Mastodawn

Ah, the #EU, ever vigilant in its quest to quash the villainous #VPN scourge! 🦸‍♂️ Because obviously, the real issue with age verification isn't the parents, the ISPs, or the lack of coherent policy—it's those pesky tech-savvy teens and their unholy VPNs! 🕵️‍♀️🌐
https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/ #Regulation #TechPolicy #InternetSafety #DigitalPrivacy #HackerNews #ngated

EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push

The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.

CyberInsider

Pretty Simple Privacy 16h ago

Simple iPhone settings most people overlook — improve your privacy and security in just a few clicks.

By All Things Secured
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkbFd3hfb3k

#iPhoneSecurity #iPhonePrivacy #digitalprivacy #cybersecurity

11 iPhone Security Hacks They Don’t Tell You About

YouTube

N-gated Hacker News 19h ago

📚🚀 Oh, how dare a webpage reveal that your browser's been gossiping all along! 🤭 Thanks, Rise Up Labs, for informing us—without asking—about the sky we missed while we were busy staring at this digital snoop-fest, Vol. IV. Bravo, Matt, for teaching us that our devices are blabbermouths, one millisecond at a time. 😂👏
https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken #digitalprivacy #browsersecurity #techhumor #dataawareness #RiseUpLabs #HackerNews #ngated

taken.

A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.

Since You Arrived

Sudo 20h ago

Your lease didn't just rent you a roof. It rented you a node in a network.

Smart locks, thermostats, and water sensors are logging your life to the cloud. And you didn't consent.

Episode 25: The "Smart Building" trap & how to fight back.

🎧 impracticalprivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #TenantRights #privacy #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #rentersrights #privacymatters #privacytools #IoT #smarthome

NewsletterTF 1d ago

Instagram Disconnects Encrypted DMs, Privacy Concerns Echo

Instagram ends end-to-end encryption for DMs on May 8, 2026. Users are concerned about privacy and how Meta will use their messages.

#InstagramDMs, #PrivacyConcerns, #Meta, #EncryptedChats, #DigitalPrivacy

https://newsletter.tf/instagram-ends-encrypted-dms-may-8-2026-privacy-concerns/

NewsletterTF 1d ago

Instagram's encrypted direct messages will stop working on May 8, 2026. This means Meta can now read your private chats, unlike before.

#InstagramDMs, #PrivacyConcerns, #Meta, #EncryptedChats, #DigitalPrivacy
https://newsletter.tf/instagram-ends-encrypted-dms-may-8-2026-privacy-concerns/

Instagram Stops Encrypted Chats on May 8, 2026, Users Worry About Privacy

Instagram ends end-to-end encryption for DMs on May 8, 2026. Users are concerned about privacy and how Meta will use their messages.

NewsletterTF

Kyle Reddoch (CybersecKyle)1d ago

New by me: Chrome’s Silent Gemini Nano Download Has a Consent Problem

https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/chromes-silent-gemini-nano-download-has-a-consent-problem/

#Cybersecurity #InfoSec #Privacy #GoogleChrome #Google #AI #BrowserSecurity #DigitalPrivacy #Surveillance #TechNews

Chrome’s Silent Gemini Nano Download Has a Consent Problem

Google can make a product argument for on-device AI in Chrome. The privacy, consent, and trust problems are still far more serious.

CybersecKyle

Sudo 2d ago

Your landlord doesn't just own the walls. They own the data.

Smart locks. Thermostats. Water sensors. They are logging your comings, goings, and habits to the cloud. And you didn't choose them.

Stop renting a surveillance node. Start reclaiming your sanctuary.

🎧 Ep 25 is live: impracticalprivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #TenantRights #DigitalPrivacy #Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalRights #RentersRights #SmartHome #IoT

Mike 2d ago

Canadian plaintiff says: "Never in a million years did I think that, after criticizing the U.S. government, I would be targeted with a summons seeking to find out who I am, where I live, where I go and what I read online."

#ACLU #digitalprivacy #surveillance #usgovt

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-dhs-aclu-lawsuit-canadian-john-doe-9.7187851

Canadian says Homeland Security seeks his Google activity after anti-Trump administration posts | CBC News

A Canadian is fighting back in U.S. federal court over what he says is an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security, through Google, to seek "vast swaths of information" about his personal life following social media posts critical of Donald Trump's administration.

CBC