Freddy @freddyym@social.privacytools.io

Apple's new Safari Privacy Report seems to be blocking Google Analytics from tracking people across the web just like Firefox and Brave are doing already!

Is #Linux already better for #Gamers than #Windows10?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T_-HMkgxt0

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/ManjaroLinux/status/1275333679821344768

A Threat Overview of Contact Tracing technology

https://covesky.com/2020/06/contact-tracing/

Well I got my ErgoDox. I can't fucking navigate anywhere yet ​

Just the CEO of GitLab talking about prioritizing the needs of closed source software in the design decisions of GitLab

@schestowitz "There is no cloud, just someone elses computer" People need to be reminded of that however they feel about cloud computing,

If the cloud belongs to someone else, they may have no attachment to the importance , value (including sentimental value) of the data contained therein. To them it is 0s and 1's to you it is say a photo of a lost love one, or this years financial data or a customer database.

Wow what news to start the day with! elementary OS, a popular Linux distro, has chosen to remove Google Analytics and replace it with Plausible! And open their dashboard to the public! Way to go!

Link to their Twitter announcement: https://twitter.com/CassidyJames/status/1275208242793046018

Create No-JavaScript friendly sites - https://www.garron.blog/posts/no-javascript-sites.html

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First, yes human rights and fighting fascism is more important than operational security. Obviously. You're ok with associating with Nazis?

But also, Whonix isn't the only option. It's possible to torify VMs without it. Whonix is complicated and heavy, and I think there are better implemented ways of doing the same thing

Very proud of the decision by @Tutanota to be no longer listed on the copperhead OS webpage once they heard about the history of the company. I wish more companies were vigilant like this. Way to go guys!

Is the Whonix project run by fascists? https://micahflee.com/2020/06/is-the-whonix-project-run-by-fascists/

Airport Surveillance Is About to Reach a Whole New Level of Ridiculousness

https://slate.com/technology/2020/06/flying-airports-coronavirus-surveillance.html

If you’re operating an open XMPP server and let people register through the web interface you need to check out this: https://github.com/iNPUTmice/Conversations/issues/3796

Basically if you display a QR code after registration with JSON containing the JID and the password Conversations.im users can just scan the code to add the account to their app.

Very nice!

Footnote: this will be available in Conversations 2.8.8.

Introducing the BARE message encoding

https://drewdevault.com/2020/06/21/BARE-message-encoding.html

My post today reflects some thoughts I've been thinking about as I look for better ways to approach privacy myself and look at some of the really bad takes I've seen in the area. https://chriswiegman.com/2020/06/privacy-empathy-and-the-zero-sum-game/