We’re living through an unprecedented situation with the pandemic. At Proton, we always strive to step up and help our community. That’s why we are introducing a series of measures to help with the global response to #COVID-19.
A free, permanent storage increase of up to 10 GB. All existing paid users and all new paid subscriptions started before April 30 will be eligible for this increase. You shouldn’t have to worry about running out of space right now.
We’re offering free email and VPN services for a year to organizations who are helping with the coronavirus crisis. If you feel you qualify, reach out to us here: enterprise+covid@protonmail.com.
We’re increasing ProtonVPN capacity by adding dozens of new paid, free, and Secure Core servers to make sure you get reliable service during the global surge of Internet usage.
We are also contributing, in the best way we can, toward a COVID-19 cure by donating computing power in our Zurich datacenter to the Rosetta@home project.
Meta's creativity for developing ways to track you is truly limitless.
Android users, you'll want to hear this:
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Millions of sites contain code that enables companies like Meta to build an advertising profile of users based on their web activity.
Conventionally, this data goes from computer to cloud.
Impersonating an Android device, a researcher discovered something different...
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'Sandboxing' silos apps, stopping them sending data to each other - great for privacy.
However, Android apps requiring internet permissions can also create a local web server on the device, which can then be used to enable communication with other apps, such as browsers.
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"Whatever you chat about with Meta AI, just picture Zuckerberg watching."
More and more people are turning to AI to provide answers, advice, and counselling.
Here are 5 essential things you MUST know about Meta's AI app before using it:
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1⃣ Meta will keep a copy of everything you say by default.
Unsurprisingly, for a company that has been fined more times for privacy violations than you can count, Meta's AI builds a Memory file when you chat with it.
Getting rid of this information is not easy.
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2⃣ The contents of chats can be used to pitch you ads.
Mark Zuckerberg has already floated the idea of using this data to inform advertising, and nothing in the Meta privacy policy prevents this.
Get ready for some even more invasive advertising if you're talking to it.
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🧵 241 official German parliament member email addresses were found on the dark web -- that's 13% out of the 1,874 checked. Leaked via breaches of services like Dropbox, LinkedIn & even adult sites. 1/5
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We found that members of state parliament had more than just their email addresses leaked. There were also birthdates, addresses, passwords (153 in plaintext), and more, all for sale on the dark web. 2/5
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One MP, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, had their gov email included in 24 breaches. One in Rheinland-Pfalz had 14 plaintext passwords exposed - the most of any German politician. 3/5
Today, we're sharing plans for the next 3-6 months — new features & improvements to give you more powerful tools to protect privacy, boost productivity, & take control.
We work for you and only you, so we selected these features based on your feedback & requests. 🧵
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Popular features will be available on more platforms.
Exclude apps & websites from your VPN with Split Tunneling on Mac & Linux.
Get the parental controls & filtering from 3rd-party DNS with Custom DNS on iPhone & Mac.