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LinkedIn scraped user data for training AI before updating its terms of service and without obtaining user opt-in consent
LinkedIn scraped user data for training before updating its terms of service | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/18/linkedin-scraped-user-data-for-training-before-updating-its-terms-of-service/
LinkedIn appears to have begun scraping user data to train generative AI models before updating its privacy policy.
How do you filter ads and trackers outside of a browser while still using a VPN service?
This is straightforward with browser addons like uBlock Origin where you can add and choose blocklists, but I did searches for doing so system wide and using a VPN but didn’t find clear answers. I could use a DNS service that provides blocklists but isn’t it best practice to leave DNS to the VPN provider? I looked up blocklists and VPNs but didn’t find relevant results.
On Android, I didn’t find any apps that let you filter blocklists and using your own VPN other than Rethink, but the blocklists feature requires using Rethink’s DNS.
So what’s the best way to filter ads and trackers on both 3rd party apps and on OS’s like Android (specific Samsung phones) while still using a VPN?
Maximizing privacy on Android without custom ROMs?
I've had a Galaxy S22+ for 2 years and still want to use it. When I look up how to maximize privacy on Android, many results say to install custom ROMs which I can't since its a US model and the bootloader is locked. I just want to minimize tracking and sharing of personal information. I could use a firewall app like RethinkDNS to block trackers, but could I completely block tracking from Google and Samsung? Are there any lists of packages to uninstall to improve privacy? (I've used ADB to remove a bunch of bloatware. Ex: pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.arzone
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please help me with some arguments for my wife
Hi, my wife decided to create a new email for our newborn daughter which my wife would use to send updates to our relatives about what is going on in our daughter life. My wife is using gmail, I do use proton. She has created a new gmail account but I have asked her to reconsider and to create a new account on proton privacy wise. What arguments would you use for my case? Thanks.
Meta fixes easily bypassed WhatsApp ‘View Once’ privacy feature
Just a moment...
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-fixes-easily-bypassed-whatsapp-view-once-privacy-feature/
School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety
School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/school-monitoring-software-sacrifices-student-privacy-unproven-promises-safety
Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: it’s a reality that comes with their school districts’...
YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel
YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/yubikeys-are-vulnerable-to-cloning-attacks-thanks-to-newly-discovered-side-channel
Sophisticated attack breaks security assurances of the most popular FIDO key.
Increase privacy by using nginx as a caching proxy in front of a map tile server
Increase privacy by using nginx as a caching proxy in front of a map tile server
https://pierre-couy.dev/server-admin/2024/08/proxying-a-map-tile-server-for-increased-privacy.html
A tutorial featuring two examples showing how you can increase your privacy using nginx to proxy third-party services.
Mozilla removes telemetry service Adjust from mobile Firefox versions
Mozilla removes telemetry service Adjust from mobile Firefox versions
https://www.techzine.eu/news/privacy-compliance/123726/mozilla-removes-telemetry-service-adjust-from-mobile-firefox-versions/
Mozilla will soon remove its telemetry service Adjust from the Android and iOS versions of browsers Firefox and Firefox Focus. It appeared that the