Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.0 with Debian 12 "Bookworm" released

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 2:36:00
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Dan

VIENNA, Austria – June 22, 2023 – Enterprise software developer Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH (henceforth "Proxmox") today released the stable version 8.0 of its server virtualization management platform Proxmox Virtual Environment. This major release is based on the latest Debian 12 (“Bookworm), an...

Facebook, Fosstodon & The Fediverse

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 2:27:00
0 minutes, 11 seconds
Dan

TL;DR (if you can’t be bothered reading all of the below) - Fosstodon will wait and see what happens, but if Facebook’s new service introduces any issues that could negatively impact our users, we will defederate.

More at https://hub.fosstodon.org/facebook-fosstodon-fedi

No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 2:24:00
1 minute, 3 seconds
Dan

Meta’s new Twitter rival wants to suck Instagram users’ data, including health, location, search history and sensitive information, into the new Threads service. Under EU data privacy rules, it faces higher hurdles than in the US or UK, where it has launched

Meta will not launch its new Twitter ri...

Swedish Data Protection Authority Warns Companies Against Google Analytics Use

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 2:19:00
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Dan

The Swedish data protection watchdog has warned companies against using Google Analytics due to risks posed by U.S. government surveillance, following similar moves by Austria, France, and Italy last year.

The development comes in the aftermath of an audit initiated by the Swedish Authority for Pr...

Two Spyware Apps on Google Play with 1.5 Million Users Sending Data to China

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 2:15:00
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Dan

Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware, putting the privacy and security of up to 1.5 million Android users at risk. These apps engage in deceptive behaviour and secretly send sensitive user data to malicious servers in China.

Pradeo, a leading mobile...