Gritty 
@gritnot@social.privacytools.io
Privacy-focused computer nerd
Joined Dec 2020
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I donated to https://signal.org/donate and https://internetfreedom.in/donate and so should you.
Anyone used Bisq exchange? Just stumbled upon it and curious if anyone had opinions on it. Specifically, security and ease of use vs other DEXs
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Dear Mastodon, we're ~60 followers away from 12K! Can you help us get there?
Help by spreading the word that:
🔵 Privacy is a human right.
🔵 Tracking & surveillance are widespread on the internet.
🔵 Tor is a nonprofit that can help you take back your privacy online.
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I was born in USSR. There were no votes in USSR. I remember Perestroika. When I was just a teen, my parents were seriously discussing going off the grid to sit out the civil war if the 1991 KGB putsch against Gorbachev succeeded. Everybody was surprised when it failed. What followed was very confusing time, people had no idea how democracy is supposed to work, including the people who somehow made it work anyway, for a few years.
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We know that the LAPD used Ring cameras to get footage during Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. Ring has over 2,000 partnerships with police. These ubiquitous surveillance partnerships are dangerous and chill First Amendment protected activity. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56099167
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Brave browser found to have leaked .onion hidden services via dns #BraveBrowser #Privacy #DNS #Tor #Onion #hiddenservice #infosec #cybersecurity
https://www.zdnet.com/article/brave-browser-leaks-onion-addresses-in-dns-traffic/
One of the questions that sparked my interest was if coinbase would drop ripple before going public. Not sure why they would?
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The LAPD requested and received Ring footage of last summer’s #BlackLivesMatter protests from users. Civil liberties advocates have warned of harms to First Amendment protected activity as Ring’s partnerships with police departments continue to expand.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/lapd-requested-ring-footage-black-lives-matter-protests
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AI can detect human emotions with wireless signals https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2021/02/ai-can-detect-human-emotions-with-wireless-signals/ The total absence of considerations about whether this should be done highlights the urgent need for much stricter ethical oversight of AI research
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Encryption backdoors will hurt our privacy and security. We hope the Biden Administration publicly renounces them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/incoming-biden-administration-officials-should-change-course-encryption
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> In a rather ironic twist of events, shortly after the researchers had reported their concerns on #Signal's public GitHub issue pages, they were booted out by the repo's maintainers.
It’s time for some chill drum and bass
I was looking around #matrix again and saw #disroot. Did a quick search on it and saw they offer free secure email. Reviews say it’s “good enough” security.
Curious what the community thinks. I know there’s quite a few email services out there, and i prefer protonmail myself. #foss and security folks?
Just tried out windows login with #yubikey. Took a minute to figure out but i think i like it... no MS logon connection.
I wish yubikey was easier to use for the masses, however.
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Better Than Zoom
Please help me share.
Jitsi https://jitsi.org
Big Blue Button https://bigbluebutton.org
Nextcloud Talk https://nextcloud.com
Worth mentioning: Mattermost (https://mattermost.com) | OpenMeeting (https://openmeetings.apache.org) | RocketChat (https://openmeetings.apache.org)
All with free service accesses.
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"Nothing to hide, nothing to fear": the most naive/ disingenuous statement regarding data/#biometrics privacy.
Your data, when private, is *your power*.
Your data in others hands, is their *power over you*.
#PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #HumanRights #tech #encryption
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Something to keep in mind while vaccine slooowly gets distributed and new strains spread. Keep those masks on and up! #covid #mask
> Speaking to a friend when infected with the coronavirus could be as dangerous as coughing near them thanks to lingering particles, research has suggested.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/20/talking-can-spread-covid-as-much-as-coughing-says-research?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
More of each person sharing the moment, you know?
I often wonder what my social interactions would be like if there weren’t the option to check out via your phone, even for 30 seconds.
