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Jul 28

A popular dating safety app has recently spilled more than just the tea ☕

User data from Tea, a platform which claims to have upwards of 1.6 million users, has ended up on 4chan.

The app exists to share information between women about possible matches on dating platforms.

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According to the attackers, data used to verify users, such as driver’s licenses and selfies, was publicly accessible without authentication.

Tea confirmed that 72k images had been exposed, including 13k selfies and photo identification submissions.

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The breach also included 59,000 images from posts, comments, and DMs.

The online dating industry is a privacy nightmare; fortunately, there are ways to limit your exposure when using these apps.

When signing up for any service like this, you have to be mindful...

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@ProtonPrivacy

Jul 22

Proton has completed a SOC 2 Type II attestation.

It adds to our ISO 27001 certification and compliance with GDPR and the Swiss DPA.

What does that mean, and why should you care?

Let’s break it down 👇

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SOC 2 Type II is one of the most widely recognized standards for operational security.

It doesn’t just look at your policies, it audits how well you actually follow them over time.

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For Proton, this wasn’t a shift; it was a validation.
We already had strong controls in place. The audit confirmed it.

Zero-access architecture

Open-source apps

Strict access and incident management

Real-world enforcement

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@ProtonPrivacy

Jun 27

What are data brokers, and why should you care?

They collect your information from apps, websites, credit reports, and public records, selling it to whoever is willing to pay.

All without your knowledge.

Let's learn about a $270 billion industry...

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Data brokers collect, process, and sell or share personal information about people.

They gather data from:

📁 public records
🌐 online activity
🛍️ retail and loyalty programs
📱 mobile apps and location data
💳 credit reporting
🏦 financial institutions

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If a behavior or preference can be quantified, a data broker is likely monitoring that data and selling it.

However, the most commonly collected data includes:

📛 names
📍 locations
🏪 shopping habits
👫 friends
🗳️ political leanings
🍎 health data

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@ProtonPrivacy

Jun 20

Looking to boost the security of your Android device?

Android 16 has a new feature that may be just what you need.

Advanced Protection offers enhanced security by enabling features that are not enabled by default.

Let's dig in... 🧵👇

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Here's a roundup of what is turned on with Advanced Protection:

🔛 Theft detection
🔒 Forced HTTPS for Chrome
🛑 Scam and spam protection in Google Messages

These reduce the chances of interacting with insecure websites and unknown individuals.

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It also disables 2G, which, if enabled, could expose you to cell site simulators.

All of this is already available, but Advanced Protection makes it something you can turn on with a single toggle.

AP also stops you from disabling Protect and Android Safe Browsing.

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@ProtonPrivacy

Jun 11

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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@ProtonPrivacy

May 7

"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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