Age verification laws and propositions forcing platforms to restrict content accessed by children and teens have been multiplying in recent years. The problem is, implementing such measures necessarily requires identifying each user accessing this content, one way or another. This is bad news for your privacy.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/
#AgeVerification #Privacy #FacialRecognition #PrivacyGuides #Article
A Flaw With the Security Level Slider in Tor Browser
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PSA: The Tor Browser Security Level slider cannot be relied upon without a full browser restart (per an anonymous community report and confirmed by Privacy Guides staff) - Make sure you are aware of this if you rely on this feature for your safety.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/02/tor-security-slider-flaw/
#TorBrowser #Security #MullvadBrowser #Privacy #PrivacyGuides #Article
🚨 Tor Browser opsec discovery: The security level slider cannot be relied upon without a full browser restart: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/02/tor-security-slider-flaw/
If you frequently switch between security levels in Tor Browser (or Mullvad Browser!), make sure you are fully restarting the browser every time, otherwise you could still unexpectedly have dangerous JS features enabled!
This requirement is not publicly documented anywhere. Hopefully @torproject will add a prompt to restart after modifying this setting in a future Tor Browser release.
#Opsec #TorBrowser #Security #MullvadBrowser #Privacy #PrivacyGuides #PSA
This World Password Day, it's important to remember these best practices for keeping your online accounts safe!
1. Use randomly generated, unique passwords for every website!
2. Use a password manager! Our website has many recommendations to take your pick from. It can seem a little intimidating at first, but trust us, it will make your digital life SO much easier going forward!
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/passwords-overview/
#WorldPasswordDay #Security #Password #Privacy #PrivacyGuides
New Privacy Guides article :tor: ✨
by me:
If you are not sure what Tor is,
this article is for you 💜
If you want to tell your friends
how important Tor is,
this article is for them too 💜
If you want to read about how fundamental Tor is not only to the privacy community, but to everyone who needs its protection,
this article is for this as well 💜
Thank you @torproject
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/30/in-praise-of-tor/
Many people have heard of Tor in the media, but despite its long history of protecting the free internet, most consider it a niche tool and have never ventured to try it themselves.
In reality, Tor is easy to use for anyone. It helps not only journalists and activists, but anybody who seeks greater privacy online or access to information regardless of location.
What is Tor exactly? How can Tor help you? And why is it such an important tool? Staff writer @Em0nM4stodon explains in the latest Privacy Guides article: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/30/in-praise-of-tor/
#Tor #TorProject #Privacy #TorBrowser #PrivacyGuides #Article #Security #Anonymity #Network #Browser
GitHub - bugfishtm/bugfish-nuke: A Windows tool for emergency privacy: instantly deletes sensitive data and active logins to protect my information during unexpected searches or house warrants.
Another excellent Privacy Guides video
by @jw
Privacy
is
not
dead!
As long as we fight for it ✊🔒
https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/04/17/is-privacy-dead/
🚨 Meta has decided to start training it's AI-models on EU user data 🚨
To exempt yourself from this:
1. Open your email inbox
2. Search for an email including "AI at Meta"
3. Click object
4. Fill out the form (stating a reason for objecting is NOT mandatory)
5. Spread the warning (especially among your less tech-savvy connections)
#eu #privacymatters #PrivacyGuides #dataprivacy #datasecurity #MetaAI #AITraining #MetaPrivacy #gdpr #InstagramAI #FacebookAI #WhatsAppAI #meta
Discussing privacy and cybersecurity on Reddit and Twitter? That doesn't make too much sense to us.
Privacy Guides is doing something different! Join our forum to discuss the news, chat about tech, and get advice from the internet's largest community of personal privacy advocates and experts.
https://discuss.privacyguides.net
#PrivacyGuides #Forum #Discourse #Community #SelfHosted #SelfHostedCommunity #PrivacyCommunity
Privacy isn’t dead. In fact, it’s growing!
In our latest video we explore common arguments against protecting your privacy, and why they're not only wrong, but dangerous.
https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/04/17/is-privacy-dead/
We all know services that require authentication can correlate your activity on that service with your account. This becomes particularly dangerous when that account is linked with payment information that could potentially link back to your real identity.
It doesn't have to be this way though: The Privacy Pass protocol presents a path forward for "blind" authentication, if more services adopt it. Our team member @fria walks us through how it works:
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/21/privacy-pass/
Encryption is a cornerstone of security on the modern internet. In this video we dive into how it works and explain why it's so important.
This is especially crucial as many governments around the world are pushing to ban encryption and breach our fundamental right to privacy.
https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/04/03/is-your-data-really-safe-understanding-encryption/
