!privacy
@lemmy.caRecently links shared to me from IOS users using the google app have been obfuscated with search.app/SOMEUNIQUECODE where the app redirects to the originally intended website, but, of course, the person clicking the link is revealed to the owners of search.app.
Does anyone have IOS + google and can confirm this behavior? search.app has no home page and no documentation or reporting about it that I could find (other than that it's a firebase app). The domain was registered to MarkMonitor Inc. in September of last year. But It's not clear to me what MarkMonitor's business actually is–it seems like they could just have registered it on behalf of someone.
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/112878067304840664
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/loss-of-popular-2fa-tool-puts-security-minded-grapheneos-in-a-paradox/ The article unfortunately leaves out most of the points we made in the thread. GrapheneOS supports hardware-based attestation and it's entirely possible for Google to allow it as part of the Play Integrity API. They choose to ban using GrapheneOS.
Like when I read 3 Billion National Public Data Records with SSNs, Addresses Dumped Online, am I supposed to access that data dump or something to see if I got pwned? Are there equivalents to haveibeenpwned.com for this type of stuff? Any guides on what to do when these happen? I feel like I'm doomscrolling or watching the news, and feeling depressed about the world as a result because I should be doing something but I can't or it seems like I can't.
Even though I know better than to put such personal info online, but that doesn't eliminate the odds of them getting into breaches like these, and having started to be careful about digital privacy has opened my eyes to the sad state of privacy.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/5/24155520/judge-rules-on-us-doj-v-google-antitrust-search-suit
The DOJ and Google faced off in a 10-week trial.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/technology/driver-data-sold-for-pennies.html
https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/predictive-policing-and-the-paris-2024-olympic-games-security-vs-freedom/
As Paris prepares to host the 2024 Olympic Games, the French government is implementing unprecedented surveillance measures to ensure safety.
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-ditches-plan-to-kill-third-party-cookies-after-pushback-2024-7
Google Chrome won't phase out third-party cookies after all, as the company plans opt-out option for users.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66122743
CCTV will use algorithms to detect fights and abandoned bags - but not everyone is happy about it.