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OK, this is cool:
1. Look up a podcast on https://podcastindex.org/
2. Check the number at the end of the URL in your browser. Example: https://podcastindex.org/podcast/270016 -> 270016
3. Follow <number>@ap.podcastindex.org. For example, @270016 .
4. Get podcast updates over ActivityPub! Including audio!
h/t @samsethi
My co-worker has proposed an AI chatbot that answers every legal question with a long sigh and "it depends..."
This chatbot could also be used for digital privacy and security advice.
@Kevin20221110 Yes, I’m sorry. Thank you for pointing that out! I’ve corrected the toot.
@Kevin20221110 Thank you!
Just painting a dystopian and unsertain picture here: tosdr.org has one third-party tracker (I privously wrote an add tracker, which is wrong) from Atlassian. Atlassian’s website has Google trackers, so who knows where our data really ends up…
DeGoogleing may be impossible.
DeGoogleing doesn’t just mean replacing your Google services and deleting your account. If you are serious about deGoogleing you read the privacy policy for every app, website and service you use, checking it for things like Google Analytics, embedded YouTube etc.
Please add whatever more comes to your mind!
Have you ever thought about how different apps/companies gets your "contact card" every time your friends or family members grant an app access to their contact list? If it freaks you out you could start by giving out e-mail aliases and VoIP numbers to friends and family. And ask them to delete your date of birth...
Are my files private?
By default, #GoogleDrive encrypts your files in such a way that they always have access to them, so you need to trust their privacy policy.
#ProtonDrive, on the other hand, uses end-to-end encryption, meaning that nobody, not even us, can see your files.
⬇️ 4/5
My GP’s perspective of time and general awareness:
I called my GP and gave him the info he needed to write me a medical certificate. He said it would be ready within a day or two.
Day 1: …
Day 2: …
4 months later: GP calling to get the info he needs to write the medical certificate
Privacy and security / Journaling suggestion / Discoverable => off.
To turn off #Apple’s new on-by-default and creepy feature. #privacy #enshittification
Would you want Facebook to know if you visited a suicide hotline?
Our investigation from June 2023 found that over 30 suicide hotline websites sent visitor data to Facebook. That story has now become a finalist for a NIHCM award!
Revisit the story: https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/06/13/suicide-hotlines-promise-anonymity-dozens-of-their-websites-send-sensitive-data-to-facebook
Stop this madness! Sharing my data with 1532 "partners" is not valuing my privacy.
* Analytics should only be used for the website or service. No data should be sold or transferred to 3rd parties.
* Any default action must select the most privacy preserving settings.
Appreciate your boost if you also think it's about time the @EU_Commission worked on an update of the rules.
Website popup: "We value your privacy."
Yup, you definitely think about it from a value point of view.
🚨 Thanks to a loophole in Swedish national law, large data brokers can simply obtain a “media licence”, exempting their entire business from the GDPR.
👉 NOYB has now filed a complaint against one data broker to challenge this loophole.
https://noyb.eu/en/swedish-data-brokers-claim-journalists-legal-protection-evade-eu-law
This year is democracy's biggest test in history. Here are our seven predictions for the internet in 2024.
There's a strong tradition on here that you should add alt text descriptions to any images, videos or audio files you attach to a post. These descriptions are important because they make attachments accessible to blind and/or deaf people
However, some people can't write alt texts due to their own disabilities. If that's the case, they can include the tag #Alt4Me in their post to request help. Others who want to help can reply with an alt text description and the tag #Alt4You.
Does anyone know of a tool to identify trackers in iOS apps?
«εxodus analyzes Android applications in order to list the embedded trackers.»
6/6 "[Many apps knows] your exact location. This data is collected and saved in the background, whether you use the app at the moment or not. Other apps access your contacts or your camera."
https://tuta.com/blog/app-tracking
5/6 "You should be aware of the permissions you grant to apps, review their privacy settings to control how and when location data is accessed. This way you can easily check which app is tracking you and refuse permissions."
https://tuta.com/blog/app-tracking
