Freddy 
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NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others.
The NSA access is part of a previously undisclosed program called Prism, which allows officials to collect material including search history, the content of emails, file transfers and live chats, the document says.
The time to remove these services from your life is NOW. Restore the open web, and help remove these soulless companies from the web.
THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data
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I must admit that every day, I'm taken aback by how untroubled so many (almost all) people are with having their entire digital lives controlled & surveilled by 5 US-based totalitarian (non-democratic) multinational corporations that throw around more financial weight than most nations and laugh at any gov't regulation attempts.
Need a license for your open source project? Look no further...
https://choosealicense.com/appendix/
#open-source
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Serco apologises for sharing contact tracers' email addresses
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A flood of coronavirus apps are tracking us. Now itās time to keep track of them.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1000961/launching-mittr-covid-tracing-tracker/
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Security flaws found in NHS contact-tracing app
Annoyed with Notable. Had no idea that it had become closed source. Standard notes seems better anyway.
Very cool project for developers
@andreas only thing that I dislike about this article is that there is no mention of Tor.
"If any of that applies to you, you need a VPN as part of your security and privacy toolkit."
Nope, you need Tor.
Otherwise, great article. IVPN are doing good things in the space.
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I debated a flat earther once. He stormed off saying heād walk to the edge of the Earth to prove me wrong.
He'll come around, eventually
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Fabulous thought from Neil deGrasse Tyson:
āI dream of a world where truth shapes people's politics, rather [than] politics shaping what people think is true.ā
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This is good: āHow to decode a data breach notice... The next time you get a data breach notification, read between the lines. By knowing the common bullshit lines to avoid, you can understand the questions you need to ask.ā
- https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/19/decoding-data-breach-notice/
- https://archive.is/9JvF5
@icyphox apple hardware for phones and laptops is fine, just as long as you aren't running MacOS.
Don't expect me to post everyday. I'm likely going to fail #100DaysToOffload, but I'll keep posting. Hopefully I amass 100 posts. Who knows?
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"Hacker News" does the word "hacker" shame. These people aren't hackers. They're fucking suits.
Ever since Kev made his announcement about #100DaysToOffload I haven't posted a new article. I do have some in the works, though I feel like I've neglected the challenge.
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What Edison Mail's Security Disaster Means for Your Email https://lifehacker.com/what-edison-mails-security-disaster-means-for-your-emai-1843526187/amp?__twitter_impression=true #StayCasuallyPrivate #Privacy
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How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chattingāand SurveillanceāEasy
https://www.wired.com/story/iflytek-china-ai-giant-voice-chatting-surveillance/
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