cross-posted from: https://feddit.ch/post/113885
Lieutenant General Timothy D. Haugh is very clear on section 702:
> "In my experience it is absolutely essential," he told lawmakers.
New York Times on Section 702: https://www.nytimes.com/article/warrantless-surveillance-section-702.html
A very "good" designed power point of section 702 by the US government: https://www.dni.gov/files/icotr/Section702-Basics-Infographic.pdf
The law text and section 702 (page 4), I had to search way too long to get to that, mostly you just find an overview by a three letter agency to justify the section. It is like the government does not want that you read it in full: https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ261/PLAW-110publ261.pdf
cross-posted from: https://feddit.ch/post/91950
Meta is one of the biggest privacy offenders,, not suprising that they already seem to break EU privacy law.
Some section sof the article:
>Upcoming data privacy regulations are preventing Meta's new microblogging app "Threads" from launching in European Union (EU) markets. Experts say this is only the beginning of the privacy battle facing te Twitter clone.
> Judging by its entry in the Apple app store, it's no wonder that Threads is being shielded from EU scrutiny. Browsing history, geolocations, health and financial information, and much more are all up for grabs. There's even a dedicated category for "sensitive information" which, according to Apple's documentation, includes "racial or ethnic data, sexual orientation, pregnancy or childbirth information, disability, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, political opinion, genetic information, or biometric data."
cross-posted from: https://feddit.ch/post/88668
> I'm still reading into it but this seems to be another step of the UK-Gov to further attack the privacy of their citizens and to circumvent EU privacy laws.
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> Short section of the article:
> >It would authorize the UK government to issue political directions to the UK data protection body, the Information Commissioner’s Office, the groups say. And it would enable the sharing of European personal data to other countries with reduced protections.
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> And as it seems (not suprising), the UK already has applied to the APEC-Framework Cross-Border data transfer:
> >The UK, the groups observe, has already applied to join the US-backed Cross-Border Privacy Rules Declaration, which allows international data transfers under the arguably weak Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Privacy Framework.
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> Bill Law text: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-protection-and-digital-information-bill-impact-assessments/data-protection-and-digital-information-no-2-bill-european-convention-on-human-rights-memorandum#summary-of-the-bill
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> Open letter against this bill: https://peoplevsbig.tech/open-letter-to-the-eu-commission-regarding-uk-s-data-bill
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> Edit:
> - Added EU to the country tag because it also concerns EU citizens.
> - Added the APEC section
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I bought a Fairphone 3 and put LineageOS on it a few years back and can recommend it. LineageOS is less secure than GrapheneOS as far as I can tell but the privacy aspect is there, as you have a completely degoogled phone. I have some friends that have the same setup on the newer Fairphones and they are also very happy and have a smoother experience than me, because it is a newer phone.
Fairphone is an European country that has a move to open source (https://www.fairphone.com/en/open-source/).
To the compatibility and functionality:
In general you will find an replacement for every app you now use that is from a big company. Open Source came a long way and most alternatives are even better in my opinion.