Microsoft is rolling out its controversial Recall feature to Windows users with Copilot+ PCs. However, there are still many privacy and security concerns that remain, even after its reworking.

https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/05/22/recall-is-back/

#Recall #Privacy #Security #MicrosoftRecall #WindowsRecall #Microsoft #Windows #PrivacyGuides #Video

With the popularity of generative AI, it's becoming more and more difficult to distinguish reality from fiction. Can this problem be solved using cryptography? What are the privacy implications of the currently proposed systems?

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/19/digital-provenance/

#AI #ContentCredentials #Privacy #Adobe #DigitalProvenance #Provenance #PrivacyGuides #Article #Opinion

If you have been looking for a password manager giving you full control over your data, KeePassium for iOS and macOS is a fantastic option.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/13/keepassium-review/

#KeePassium #KeePass #PasswordManager #KeePassXC #Privacy #Security #Password #iOS #macOS #PrivacyGuides #Article

Last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced his ambitious plan for the World project, formerly known as Worldcoin.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/10/sam-altman-wants-your-eyeball/

#Worldcoin #WorldProject #SamAltman #OpenAI #Privacy #Biometrics #Cryptocurrency #AI #PrivacyGuides #Article

@silverpill https://discuss.privacyguides.net/ap/about tentatively thinking we are having better luck with this plugin

@torproject thanks for sharing

@c_th1 thanks for letting us know! We only added subtitle languages that our website is translated to, and nobody contributed in German yet, but we'll add German to our list of subtitle translations for future videos (we do Machine Translations for subtitles)

When Code Became a Weapon

It's easy to take strong encryption for granted, but that hasn't always been the case. This week we're diving into the "Crypto Wars," covering historical attempts by the US government to restrict strong encryption being exported internationally.

https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/05/08/when-code-became-a-weapon/

Let us know what you think of this style of video! We're trying something different, and this is the first in a planned series lined up

#Privacy #PGP #Encryption #NSA #OpenPGP #CryptoWars #PrivacyGuides #Video

Age verification laws and propositions forcing platforms to restrict content accessed by children and teens have been multiplying in recent years. The problem is, implementing such measures necessarily requires identifying each user accessing this content, one way or another. This is bad news for your privacy.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/

#AgeVerification #Privacy #FacialRecognition #PrivacyGuides #Article

Following the publication of this article, the Tor Project emailed us the following statement.

[1]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/wiki/-/wikis/
[2]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42572

PSA: The Tor Browser Security Level slider cannot be relied upon without a full browser restart (per an anonymous community report and confirmed by Privacy Guides staff) - Make sure you are aware of this if you rely on this feature for your safety.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/02/tor-security-slider-flaw/

#TorBrowser #Security #MullvadBrowser #Privacy #PrivacyGuides #Article

@silverpill we tried it recently, but it was not working properly, so we may wait until it is no longer 'experimental'

Discussing privacy and cybersecurity on Reddit and Twitter? That doesn't make too much sense to us.

Privacy Guides is doing something different! Join our forum to discuss the news, chat about tech, and get advice from the internet's largest community of personal privacy advocates and experts.

https://discuss.privacyguides.net

#PrivacyGuides #Forum #Discourse #Community #SelfHosted #SelfHostedCommunity #PrivacyCommunity

@Mik3y indeed, openSUSE is probably the best option if this is important to you (and I did note that in the article actually), but this is probably something I’d be less concerned about for all the reasons @niels shared.

We have a pretty good sense of what’d happen if RedHat mismanaged Fedora, because a few years ago when people took issue with RedHat’s CentOS changes, the community stepped in with Rocky & Alma Linux, and people formerly on CentOS had a pretty easy pathway out. Very likely something similar would happen with Fedora if things really went badly for whatever reason.

There is a growing sentiment that the US shouldn't be relied upon for the technologies that many people and businesses use every day.

While we prefer to focus on technical guarantees like strong end-to-end encryption over matters like jurisdiction, these issues still matter, and the United States certainly does not have a monopoly on the best technologies.

We've compiled a list of some of our favorite and highly recommended European privacy tools, to highlight how easy it can be to take your data back from American Big Tech companies: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/

#EUTech #EuropeanTech #Privacy #USElection2024 #EUCloud #EuropeanAlternatives #PrivacyGuides #Article