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Privacy Guides is a socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy. We are a non-profit […] [bridged from https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 5d
We're going live in a half hour, be sure to tune in! [4:00 PM CST / 21:00 UTC]
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 6d
Do quantum computers have the ability to break our encryption, and are they actually a threat to the privacy of our communications? In this video, we dig into the details and separate fact from Silicon Valley hype!

:peertube: https://neat.tube/w/rctZQiJSGzawYtj7F3V4t1
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Privacy Guides @news.privacyguides.org.ap.brid.gy · 12d
Who Really Owns Your TikTok Data Now?
This Week in Privacy #20
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 12d
Episode 20 of This Week in Privacy will be live in 5 minutes, be sure to tune in and ask any questions you might have for us during the Q&A section at the end of the stream! https://www.youtube.com/live/iqUABACWYcI
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 17d
Are you planning on attending a protest soon? Your smartphone can be an essential tool, but it's also a huge risk to your privacy, security, and safety. If you decide to bring one along, you need to keep yourself protected:

(🔥 hot tip: this advice is still great even if you aren't hitting the […]
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · Aug 20
Tech companies will happily promise you the moon, so unfortunately we cannot let our guard down. They talk privacy, but their words are empty.

> Privacy washing misleadingly, or fraudulently, presents a product, service, or organization as being responsible and trustworthy with data protection […]
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🌈 Lascapi ⁂ @lascapi.social.tchncs.de.ap.brid.gy · 18d
@privacyguides very well writen, I understood even if I'm not someone that work in the security world. 🤗
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 18d
The most relevant new feature in iOS 26 for journalists, lawyers, activists, politicians, executives, and other high-profile figures wasn't really advertised to consumers at all. Rather, it was announced in a September 9th post on the Apple Security Research blog […]
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 19d
Episode 19 of This Week in Privacy will be live in just under 15 minutes on YouTube, feel free to join and ask questions! https://youtube.com/live/gudkxWAZkLM
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 20d
"Privacy washing" is when a company misleadingly, or fraudulently, presents a product or service as being responsible and trustworthy with data protection, when it isn't.

Keeping an eye out for this practice is critical when evaluating new tools to use […]
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 20d
Something new we are going to try and do is cross-post our videos to Facebook and hopefully get them in front of more people.

I don't want to encourage anyone who might still be using Facebook to follow us with personal accounts necessarily. However, if you do use Facebook for your business/org […]
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ph00lt0 @ph00lt0.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20d
#linkedn #privacy

https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/linkedin-change-of-tos-opt-out-before-november-3rd/31199
LinkedIn change of TOS: opt out before November 3rd
LinkedIn is changing its terms of service and privacy policy. Update to our Terms and data use | LinkedIn Help The TLDR is that they are going to, like Meta, use your data to train AI models unless you opt out here: Use my data for training content creation AI models Also be sure you opt out of sharing data with partners here: Data sharing with our affiliates and select partners
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 20d
Biometrics are a convenient and secure way to authenticate our devices. Many of us use and trust the biometrics of our devices without much thought, but are they really secure?

And with so many options, which ones are the best? […]
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 21d
There is a growing number of people who no longer feel safe in their own home or country. Whatever the reason, many people might not feel safe to browse certain topics online.

This article will help people in such situations learn how to browse the internet and use a computer in a more […]
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 22d
I would like to correct a typo in the images above and note that we've actually published **41** articles this year, not 21 😎
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 22d
Privacy is a human right, but getting more people to care about it is frankly (and literally!) a full-time job.

2025 has seen some of the worst attacks on privacy to date, and it has also represented the greatest commitment to our work our team has […]

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2025 has been a crazy year for Privacy Guides. In just 9 months we’ve published 15 videos, 21 articles, and we’ve pushed releases to the privacyguides.org website 13 times, with each release typically containing 10–25+ PR submissions from our team and volunteers. Since only July we’ve hosted 10 livestreams of our revived podcast, and there are plenty more on the way. Since December, 3700+ more people have followed us on Mastodon, and about the same number have subscribed to our new YouTube channel. There are 200 per week more active users on our forum, and pageviews across all our sites have well more than doubled. All of this is to say that people care about privacy a lot, and I believe we set the example in this space. While other “cybersecurity influencers” promote one-size-fits-all advice, we focus on practical and nuanced recommendations that account for the complexity of your personal situation. To be real with all of you, the reason all of this is possible is because we hired 3 people to work on a regular basis at the beginning of this year. Our volunteer team, moderators, and this community have all been doing exceptional work since 2021 which has established the foundation for all of this. However, the reality is that to get this fantastic content out there and in front of people, there has to be a team doing work day in and day out to stay on top of the news feeds and create content that sticks with people and informs newcomers about why this all matters. Our greatest strength is that we have no sponsors or affiliates. We have sent thousands of new subscribers to subscriptions for tools like Proton Mail/VPN, MySudo, Ente, and so many other privacy tools, and we do it purely because we believe in these tools and want them to succeed. Frankly, many of the companies we recommend regularly send hundreds or thousands in affiliate dollars to other channels that give them far less traffic, while rarely if ever voluntarily making a donation to support our work. Our choice to only receive income from the people who directly support our work makes us virtually the only review team in this space which has no reliance on the companies we recommend. We have a handful of regular supporters who we are very grateful for, and we have received a very small number of very generous one-time donations which have made all of our work over the past year possible. However, one-time donations dry up, and if we want to maintain our great momentum in 2026 and onward, we simply need people to make this work sustainable and give our team the safety of monthly recurring revenue. My personal goal is for our membership program to give our members far more value than you will get from any other ~$10/month Patreon or subscription service from other YouTubers, podcasters, and writers in the personal privacy space. I want anyone pushing privacy forward to be hugely successful, but to tell you the truth, I personally believe we are creating the best content in this space right now, and I hope that you trust Privacy Guides to publish the best version of this information as well. Going forward, some of the content that we pay to produce will probably have to be restricted to people who are willing to pay for that content in return. Our members will also receive: Early access to new videos on our channel Priority Q&A responses on This Week in Privacy Recognition on our forum and website Priority response to comments on our articles/videos We are also constantly considering new ideas in the team and from our members. Part of my commitment to make sure you can get the highest quality version from the Privacy Guides team of anything you can find from anyone else is to work with you all to decide what direction we should go in here. Some other things we are considering include members-only forums and group chats, more detailed news reports about privacy tools and companies, private chats with team members, or free merch for our supporters. If any of this interests you, or if there’s something else you might want, please let us know. Our membership program is brand new, and we don’t have a lot of this “exclusive” content I’m talking about yet (really, any at all). I know it is hard to commit to a subscription before you can see what it actually offers. If you don’t want to become a member now, I totally understand, and I make purchasing decisions the same way. It is always the smarter move to pay based on features available now rather than future promises. However, I also hope you see the increased commitment we’ve been making this last year, and can believe in our mission beyond what we can provide you today. Our final membership price is going to be $10/month or $100/year. It’s an over-said trope, but this is literally less than one fast food lunch to support a month of our work. If you are willing to take the gamble now that we will be able to meet that value in the near future, I want to give you a lifetime discount for joining us on this journey early, because you are making all of this possible.
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 22d
The latest article from Privacy Guides is live, authored by first-time guest contributor Peter Marsden: **_Ghosts in the Machine: The Fight for Privacy After Death_** takes a look at how even the best privacy laws around the world fail to protect those in death, and the profound way this lack of […]
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 23d
**What is Multi-Party Computation?**

We know how to secure data in storage using E2EE, but is it possible to ensure data privacy even while processing it server-side? This is the first in a series of articles Privacy Guides team member @fria be publishing, covering the privacy-enhancing […]
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 23d
@strypey Ghost is missing some ActivityPub features I would really like so we are not heavily advertising it yet, but you can certainly follow @news now 😄

All updates will continued to be shared on this Mastodon account too, so either way works!
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 26d
@SeeS that being said, we do absolutely think Mullvad Browser is a very cool tool.
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 26d
@SeeS Like all Privacy Guides content, the information in this video was independently researched and validated, and this video was not sponsored by any of the projects mentioned. 😄
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 26d
It's easy to assume a VPN keeps you private, but they're not effective against the most prevalent form of cross-site tracking: Browser Fingerprinting.

Our latest video covers what browser fingerprinting is in detail and what you can do to protect yourself from trackers, plus we spoke with […]
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Privacy Guides @news.privacyguides.org.ap.brid.gy · 27d
What is Browser Fingerprinting? (And how to stop it!)
Every day when you browse the internet, you share identifiable information about your device and browser that companies use to target you with advertising and track your activity across the web.
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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 28d
🇪🇺YES: Germany is not supporting the EU's #chatcontrol bill as proposed!
The blocking minority needed to stop this illegal mass surveillance plan seems secured (for now). ✅

Opposition now also from LU🇱🇺 & SK🇸🇰!

#keepupthefight https://fightchatcontrol.eu
A map of Europe titled "Help Stop #ChatControl!" shows countries color-coded by their government's stance on Chat Control in 2025. The legend indicates: green for "Not in favour," blue for "Undecided/Unclear," and red for "In favour." Countries in favour (red) are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, and Spain. Countries not in favour (green) are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia. Countries undecided or unclear (blue) are: Estonia, Greece, Slovenia, Romania, and Sweden (in favour, but subject to approval by Parliament). The map includes the text "Is your government opposing it yet?" and a call to action at the bottom: "Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu".
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 28d
It's been a while, but our email newsletter is finally back online, and we are raring to keep you informed with more issues going forward!

You can read the first new issue on our web archive here, and get subscribed because there will be more to come very soon […]
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