Tag Archives: Privacy

Windows 10/11: Changes due to the European Digital Markets Act

Posted on 2023-11-17 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has to move and is adapting some features/behaviorof Windows 10 and 11 due to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) applicable in Europe. For example, Microsoft Bing web search will be uninstallable – and it will also be possible to … Continue reading →

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New Outlook app: Microsoft's statement on transferred credentials and content

Posted on 2023-11-16 by guenni

[German]After it became public knowing, that the new Outlook app transmits access data for mail accounts (credentials and content) to Microsoft,  Redmond has now explained the issue to German news site heise and made some statements. Tenor: If you use … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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European Union: Which lobby organizations are behind the plans for chat control?

Posted on 2023-09-27 by guenni

[German]The European Union (EU) is planning to surveillance of chats of EU citizens without any reason. There is widespread opposition from civil liberties movements and warning from experts. Though deliberations on chat control were recently removed from the agenda of … Continue reading →

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New cars as a privacy night mare; Mozilla investigates situation in the U.S.

Posted on 2023-09-18 by guenni

[German]New cars, purchased in the US, are a privacy nightmare. Vendors reserves with the privacy consent the permission to collect any data on the cars. It is not enough to use cameras, sensors or telematics systems, as well as the … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome shows updated privacy policy for ads, what does it mean

Posted on 2023-09-06 by guenni

[German]As of September 5, 2023, Google has updated the Chrome browser for its platforms (desktop, Android, iOS) (see Google Chrome 116.0.5845.179/.180 security update). In addition to security fixes and stability improvements, users will suddenly see a pop up with privacy … Continue reading →

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U.S. declare they complies with obligations under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Posted on 2023-07-06 by guenni

[German]According to an announcement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, the U.S. has now implemented its obligations under the EU-U.S. data transfer agreement "Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework" (DPF) and is now in compliance with the relevant conditions. I expect … Continue reading →

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Edge Privacy: "Super Resolution" sends image url to Microsoft

Posted on 2023-06-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's developers have implemented a feature called "Super Resolution" in the Edge browser, which is supposed to improve the quality of the images displayed in the browser. The horse's foot, which in my eyes is a GAU in terms of … Continue reading →

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Microsoft receives the German Big Brother Award 2023 for its "life's work"

Posted on 2023-04-29 by guenni

[German]Microsoft received the German Big Brother Award 2023 for its "life's work" yesterday, April 28, 2023, because it uses its market power to force people, companies and public authorities to constantly transmit data during their digital activities, thereby making themselves … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Edge feature "Follow creators" sends nerly all visited website URLs to Bing API

Posted on 2023-04-27 by guenni

[German]There are reports, that the Microsoft Edge browser is  transmit the URLs of all websites visited by the user to the API of Microsoft's search engine Bing. The "Follow creators" feature, which is now being rolled out more broadly for … Continue reading →

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European Data Protection Day 2023

Posted on 2023-01-28 by guenni

[German]Today, January 28, 2023, is European Data Protection Day. It's a day of action for data protection launched on the initiative of the Council of Europe. It has been celebrated annually around January 28 since 2007. This date was chosen … Continue reading →

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