I’m traveling to Barcelona and when I leave the train and walk on the platform I receive a notification from Cabify (Like Uber/Lyft) referencing the station where I am.

I only gave permissions of location only when using the app, and I did not used it in months.

How is it possible?

Hi all, a couple of years back I moved to Proton on a 2 year plan. Then the CEO started spouting Trump stuff. I cancelled at the time but the subscription is only now up for renewal.

I have moved everything across to Tuta recently, but I don't like it, so I'm looking for further suggestions.

Why didn't Tuta work for me?

• No function to auto-forward emails to another email address.
• No bridge or IMAP so I can't connect to Paperless
• Mobile app is janky - when I swipe to archive, it sort of sits there for a while as it talks to the server. And just generally it feels slow like it's waiting for the server for every action instead of backgrounding the requests.
• Web app is weird. It doesn't even have an archive button, I have to use "Move -> Archive" making it slow to go through my inbox.
• Importing emails is only available on their most expensive plan. Weird to not want people to move to your platform? (it also couldn't handle 15000 emails, I had to load them 1000 at a time)

Things I want:

• Must support custom domain
• Must support catchall
• Must support forwarding an email to another email address based on the "to" address
• Must not be run by dicks (e.g. Trump supporting CEO or Proton, union busting like Fastmail, and no big tech) - as close as possible at least
• Should have some method to connect to my self-hosted Paperless NGX (e.g. Proton's bridge, or just IMAP)
• Should have emails encrypted from provider if possible - not sure if anyone other than Proton or Tuta do this.
• Should support GPG
• Should allow importing email history from previous provider
• Should have a nice web/mobile app or allow IMAP. Bonus points if I don't have to use the Play store.

Honestly I'd put up with the janky app if Tuta had the functions I want, I mostly just want my money going to some provider that aren't dicks, but having the provider not be able to read my emails would be a bonus.

Anyone got suggestions for me?

Patients Can Pursue Claims Over Alleged Unlawful Tracking of Medical DataA federal judge certified four classes of Facebook users pursuing privacy claims against Meta over alleged collection of sensitive medical information through tracking technologies on healthcare websites. The ruling allows federal and state privacy claims to proceed collectively.

The review agency says information publicly available online can still raise privacy concerns when it's collected and analyzed by government organizations.

Two Thai opposition leaders are demanding the government disclose whether state agencies targeted political leaders with spyware ahead of a December no-confidence debate, days after Apple Inc. software flagged attempted attacks on their phones.

The internet is losing it.

One number, zero privacy?

Well, Gmail really wants me to use my phone it seems. Every single time that I try to log into Gmail with one of my specific accounts, it (doesn't happen for everything) no matter how carefully I type the password and no matter if I check the little box to see the password before I send it The password will be always wrong. The second time it won't be wrong, it will be right. But after typing it for the second time, it will ask me to go fetch my phone and check the security feature there. Has this happened to anybody else?

WIRED uncovered some 400 apps and websites linked to Chinese-language developers that look like regular AI tools but had secret features that let users create violent AI-generated images and video.

Tried to create an alt twitter account. Twitter wanted my face as collateral.

It said, "Confirm you're a human -- Before signing into X, we need to verify that you're a real person. Your photo will never be stored or used to identify you. This check flashes different colors. Use caution if you are photosensitive."

I gave it a try with face partially covered twice, both times it rejected the attempt. What I gave was enough to identify I am human, but I guess not enough to positively identify exactly WHICH human.

Hey at least it doesn't appear to be written by AI

Title.... I understand that now that they're paired with Persona for ID verification, its no longer a viable option. But what are some other options then?

EDIT: Edited Title to reflect the actual service privacy.com provided

That's my reading of their recent post.

Here are their "full context" screenshots:

Do they not see that you're not supposed to talk in that tone to your employees, or anyone for that matter? There's no hint at respect, no "please do this for me" type requests. Just bossing around like an a-hole or like a bad parent you don't want in your life.

New to fediverse. Joined mostly because reddit has been annoying me for a while for it's algorithm use and general admin stuff. Joining piefed was still a big leap since I have some interest in privacy and security on the internet and joining anonymous server felt a bit suss. Some stranger somewhere would have my email and be able to monitor everything I do and say.

Now, of course reddit does the same and I had no problem (well a little problem) with it. They not only have the data, but they also use it to advertise to me and most definitely sell the data forward. Still, there is a difference on a company with a public leadership whose names are known, and who have to follow laws and mark down their privacy notice publicly. If a server admin gets funny with the data, I'm shit out of luck.

Well I joined so obviously I accepted the trade of but came here to see what others thought. Surprised there was not a discussion about this already.

i've been using graphene os for about a decade now and my second pixel (6a) is approaching it's end date. i am not a techy person. i am, however someone concerned with digital privacy. when enough people who i find trustworthy endorse technology like graphene, i take a leap of faith because the alternative seems so much worse.

to get to my point, i'm wondering how the fairphone compares to graphene. my understanding is that most fairphone users run lineage os. does the security compare? does the repairability of fairphone compromise its security? i'd really appreciate an expert opinion or two.

GM's Smart Driver was meant to promote safe driving, but it has become a headache after privacy violations amounting to millions.

A 43 min video by No Text To Speech about a recent breach that exposes the kind of data that Double Counter retains, shares, and sells.

Video Description:

The Discord verification bot Double Counter just got hacked, and it's a privacy nightmare for the hackers, for anybody that used Double Counter, and even a nightmare for Double Counter itself.

That's because the hackers claim that Double Counter never deleted your data. And with tons of people deleting their data because of Doogle, Double Counter's alt searching system, this is obviously a problem I needed to dive into.

And after getting access to the data.... it's bad brother.

In the wake of the Proton controversy, I've been looking towards alternatives towards their services. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a good alternative to ProtonVPN. I'm looking for the following in a VPN service:

• Port forwarding support
• Open source
• Android app and Firefox extension available
• Relatively cheap, around $3-4 month (okay with annual pricing)

The only options I found were Private Internet Access and Windscribe, but I found issues with them. If I'm cutting ties with Proton based on ideals I disagree with, I should be rejecting alternatives on the same basis.

Based on what I saw in the PIA subreddit, Private Internet Access seems to have some issues with service reliability and concerns about its ownership having ties to Israel, implying Zionist affiliation. Windscribe seems to have better service, but they have had a questionable social media history: edgy marketing including an AI-generated Hitler and a controversy where, according to them, they joked about a guy being mentally ill but their post easily looked like they were saying trans people are mentally ill.

Is there an option I missed? Should I try one of these options despite their faults? I'd like to know your thoughts.

Proton is seeming sketchier lately. What alternatives do y'all have in your back pocket? Especially for email, but really any part of the suite.

Yen also mentioned “org changes,” and said that part of this is “redistributing talent across teams.” He said that the reorganization will happen next month, “but there will be no loss of jobs from AI.”

TL; DR Nothing has really changed, we're just going to be more discreet to avoid further backlash, also layoffs are coming, don't worry, we won't say it's because of AI.

This is why you don't bargain with terrorist tech bros. Andy and his cronies need to go.

Andy Yen's values are incompatible with Proton's mission. He advocates for poor security practices, supports fascists, and he verbally abuses his subordinates. As such, I can no longer in good conscience continue to financially support a company with such terrible leadership.

Unfortunately for me, my subscription just renewed last month on a multi year plan, but it does give me time to browse for and experiment with alternatives.

If you're able, I encourage you to do the same and cite Andy Yen as the driving factor for your decision. We can't let these tech bro fascists destroy what little semblance of privacy we have left.

The European Commission wants Frontex, the EU’s border agency, to monitor public social media posts about migration. It would also flag illegal content to platforms. MEPs and digital rights groups say the plan puts online speech under a border agency’s watch. The Commission proposed the change on Tuesday as part of a wider overhaul of […] This story continues at The Next Web

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(Sorry if this has been posted before, I can remove it if so but this was news to me)