.ORG seems to be the worst tld to sell. The people who want to use it are orgs that probably need it. ICANN has not given good reasons for why they are selling except for "we trust them" and pretty much just "we want the money."

https://m.slashdot.org/story/364024

**Jonah** @jonah@social.privacytools.io · Nov 25, 2019, 23:38

**Jonah** @jonah@social.privacytools.io · Nov 25, 2019, 23:38

Nov 25, 2019, 23:38

Jonah @jonah@social.privacytools.io

Looking for volunteers who would be interested in translating privacytools.io to any variety of different languages (via Weblate). If you're interested shoot me a DM :)

**Jonah** · Nov 23, 2019, 10:42

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**Claudius** @amenthes@chaos.social · Nov 23, 2019, 10:42

Nov 23, 2019, 10:42

Claudius @amenthes@chaos.social

There's a petition to Save the .org top level domain. Apparently, ICANN could still stop it from being sold.
https://savedotorg.org
I know, petitions rarely work, but I also know that _sometimes_ they do.
Please consider signing if you _run_ anything there, or if you _use_ or _care about_ anything that's on a .org domain. Also, boosting this to others who follow you, would be very much appreciated.
#SaveDotOrg

**Jonah** · Nov 23, 2019, 00:00

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**Electronic Frontier Foundation** @eff@mastodon.social · Nov 23, 2019, 00:00

Nov 23, 2019, 00:00

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff@mastodon.social

Don't let powerful people abuse copyright and trademark law to censor NGOs. EFF is proud to stand with @RSI, @creativecommons, and @publicknowledge to defend .ORG. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/nonprofit-community-stands-together-protect-org

**Jonah** @jonah@social.privacytools.io · Nov 23, 2019, 06:12

**Jonah** @jonah@social.privacytools.io · Nov 23, 2019, 06:12

Nov 23, 2019, 06:12

Jonah @jonah@social.privacytools.io

A for-profit company just bought the .ORG registry, shortly after ICANN removed price caps on .org domains. So... that’s just fantastic.

If anyone owns a .org domain I’d probably extend that registration out to the max 10 years before those prices jump. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/

**Jonah** @jonah@social.privacytools.io · Nov 21, 2019, 18:51

**Jonah** @jonah@social.privacytools.io · Nov 21, 2019, 18:51

Nov 21, 2019, 18:51

Jonah @jonah@social.privacytools.io

Today's Hacker Noon front page story: Long "Unbiased" VPN Reviews That Give You The Short End of the Stick [Deep Dive] https://hackernoon.com/be-wary-of-vpn-reviewers-lcb26bs

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**Jonah** @jonah@social.privacytools.io · Nov 20, 2019, 21:29

**Jonah** @jonah@social.privacytools.io · Nov 20, 2019, 21:29

Nov 20, 2019, 21:29

Jonah @jonah@social.privacytools.io

Affiliate marketing schemes are untrustwothy by design. There's no better example of this than VPN "review" sites. https://blog.privacytools.io/the-trouble-with-vpn-and-privacy-reviews/

**Jonah** · Nov 19, 2019, 15:41

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**The Privacy Foundation** @theprivacyfoundation@mastodon.social · Nov 19, 2019, 15:41

Nov 19, 2019, 15:41

The Privacy Foundation @theprivacyfoundation@mastodon.social

"Do you have something to hide?" is a manipulative rebuke to those that use #encryption.

It would help us all turn this conversation around. Because, the answer is: YES, we do have something to hide.

Things that we should hide, and must question why a government or business NEEDS access to:

- Medical history.
- Sensitive conversations with employers, children, spouses.
- Billing and banking information.
- Purchase information.
- Web search history.
And more...

#IHaveSomethingToHide

**Jonah** · Nov 19, 2019, 18:57

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**Micah 🔑** @micahflee@mastodon.social · Nov 19, 2019, 18:57

Nov 19, 2019, 18:57

Micah 🔑 @micahflee@mastodon.social

Assange

Sweden dropped the rape investigation against Julian Assange because "the evidence has weakened considerably due to the long period of time that has elapsed since the events in question".

The prosecutor says, "I would like to emphasise that the injured party has submitted a credible and reliable version of events. Her statements have been coherent, extensive and detailed"

The Assange people are acting like this exonerates him, which it clearly doesn't.

https://www.aklagare.se/en/news-and-press/press-releases/?newsId=3265699