy

Freenet

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬41m ago

#FBI seeks #US-wide access to #licenseplate cameras, wants “data in near real time”
FBI will pay vendors to help it track and search for vehicles nationwide.
The FBI said the winning bidder or bidders “must provide law enforcement and/or commercial license plate reader data provided through the Contractor’s existing platform.” The system must cover 75 percent of locations, the FBI said.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/fbi-seeks-us-wide-access-to-license-plate-cameras-wants-data-in-near-real-time/
#privacy #surveillance #ALPR

FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, wants "data in near real time"

FBI will pay vendors to help it track and search for vehicles nationwide.

Ars Technica

sanitation 55m ago

Woman’s Talkspace Therapy App Sessions Exposed in Court - “We know that information that's been anonymized can very easily be reidentified,” “[HIPAA] is not enough protection.”

https://lemmy.today/post/53371845

Henry Fisher 1h ago

Session is dying. WhatsApp isn't. #encryption #opensource #techlore

https://techlore.tv/w/aA8A7FmNYFwWkdRXy9sYuL

Session is dying. WhatsApp isn't. #encryption #opensource #techlore

PeerTube

Yale Privacy Lab 1h ago

🧐 Headlines in #privacy from @thenewoil

“# Cybercrime service disrupted for abusing # Microsoft platform to sign # malware https://www. bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu rity/cybercrime-service-disrupted-for-abusing-microsoft-platform-to-sign-malware/...”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/116607732970564467

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The New Oil (@[email protected])

#Cybercrime service disrupted for abusing #Microsoft platform to sign #malware https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercrime-service-disrupted-for-abusing-microsoft-platform-to-sign-malware/ #cybersecurity #FoxTempest

Mastodon

izzy | Technically Good ✨1h ago

What is Bill C-22? Why is it Not Good ™️ for Canadian privacy? What can we do to stop it, or to have it be amended?

⌛️ Time is running out - only FIVE DAYS left! Take action now, my fellow Canadians 💪 🇨🇦

With links to great articles & resources by @OpenMediaOrg and @eff

https://technically-good.ca/blog/20260521-bill-can-we-not-22/

#Canada #billC22 #bill_c22 #privacy #surveillance

On Bill C-22, which I Lovingly Refer to as Bill C-an We Not-22

What is Bill C-22? Bill C-22 is also called the "Lawful Access" bill, or "An Act respecting lawful access." It is, essentially, the Part II, the Electr...

Technically Good ✨

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gtbarry 1h ago

deflock.org

An open-source project mapping license plate readers. These systems continuously record your movements without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion.

#deflock #flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy