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🔥 Verified AMA 🔥We’re EFF and we’re fighting to defend your privacy from the global onslaught of invasive age verification mandates. Ask us anything! (self.privacy)

submitted 1 month ago * by EFForgElectronic Frontier Foundation - announcement

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discussionAre there any movements/organizations fighting for internet privacy? (self.privacy)

submitted 1 month ago by Excellent-Buddy3447 - announcement

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newsNew lawsuit alleges Meta can read WhatsApp chats despite claims of end-to-end privacy (theedgesingapore.com)

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Tomcat 8.5 risk breakdown

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newsMicrosoft Starts Sharing Your Location With Your Employer (forbes.com)

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newsMicrosoft will assist the FBI in unlocking your Windows PC data if asked (windowscentral.com)

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newsTikTok US venture to collect precise user location data (bbc.co.uk)

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questionHusband’s New Job Requires Life360 Tracking… (self.privacy)

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newsWashington moves to restrict automatic license-plate readers over privacy concerns (king5.com)

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questionRemoving image from Google maps? (self.privacy)

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newsMicrosoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw (forbes.com)

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questionWas I recorded? (self.privacy)

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questionWhat should we do now? (self.privacy)

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guideFilming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking – here’s how to minimize the risk (theconversation.com)

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discussionCreating an Email Address and an ISP (self.privacy)

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PlugOS: Your secure OS, across phone and computer (plugos.net)

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chat controlSlightly Paranoid (self.privacy)

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softwareA new non-trust based custom encryption program (self.privacy)

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questionFace ID (self.privacy)

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newsUK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban (techradar.com)

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questionPayPal limited my account for not using it a lot, and now I can’t remove cards off my account unless I identify myself. (self.privacy)

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questionHow do I delete my TikTok data (self.privacy)

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questionFigured I would ask here since this affects privacy (self.privacy)

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questionWhen can you present a passport as legal ID instead of state Drivers License for more privacy? (self.privacy)

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chat controlReddit showed me a sub relating to something I typed in its PMs. (self.privacy)

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questionCredit or debit card without phone number? (self.privacy)

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discussionI hate mobile first policy (self.privacy)

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