During the pandemic, Newton worked from home wisely
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My latest for HackerNoon on how easy it is to achieve privacy online. Fear of tech doesn't have to be an obstacle to internet privacy.
@danarel thats an interesting study you mention. I might have to site in when I'm next writing on the topic...
@syntax I'm already eying up 21 Lessons for the 21st Century... though I've already got a copy of Origins by Lewis Dartnell which I will probably read first.
Why we’re suing over the £23m NHS data deal with Palantir
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/why-were-suing-over-the-23m-nhs-data-deal-with-palantir/
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@callum when I was first starting out, I once forgot to put in my bung. With every stroke I took, more water was gushing in the Kayak. I nearly sunk the thing!
@callum a fellow kayaker I see! Great to have you on the fediverse!
Say hello to a new Crypt.ee
Disqus, the dark commenting system
If you live in the UK, please sign this petition to ensure that it is not required for encryption services to establish backdoors to enable data access .
#DeleteFaceBook is trending on Twitter. Yesterday LastPass was trending for removing their free option. Privacy is trending. Does this make us trend setters?
“All digital infrastructure is used to shape human behavior in the direction that will be successful in the marketplace,”
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Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'.
Good to see a front page piece on the BBC about this. I can’t remember the last time I saw someone do this in a lawful manner.
Not user-blaming, but disable display of remote images in your mail clients! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56071437
Should We End the Data Economy?
https://hbr.org/podcast/2020/11/should-we-end-the-data-economy
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Techlore Privacy Panel - Covering Modern Surveillance, Advocacy, & User Freedom https://tube.privacytools.io/videos/watch/840d4e8b-c9c1-482a-b27c-1689bb1405b6
Treat social media like email and search engines
https://www.ft.com/content/a9ac257e-4897-11e8-8ae9-4b5ddcca99b3
Privacy advocate, amongst other things.
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email/matrix: freddy [at] privacytools [dot] io