Amdac 
@amdac@social.privacytools.io
- Matrix:
- @amdac:matrix.org
- Site:
- https://www.amdac.net
I'm a privacy advocate from Canada. Interests include bsd/linux, networking, free and open source software, privacy, security, and cryptocurrency. I avoid proprietary software and services and I aim for software minimalism and simplicity when possible.
Joined Apr 2019
@derek Why an external SDD + nextcloud instead of a NAS which handles both file backups and sharing of files between devices?
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Good news for Canada! Canada proposes new privacy bill that allows Canadians to force companies to destroy all data they’ve collected about them. Sounds a bit like the GDPR has traveled across the Atlantic. 😀👇
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/privacy-bill-bains-fines-1.5804779
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat Where do you see it lacking in privacy and security?
@Wetrix $150 or $200 US depending on the model.
Finally got around to ordering a pinephone. Now I'll finally have access to full disk encryption that my current Ubuntu Touch (OnePlus One) is lacking.
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“When we choose to store our data online, we're often ceding our claim to it. Companies can decide what type of data they will hold for us, and can willfully delete any data they object to. Unless we've kept a separate copy on our own machines or drives, this data will be lost to us forever. If any of our data is found to be particulalry objectionable or otherwise in violation of the terms of service, the companies can unilaterally delete our accounts, deny us our own data, and yet retain a copy for their own records, which they can then turn over to the authorities without our knowledge or consent.
Ultimately, the privacy of our data depends on the ownership of our data.
There is no property less protected, and yet no property more private.”
– Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
@dasgeek "tuir" (Terminal UI for Reddit) is a great option for reddit. No web tracking and no ads.
@BrodieOnLinux Systemd is extremely bloated, buggy, is a security nightmare, violates the unix philosophy, removes user freedom and choice, and is designed to emulate windows. Watching corporate interests destroy linux is the main reason I moved to OpenBSD.
If you aren't familiar with systemd-homed, that's an example of how ridiculous it's getting and what Redhat is doing to completely hijack and rewrite all aspects of linux. The takeover is getting progressively worse and nobody is noticing.
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Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s board of directors
#Amazon #surveillancecapitalism
https://web.archive.org/web/20200909221712/https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/9/21429635/amazon-keith-alexander-board-of-directors-nsa-cyber-command
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Edward Snowden (@snowden)
Seven years ago, as the news declared I was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth, I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA's activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them.
And yet that day has arrived.
https://nitter.net/Snowden/status/1301251393832050688
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Holy crap, google is apparently taking down all/most fediverse apps from google play on the grounds that that some servers in the fediverse engage in hate speech. At least three apps I know of anyway and I'd imagine the others will follow soon under the exact same reasoning.} Seems to be the case with Husky, Fedilab, and "subway" tooter.
this is a scary precedent if google play is going to ban any apps that can in any way be used to access content with hate speech. So what about a forum client, do they take that down just because there is a forum somewhere on the internet posting hate speech?
This is particularly worrisome because for most people Google Play is the only way they understand to install apps at all.
Picture attached of one of the notices received by fedilab.
https://toot.fedilab.app/@fedilab/104761140268193772
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/104763960269049818
@fedilab @tateisu #fediverse #mastoadmin #freespeech #censorship
@distrotube@mastodon.technology Ok, you've convinced me to join the FSF in addition to the EFF.
Finished my move. My web, mail, and xmpp servers should be back online.
@amolith Switched a year ago myself. Usenet is amazing. Pair it with Sonarr and it's life changing.
My site is temporarily offline. The web server is currently in my car being driven across several provinces to my new home.
@luke Yes, OpenBSD! I've been waiting to hear you say those words. :D
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In a democracy, the state can’t take over private organizations and replace their boards with political appointees. That's what the administration wants to do to the Open Technology Fund. EFF and partners told a court today: that's illegal, don't let it. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-court-trump-appointees-removal-open-technology-fund-leadership-unlawfu
@distrotube@mastodon.technology Best video yet. You're officially my hero.
@distrotube@mastodon.technology OpenBSD is where it's at. :D
- Matrix:
- @amdac:matrix.org
- Site:
- https://www.amdac.net
I'm a privacy advocate from Canada. Interests include bsd/linux, networking, free and open source software, privacy, security, and cryptocurrency. I avoid proprietary software and services and I aim for software minimalism and simplicity when possible.
Joined Apr 2019
