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Firefox 91 pushes privacy with stronger new cookie-clearing option - CNET

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/firefox-91-pushes-privacy-with-stronger-new-cookie-clearing-option/

It's called Brave Search because you have to be brave to trust a company funded by Peter Thiel is actually private.

Great news, uBlock Origin have added Adguard URL tracking filter to it's stock lists.

I've been testing it and it works as expected. So everyone that has both uBlock Origin and ClearURLs installed can now remove ClearURLs and enable this list in UBO.

AdGuard URL Tracking Protection uses the relatively new removeparam modifier filters to automatically remove the tracking crap at the end of URLs before you connect

VISA is sharing your information with vendors when you get a new debit card

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/m19b6t/visa_is_sharing_your_information_with_vendors/

A Polish company published an instant messenger based on Signal open-source code, and started suing local IT media who weren't sufficiently enthusiastic about it. My recommendation would be generally to stay away from #Usecrypt

Article in Polish
https://zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl/post/oswiadczenie-redakcji-w-sprawie-wymierzonej-w-nas-kampanii-oszczerstw/

An Employee at Yandex caught selling unauthorized access to the users' mailboxes for personal gain: https://thehackernews.com/2021/02/yandex-employee-caught-selling-access.html

The only way to protect your information from such abuse is e2e encryption. That's why we strongly oppose any attempt to weaken encryption: https://tutanota.com/crypto-wars/

For most people the internet is #Google. Giving one company so much power is dangerous: We can't let Google decide what parts of the internet we may or may not use - as the recent ban of #Element demonstrates. Let's fight for a more diverse Internet! 😀💪 Check here how to leave Google behind: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to-leave-google-gmail/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/google-play-bans-open-source-matrix-client-element-citing-abusive-content/

On #DataPrivacyDay we have joined forces with @protonmail , @threemaapp and #Tresorit to fight for your right to privacy! 💪😀
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/eu-resolution-statement-protonmail-threema-tresorit-tutanota
#dpd #DataProtectionDay #PrivacyAware

The EU Council has recently proposed to weaken the encryption of secure Internet services. 🔓😲

On this #DataPrivacyDay, we, together with @protonmail, Tresorit, and TutanotaTeam, remind the EU Council that strong encryption is an essential precondition for online privacy: https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/dpd-2021

There is no such thing as a backdoor that only lets the good guys in. Together with Tresorit, @threemaapp and Tutanota, we are calling on EU policy makers to rethink anti-encryption proposals that would introduce backdoors in encryption platforms: https://protonmail.com/blog/joint-statement-eu-encryption/

Encrypted Password Manager Bitwarden Releases “Emergency Access” Feature
https://bitwarden.com/help/article/releasenotes/#2021-01-19

(submitted by madsmtm)

Big Tech's growing monopoly power means that more and more people are looking for secure alternatives to Gmail that won't read their emails or profit off their data. Here's what makes our Swiss-based email service a good candidate for the top spot: https://protonmail.com/blog/gmail-alternative/

What password manager would everyone suggest? I currently use lastpass but I sm starting to doubt it. Hopefully someone sees this!

@Lunas Lastpass was acquired by Logmein. Bitwarden.com makes it easy to transfer to their FOSS service: https://bitwarden.com/help/article/import-from-lastpass/ Other options: https://privacytools.io/software/passwords/