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Wait, what?… you don’t mean that your all-important secret for your Small Web site is going to be… A STRING OF EMOJI?!*

(Why yes, yes it is…) :awesome:

* Or, if you want to take all the fun out of it, a base256 encoding of your ed25519 private key that is purposefully impractical to write down somewhere or type in so you’ll be forced to practice good security hygiene and store it in your password manager.

#design #security #privacy #cryptography #kitten #SmallWeb #SmallTech
Screenshot of Kitten running an app at ~/sandbox/kitten-auth-test-1 (git main branch, 62 changes). Alongside the normal output there is a highlighted box labelled IMPORTANT! that reads: “This line of emoji is your secret <line of emoji follows> It will not be shown again. Please save your secret in your password manager.”
#security #SmallWeb #privacy #design #SmallTech #cryptography #kitten

And its happening in Germany too after France banned it last week! #Microsoft355 has finally been banned from schools!

#FLOSS #Privacy

https://bestofprivacy.com/eu/germany-forces-a-microsoft-365-ban-due-to-privacy-concerns/

Germany Forces a Microsoft 365 Ban Due to Privacy Concerns

The central German state of Hesse’s local Data Protection Authority (DPA) has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools, citing concerns over privacy violations.
Vuk Mujovic (Best of Privacy)
#floss #privacy #microsoft355

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck meeeeeee.
#Privacy #Facebook

Jay Holler

2022-11-23 23:02:28


Tax prep services send sensitive financial info to Facebook https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/22/free-file-now/

"If you were unfortunate enough to e-file your US tax using HR Block, Taxact or Taxslayer, your most sensitive financial information was nonconsensually shared with Facebook, where it was added to the involuntary dossier the company maintains billions of people, including people who don't have Facebook accounts.”

#facebook #privacy

Content warning: We heard you left Twitter for an open-source alternative?

#alternatives #privacy #collaboration

Another instance, another #introduction - here's hoping that I'll settle here for good!

I'm matchboxbananasynergy, AKA Banana, That Banana Guy, Bananaman... you get the point.

My main interests are #privacy and #security - with an extra focus on #android

I've previously contributed to privacy and security resources, and I am currently doing community moderation for various privacy and security related open-source projects.

Feel free to say hi! 👋​
#security #privacy #introduction #Android


tallship (@tallship@fosstodon.org)

@Anfeald @soapbox@gleasonator.com You're very welcome, and #Pleroma itself is kind of a hot mess now, largely in disarray, maybe even somewhat stalled after the very professionally minded #Soapbox developer left that project, forking it when he did…
Fosstodon
#friendica #fediverse #activitypub #foss #privacy #soapbox #mitra #tallship #jointhefedi #twatter @Alex Gleason @anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 @Miss Pasture

Admittedly, I don't use a VPN, but I also actively avoid using these services. Most digital convenience is wrapped in #surveillance these days.

Greg Slepak 🐢

2022-10-12 18:44:14


"We confirm that iOS 16 does communicate with Apple services outside an active VPN tunnel. Worse, it leaks DNS requests. #Apple services that escape the VPN connection include Health, Maps, Wallet. We used @ProtonVPN and #Wireshark. Details in the video:

#CyberSecurity #Privacy"

Via: https://twitter.com/mysk_co/status/1579997801047822336
#apple #privacy #cybersecurity #surveillance #wireshark

For the past weeks I've been reading through *all* the feedback to the EU on #chatcontrol (yes, *all* 414 comments).

Unsurprisingly, most of the feedback is opposed to the regulation (~87%, see image).

Some opponents pointed out issues I hadn't even considered, some suggested useful alternatives to this #MassSurveillance regulation.

If you want to know more, I've written a in-depth blog post about this here: https://maxim.tips/against-chatcontrol/

#Chatkontrolle #privacy #VDS
Sankey Diagram showing how many comments are in favor or against the proposal

Everyone against chatcontrol - Maxim's Blog

maxim.tips
#privacy #chatcontrol #Chatkontrolle #masssurveillance #vds

Once again…

Google delays removal of third-party cookies in Chrome through 2024


https://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-delays-removal-of-third-party-cookies-in-chrome-through-2024/

#privacy #google #chrome #tracking

Google delays removal of third-party cookies in Chrome through 2024

The search giant explained that it pushed back its timeline once again because it needs more time for testing to ensure users’ online privacy is protected.
Esther Shein (TechRepublic)
#privacy #Chrome #tracking #google

Coronavirus: Call for single EU tracking app with data protection

EU data watchdog calls for a single, privacy-centred virus app, instead of dozens of national ones.
BBC News
#freedom #COVID-19 #privacy #technology #coronavirus #tech #surveillance #pandemic #BraveNewWorld

There is a nice infographic in this article explaining how the global COVID-19 tracking app could work but they missed a few things. Here is revised and improved variant 😀

Garry Knight

2020-04-06 17:02:08


Coronavirus: Call for single EU tracking app with data protection | BBC News


Europe's data protection watchdog has called for a single coronavirus app to be used across the EU, instead of every country making its own.
Several countries are developing tracking apps, but privacy advocates warn of the dangers they might pose.
The European Data Protection Supervisor says a single EU app with strong data protection built in is the best solution to the coronavirus pandemic.


#technology #tech #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus

#privacy #freedom #surveillance #pandemic

#freedom #COVID-19 #privacy #technology #coronavirus #tech #surveillance #pandemic

Just to confirm: Yes, the /removeme was very fast and complete! As well, all my posts, messages, etc. were deleted. Fortunately, I only have a few weeks working with Friendica, thus I did not lose too much information.
This gives me trust in the #protection of data and #privacy on #friendica!
@Hypolite Petovan my question was about the phpmailer you maintain; I sorted it out. Sorry, if I lost any more messages/ contact requests etc.
My new (admin) user on México Pensante is robert_winkler@mexico-pensante.blog; I could not use my old nickname.
Just a reminder on Linux Superuser wisdom: "Think before you type!"
#friendica #privacy #protection @Hypolite Petovan

I don't know if #Apple is better option for #privacy, but at least it is a good #ad.

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=NOXK4EVFmJY

Privacy on iPhone | Data Auction | Apple

iPhone has privacy features like App Tracking Transparency and Mail Privacy Protection that help you control who sees your data and who doesn’t. Learn more at https://apple.co/_privacy Song: “Fantasy” by Esquivel https://apple.
Invidious
#apple #privacy #ad

Here is the first leak I've seen from the Commission's upcoming "we-will-break-into-everyone's-private-chats" law. #CSAM #digitalrights #e2ee #privacy

This looks like a shameful general #surveillance law entirely unfitting for any free democracy.

(via Moritz Körner@Twitter)
#privacy #digitalrights #surveillance #e2ee #CSAM

Vielleicht hat jemand Lust, demnächst bei uns im Topio-Marktstand, live & real eine Einführung ins #Fediverse zu geben? für die berliner #neuhier bubble? :omgdotlol:

#mastodon #privacy #floss #berlin #moabit
#fediverse #floss #mastodon #neuhier #privacy #Berlin #moabit

How people use the tools you make is none of your goddamn business. If they want to tell you, they’ll tell you. If not, keep your fucking nose out of it.

#design #privacy
#privacy #design

RT @BramvandenHeuv5@twitter.com

Sure, Signal respects #privacy - but it lacks #interoperability, #datasovereignty and it isn't ACTUALLY #opensource.
https://digital-justice.com/articles/skip-signal.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BramvandenHeuv5/status/1452994205954056204

Skip Signal and move to Matrix before it's too late

Signal is to privacy what duct tape is to a broken item - it solves your issues and concerns, but you shouldn't expect it to last. Instead, consider Matrix.
digital-justice.com
#privacy #opensource #interoperability #datasovereignty

Garry Knight

2021-10-14 13:33:49


Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online | Hacking | The Guardian

Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real world caught up with his online activities
A longish, but interesting read.

#technology #tech #security #privacy #hacking #malware

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/14/leave-no-trace-how-a-teenage-hacker-lost-himself-online?CMP=fb_a-technology_b-gdntech
#security #privacy #technology #tech #malware #hacking

If you use #GMail, #Google keeps records of everything you buy, even if you delete the email receipt, and even if you didn't buy the product from them. Here's metadata from my takeout showing price, delivery address, description, vendor, etc. #privacy
#privacy #google #gmail

We're in 2021, we hear #privacy leaks daily and you would like to protect yourself but you are not technical?
First two very simple steps:
- Install Firefox on both your desktop and your smartphone, stop using Google Chrome. Bonus point if you add the uBlock origin addon.
- Install Signal to talk with your friends. You can continue to use whatsapp in the same time, that is fine. But start using Signal anyway, so when enough people will have done the same, you will be able to ditch whatsapp.
#privacy

RT @ilumium@twitter.com

@Andreas_Schwab@twitter.com @1Br0wn@twitter.com @FantaAlexx@twitter.com @EP_SingleMarket@twitter.com When you control whole markets & 2+ billion users, being a digital silo is not an option. Way too dangerous for us and our democracies.

(Also: #interoperability does not break #security or #privacy. Ask @ara4n@twitter.com & the folks at @matrixdotorg@twitter.com. They know a thing or two about this.)

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ilumium/status/1401922257564450827
#security #privacy #interoperability

Vous y croyez à ça?
Pas la directive pro rgpd, à mon avis #gafam #google #rgpd #privacy
#privacy #google #gafam #rgpd

Fla

2021-04-23 15:00:43


So, I'm checking the #FacebookLeak, some people in there doesn't even have a FB account. But it turns out they have a WhatsApp one. In the leaked data WhatsApp users' ID seem to start with 1000. It also includes gender, which is not something one declares when registering on WhatsApp.
Remember that the leak is supposed to be from 2019. That tell us that, 2 years ago, #Facebook was already linking whatsapp data inside Facebook, even when you don't have a FB account, and pushing data from facebook to your #WhatsApp data, like the gender. Two ways binding.

#privacy
#facebook #privacy #Whatsapp #FacebookLeak

If you're in the EU and #Facebook leaked your data, you're eligible to join Digital Rights Ireland in suing the fuckers. DRI have a phone-number checker for you to see if you were affected:
https://www.digitalrights.ie/facebook/
#privacy #security #infosec
#security #facebook #privacy #infosec

To all them parents posting #newborn baby pictures all over social media! I hope your child does not grow up to be like me cuz then you are going to find yourself having to explain why you did such thing!
Every human being must have to make their own choices as far as their #privacy goes so that when they grow up they don't have to fix some bragging moments shared from some dumb parents!

#babyprivacy #choice #socialmedia #photo #tracking
#socialmedia #photo #privacy #tracking #choice #babyprivacy #newborn

An interesting reading about #Google and #privacy:
#privacy #google

Could not agree more, @Hypolite Petovan This is the default fallback on why we should give up our #privacy protections. Funny they don't want the same logic applied to other things like, gun control, regulation of the financial sector, etc. . .
#privacy @Hypolite Petovan

I never liked #Telegram in first place.

Shady homebrew crypto that once got broken, crowning themselves as "savior of #privacy" when nobody can verify the whole stack, and now this: #ads in chats.

https://telegram.dog/durov/142

Use #XMPP with proper #e2ee (like #OMEMO) or nothing at all. You can't have a realistic expectation of privacy otherwise.

Link by @thenewoil ne
#xmpp #privacy #telegram #omemo #e2ee #ads @The New Oil

This pretty mild take in my opinion is the reason why I moved from a free Gmail address to a paid @Fastmail plan. I don't know if they are selling me out like Google has been reported to do, but at least they have less of an economic incentive to do it. #privacy

Patricia Aas, MSc.

2021-03-12 14:42:50


Hot take: if we want privacy we need to normalize paying for software.
#privacy @Fastmail

Pluming for freedom
#fediverse #censorship #Software #freedom #privacy #tech #rust #Layla_Khaled #Plume

”TikTok is introducing Americans to a question that Europeans have struggled with for 20 years: a lot of your citizens might use an Internet platform created somewhere that doesn’t know or care about your laws or cultural attitudes and won’t turn up to a committee hearing.”

#privacy #TikTok #tech
#TikTok #privacy #tech

Garry Knight

2021-02-17 16:47:52


'Spy pixels in emails have become endemic' | BBC News

The use of "invisible" tracking tech in emails is now "endemic", according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC's request.
#technology #tech #security #privacy
#security #privacy #technology #tech

Is an open secure instant messaging protocol not what is needed to allow any messaging app to communicate with any other, and to break the monopoly of Big Tech?
#privacy #technology #bigtech #instantmessengers #interoprability

RT @ilumium@twitter.com

Wow I did not know how many (German) universities are already using @matrixdotorg@twitter.com for their probably hundreds of thousands of students and staff.

#federation #interoperability #privacy
https://doc.matrix.tu-dresden.de/en/why/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ilumium/status/1354073767450963968
#federation #privacy #interoperability

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