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Global Policy Challenges 🌐 Nations debate #ethicalstandards, #privacy concerns, and the #societalimpact of #AI, seeking a balance between #innovation and #regulation.

Regulation and Responsibility ⚖️ Lawmakers craft policies to ensure AI is #transparent, #fair, #accountable, while preventing #misuse or #harm through AI.

Competition and Collaboration 🤝 #Countries and #techgiants compete for #AIleadership, but also recognise the need for global cooperation.

👉 AIPolitics.EU
👉 @ai #news

AI Humanoid Robot
eicker.net · AI Politics: Frameworks or Rules for Artificial IntelligenceAI Politics explores how governments, organisations, societies create frameworks or rules for development, deployment, use of artificial intelligence.

Bewegungsprofile und Handel damit, auch bei Apple

Im Januar habe ich schon über die üble Firma Gravy Analytics geschrieben. Ein Bericht über denselben Vorfall hatte einen IT-Fachmann neugierig gemacht. Das kommt bei IT-Fachleuten manchmal vor. Also beschloss er, sich mal mit Werbung innerhalb von Apps selber zu verfolgen, um den Mechanismen zwischen Verfolgung und zielgerichteter Werbung auf die Schliche zu kommen.

pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2

www.pc-fluesterer.infoBewegungsprofile und Handel damit, auch bei Apple | pc-flüsterer bremen

This article is The Register [1] reported that Meta's apps (specifically Facebook and Instagram) on Android devices were secretly opening network ports on users' phones as part of a "localhost tracking" technique to covertly link web browsing activity to user identities, bypassing standard privacy protections like incognito mode, VPNs, and cookie clearing. This practice was uncovered by security researchers in early June 2025 and had been ongoing since at least September 2024.

Whatever needed to enhance data collection for advertising purposes will be done. Privacy violations of users may not get a priority when it comes to profit driven digital surveillance. I don't think it has impacted the user base of Meta products. In India switching costs are high since WhatsApp is essential for daily life [2].

Till researchers find another violations again, it will be business as usual.

1. theregister.com/2025/06/03/met
2. vox.com/recode/2022/8/24/23320

The Register · Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foulBy Thomas Claburn

Do not DL the app, use the #website

Beyond the Hype: The Real Reasons Companies Want You on Their App

The answer, in short, is data. A lot of it. And access. A whole lot more of that too

What can a website on your #browser really get from you? Unless you manually upload your contact info, or there's a serious #security #vulnerability , a website's access to your phone's deeper functions is quite limited

Apps, on the other hand, are a different beast entirely
#privacy

idiallo.com/blog/dont-download

Ibrahim Diallo BlogDo not download the app, use the websiteThe 2010s was the Wild West of the mobile world. "Mobile-first" was the buzzword, much like "AI-first" is today. Every company, from the biggest social media giants to your local pizza parlor, seemed

After #BlackSuit is taken down, new #ransomware group #Chaos emerges

Hot on the heels of a major ransomware group being taken down through an international law enforcement operation comes a new development that highlights the whack-a-mole nature of such actions: A new group, likely comprised of some of the same members, has already taken its place.
#security #privacy

arstechnica.com/security/2025/

A ransom note is plastered across a laptop monitor.
Ars Technica · After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emergesBy Dan Goodin

GmsCompatConfig version 160 released:

github.com/GrapheneOS/platform

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release and a link to the full changelog.

Forum discussion thread:

discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24386

GmsCompatConfig is the text-based configuration for the GrapheneOS sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer. It provides a large portion of the compatibility shims.

Changes in version 160:

disable feature flags for Play services Android Advanced Protection since sandboxed Play services can't control OS security features and we have stronger security features ...
GitHubRelease config-160 · GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_GmsCompatChanges in version 160: disable feature flags for Play services Android Advanced Protection since sandboxed Play services can't control OS security features and we have stronger security features ...

Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. #Surveillance

The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald #Trump administration, and possibly to foreign #spy agencies.

Bill C-2, the so-called #StrongBordersAct, is a sprawling #surveillance bill with multiple privacy-invasive provisions. But the thrust is clear: it’s a roadmap to aligning Canadian surveillance with U.S. demands.
#privacy #Canada #c2

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/cana

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. SurveillanceThe Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borders Act, is a sprawling surveillance bill with multiple privacy-invasive provisions. But the thrust...

So i need to make my own flatpak repo, fdroid repo and chromium update extension on an EU server.

The most difficult will be to automate the thing, and convince the people to make themselves a mirror of their app in EU server (if not i will do it myself).

Majority of my app come from EU repo of my distro.

May or may not make a server that build them myself later (but still will try to have them have an official mirror in EU for source).