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Apple Hide My Email Vulnerability Exposes Real Email Addresses
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (495+ words) " Front "/" Privacy Apple sells Hide My Email as a shield. You switch the feature on and i Cloud+ hands you a random alias, so the companies you deal with never see the address tied to your real identity. But a…...
EU Reddit Users Must Verify Age With Government ID or Selfie
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (568+ words) " Front "/" Privacy Child safety is the reason on the label. Look at what's actually in the box. If you refuse the check and you keep your account, though, the mature side of Reddit vanishes from view. Agree to it, and…...
Reddit to Require Login for Old Reddit, Curbing Anonymous Browsing
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (409+ words) " Front "/" Control The determined scrapers will just register accounts and keep harvesting, leaving the anonymous human reader as the only one actually locked out. Reddit is closing one of the last doors that let people read the site without an…...
Canada's Bill C-8 Explained
1+ week, 2+ day ago (876+ words) " Front "/" Privacy One signature now lets the government collect your location, your browsing history, and your metadata without ever asking a judge. Canada's new cyber-security law gives a cabinet minister the power to order any telecom provider to cut off…...
Larry Sanger Said Wikipedia Punishes Dissent. Then It Banned Him.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (601+ words) " front "/" media He co-founded the encyclopedia in 2001 and now he can't edit a single page of it. Larry Sanger spent the spring suggesting that Wikipedia could stand to host a wider range of opinions. The community took the suggestion under…...
Florida Sues Tik Tok Over Age Verification Failures as Digital ID Mandate Takes Effect
2+ week, 6+ day ago (867+ words) Florida's plan to protect kids online starts with surveilling every adult in the state. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. Florida wants every social media user in the state to prove how old they are. The method…...
Caught Again: Meta Says NSO Still Stalking Whats App
3+ week, 5+ day ago (765+ words) The company never had to break Whats App's encryption, only to get someone to tap a link. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. A spyware company that a US court ordered to stay away from Whats App…...
Japan Plans Social Media Age Checks via Carrier Data
4+ week, 10+ hour ago (473+ words) The fix Tokyo prefers would link the phone account in your legal name to everything you read, post, and scroll past. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. Japan wants social media companies to work out how old…...
5th Circuit Lets Texas Enforce App Store Age Checks
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (694+ words) Texas drew its age line at the app store door and everyone has to show ID to get through it. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. Texas can start forcing app stores to check the age of…...
Texas Sues Discord, Seeks Mandatory Age Verification
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (915+ words) Texas is using a child safety lawsuit to try to end anonymous access to Discord entirely. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Discord on Friday. The lawsuit alleges the platform enabled…...