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Welcome to PrivacyWiki, a collaborative resource documenting measures individuals can take to improve their privacy. Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. — Edward Snowden, reddit AMA

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Software

• Android

Services

• VPN

Guides

• Resisting technological domestic abuse
• Blocking Ads

Other

• Passwords

News

• 22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) - Reports emerge that even NSA and CIA block ads due to the malvertising risks to privacy and security. ^[VICE]
• 22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) - Research claims that deanonymising users of Apples recently launched VPN is relatively trivial. ^{[PortSwiggers]}
• 21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) - Google enables a new idle user detection API and Mozilla criticises it for opening yet another avenue for websites and advertises to spy on the said users. ^[HowToGeek]
• 21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) - Lituanian government audit accuses Xiaomi and Huawei of shipping a 'censorship module' and a 'surreptitious data collection' module in it's phones. ^[TheRecord]
• 21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) - UK's Ministry of Defence's data breach puts lives of 250 Aghan interperters in danger. ^{[The Guardian]}
• 20 September 2021 (2021-09-20) - The domain registrar Epik loses control of 15 million user records. ^{[ArsTechnica]}
• 14 September 2021 (2021-09-14) - ExpressVPN, a VPN service mainly known for their omnipresent advertising presence, is bought by an adware company. ^{[The Register]}

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