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Cybersecurity in Europe: an overview - Negative PID

If 2013 marked the year Europe began to take cybersecurity seriously, the decade that followed transformed it into a legal and political priority. From

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Ireland is piloting a Government Digital Wallet to store official documents and verify users’ ages for social media platforms. 🏛️
The system is opt-in, aiming to support EU online safety rules while raising questions on user control and data centralization. 🔐

🔗 https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/ireland-is-testing-out-a-digital-wallet-that-conducts-age-verification-for-social-media-users-175002131.html

#TechNews #DigitalWallet #Ireland #OnlineSafety #FOSS #Privacy #UserControl #Transparency #DataProtection #AgeVerification #DigitalIdentity #EUCompliance #Security #OnlinePrivacy #Tech #Government #EU #Europe

Ireland is testing out a digital wallet that conducts age verification for social media users

Ireland's Government Digital Wallet can store official documents that can verify a user's age for social media platforms.

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Researchers allege Microsoft’s LinkedIn scans installed browser extensions without user consent, potentially profiling users via detected tools. 🕵️‍♂️
Safari limits this, but Chromium-based browsers expose identifiers, raising privacy and regulatory concerns in the EU. 🌐

🔗 https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/03/microsofts-linkedin-is-scanning-installed-browser-extensions-without-user-permission

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Microsoft's LinkedIn is scanning installed browser extensions without user permission

Researchers have determined that Microsoft's LinkedIn is scanning browser plug-ins and other information without permission, building user profiles using data that the company did not get permission to take.

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Web hosting and data residency in Europe - Negative PID

When choosing a web hosting provider for your website, cost is often a primary consideration in the evaluation process. Many businesses also favour local

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What is GDPR? - Negative PID

You’ve seen it a hundred times, that polite little pop-up asking if you’ll accept cookies before you can read an article or shop online. Most people assume

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The Tea app had very good thought behind it, but was majorly logistically and practically flawed from its very premise and to work would require both privacy compromises and serious restructuring.
https://www.tumblr.com/fo3lonewanderer/813180732706045952/the-idea-of-the-tea-app-is-somewhat-good-but-had?source=share
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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The idea of the Tea app is somewhat good, but had some very obvious and very serious problems from the start: · What is stopping someone from using the ID/information of a female f…

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The TJX Data Breach - Negative PID

The TJX Companies Inc. data breach of 2007 is one of the largest retail hacks in history. The cyberattack earned its place in cybersecurity history because it

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What is HIPAA? - Negative PID

If you’ve ever visited a doctor, picked up a prescription, or filled out medical forms, you’ve probably heard the term HIPAA. What is it and why is it

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This Is What a Personal Surveillance System Actually Looks Like

You stop thinking of it as surveillance. It becomes “the system.” Just part of how things run.

https://cha1nc0der.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/this-is-what-a-personal-surveillance-system-actually-looks-like/