Jonah @jonah@social.privacytools.io

The fediverse will fork itself for every small feature required and eventually you'll have to choose between the Mastodon with custom emojos, the Mastodon with upvotes and downvotes, the Mastodon with trending topics, the Mastodon with iframes, the Mastodon with Google Play Services, the community fork of Mastodon after the original gets bought out by Facebook, the community fork of the community fork of Mastodon after they introduce a redesign, or the Pleroma

Slicing onions: Part 1 - Myth-busting Tor. (Good Read)

https://write.privacytools.io/my-thoughts-on-security/slicing-onions-part-1-myth-busting-tor

Author: @blacklight447

#privacy #tor #firefox #anonymity

Enabling Pushover Notifications on Successful SSH Logins https://write.privacytools.io/jonah/enabling-pushover-notifications-on-successful-ssh-logins

“Just install Linux on it” is the “just change the engine of your car” of tech.

Not everyone is a mechanic, not everyone wants to be a mechanic, and, if we want a world where freedom is the norm, we must stop expecting everyone to become a mechanic.

Note: this is not because these people are too dumb to be mechanics. It’s because they’re brain surgeons and space-shuttle pilots and they have three kids and they care for a loved one and they don’t have time to also be a mechanic.

At privacytools.io, we host a wide arrange of different privacy respecting services like searx, mastodon, our forum, and more! Do you want to help us pay for the server costs by donating? Allone time or recurring donations are highly appriciated!

https://forum.privacytools.io/t/support-privacytools-io-on-patreon-and-liberapay/402

Time to update 🔔

Tor Browser 8.0.9 fixes the issue which disabled NoScript and all other Firefox extensions signed by Mozilla.

If you used the workaround we mentioned, don't forget to set it back after installing this update. https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-809

Ive just written a quick post on secure messaging, hope it clears the picture a bit for folks who are new to security and privacy.

https://forum.privacytools.io/t/how-to-choose-a-secure-messenger/385

me: I lost my phone. I need a new SIM card.
shop assistant: phone number please.
me: +436...
he: here is your new SIM. we will charge 10 € on your next invoice.

don't trust phone numbers as identifiers. #signal #whatsapp

Securing Services with Tor and alt-svc https://write.privacytools.io/jonah/securing-services-with-tor-and-alt-svc

Please follow @privacytools for official announcements. I'll be using @BurungHantu for personal posts in the future.

Welcome on board, @Qwant

privacytools.io recommended search engine: https://www.privacytools.io/providers/search-engines/

Verification: https://twitter.com/Qwant_FR/status/1125409930553569281

As a member of the #Privacytoolsio team, I would like to welcome the private search engine @Qwant to our mastodon instance. Lets give them a warm welcome everybody!

*sighs*

Folks, the thing that happened with Firefox was an accident. It was not part of some sinister plot. If you think it is, it's because you have no idea how complicated providing a browser and all its security features are.

Climb back from that ledge. Next you're going to talk about chemtrails and flat Earth.

As a member of the #Privacytoolsio team, I am VERY excited to announce that our new forum has reached 1 hundred members!
https://forum.privacytools.io/t/announcement-we-have-reached-hundred-members/253?u=blacklight447

Hello everyone!

We at #Privacytools.io recently launched our new forum and we would like to invite you to join it!

It is a place were can all discuss privacy and security related topics, talk about the latest news, and scan over the newest methods to protect your privacy :).

we host the forum ourselves and use the complete opensource #discourse software. We are tor friendly, and reachability over an .onion is in the works, join us at forum.privacytools.io !

My Matrix Devices https://write.privacytools.io/jonah/my-matrix-devices

Tor on privacytools.io https://write.privacytools.io/jonah/tor-on-privacytools-io