June 5, 2025
Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android localmess.github.io
We disclose a novel tracking method by Meta and Yandex potentially affecting billions of Android users. We found that native Android apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and several Yandex apps including Maps and Browser—silently listen on fixed local ports for tracking purposes.
This is why I hate native apps, they can do what they want.
June 3, 2025
Daten-Gier der AI-Techkonzerne: Wir sitzen in der Whatsapp-Falle | Tages-Anzeiger www.tagesanzeiger.ch
Seit Mittwoch zapft Meta User-Chats ab fürs Training von KI. Die Politik muss für die Sicherheit der Daten von Schweizerinnen und Schweizern endlich entschlossen einstehen.
Es ist ein harter Kampf! Gewohnheiten zu ändern, ist sehr schwierig.
June 1, 2025
Yeah, it is on YouTube or LinkedIn and has cookies - Bert Hubert's writings berthub.eu
If you start your new open source / open tech thing, start it right. There’s no need to launch your site full of trackers. You can find a decent place to host your mailing list. There are fine alternatives to Google Forms. You don’t need to put stuff on a VM from Azure, there are better places available that are cheaper too.
Yes! That's absolutely what I did with Nomindo. It's hosted on Hetzner Cloud and uses Pirsch for web analytics and Keila for newsletter sending, which both are absolutely privacy respecting. I try hard not to use any third-party tooling which is not absolutely required.
May 19, 2025
Outlook stores email in Microsoft Cloud - what you need to know - Runbox Blog blog.runbox.com
The new Outlook acts more like a middleman, and the app is now more like a web-based client than a traditional desktop program. It no longer logs directly in to the Runbox servers, but rather uses a web connection (HTTPS) via Exchange Web Services (EWS) or Outlook Web Access (OWA). This means that Microsoft’s own cloud service logs in to your email account, stores a copy of your emails, and then delivers that data to your Outlook app.
Whoever still uses Outlook and all these cloud-connected privacy invading software is at more risk than ever. Use open source wherever possible! There are so many great alternatives out there.