Sweden’s public sector has ditched Big Tech in the name of privacy as a major telecom provider unveiled a new secure collaboration hub.
Tele2 Collaborate includes encrypted chat, video meetings, whiteboard, and document-sharing. #bigtech
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/swedens-public-sector-says-goodbye-to-big-tech
Collaboration to produce #security processes and standards for #opensource: Today’s global software infrastructure is over 80% open source. The software stack that underpins any product with digital elements is typically built using open source software. As a
Beware of #Facebook ads that want you to download something: The malvertising campaigns are created by hijacked Facebook profiles that impersonate popular AI services.
Users tricked by the ads become members of fraudulent Facebook communities.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-facebook-midjourney-ai-page-promoted-malware-to-12-million-people/
A good story from the leader of #Fdroid: “Three years ago, F-Droid had a similar kind of attempt as the Xz backdoor,” he posted on Mastodon. “A new contributor submitted a merge request to improve the search, which
Researchers find that #Apple #privacy claims are fake news: ‘Due to the way the user interface is designed, users don’t know what is going on. For example, the user is given the option to enable or not enable
Many of #Amazon #Kindle devices, by far the most popular e-readers in the world, are displaying ads for blatantly AI-generated #books. And they’re showing up not as a little box but in one of the most
World Happiness Report publishes an annual ranking of #happiest countries in the world, but in that competition Spain doesn’t shine. The southern European country reached position 55, just before Honduras, in 2024. Four Scandinavian countries occupied the top positions.
People who understand the internet and risks of data collection use adblockers: The Censuswide report indicates that 66 percent of experienced advertisers, 72 percent of experienced programmers, and 76 percent of cybersecurity experts use ad blockers.
For the general public,
How #Facebook spies competitive products using an in-house #VPN on users’ phones: Facebook engineers proposed using Onavo, which when activated had the advantage of reading all of the device’s network traffic before it got encrypted and sent over
The #EU Parliament’s ban on #Amazon lobbyists is a good start. But, frankly, the least the public should be able to expect is for the world’s biggest companies to not receive public money without being held to the