#privacymatters — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #privacymatters, aggregated by home.social.
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“Nvidia Crosses $5․6 Trillion Market Cap MilestoneNvidia's market value hit about $5․6 trillion this week, up nearly $1․3 trillion in days, keeping the chipmaker far ahead of Apple and Microsoft․ pulseofnations․lol/nvid…”
https://mastodon.social/@PulseOfNations/117227278382516745
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We as Privacyfarians believe in the following things:
The Flying Cryptothullus
Motto: “May your #metadata be sparse and your #encryption strong.” 🙏💚 #PrivacyMatters
If the surveillance state records one cheek, encrypt the other with E2E.
GNU/Linux is the law.
FOSS is the rul not the exeption…
Surveillance capitalism and everything that spirals out of it into totalitarianism is hell.
Saint Snowden died for our sins.
If you have nothing to hide, why do you wear clothes? Or do you leave your door open?
Rockwells Somebody's Watching Me is one of our holly hymns
TBC—work in progress…
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“The EU Al Act forces watermarking on Al to
restrict tools for everyday users, while ignoring
the core issue: social media recommender
systems․ While December rules bypass algorithm logic, feeds keep monetizing hyper-sex…”https://mastodon.social/@2k_115/117225078844815818
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“[…] Over the years it has been clear that we in the 'open source' camp (as opposed to the 'free software' camp) were wrong all along․ We won the debate, and gained little for users or developers․ All that our efforts di…”
https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/117224847557719336
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“There's no benevolence scripted into AI․ The expectation Tech Lords have of everyone else on the planet policing their shit, when they could just code proper etiquette into their algorithms if they had a moral compass t…”
https://social.vivaldi.net/@cmthiede/117224824139076098
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“I hate the internet in 2026․No, I don't want to ⌗verify ⌗signup join your 'community' ⌗fingerprint my devices ⌗register ⌗subscribe to your platform, click your ⌗ads download your ⌗malware app…”
https://mastodon.world/@ami/117224222299098245
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“europesays․com/people/217308/ Mark Zuckerberg killed the bill that could have saved my son ⌗BigTech ⌗children ⌗Congress ⌗Facebook ⌗Internet ⌗Legislation ⌗Lobbying ⌗MarkZuckerberg ⌗Met…”
https://pubeurope.com/@people/117224028382073738
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🤔 Understanding and responding to novel threats require collective action and time.
But it's not hard - every system or technology that devalues human life and exploits human life for its own benefit should be rejected - it's not rocket science!#privacy #privacymatters #virus #digitalvirus #machinelearning
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“The EU AI Act targets low-capital users: Aug 2
watermarking cripples mass Al tools while
tabloids stay immune․ Dec 2 child safety rules
ignore algorithms․ No limits on real-world
sexualization or digital prostitution-th…”https://mastodon.social/@2k_115/117223185929632234
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“1/ 🍂 September is here, for many, this looks like a big ⌗Microsoft or ⌗Google logo with spreadsheets, documents, presentations․For decades, Microsoft has dominated workplace productivity software․ This dominanc…”
https://eupolicy.social/@edri/117223176315639771
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“Ah yes, let's all gather 'round and revel in the groundbreaking revelation that big companies use․․․ wait for it․․․ a lot of software․ 🎉🤯 The real 'transformation' here is discovering that Benedict Evans thinks statin…”
https://mastodon.social/@ngate/117223015181117047
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Out of all my 550+ contacts, I can only see 1 person using #Threema 😅
I hope more people switch to private tools.
#privacymatters #privacy -
🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“Since when does the BBC comment on gaming news? Since XBOX can't stop taking the L, I suppose․PS: 30 minutes of cloud playtime per day? Might as well shutter the service altogether․ ⌗XBOX ⌗Gaming ⌗Cloud ⌗V…”
https://ieji.de/@adrianmorales/117220552328050701
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“⌗Ecosia, largest European search engine, introduced a native Linux browser, promising no excessive data collection․Germany 🇩🇪 based Ecosia says the browser is a response to Windows’ shrinking popularity in Europe, wh…”
https://social.data.coop/@cryptohagen/117219737059999706
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“Tomorrow we will be celebrating all the wonderful tech we can use without ⌗bigtech, by sharing tips, experiences & practical recipes on our monthly ⌗DoeiDag in NL! I will be sharing more about ﹫doeidag ﹫berl…”
https://mastodon.social/@BjornW/117219434724054640
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“I’m trying to finish reading *The Nerd Reich* by ﹫gilduran before my presentation and workshop about ⌗LeaveX on Friday․ The book seems to be remarkably in line with what I’ll be discussing․I’ve finished the firs…”
https://social.vivaldi.net/@everton137/117219039144365798
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“Big Tech is locking features behind subscriptions, tracking data, and adding bloated AI everywhere․Yet, many people hesitate to move to open/decentralized alternatives because 'it's too inconvenient․'At what point does …”
https://mastodon.social/@krishna32/117218515109090709
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“Your data is their business․ Big tech is always watching👀
⌗bigtech ⌗Microsoft ⌗google ⌗meta ⌗privacy ⌗privacymatters”https://privacysafe.social/@digitalhomecheck/117218345649824496
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“⌗music Here's why 1․ We should LISTEN to our elders 2․ Many of us GenZ have already put streaming and downloading music and books on the 'hardly ever' list in favour of ⌗vinyl, ⌗CDs, physical ⌗books, ⌗dumb p…”
https://masto.ai/@MusiqueNow/117217740994688722
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“WNBA commissioner candidates: Who will replace Cathy Engelbert? rawchili․com/5090012/ ⌗AppleTv ⌗ArtsCultureAndEntertainment ⌗BigTech ⌗ColorImage ⌗ConnecticutHuskies ⌗FanaticsFest ⌗horizonta…”
https://channels.im/@rawchili/117216923055740075
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“So much for promising to pay for the needed power infrastructure․ Instead, Microsoft is trying to push the costs of its failed AI business onto consumers and small businesses․
⌗AI ⌗microsoft ⌗bigtech
silic…”https://fosstodon.org/@kdkorte/117216387540834979
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“New blog post: Anthropic's Outage and the Sound of SilenceWhen major AI players like Anthropic go offline and offer zero explanation, it raises more questions than it answers․ It's a proper piss-take, frankly․ rhodzy․c…”
https://mastodon.social/@rhodzy/117216196605396189
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“⌗introduction time! My name is Matt, I'm new to veganism․social, but not new to the ⌗Fediverse․ I first joined in 2018 on a ⌗mastodon instance that's probably gone by now․ I've been leaving and coming back over …”
https://veganism.social/@mattwebbdev/117214958411933581
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🚀 New #release · minecraft 2026.9.0
What's Changed
Enhancements
• pin gosu, fail closed on BuildTools download, reject zip slip by @lbellows in #4247
• Stop figura exclude from matching configurable jars by @lbellows in #4261
Bug FixesFull release notes & setup → https://selfhost.directory/project/minecraft#update-14725295
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“CIA / OSC: The Google Controversy (2008) | Wikileaks[Downloadable files] ⌗BigTech ⌗BugTech ⌗US ⌗tech wikileaks․org/wiki/CIA_OSC_The_Google_Controversy_2008”
https://masto.ai/@GM7077/117214479193133207
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“From yesterday․The Register: The search company that plants trees just launched a Linux browser to help Europe battle big tech theregister․com/software/2026/09/04/the-search-company-that-plants-trees-just-launched-a-l…”
https://infosec.exchange/@AAKL/117213893696832033
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“It's a scary thought that individuals or companies might have enough control over our lives to operate entirely outside the law․
⌗AI ⌗government ⌗politics ⌗bigtech
theglobeandmail․com/opinion/article-b…”https://fosstodon.org/@kdkorte/117213811843682162
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“Falling Al token prices (-29%) aren't a crisis, but
software efficiency driving usage (+47%)․
Widening credit spreads (163․6 bps) don't signal default risk-they reflect massive bond issuance to fund the AI CapEx Trap an…”https://mastodon.social/@2k_115/117213306767259414
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“As God is my witness, when I am no longer required by an employer to do so, I will not use google or microsoft products and services! I will tend to the ⌗garden, make things out of wood, read books, and live in ⌗bi…”
https://urbanists.social/@nashvilleguy/117213067611422853
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“Funny how AI companies have managed to establish the magical star-emoji as the common symbol for AI stuff․․․ rather than the cold, lifeless robot emoji․ 🤖 🪄 ⌗ai ⌗bigtech”
https://mas.to/@tagirijus/117213020722184956
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“A US court ruling aggravates Brussels’ Google problem․A year ago the European Commission said only a breakup would fix Google’s ad tech business․ A US judge disagreed․ mediafaro․org/article/20260904-a-us-court-ruling-a…”
https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/@mf_analysis/117212956925783256
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“US court ruling aggravates Brussels’ Google problem politico․eu/article/us-court-ruling-aggravates-brussels-google-problem/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication ⌗CompetitionandIndustrial…”
https://social.espeweb.net/objects/24aed99d-0e12-4cff-8498-a9a30ffa6a9a
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“The cost of inaction is clear: more money for Google, less competition, less innovation and more power concentrated in the hands of Big Tech․EU competition rules only matter if they are enforced — and they must apply to…”
https://mastodon.social/@PeopleVsBigTech/117212018793654130
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💯 Start small and see it grow! Privacy first!
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“The conduct of ⌗google ⌗apple ⌗meta and ⌗amazon (amongst others) in Australia is considered unfair business practice and unconscionable conduct․You can't opt-out, you can't avoid their mass ⌗surveillan…”
https://mastodon.world/@ami/117211811489692321
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“The cost of inaction is clear: more money for Google, less competition, less innovation and more power concentrated in the hands of Big Tech․EU competition rules only matter if they are enforced — and they must apply to…”
https://mastodon.social/@PeopleVsBigTech/117211589140506589
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England | Water | The Guardian
theguardian․com/environment/2026/sep/04/revealed-how-companies-secretly-use-billions-of-litres-o…”https://masto.ai/@Miro_Collas/117211361148773451
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🧐 Keeping an eye on #tech giants because #PrivacyMatters
“europesays․com/people/213632/ John Ternus Becomes Apple CEO as Tim Cook Moves to Executive Chair ⌗apple ⌗AppleBoardOfDirectors ⌗AppleEmployees ⌗ArthurLevinson ⌗BigTech ⌗CEOSuccession ⌗Corpora…”
https://pubeurope.com/@people/117208689046695694
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🙏🌱 "Punjab Di Rooh SEWA Grant": Foundation Launches Service Project to Inspire Rural Youth 🪔🌾
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/pb_punjab_di_rooh_sewa_grant
#PunjabDiRoohSEWAGrant #MERAPIND360 #Sewa #Punjab #ChandigarhPressClub #RuralYouth #NRI #VillageService #SewaSpirit #Chandigarh #Punjab #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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🙏🌱 "Punjab Di Rooh SEWA Grant": Foundation Launches Service Project to Inspire Rural Youth 🪔🌾
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/pb_punjab_di_rooh_sewa_grant
#PunjabDiRoohSEWAGrant #MERAPIND360 #Sewa #Punjab #ChandigarhPressClub #RuralYouth #NRI #VillageService #SewaSpirit #Chandigarh #Punjab #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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🙏🌱 "Punjab Di Rooh SEWA Grant": Foundation Launches Service Project to Inspire Rural Youth 🪔🌾
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/pb_punjab_di_rooh_sewa_grant
#PunjabDiRoohSEWAGrant #MERAPIND360 #Sewa #Punjab #ChandigarhPressClub #RuralYouth #NRI #VillageService #SewaSpirit #Chandigarh #Punjab #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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🙏✨ "A Message of Love, Faith and Harmony": Bihar Health Minister Offers Prayers at Patna ISKCON on Janmashtami 🪔🎉
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_nishant_kumar_janmashtami_iskcon
#Janmashtami #ShriKrishnaJanmashtami #ISKCON #BiharHealthMinister #NishantKumar #Bihar #LordKrishna #KrishnaJanmashtami #FestivalOfFaith #Patna #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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🌊 Ganga on the Rise: Nitish Kumar Reviews Patna Flood Preparedness.
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/bh_nitish_kumar_ganga_water_rise
#GangaFloods #Patna #NitishKumar #BiharFloods #JDU #FloodAlert #GangaRising #BiharNews #FloodPreparedness #JPSetu #Patna #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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🏃♀️ Running Against Scammers: Tricity to Hit the Streets for Fitness — and Cyber Safety.
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/pb_marathin_tricity_cybercrime_safe
#SKTricityMarathon #CyberSafety #DigitalFraud #Marathon #ChandigarhClub #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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📢 New #updates · 2 Sept #10
· clickhouse v26.3.29.7-lts
· lightdash 2.89.0 — AI agent builds data apps from threads
· OpnForm v2.5.0 — AI-powered form building with preview and guidance
· frappe-crm v1.83.0 — Fixed visibility, editor, translations and typosMore self-hosted updates → https://selfhost.directory
