blacklight447 
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@dump_stack im not saying not using macos is extreme, for example, we also recommend tor browser and qubes os. It would be to extreme to recommend usage of those to a lesser technical person.
You should remember that privacy is not about "hiding all the things", privacy is a about informed choice, if someone makes a informed choice to use macos, whether it is because of work requirements or simple personal preference for the UI, then he is perfectly capable of doing so.
@dump_stack a lot of us use the tools we recommend, its on reason for example why we host matrix searx and write freely for example.
In anycase, everyone has its own threatmodel, not using the most extreme privacy measures is not a proper measure of knowing how good that persons advice is regarding to privacy friendly services and software. Just because someone chose that macos is fine for his threatmodel, doesn't mean he cannot give proper advice for other peoples threatmodels.
We are currently discussing at #privacytoolsio about how we can handle potentional conflicts of interest. Say a team member gets a job at a company which software is listed/wants to be listed, how do you ensure integrity in the best possible way? Interesting problems to think about.
@thinkprivacy @protonvpn took them long enough :p
@Gina be happy you can be there, im stuck here auditing our new firewall setup.....
@Gina sysadmin life
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"...there is no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys." 👏
https://www.businessinsider.com/privacy-advocates-say-fbi-not-apple-undermining-public-safety-2020-1
@aral why not use qubes os so you can update your vms one at a time and never be offline ;)
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There's a new experimental version of Tor Browser out now.
Tor Browser 9.5a4 picks up security fixes for Firefox 68.4.0esr and 68.4.1esr and updates the bundled NoScript extension to its latest version.
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-95a4
@squire@mstdn.io its a neccesary evil, 90% of mozillas income comes from google being the default search engine. Imagene how much harder it would be to maintain firefox at just 10% of their current budget.
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Stem is a Python library for interacting with Tor. With Stem, you can script against your relay, descriptor data, or write applications like Nyx. Version 1.8 is out now: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-stem-18
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Nearly 30 computer security and cryptography experts, including Roger Dingledine, Research Director and Co-Founder of the Tor Project, signed an open letter to the Indian government to reconsider plans that could weaken security and limit the use of strong encryption on internet.
Breaking encryption is not an answer. https://internetsociety.org/blog/2020/01/strong-encryption-is-central-to-good-security-indias-proposed-intermediary-rules-puts-it-at-risk/ #StrongInternet
@dsvdv @popstar@myasstodon.xyz im not understanding your message?
@writefreelyhost your website certificate expired, you may wanna fix that. (Also, you can consider using cert ot to automate the renewal).
@kyle if you tie five socks together, would it be considered a SOCKS5 proxy? :p
@kyle ah, sounds pretty neat. Theres an android app that functions a little bit like this but it uses gps, when you move away from your home or work location, it turns off your wifi so other access points won't see you.
@kyle what should examples should i think off regarding this?
@popstar@myasstodon.xyz pretty ironic how someone who seems to be for equality, is highly racist at the same time.
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