Freddy @freddyym@social.privacytools.io

Call for students: Work on Nextcloud related projects together with Joplin! Read more details on how to get involved and develop some great features this summer at #GSoC 2020!
https://nextcloud.com/blog/call-for-students-work-on-nextcloud-related-projects-together-with-joplin/

“Tech rights” can’t even figure out how to use an SSL certificate. But sure, pretend he’s a news source for privacy.

Calling all teachers! LibreOffice is a great choice for schools and education – it's free and open source, compatible with Microsoft Office, and you don't have to worry about license fees, subscriptions or software audits. Learn more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/03/24/libreoffice-a-great-choice-for-schools-and-education/

Software directories like http://opensource.builders list alternatives to proprietary tools and often sort by the projects' GitHub star count. Starring our GitHub repository (https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad) is an easy way to help increase CryptPad's visibility.

hold the fuck on. you're saying that google, the advertising company that pioneered the current wave of extracting as much "harmless" data from everyone as possible in order to more effectively market toothpaste to people based on racial profiling, and exists solely due to profits from said advertising... doesn't value my privacy

"ratcheting up surveillance to combat the pandemic now could permanently open the doors to more invasive forms of snooping later. It is a lesson Americans learned after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001..." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/technology/coronavirus-surveillance-tracking-privacy.html
.onion: https://www.nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/2020/03/23/technology/coronavirus-surveillance-tracking-privacy.html

Facebook/Instagram will reduce video quality in Europe to take some load off the internet, too (Netflix and youtube already have)

How about everyone shutting down Advertisments and tracking, wouldn't that help, too? :D

Uploaded my article on the origins of surveillance to hackernoon.

https://hackernoon.com/the-origins-of-surveillance-881x3yco

Lets see how much traffic this toot gets...

@|Everybody: Please don't forget that the mentally unstable are currently a high-risk group too.

#SocialDistancing is good to #FlattenTheCurve, but it can exacerbate mental issues and might even increase the suicide rate.

Be there for those who need it!

Today, make an effort to talk to at least one new person to let them know why maintaining good #privacy practices is important for you.

Warmly invite them to alternatives to ad and algorithm heavy websites.

Be kind. Be gracious to their feedback. Their reluctance may run deep after years of corporate and algorithmic manipulation.

These small steps to create a community help us all be more private and informationally secure.

#infosec #security #community #friends #family #work #biz