Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Does anyone know of good single-use virtual credit cards. Specifically for online purchases like flights or hotels where you can limit the card to one time use or a max limit?
Experience a new level of security, convenience and control for business: Virtual Credit Cards. At no additional cost, create 'single-use' virtual credit cards to pay suppliers or give to employees through an RBC Commercial credit card program.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28567151
A few cards that I read about.
RBC virtual card, seems to do what I need. But it's available for business use only.
Robinhood Gold Card, only in the states.
Wise, not sure if exact limits are available.
Context: I recently purchased a hotel stay where a merchant charged my card for the advertised price on their website, the amount was then refunded. Then another merchant charged my card a higher amount (a few hundred) all in a few seconds of the original transaction.
Edit: I found Wise provides limits on their virtual cards. I have yet to test how this works and if the transaction is declined for Insufficient funds, does anyone have experience with this?
Fennec with Google as a standard search engine
I have always used Mullvad Leta as my search engine, but after changing smartphone and download Fennec, I ended up leaving DuckDuckgo that comes standard for now. However, after the last Fennec update (140.0.0), I was surprised to have Google as a standard search engine. What do you think of this? Someone with this same experience?
Official Brave F-Droid repository now available
Our new officially-supported repository allows users of the F-Droid client to install the browser and receive automatic updates without requiring Google Play.
Google’s AI assistant is about to get full access to your calls, texts, and WhatsApp — even if you’ve disabled activity tracking.
I can track my old lease car
So, I still receive telemetry information from my old lease car, a Kia e-Niro, to my app. A huge, HUGE privacy issue.
I made sure to remove my profile from the car before turning it in, and doing a factory reset of the car's software.
I can see everything, AC, whether there are doors open, odometer, and above all, location.
Also tried to see if I can turn off the AC, but any commands throw an error, so disabling my account on the car at least did something 😅
I had it in the Netherlands, it's in Poland, and it looks like it's on its way to Ukraine.
Kia, you need to check your security.
Edit:
Holy shit it gets real bad. I can lock and unlock the car.
Cloudflare will block AI bots from crawling websites by default for new customers, and broker pay-per-crawl deals between its customers and bot operators.
Best YouTube Frontend for iOS
Do you guys have any recommendations for more privacy respecting YouTube frontend for iOS? YouTube Lite Plus has been good so far but I'm not sure how effective that no tracking thing is. I've also seen on Reddit Yattee and BluePlayer. Anything else? I can sideload it if it's not avaliable in the App Store. It would be nice if it also had features like SponsorBlock.
Challenges meeting new people without an Instagram account
I’ve been trying to meet new friends and new people to hang out with so have been going to a lot of social events.
I noticed that everyone seems to ask for my instagram account and when I say I don’t have one that connection kind of dies, and it feels too personal to ask for someone number when I just met them.
I don’t want to create an instagram because of the privacy invasions of meta but I also don’t want to feel left out when trying to make new connections. Anyone have any advice?
Samsung’s ‘Aura’: Israeli Spyware in Your Pocket
A Spanish newspaper highlighted the Syrian regime's joining the Executive Committee of the World Health Organization, despite the multilateral body proving of about 500 bombings by Bashar al-Assad's regime that targeted health care centers between 2016 and 2019.
If you own a Samsung A or M series phone and live in the Middle East or North Africa, you are likely being monitored, with data collected through your device by the South Korean tech giant on behalf of “Israel.”
This follows revelations that Samsung allowed the installation of a covert application developed by an Israeli company, IronSource, which harvests personal data, posing significant risks, especially if you are a potential target of Israeli surveillance.
The latest disclosure comes in the wake of the pager explosion in Lebanon, and now, attention has turned to Samsung phones, used by millions of Arab consumers, which have been found to contain Israeli software that leaks sensitive information.
Samsung entered into an agreement with IronSource, an Israeli firm, to pre-install this hidden app on Samsung phones sold exclusively in the Arab world (the MENA region), without the knowledge of the device owners.
This controversial partnership raises serious concerns about possible e
Life360 Secretly Sells Users’ Geolocation Data to Third Parties, Class Action Claims
This is a bit dated, but the case it not yet resolved. If you search it its still pending and in mediation. Life360 is looking to limit who it sells the info to in order to resolve the case. There is no debate that they were selling the info.
Anyone have experience with Zen Privacy app? (not the browser)
Zen is a simple, free and efficient desktop application that helps you browse the internet and use your apps without annoying ads, trackers, or hidden threats.
I stumbled upon this and it seems like a decent concept but I'm just wondering if anyone has used it or knows more about it.
por qué elegí Tuta como mi servicio de correo electrónico
-precio justo
¿Más información? https://tuta.com/es
Why is the TOR Browser and Orbot app not available on F-Droid?
So I went to F-Droid to download TOR Browser and Orbot app and I found them currently missing from the F-Droid catalog. Did something happen that I'm currently out of the loop?
Is it safe to restrict system apps permission ?
Is it safe to disable all permissions of system apps using shizuku and permission manager x ?
do restricing permission to system apps cause bootloop ? Or any crash in the system that eventually lead to a factory reset to make my device usable again ?
Is there any guides available for this ?
Use X without an account (if you really want to ig)
just saw this 2 hours ago from Sam Bent
Six people were arrested in New York City in protests over the firm’s alleged work building a massive new surveillance apparatus for President Donald Trump
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/32432868
Good free and private DNS?
I know you can get good results with NextDNS, but lately I haven't been a fan of subscriptions and those free trials. I'd like to find something similar, or even better
