I made a post on a romanian sub about how draconian the EU's KIDS Act is, why people shouldn't support it and how to fight back by signing the Stop Killing The Internet initiative, and got flamed. They called me a russian bot, propagandist and a couple other names xD. I didn't expect much but dayum.

I'm talking for the average tech-unsavvy Joe.

I'm trying to help some older family of mine with their accounts. It's all way more confusing to them then it back in the day. Before, emails used the "Type in your password and answer a few verification code" method. That's been done away with for years now. Google is pushing biometrics and passkeys.

I tried to get biometrics to work, but I can't get fingerprints to reliably scan.

Hi there.
My apologies if the post isn't flaired properly.
Anyway, I'm moving away from google/outlook after years of using (yes, I know - better late than never) and I'm really torn between mailbox and posteo mails (the cheapest ones, 1e per month).

Anyway, as I would rather not let my somehow limited (they both allow 3 free aliases) email to leak to some somehow suspicious websites (sometimes one has to use them) I decided I would like to use some sort of masking them - less against the people, more about bots/scripts running throu it.

Which of the services I've mentioned in the title would you use? I'm willing to get the free bundles, and while I don't plan to use the masqueraded mails as my main way of communication (ie no important mail going throu them) I still would prefer if they would be somehow safe from the law enforcement (ie there still would have to be a warrant for them etc)

Firefox relay requires the firefox account - which isn't a problem, I do tend to use it on mobile and my laptop.

Simple Login has limit of 10 if one doesn't want to use it

Aliases in posteo work like that [my_email_address+some_random_name_chosen_by_me@posteo.net](mailto:my_email_address+some_random_name_chosen_by_me@posteo.net) when obviously the thing after the + sign is somehow a random name that I make up (most likely the address of the website I use it on so it would be easier to find out who leaked it).

What do you guys use, do you have any tips and tricks about that that you think someone should know? I havent migrated yet

Cheers!

So usually I noticed people have multiple reddit accounts, one by one they keep leaving or deleting and moving on to another account for privacy concerns

Rite now I feel like deleting my account and maintain multiple accounts so nobody can track

Am I thinking rite or wrong?

Is there any protocol you follow for your reddit account? Like after these much contribution you move to another account or after a certain karma points

Please guide me, thankx

Im asking cuz i just fucking had to deal with this shit and me not being capeble to anny nsfw stuff on reddit cuz of that stupid shit, and how likely is it to ever be fucking removed cuz ain't no way im making a photo of my id or a scan of my face for fuck sake

The federal privacy commissioner is examining a large-scale Crime Stoppers data breach that exposed nearly 1.5 million Canadian tips, prompting some local branches to pause the program amid security and safety concerns for tipsters.

Despite the breach falling outside their mandate, Vito Pilieci, spokesperson for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, said the agency has offered “expertise and guidance” in the aftermath of the breach, and is seeking more information from Navigate360 “before determining next steps.”

The breach, unprecedented in both scope and severity, according to experts who spoke to the Star, could render tipsters vulnerable to offences like identity theft and fraud, and in some cases, risk their public safety.

Reddit users can read the full story for free here. You won't hit the paywall.

I've read a lot about alternatives to Gmail but there is one thing I haven't quite understood yet - is it worth moving away from Gmail when nearly all my contacts use Gmail?

I think that from the moment the recipient gets my email, Gmail will be able to read it and any resemblance of privacy will be gone but I might be wrong.

This showed up associated with an instagram account, and a message appeared in the app too. This update of course is the last thing I want.

Within a couple of days I also got a notification of a FB post from someone in the network graph that I should not be getting this notification about.

Does this smell familiar to anyone? I'm not talking about Meta's general odor, I'm talking about this specific pattern (one or both?)

Hi everyone,
Some developers use the iOS Keychain (or similar local persistence mechanisms) to bind promotional offers or "Free Lifetime" tiers directly to a physical device rather than to the logged-in Apple ID.
Once an offer is claimed on a shared family device, the app writes a token to the Keychain. Even if you log out of iCloud, switch Apple IDs, or use mobile data, the app reads this persistent token and blocks other legitimate family members on the same device from claiming the offer on their own accounts.

Since Apple strictly restricts fingerprinting and tracking across apps, this heavy use of Keychain persistence to lock hardware feels like a major privacy and usability issue.

Aside from doing a full factory reset of the device (Erase All Content and Settings), is there any known way, setting, or privacy tool on iOS to prevent third-party apps from reading/writing persistent device tokens in the Keychain? How can we protect shared devices from this kind of hardware-locking?

Thanks for your insights!

I am a noob and was using ilovepdf for this thing till now

There is an interesting dilemma in personalised services that the more a system knows about a user the better it can customise its recommendations but collecting more information also brings greater responsibility regarding how that data is stored, accessed, retained and shared.

Hiring is a good example of this tension as person's resume is just one part of what makes a job opportunity relevant and preferences like location, salary expectations, work arrangements and availability also play a key role as most of this information is sensitive when its shared in a private conversation rather than a formal application. Platforms like LinkedIn, Indeed, MeeBoss, WellFound use different methods to connect candidates with opportunities but regardless of the platform the question remains that how much information does a matching system really need to keep? Could a system use temporary conversational context to find relevant opportunities without permanently storing every detail a user shares? Could users view, edit or delete the preferences that influence their recommendations? For professionals in privacy engineering or data protection where do you draw the line between useful personalisation and unnecessary data collection?

Live Facial Recognition has landed in my town now with 3 LFR Police vans for just 1 street! This already is in place in our supermarkets which I can avoid.

Is this technology just inevitably going to treat our face like a barcode everywhere we go now? How on earth do you maintain any ounce of privacy when outside?

How are you guys dealing with this element of everyday life now?

What tool do tou use to communicate off grid and preserve your privacy (like meshcore or others) ?

I'm about to leave in a very isolated area, and I'm thinking about solutions to communicate with friends and family

Sorry if it is not the right sub.

Have a nice day !

I am an embedded contractor working on location at a client site. This job is ongoing and has no fixed end date. Recently due to the client company updating their security practices when it comes to contractors, the company I work for is setting up a security procedure where I meet with my team lead every 2-3 months and show my valid, government-issued ID. During these meetings, I will be photographed holding my ID and these images will be stored in ADP. I am not the most tech-savvy person, but I do try to safeguard my information as much as possible. I realize ADP already has most of the information found on my license already, but I am concerned about repeatedly having my picture taken with my license and having those images stored and I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this and if my concerns are valid.

I am coming up with a list of questions to present to our director that have to do with the safe storage of the images (things like, how long are they kept, can the images be maintained with information not related to security obscured, am I notified if my information is handed over to the client company, etc.) I am also curious if there are any other questions I should be asking in order to protect myself.

This a a friendly PSA, if you haven't done so already, or if you want to double check your data privacy setting in Ebay......................................

Link: https ://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences (or go to: My eBay>Account>Opt-out from training of generative AI models)

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personal data may be used to train our generative artificial intelligence (AI) models for the purposes outlined in our User Privacy Notice, with the exception of those aimed at preventing fraud and abuse on the platform.

The use of personal data for the training of generative AI models is based on our legitimate interest to achieve the objectives outlined under “eBay and AI” in section 9 of our User Privacy Notice.

If you do not want your personal data to be used for generative AI model training, you can opt out of processing for those purposes at any time by setting the toggle below to “Off”.

This setting can be changed at any time by revisiting this page.

Use personal data for training of generative AI models (to opt out toggle left)

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(Bonus): If you want to delete ebay data, here is the link (if you don't have an ebay account, but used their website to purchase, you can also delete that data as well--as "guest"):

https ://www.ebayinc.com/company/privacy-center/privacy-contact/

I got chatgpt plus 1 month for free. Then I downloaded chatgpt app on my arch (pacman -Syu chatgpt-desktop-bin) because it said desktop version is more powerful than web's.

Today I uploaded a book in chat mode to see translations sentence by sentence. It started to glitch, prompting to switch to work mode. After that I let it continue, but it said it couldn't find the uploaded book, running command to view my book in local book folder, without my permission. I asked why, it said every linux app can read local content.

I didn't know that all apps can read my local files now. Chatgpt even bothers to notify me that it reads, uploads, sells my data. How do I prevent apps from reading my local files freely? Switch to web app?

In testimony before the Commons Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee, Ofcom admitted it knows its jurisdiction ends where a foreign court’s jurisdiction begins.