Belgian appeals court rules 's framework
Belgian appeals court rules 's framework that enables 80% of the internet's is illegal.
What a fantastic win for the complainants ( members) , , and !
A huge win for privacy!
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Horray!!!
Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the entire tracking-based advertising industry rely on the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) to obtain consent for data processing. This evening the Belgian Court of Appeal ruled that the TCF is illegal. The TCF is live on 80% of the Internet.
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This is bad. Really, really bad.
Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company whose cameras are installed in more than 5,000 communities in the U.S., is building a product that will use people lookup tools, data brokers, and data breaches to jump from LPR license plate reader to person, allowing police to much more easily identify and track the movements of specific people around the country without a warrant or court order, according to internal Flock presentation slides, Slack chats, and meeting audio obtained by 404 Media.
What Does 's Database Mean for
The EU cyber agency ENISA has launched its vulnerability database, the EUVD experts shared their thoughts regarding what this means for CVEs, as well as the larger conversation around how are tracked
We're now in Trakt migration 2.0.
The move by Trakt that triggered Trakt Migrtation 1.0 was understandable, they have to make money.
But in this latest move, messing with grandfathered accounts, no, not understandable.
You just don't mess with grandfathered accounts ever in any service. That's your way of saying, "Thank you for always being with us since the beginning".
My mobile network plan is a grandfathered account, and the network have been trying to get us to "upgrade" to a "better" plan. Ad that's to mention one such.
Even in gaming, grandfathered accounts are not touched ever. If they cancel, that's the only time things change. Why Simple, the current contract/subscription ended. So, the next time the user subscribe, it will be under the current scheme.
In addition, owners of grandfathered accounts will do everything to keep it. They'll borrow money if it comes to that. You have grandfathered accounts that are paying you but the owners are rarely using it. Compare that to the owners cancelling their grandfathered accounts because it no longer has any value for them.
Just like right now. Many are cancelling because.
Time to move to or
Pick NeoDB if you want to be in the . Or, pick SIMKL if you want free "Pro" just by logging-in at least 20 days.
Both NeoDB and SIMKL combines various databases into one easy to use interface.
With UWB support and luggage tracking: "Find my device" becomes "Find Hub"
Google is further expanding its "Find my device" network and renaming it "Find Hub". Lost luggage should be easier to find in future.
Mit UWB-Support und Gepck-Tracking: Aus "Mein Gert finden" wird "Find Hub"
Google bohrt sein "Mein-Gert-finden"-Netzwerk weiter auf und tauft es in "Find Hub" um. Verlorene Gepckstcke sollen knftig einfacher gefunden werden.
Google bohrt sein "Mein-Gert-finden"-Netzwerk weiter auf und tauft es in "Find Hub" um. Verlorene Gepckstcke sollen knftig einfacher gefunden werden.
If you're stuggling to convince a friend or family member that digital privacy is important (e.g. you're trying to convince them to leave WhatsApp and install Signal) then you will hear common objections.
One of them is '"I like personalised ads!"
For those people try this:
Privacy is a collective problem, therefore it's a team sport! Tell them to 'Zoom out', it's not all about them.
The mobile browser has an interesting feature. It can use its web protection also for tracking by other apps. App tracking protection is not on by default in the settings. When you turn it on, you will be amazed about how much personal information your apps try to send to tracking companies. I uninstalled an app which did 2500 tries per day.
will pay Texas $1.4B to settle privacy lawsuits - "lawsuits accusing the company of users personal location, incognito searches, and voice and facial data without their permission"
This week coming up more tracking for Noelle's project, adding as needed flute, sax, strings, and pads.
Garmin CEO Hints More Paywalls And Enshittification Are Coming, Falsely Claims Users Love It
Warum muss ich mich bei Campfire mit meiner Telefonnummer registrieren Will das ein neues WhatsApp werden, das Podcasthrer*innen berwacht und ausspioniert Das wiederspricht jetzt allen Grundstzen einer freien Podosphre. Ich dachte Sascha Lobo wre eher ein Anhnger ein freien Wissensgesellschaft.
will pay a $1.375 billion fine to the US state of Texas for users' , incognito searches, and collecting data
The fine will settle 2 lawsuits filed by Texas in 2022
Texas also secured a $1.4 billion settlement from last year after the company collected scans from users without their permission
Liebe Bubble, vielen von euch ist so wichtig wie mir. Mal angenommen Mensch will fr einen was nutzt ihr Gibt es einen Tracker der eine eigene API mit den Daten fttern kann
Metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebodys life. If you have enough metadata you dont really need content.
Stewart Baker, NSA General Counsel
Pretty freakish - you can deny all the you want, but amiunique.org will probably tell you your system and browser combo is probably unique anyway given all the info the server is able to probe.
Two approaches: blending in the masses or randomization. Both require extra effort and are thus a burden on us, the users.
The web should be designed more adversarial, unfortunately. I want more control about what Im sending out.
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Just released plausible-client, a small NPM package to use plausible with no hassle.
Official package are missing events on static sites (not SPA), broke a links with target="blank" and does not work well with modern bundlers like Vite.
I've fixed it for a Plausible users
Wer qualitativen Inhalt liefert, fr dessen Portal lohnt sich auch ein , alle anderen brauchen technologien der .
Ah yes, the riveting tale of space junk, brought to you by a committee of buzzword enthusiasts. Because who wouldn't want a slip to gaze at the heavens Just remember: it's non-commercially thrilling!
also they all propably use similar and models re: upper atmosphere and the rotation and speed of it.
- Needless to say all of them expect it to crash down as a glowing hot 500kg chonk of metal hitting the surface.
Pretty shure the window will tighten once they have visual contact at the beginning of and I'm shure any telescope in the flight path that has enough angular speed will try to track it down with it's pathway and send a live video feed with location, direction and elevation to their space agency to help in that endeavour.
i think im giving up on online services so im looking at local apps.
what i would like is something with a clean, simple interface to record
- books i want to read (maybe with a note where i heard about it from),
- books i have (and in which formats/editions),
- and books im reading (including start/end date, comments/highlights and a simple rating)
- need to be able to correct/adjust/merge metadata of the books
dont need much else. trying out Sofa on iOS for now i think
I installed the app the other day solely for the tracking protection.
Wow. So far over 14k blocked tracking attempts across 26 apps.
Most of them are Google (assuming Analytics), some ive never even heard of like Branch Metrics, Amplitude, Iterable... the list goes on.
Vous vous rendrez compte que la plupart des sites font appel des services de collectes de donnes, Tout ceci pour soit-disant vous proposer une "exprience". Le but inavou est de vous enfermer dans un univers contrl, c'est le concept de "Bulle de filtre". Un univers numrique dcid par des data scientists au service d'entreprises.
Rclusion numrique sans consentement
La preuve l'appui
Utilisateurs d'Internet, nous pensons tre libres de choisir les sites et les contenus que nous dsirerons.
C'est faux, si on ne prend pas quelques prcautions. On pense qu'en refusant les cookies cela suffit, mais l'arrire d'un site cache tout un arsenal pour :
- capter vos donnes personnelles
- capter votre comportement sur le site
- crer votre profil
Le "tracking web" commence
Why I Made a Browser Extension to Punch Surveillance in the Face (It's free and open source)
Non-EU sites giving you this welcome ...
That "legal reason" argument... is bul***t
Their legal reasons is that they are not allowed to track you without your knowledge and your consent. And that is why they block you when you're visiting the site from EU. Because requires sites to notify you of such possibilities.
The solution is simple: DON'T TRACK!
But there's no money in that. And if they had allowed you to visit and ignore GDPR they fear the EU would chase them down and give them a solid fine.
So if they can't earn money on you or they risk getting a fine when you visit their site, they rather tells you to F*** of*! and go somewhere else.
That's how valuable the tracking is for them. And it gives you nothing back.
So "legal reasons" .... yeah, right!
Also, I find myself regularly withholding updates of, partly deprecated, apps, whose only features seem to be reducing their functionality and adding nagscreens to remove them in favour of a now-enshittified successor. Or to add senseless technology and/or / / integration.
Tracking users across the internet is a privacy and security risk. It shouldn't matter whether or not you use AI for it.
Apples -Politik: "Tiefe Bitterkeit" bei Mac & i :appleinc:
> Think of this like a license plate for your phone a unique number that is always associated with your device, and therefore with you.
**The evil MAID* Problem**
*Mobile Advertising ID
Dear Businessperson,
If the mundanity of my online comings and goings is of such interest to you, it must be valuable. Im willing to entertain offers for me to provide this service. Your offer should include a fixed fee payment per month, a fee per transaction, and a % of the advertising revenue that results from the use of my information and/or any derivative data products. The license to my information is non-exclusive.
Ill add the early cancellation fee etc. later.
Did I leave anything out
Here's my lil ancient cover of Sirius / Alan Parsons Project from the archives... <3
im Verborgenen
Whrend Tech-Giganten wie , und im Rampenlicht stehen, operieren die grten meist unbemerkt im Hintergrund.
"The Beauty Of Having A Pi-hole"
Zuckerberg complains about Apple: "Deep bitterness" over app restrictions
In an interview, Meta CEO Zuckerberg comments on the relationship with Apple. He criticizes ad blockers, app store rules and an "unfortunate dynamic".