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Oh, look, another tech-savvy politician (😜) who just can't keep a secret! Mike Waltz hilariously spills the beans on some obscure app nobody's ever heard of that archives Signal messages—because, you know, privacy is overrated, right? 🚀💼
https://www.404media.co/mike-waltz-accidentally-reveals-obscure-app-the-government-is-using-to-archive-signal-messages/ #techpolitics #privacyfail #SignalApp #humor #HackerNews #ngated

How lovely when sites about free software teach us about freedom… of surveillance. Thank you, It’s FOSS, for staying true to your mission — not a single scroll past your newsletter goes unnoticed. Two trackers per email — I guess that’s for reliability: one spies, the other supervises the spy.
It almost feels like every time I open your message, I’m being counted at roll call in some little digital gulag.

Reading an article about Linux Mint, but feeling like you just got clocked in at Camp RMS.
Free software? Sure. But freedom, It’s FOSS style, is the same kind they promised in Eastern Europe back in the 50s: “You are free to do whatever you want… as long as we log it with a tracking pixel.”

So good luck out there, brave FOSS warriors — I’ll go and set up a filter on your newsletter. Just to stay truly free. From you.

#FOSS #PrivacyFail #EmailTracking #itsFOSS #OpenSource #WarOnTrackers #FreedomPixels #LibreButTracked

🤦 Oops! Meta’s Weak Redactions Spill Private Info from Apple & Google.

#TheInternetIsCrack #Meta #PrivacyFail #FTCTrial #ZuckerbergLeak #BigTechChaos

After failing to properly write court documents with competitive evaluations, lawyers from Apple, Google and Snap expressed their annoyance at the lack of care with highly sensitive information.

A leak that did not go unnoticed in Silicon Valley #PrivacyFail #Meta #BigTech #DataLeaks #TechNews

Think your iPhone VPN protects all traffic? Think again. Years after discovery, iOS 18 STILL allows Apple's own apps and push notifications to bypass your VPN. Your sensitive data and location leak outside encryption, even in 'Lockdown Mode.' Apple calls this 'expected behavior.' #PrivacyFail

🚨 Honey's #sweet #deal turned sour! 🍯🤯 Four million users buzzed off faster than you can say "privacy breach"! Who knew saving a few bucks could cost a ton of trust? 😂 #PrivacyFail #Oops
https://9to5google.com/2025/03/31/honey-extension-users-dropped-chrome-march-2025/ #Honey #Privacy #Breach #Trust #Issues #User #Safety #HackerNews #ngated

1,5 Millionen intime Bilder geleakt – Dating-Apps sorgen für neuen Datenschutz-Schock

https://techupdate.io/datenschutz/1-5-millionen-intime-bilder-geleakt-dating-apps-sorgen-fuer-neuen-datenschutz-schock/50245/

#technews #cybersecurity #datenschutz #datingapps #leak #privacyfail #iosapps #lgbtq #heise #appstore #securitynews

🚨 BREAKING: Microsoft Copilot's new feature—accidentally open-sourcing everything you've ever tried to hide on #GitHub. 🤫🔓 Apparently, "403 Forbidden" is just a polite suggestion for what *should* be private. 😂 #PrivacyIsOptional
https://www.developer-tech.com/news/microsoft-copilot-continues-to-expose-private-github-repositories/ #MicrosoftCopilot #OpenSource #PrivacyFail #TechNews #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

The irony of clicking on PayPal’s Privacy Policy link and it auto-scrolls to the bottom of the page because the “give us your phone number so we can text you a link to our mobile app” field is auto-focused.

#Privacy #PrivacyFail

@redhotcyber aggiungerei il tag #privacy #privacyfail #privacyrights

Apple-Fotofail: iOS scannt heimlich Fotos? Cloud-Analyse lässt grüßen. 🍏📸☁️ #PrivacyFail

Digital ID systems: because who wouldn't want to hand over their entire device instead of just showing one credential? Selective disclosure is so 2020s. #PrivacyFail #TechIrony 💾🙄
https://fed.dyne.org/post/255638

Wow. Just returning from the #IAPP Privacy, Security, Risk conference, talking about corp & organizational data privacy and risk for 3 days. Just booked a ride home and the confirmation email included -- in the clear -- all cancelled orders from today, including PII, nationally. Impressive #PrivacyFail, even without my bias.

#Privacy #DataProtection

so... Photobucket is going to sell / use user content, including biometrics etc, and if you want to delete your account you have first AGREE to the new ToS to sign in. Wtf. The contact form / support request form may or may not be broken, so yeah.
#privacy #photobucket #photography #privacyfail #enshittification #wtf

When your DPO gives you a Gmail address as their official contact, you know your data protection is in good hands...
#PrivacyFail #DPO #DigitalIrony

Schliifts?!

@watson_news

#privacy #privacyfail

Recently I have been getting a lot of updates on Privacy/Security/Terms-of-Use for websites. In the past, I have just deleted the emails - because it takes a long time to read them, but with all of the questionable behaviour of sites, I have started reading the new policies.
Any technology that is complicated or confusing can be ignored I guess. #PrivacyFail

My favourite so far :