Localhost tracking
This seems to be the latest tactic META are using to track users without their consent. Potentially a violation of at least 3 laws in the EU.
Update, well sort of, Meta is now going to use unpublished photos to train AI.
So as the article states, check the terms and conditions and keep checking back.
Update 16/7/2025
Now ask your self, are your WhatsApp messages really private. Critical thinking ftw.
There are alternatives.
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Big Tech and AI Training
Meta, Facebook, and Instagram AI is coming for EU data — Here's what you need to know (and how to opt out)
This will happen from 27th May, you need to opt out or your data will be used to train their AI.
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Windows Recall
There are serious security and privacy concerns about this feature, and even if you opt out of it, it does not mean your data is safe.
Time to switch to replacement operating systems and start to learn them. Don't forget also that Windows 10 support ends in August. You may be forced to upgrade to Windows 11 on your hardware, or depending on when you bought the computer, upgrade the whole computer with a new one just so you can run Windows 11.
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US Cloud Services and EU citizens data
In a major move in the right direction for data protection and user privacy.
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
The very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds. Not only is it a terrible idea given the kind of things the “King of America” keeps saying, the legal sophistry used to justify such transfers, like the nonsense letter the Dutch cabinet sent last week, has now been invalidated by Trump himself. And why are we doing this? Convenience. But it is very scary to make yourself 100% dependent on the goodwill of the American government merely because it is convenient. So let’s not. [1]
- https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/
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Why You Shouldn't Sign In With Google or Facebook
If, like me, you want to avoid interaction with big tech, the issue of website sign ins is important. Lots of websites allow you to create an account but why do that when there is an SSO (single sign on) to sign in with Facebook or google.
I found a link to this on the Fediverse earlier, and I think it makes some good points, the price having a single sign-in or using the same credentials for the same website, you don't do this normally as you would use a unique password for each website.
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Big Tech : Your time is Up
This weekend sees new EU laws designed to reign in big tech. Not before time, and something really DOES need to happen.
This Fediverse post is about the new laws which will be in FORCE from THIS WEEKEND.
A link to the article can also be found here. While not applicable in the UK, big tech companies are going to find their irresponsible, arrogant free for all behaviour is coming to an end.
In further news, families of victims are staring to fight back too. Brianna Ghey's mother and Molly Russell's father join forces to combat online harm
I look forward to massive fines for these companies, lawsuits, and hopefully PRISON terms for those at the top who have FAILED or FAIL TO protect users properly.
We may not be able to put Zukerberg or X CEO Linda Yaccarino in the dock, but we can perhaps put those who are at the top in their European HQs in the dock. I am sure these people will be very pleased about that.
YOUR CHOICE TO WORK FOR THEM.
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Zoom can be used to train AI
Looks like the new Zoom terms and conditions now allow training AI on user content with no opt out. 🤣 See section 10.2
I am not too sure what data is shared, or how it is used, but big tech is clearly incapable of playing fairly, we have companies using all uploaded data to train AI, for example photos, text, code anything and usually the consent is given via terms and conditions so end users are so tied in to closed systems, the users auto consent weather they like it or not.
The fact that zoom is used by organisation such as child protection agencies also for me RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS.
Please consider using an alternative that actually protects and respects privacy such as Big Blue Button
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Amazon's Ring used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy settlement
Posted to the Fediverse yesterday. This is a stark warning about how technology can do what it wants, and how when we don't have access to the code that makes it work, we don't know what it is doing.
A good reason to support software freedom
You are better off with a RaspberryPi and a Camera Module along with a suitable programming language such as Python and hacking your own.
We can perhaps discuss at a future STEM Group.
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MS Teams Privacy
I had to attend a meeting using teams earlier, it got cancelled, so despite just loading up the lobby room in the browser, it still leaves cookies behind. The concern is the size here.,
Cookies left behind by MS Teams
Contrast this to the small amount of data that big blue button needs for a session, much smaller.
Cookies left behind by Big Blue Button
I will leave this with people. In the meantime Big Blue Button is a viable, secure, safe, easy to use and privacy respecting, open source alternative.
On an end note it seems Edge also 'leaks' information on sites visited.
SAFEGUARDING IS EVERYONE';S RESPONSIBILITY
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