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Another day, another proprietary library system with horrendous data privacy breaches. OverDrive and Libby are used by thousands of public libraries and have been found to be sharing data on which books users checked out with advertisers. infosec.exchange/@longobord/112243098104196246On Internet Archive
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App Microscope did a full assessment of Libby, the iOS and Android app linked to OverDrive, and found it to be Very High Risk for user privacy. appmicroscope.org/app/672/Permalink On Internet Archive
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As I've argued ad nauseum at this point, libraries and universities cannot keep selling out their users by using third-party proprietary software systems that they haven't even assessed for privacy and security. It is fundamentally unethical. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2024/03/19/the-british-library-hack-is-a-warning-for-all-academic-libraries/Permalink On Internet Archive
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Not to mention how many libraries continue to use Ex Libris' third-party proprietary software without any consideration of the BDS implications of giving hundreds of thousands in license fees to the Israel-based company while Israel is carrying out a genocide.Permalink On Internet Archive
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I'll refer any libraries who do actually have control over their own systems to my blog post about the simple technical things that what we do on @Copim_community to protect the privacy of people using the websites we host on our server. copim.pubpub.org/pub/protecting-user-privacy/Permalink On Internet Archive
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While we're on the subject... @waharnum/1778440838789660809Permalink On Internet Archive