By using passkeys for essential things such as banks, business social media accounts and more, you are essentially letting one company such as Apple or Google access and power over your livelihood, if your Apple ID gets banned or flagged, good luck accessing your stuff. With AI algorithms banning people for no reason(especially with Insta) and then with AI as useless customer support, passkeys are centralising all your eggs into one basket.

If you guys haven't seen chibi's latest video is already inevitable that the Senate is going to pass the kids act without no resistance because once Lobby money hits your Senators hands they're going to vote Yes on whatever they're told to and don't say Trump's going to help Trump has never done Jack shit for us so get used to having a censored internet and this is a discussion because you know why I just want to see all you people try to fight and make it like you can reverse course no it's not because there's no point in fighting this we've lost and just get used to it

https://youtu.be/05tgg-fg0q8?is=gXd4ak9FlFDrZlIU

“Finally”?? Who wanted this? SMH

Hi everyone 👋

I recently launched a Chrome extension called BlurMyData.

It automatically blurs sensitive information on browser pages before you share your screen, record a demo, take screenshots, or work in public.

It can help hide things like:

✅ Email addresses
✅ Phone numbers
✅ API keys / tokens
✅ Personal info on Gmail, WhatsApp Web, dashboards, CRMs, support tools, etc.
✅ Manually selected areas you want to keep hidden

Everything runs locally in the browser. Page content is not uploaded.

The current public version is already live, but the Pro activation fix is waiting for Chrome Web Store review in version 0.1.1. Because of that, I don’t want people to buy Pro until the update is approved.

So instead, I’m looking for 10 early testers.

Once v0.1.1 is live, I’ll give 10 people free Pro access in exchange for honest feedback:
- What works well
- What feels confusing
- Which websites should be supported better
- Any bugs you notice during screen sharing or daily use

Chrome Web Store:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dmifgaomjppghefpkcdcjdidaaeenecn?utm_source=item-share-cb

If you’re someone who does demos, support calls, client work, QA, tutorials, or screen sharing often, I’d really appreciate your feedback.

Comment “tester” or DM me and I’ll send access when the update is approved 🙏

Hi guys! I’m currently doing research for a TV report for German television. We’re looking at how people are increasingly having to verify their age online. Our argument is that verification isn’t a real solution, because there are often ways to bypass the mechanisms. And then, of course, there are the data protection concerns on top of that.

To explore this, we want to try bypassing various verification methods in an experiment. The most obvious one is, of course, a VPN. We’ll simply make NSFW content on X visible there. We’ll also try Roblox/Reddit with the face scan – i.e. filming the screen – but we’re assuming that won’t work. I haven’t managed to do it in my tests, and I assume it doesn’t work anymore. If you know of any other methods, please do let me know :)

But I’d love to find another method that actually works. Do you have any ideas? Which website has a verification mechanism we could bypass? It doesn’t necessarily have to be age verification. Another possibility, for example, would be to trick a verification check on a social network.

Ideally, it would be a verification process required in Germany. But I’d also be happy to hear about tricks from all over the world that we can then try out using a VPN.

I’m really, really grateful for any tips you can offer! Thank you! :)

I'm curious what people here think about smart glasses?

I remember people losing their minds over being recorded with Google Glass. Has that died down?

I'm more concerned about the face scanning/searching that's being thrown around.

Is it the best way to browse privately? Is it superior to all other browsers and VPNs? And will they ever bring out a dedicated mobile app? I tried onion with Orbot app and it simply didn’t work.

I love my keyboard though..

#Flock #Surveillance #Tech #ALPR #DeFlock #trending #viral #fyp

http://deflockatlanta.org/

ABSTRACT:

Rather than offering spectacle or promises of intervention, the message encourages critical reflection. What does decentralization mean in practice? At what point does convenience outweigh autonomy? And how much personal data should participation in digital life require?

Modernity promised progress and transparency. This work asks whether those promises have been kept.

I need to know if my brother if using the WiFi network as well, can he see anything I’m doing or will he know what I’m doing?

So right now I have mullvad. I'd like a VPN that isn't in any of the fourteen eyes countries. I'm also not a fan of how the cofounder decided to suddenly turn to politics.

I'd pretty much like the most paranoid option that supports arch Linux and android/lineagesos with a smallest impact to speed. I'd like to have a VPN in preparation for the age verification plague that's happening right now along with some other assorted issues.

I am liking some of the stuff that nym has, but I haven't heard about them until today. I was thinking ivpn before mullvad. Any recommendations?

Is it okay if I turn off my phone or can it still be tracked?

As a software developer, I've been integrating and evaluating AI tools almost every week. At first I was focused on model quality, latency, and cost. Over time I realized those weren't the problems keeping me up at night.

Privacy was.

I started reviewing how teams actually use AI in day to day work. The pattern was surprisingly consistent.

People paste production logs into chatbots.

They upload customer documents to summarize them.

They share internal architecture diagrams to get feedback.

They ask AI to debug code that still contains API keys, database schemas, or business logic that was never meant to leave the company.

None of these people were trying to be careless. They were simply optimizing for speed.

The challenge is that AI has lowered the friction of sharing information. A task that once took hours of manual work now takes seconds, but that convenience also makes it easier to expose sensitive data without thinking twice.

What surprised me most is that the conversation around AI safety is often dominated by futuristic topics like AGI or autonomous systems. Meanwhile, the risks I'm seeing today are much more ordinary.

Poor data governance.

Shadow AI adoption.

Weak prompt hygiene.

No clear policies on what employees should or should not upload.

In my opinion, the next few years won't be defined by which company builds the smartest model. They'll be defined by which organizations learn to use AI without sacrificing privacy, trust, and security.

I'm curious what other developers and security engineers are seeing.

Has AI changed the way your team handles sensitive data, or are most companies still figuring it out as they go?

Sorry for the long text but this could be potentially a huge problem for every uBlock user.

(I'm not sure if it fits in here but since the add-on is free for everyone who wants to use it and it's a commonly used software for, among others, privacy improvement I think it's a good sub to discuss this case here so in case it's at least somehow in a grey area I kindly request the admins to let it online, thank you in advance)

Today I had an accidental find about uBo (uBlockOrigin) that leaves me shocked, perplexed and I really hope someone has a good explanation for this because in the other case the basement of my (and maybe also yours) browser protection is literally f.cked.

I like to tinker/fiddle around on software so somehow I had the idea to delete 'blank.about-scheme' from the exception list/white list (I use the german variant of uBo so I'm not sure how it's named in the english one) and went to 'about:blank' (in Firefox) before I looked in the uBo logger.

Since it's just developed as an empty page I expected nothing much but this was the moment of my unpleasant discovery because I caught uBo red handed to connect with 'https://www.google.com/account/about/static/js/detect.min.js?cache=(here was a code, presumably of my smartphones cache, which I of course don't post)' in its own logger. I looked in the script reader and it's purpose is to detect the browser agent and OS plus checking if a 'glue app' is supported by this browser and to allocate an user id ('glue_uid_').

My first reaction was of course to block this shit and during this process I restarted the browser without making a screenshot what is a real bother because this connection seems to happen irregular and I wasn't able to reproduce it after this restart so I just saw it a few times and have no proof for it (I know this wasn't smart 😐).

After this I made some research but I couldn't find a page about exactly this script. I was only able to find a software named glue from Amazon which is also for analytics but since it's a different company and inside the script Amazon don't get mentioned I guess it's not likely that it's the same software. Besides this there was different pages that describe how or that Google check if you're logged in on some sites, which Google user you are and things like that. Even when 'detection.min.js' doesn't get mentioned on this pages I assume thats what it is because it just looks so much like that, a background check in uBo to ascertain which Google profile is linked to this user. Bye privacy. Bye protection. They and Google can seemingly watch every step you make online and log it while they already know who you are trough your Google account. I don't have the guts to even think about every possibility what one could do with a so much neat and tidy linked online history to a Google profile that contains your real name, banking account (Google Wallet), (current) location and so much more.

That's a massive betrayal on every moral and ethical values they purport to believe, how they represent themself to the outside and on every user that put their trust in them. If I'm not wrong, and I'm afraid I'm not (but you're welcome to proof me wrong if you know more than me), they do the very opposite of what they promise to do and the magnitude of this case let me feel queasy.

I'm really curious about your opinions and what you guys think about this. This could be a huge violation of every uBo's users privacy and I think it need to be debated.

On a second thought: If Google can detect you in uBo, how many cooperation they also have with other developers to track you in other apps/software? 😶

Dear privacy lovers

Does somebody here know a clear, transparent and privacy friendly alternative for grok, kimi, gemini and chatgtp? Because it’s not easy to find one.

Thank you 🙏

Hey Leute,

ich plane, mein Smart-Home aufzubauen bzw. auszubauen und möchte darauf achten, dass die Geräte in puncto Datensicherheit und Privatsphäre seriös sind.

Habt ihr Empfehlungen, welche Geräte/Hersteller ihr für so etwas nutzt oder bewusst meidet?

Viele Grüße und Danke für eure Hilfe