DeceptiveCornbread @deceptivecornbread@social.privacytools.io
What would be on your Black Friday shopping list if you were the least privacy-respecting shopper? In other words, what spyware would you gift your loved ones?
"If you wanted to secure the phone numbers youâd just put them in a database table called '2FA numbers donât sell to marketers,'" says Matthew Green, a cryptographer at Johns Hopkins University.
:D
@jj I've read about this government use of root certs, which makes me question if I should be allowing any root certificates on my machine. I installed one for office wifi -- what's the chances that is able to log browsing activity, read encrypted messages etc. I'm using a VPN, but unsure whether that's providing protection...thoughts anyone?
Great article from Schneier quoting Maciej CegĹowski's essay on "ambient privacy"
"There is value in having our everyday interactions with one another remain outside the reach of monitoring, and that the small details of our daily lives should pass by unremembered. What we do at home, work, church, school, or in our leisure time does not belong in a permanent record. Not every conversation needs to be a deposition."
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/06/maciej_ceglowsk.html
@freddyym Compartmentalize different uses (ecommerce, personal, work, financial, etc) with their own email addresses. Very few services need your real information, so give it out as little as possible. Use offline (productivity and otherwise) as much as possible to avoid signing up for redundant services that you only use on one device.
@PINE64 This #pinephone is shaping up to be interesting! Multiple OS options, hardware switches, all for $149 is pretty incredible.
Also like that they're aiming to use easily available, inexpensive replacement batteries.
Hello #fediverse!
I am person behind FreeTube, the private YouTube client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
I enjoy talking about technology and privacy so my toots will mostly be about those, but there will be a good amount of toots about FreeTube as well.
I'm also looking for more people to follow! Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Check out FreeTube here:
https://freetubeapp.io/
Need another reason to #deleteFacebook? The platform is marketing user data to cellular carriers to use to assess things like user creditworthiness. Some of the data they pull directly from smartphones includes:
⢠Locations
⢠Interests
⢠Social groups https://theintercept.com/2019/05/20/facebook-data-phone-carriers-ads-credit-score/
@glitcher32 Sadly, say goodbye to actually seeing most websites đ . I'm not sure even that gizmodo series it's based off blocked cloudflare.
Great to see states pushing tougher privacy laws...
https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-privacy-act-bolder/
It's only a matter of time before companies will have to deal with a patchwork of state laws, and will beg for a federal law.
@jonah It's centralized decentralization! đ Now with subscription fees! đ
Interesting project. Like combining a pi-hole with a Tor Node.
...but not open source, and I'm wondering about someone else's illicit traffic getting bounced into my "Winston" for connection to the web. Also, I'm not sure how connection speeds aren't GREATLY affected.
Remove your number from TrueCaller and other phone number databases (https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2998/never-heard-truecaller-they-might-have-heard-about-you-here-how-you-can-unlist).
And even better, stop using your SIM card for phone calls. Use VOIP calling, such as Sudo.
TrueCallerâs databases might be a gift for open source investigators but if you care about your privacy you might want to consider unlisting yourself: https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2998/never-heard-truecaller-they-might-have-heard-about-you-here-how-you-can-unlist https://twitter.com/AricToler/status/1133744808768540672
