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Re: AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach

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Post by hellojesus » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 5:16 PM UTC

saurik wrote: post #705

hellojesus wrote: post #672

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> I don't care if the government can get access to my WhatsApp messages when some of the most irresponsible companies, collect and use everything to their advantage. This is all voluntary. You give those companies your data. You don't have to. I use grapheneos and do not use any of those socials, for example.

The problem comes as people start shoving more and more DRM around, whether it be Google Play Protect, the new Android WebView Media Integrity API, or an eventual reboot of the Web Environment Integrity proposal.

I understand, but I also won't participate in those and will actively work to undermine them.

Re: AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach

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Post by willfiveash » Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 5:53 PM UTC

In the email I got from AT&T regarding this data breach was: "Protecting customer data is a top priority. We have confirmed the affected system has been secured. We hold ourselves to high privacy standards and are always looking for ways to improve our security practices."

Well, now I feel better. 8^)

Re: AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach

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Post by niutech » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 10:22 AM UTC

twelve40 wrote: post #868

niutech wrote: post #863

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Welcome to the US - claimed "praiser" of freedom, but with no respect for privacy. Even the EU is better at maintaining privacy than the US.

the EU is much more aggressive at banning and censoring websites though. I can't recall the last time I ran into a website in the US that's blocked at the provider level (private moderation like e.g. Youtube is a different story). Maybe Tiktok is the most famous, but it's still around and available afaik. But in the EU, ran into "the government has decided this information is bad for you" all the time, with a nice no…

It depends on the country, the EU doesn't have the same laws for Internet censorship. Still in most EU countries it is better than in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_and_survei...

Re: AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach

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Post by t0bia_s » Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 9:51 PM UTC

chopin wrote: post #824

t0bia_s wrote: post #687

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You are forced to give your personal data to government. You don't have to give your data to any company. That's huge difference.

Only if you cut all ties with civil society and live solitary.

Only dead fishes flow with the stram.