The countdown to the weekend begins with 5-4-Friday! 
Close out this week with 5 #InfoSec & #DataPrivacy news items you may have missed! 
Five for Friday: 11 July 2025 
https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/five-for-friday-11-july-2025
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Liebe #Fedieltern, wenn nicht schon gesehen, es gibt eine schoene Studie, die #dataprivacy und #itsecurity bei Apps im #Kita #Hort behandelt https://news.rub.de/english/press-releases/2022-07-07-it-security-how-daycare-apps-can-spy-parents-and-children https://petsymposium.org/2022/files/papers/issue3/popets-2022-0078.pdf
Newsportal - Ruhr-Universität Bochum · How daycare apps can spy on parents and childrenResearchers reviewed 42 apps and found privacy and security deficiencies, some of which were quite serious. Some apps even sell their users’ data to third parties.
Do you have a recommendation for a #CloudComputing provider (with #GPU, suitable for training #deepNeuralNetworks)? We are looking for options with a maximum of:
- #GreenIT, low CO2 footprint, #sustainability
- #DataPrivacy
I round up #InfoSec & #DataPrivacy news coming from #Africa and concerning #African interests.
Read! Subscribe! Share/RT!
Q1 (Jan-March) 2025 https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/africa-information-security-news
Q2 (April-June) 2025
https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/africa-information-security-news-c02
Wer nutzt noch facebook 
? Meta muss 5.000 € zahlen!
Falls es hier doch noch User:innen geben sollte, vielleicht mal erwägen facebook zu verklagen?
Das Landgericht Leipzig hat einem Nutzer 5.000 € (in Worten: fünftausend) Entschädigung zugesprochen. Nicht weil für facebook ungewöhnliches passiert wäre, sondern dafür, dass -Zitat- "Meta mit seinen Business Tools massiv gegen europarechtlichen Datenschutz verstößt, die personenbezogenen Daten zu einem Profiling der Nutzer von Facebook verarbeitet und Meta mit dem Geschäftsmodell der personalisierten Werbung Milliardengewinne einfährt".
https://www.medienservice.sachsen.de/medien/news/1088732%EF%BF%BC
Holt Euch das Geld!
Das Urteil ist allerdings noch nicht rechtskräftig, es bleibt abzuwarten ob es vor OLG und BGH Bestand haben, oder ob Meta still und heimlich bezahlen wird, um ein höchstrichterliches Urteil zu vermeiden.
Apparently this is now an option provided by Eugens mastodon software: enabling http_referrer on outlinks.
Just as an FYI, this setting will only enable the data surveillance corporates to build yet more granular detail on who you are and what your preferences and beliefs are.
If you're an admin on a server that hosts other people, I think it behoves you to make inquiry of those users before enabling such a privacy violating option.
The Q2 2025 (April-June) #Africa #InfoSec & #DataPrivacy news roundup is now available!
30 headlines and links to what's happening on the African continent.
"Africa Information Security News Roundup for April-June 2025"
https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/africa-information-security-news-c02
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@Catweazle
"without the risk with investors imposing their conditions, here is Vivaldi the one which impose conditions with this system, saving its independence."
I think this is because of @jon's experience with his first #browser, #OperaBrowser.
My Q2 2025 (April-May-June) #Africa #InfoSec & #DataPrivacy news roundup is now available!
Read items like, "Africa’s largest #AI driven managed security centre launched in Accra, Ghana." 
"Africa Information Security News Roundup for April-June 2025"
https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/africa-information-security-news-c02
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#DigitalSovereignty #Openfire #DataPrivacy #SecureCommunication
https://www.igniterealtime.org/support/articles/whitepaper_digital_sovereignty.jsp
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@alternativeto
Mainly, this would be translated as:
“Samsung adds even more possibilities to harvest your personal data.”
Why didn't you write this instead? It would have been much easier ;)
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@admin Es ist unglaublich, was sich hier entwickelt. Eine App hat Zugriff auf private iPads von Schülern?
An die Schule: Schafft eure eigene Infrastruktur an, dann ist das legitim, dass diese für den Unterricht gesteuert oder administriert werden können. Jedoch, als erstes empfehle ich, dass die digitale Mündigkeit u. Medienkompetenz bei den Verantwortlichen aufgebaut wird. #datenschutz #DataProtection #dataprivacy
Just unplugged my Google Homes *cough. listening devices*. Thanks, I can use Siri or native app to control my own lights thank you.
ICYMI: AI training exemption saves Meta from DMA data combination penalties https://ppc.land/ai-training-exemption-saves-meta-from-dma-data-combination-penalties/ #AI #Meta #DMAPenalties #DataPrivacy #MachineLearning
ICYMI: AI training exemption saves Meta from DMA data combination penalties: German court rules AI development differs from advertising, allowing Meta to combine platform data for training purposes. https://ppc.land/ai-training-exemption-saves-meta-from-dma-data-combination-penalties/ #AI #Meta #DMAPenalties #DataPrivacy #MachineLearning
PPC Land · AI training exemption saves Meta from DMA data combination penaltiesGerman court rules AI development differs from advertising, allowing Meta to combine platform data for training purposes.
At Sherpa Intelligence, we paid attention to the #InfoSec and #DataPrivacy news over the weekend so you wouldn't have to. You got it made in the shade 
"What'd I Miss? July 4-6, 2025"
https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/whatd-i-miss-july-4-6-2025
Anthropic proposes new transparency framework for frontier AI models: AI safety company calls for public disclosure requirements targeting largest model developers with specific revenue and spending thresholds. https://ppc.land/anthropic-proposes-new-transparency-framework-for-frontier-ai-models/ #AI #Transparency #AIEthics #MachineLearning #DataPrivacy
PPC Land · Anthropic proposes new transparency framework for frontier AI modelsAI safety company calls for public disclosure requirements targeting largest model developers with specific revenue and spending thresholds.
Anthropic proposes new transparency framework for frontier AI models https://ppc.land/anthropic-proposes-new-transparency-framework-for-frontier-ai-models/ #AI #Transparency #AIEthics #MachineLearning #DataPrivacy
Finally got through the process of downloading my old Facebook and couple of Instagram accounts data today. Pretty extensive! Had wait several days on Facebook alone.
Just clicked to confirm deletion of ALL my Meta accounts and couldn't be happier!
I have also mostly finished moving all +200 online accounts using my various gmail and outlook emails over to Proton Mail aliases! Coming for you next Google and Microsoft, so watch out!
It's hard work, but take back your data, privacy, and peace of mind from these big tech companies that profit from your doomscrolling and selling your data!
Thanks to all the folks on here, Reddit, and YouTube that have given insight, especially @techlore. Thank you!
