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SweetP Productions retweeted
Yet another Android leak enabling malicious apps to send traffic outside the VPN tunnel has recently been discovered.
Read more here: mullvad.net/blog/another-way…
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Mullvad is shutting down its public encrypted DNS servers, directing users and putting resources behind Quad9, a leader in privacy DNS, instead. Users must complete their migration by November 2nd 2026.
alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
ALT A logo featuring a stylized animal with goggles, surrounded by the text "PRIVACY IS A UNIVERSAL RIGHT" and "MULLVAD VPN."
SweetP Productions retweeted
Perplexity Comet Browser Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Exploit. via @martinibuster: hubs.li/Q03Fr4ZK0
#SEO
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Why is no one talking about this?
This is why I don't use an AI browser
You can literally get prompt injected and your bank account drained by doomscrolling on reddit:
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1. Avast promised users it would protect their browsing data from online tracking—but then did the exact opposite.
@FTC’s action against Avast makes clear that browsing data is sensitive, and firms that sell this data could be violating the law.
ftc.gov/news-events/news/pre…
SweetP Productions retweeted
We disclosed another ReDoS vulnerability of URI ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/0…
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Beware Life360, a family "safety" app used by 33M people globally as a way for parents to track kids' movements.
@jonkeegan & @alfredwkng found the app is one of the largest suppliers of location data, selling user info to about a dozen data brokers.
themarkup.org/privacy/2021/1…
SweetP Productions retweeted
T-Mobile Customer Database Stolen
daringfireball.net/linked/20…
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When FLoC, Google's new tracking method within Chrome, was released, we predicted ad tech companies would combine it with other types of personal info to identify users. You guessed it – it's happening.
When it comes to protecting privacy, FLoC is a flop.
digiday.com/marketing/as-ad-…
SweetP Productions retweeted
After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much personal data they collect in Chrome and the Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it.
Spying on users has nothing to do with building a great web browser or search engine. We would know (our app is both in one).
SweetP Productions retweeted
Cookie, Privatus, SessionRestore, Xliff Editor and USBclean run natively on Apple Silicon maconarm.com/app/cookie #AppleM1 #AppleSilicon #privacy #xliff cc @SweetP_Pro
SweetP Productions retweeted
Senate Republicans Propose Law to Outlaw End-to-End Encryption
daringfireball.net/linked/20…
SweetP Productions retweeted
TechCrunch: ‘Zoom Admits Some Calls Were Routed Through China by Mistake’
daringfireball.net/linked/20…
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★ Regarding Zoom
daringfireball.net/2020/03/r…
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BREAKING: a federal judge has ruled that suspicionless searches of travelers’ cell phones, laptops, and other electronic devices when we cross the U.S. border are unconstitutional.
This is an enormous victory for privacy. eff.org/press/releases/feder…
SweetP Productions retweeted
In light of the Australian government passing this ‘ridiculous’ #aabill, we will be moving ALL operations and development of the new hodlco.io platform to facilities outside of Australian controls. Goodbye Australia.
#NoLongerAFreecountry
#whenhumanrights
#Bitcoin
SweetP Productions retweeted
"Google is not really a search company; they're an advertising company. Your searches are tracked, mined, & packaged up into a data profile for advertisers to follow you around the Internet."
We're profitable without ever storing or sharing personal info: quora.com/What-is-the-revenu…
SweetP Productions retweeted
More details about the Facebook data breach...if companies want a starting point for understanding good #cybersecurity, here's some help soundcloud.com/privacyintern…
motherboard.vice.com/en_us/a…
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NEW deep-dive analysis of today's European Court of Human Rights judgment by PI lawyers @CWilsonPalow @scarletprim
The judgment says that UK laws allowing #masssurveillance violate human rights. We brought the case after 2013 @Snowden revelations
privacyinternational.org/fea…