ThatPrivacyGirl

Reality checks on online privacy.
Security over convenience.
Retaking control of our digital lives and personal data one block at a time.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Attorney General William Barr and his British and Australian counterparts are set to push Facebook for a back door to its end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp and other messaging platforms, which would give investigators access to now-secret communication https://t.co/LeLabMr4I8

[ThatPrivacyGirl @noelleleo]

“the truly rich and powerful do not need to sell their private lives or endure the volatility of fame.”

[rebecca jennings @rebexxxxa]

In august, i went to huntsville, alabama to shadow a TikTok-famous teen during her first few days back at school. it ended up being a story about the dream shared by every very online kid in 2019: a career in internet stardom https://t.co/lyCnJ2Bube

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

Not a joke: the CIA allegedly ran an operation to livestream surveillance of women in the toilet, hoping to overhear them planning the legal defense for an asylum seeker. This is skulls-on-hats level villainy; simply indefensible for people claiming to be "the good guys."

[André Staltz @andrestaltz]

2009: uploading my data to the cloud because I don't trust my computer

2019: downloading my data to my computer because I don't trust the cloud

[Felicia Sonmez @feliciasonmez]

How concerned is Google about its reputation on data privacy? The company took out not one, but three full-page ads in today’s Post.

[ThatPrivacyGirl @noelleleo]

@bitfalls @gakonst How I love the extreme privacy tips! Wonderful.

[ThatPrivacyGirl @noelleleo]

Thanks @mattdlockyer for making this article pop in my feed !

[ThatPrivacyGirl @noelleleo]

“Your data is safe and secure with us,” 🤡 says website of company that leaves open access to over 340,000 medical records - including names.

Don't trust it just because they say it.
"Your data is safe" is a meaningless buzzword 99% of the time.

https://t.co/aEZQkJCp8O

[ThatPrivacyGirl @noelleleo]

@zackwhittaker Federal action = (more) easily influenced through congressional lobbying

[Jameson Lopp @lopp]

As of today, ~80% of countries have mandatory SIM registration laws, effectively requiring realtime surveillance of citizens. Privacy must not be criminalized! https://t.co/VwZB6kenc7

[Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ @gladstein]

@APompliano Yeah — surveillance payments! :)

[ThatPrivacyGirl @noelleleo]

Oh, a new app that lets me transform my face for free! I wonder what their business model could be..

[Matt Lockyer @mattdlockyer]

"Invasion of the Face Snatchers" A.K.A. just how stupid are you people? 🤯🤦‍♂️🤣

https://t.co/uWtVYASuSx

[ThatPrivacyGirl @noelleleo]

Calculator would like to:

- Know your location
- Record phone calls
- Read device data
- Access the internet

Apps like these have thousands of downloads.

Time to say NO

#privacy

[Computer Facts @computerfact]

notice to everyone using their face as a password: due to a data breach we would like to ask you to please reset your face. we apologize for any inconvenience.

[Jordan Sather @Jordan_Sather_]

Protestors in Hong Kong are cutting down facial recognition towers.

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

We can possess nothing—neither thing nor thought—absent a border between self and State. Each individual right is derived from this line, which we call privacy.

Two years ago today, India's Supreme Court affirmed the Right to Privacy. @internetfreedom @MozillaIN #PrivacySupreme

[ThatPrivacyGirl @noelleleo]

Reminder: if you're not paying with currency, you're paying with personal data.

#privacy

[Apple Card @AppleCard]

Fees don’t help you, so Apple Card doesn’t have any. No annual fees, no late fees, no foreign transaction fees. Best of all, no hidden fees. Apply now.
Terms apply. https://t.co/fIABEbaXAa

[ThatPrivacyGirl @noelleleo]

This WILL happen in the West unless we clearly and strongly oppose it; not only with momentary protests, but with an ever lasting "Declaration of Privacy Rights"

[Matthew Brennan @mbrennanchina]

Chinese face recognition vending machine. No cash, card, or phone needed.

[EFF @EFF]

What do you call it when a vast network of cameras is linked together and their recordings are centralized and made available to police?
Not surveillance, according to Amazon. https://t.co/dxI3rK9dMp