kravietz @kravietz@social.privacytools.io

Brave Rewards cannot on ungoogled phones I'm afraid due to heavy usage of Google proprietary SafetyNet https://github.com/brave/browser-android-tabs/issues/1865 #privacy #android

Facebook is embedding tracking data inside the photos you download https://techstartups.com/2019/07/13/facebook-embedding-tracking-data-inside-photos-download/ #privacy #facebook

Hey @write_as on your Subscribe page could you use Captcha other than Google's Recaptcha? What's the point of federation if we're still feeding all our personal details to Google... #privacy #captcha

The Reg is bashing NHS for placing Google and FB trackers on sensitive pages, but this comment nails it https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/11/nhs_inform_loads_facebook_pixel_google_doubleclick_trackers/ #privacy

How to run a small social network site for your friends https://runyourown.social/ #privacy #socialmedia

If you follow the discussion about Conversations.im registering with Roscomnadzor you should be probably also aware that Threema.ch did that already in 2017... https://reestr.rublacklist.net/distributor/109474 #security #privacy #russia

Someone from 240e:00f7:c::22 (Chinatelecom) is slowly port scanning my /64 subnet. At the current rate it will take them 116'988'483'471 years to complete but they will reach the first allocated IP in only 80'429'582'386 years. #IPv6 RFC 4941 is your friend. #security #privacy

Conversations.im has just registered with Russian Roscomnadzor which means it has now obligation to provide user details FSB https://roskomsvoboda.org/48119/ https://reestr.rublacklist.net/distributor/109589 #xmpp #privacy #security #russia

So these are actually the first #privacy focused and production ready #android smartphones that you can buy with warranty etc https://e.foundation/smartphones-with-e-ready-to-ship/ been using it for almost a year now

Have you seen these misleading marketing practices recently? Now we have a directory of stores using them! https://webtransparency.cs.princeton.edu/dark-patterns/ #privacy

Nice! Trick web trackers into thinking you're someone else https://trackthis.link/ #privacy

"Yet just hours before Zuckerberg reassured investors about Facebook’s commitment to privacy, his own lawyers argued in court that “there is no privacy” on Facebook." #privacy #facebook https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/06/01/in-facebooks-own-words-this-week-there-is-no-privacy-on-its-platform/#7a13868f5b32

Why you need to give Firefox a chance
https://dev.to/dtroode/why-you-need-to-give-firefox-a-chance-5g5a #privacy #firefox

UK ICO's Update report into adtech and real time bidding https://ico.org.uk/media/about-the-ico/documents/2615156/adtech-real-time-bidding-report-201906.pdf #privacy #advertisingandmarketing

BBFC age verification standard is pointless, misleading and potentially dangerous https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press/releases/2019/org-report:-bbfc-age-verification-standard-is-pointless,-misleading-and-potentially-dangerous #privacy

UK rights advocate co-owns firm whose spyware is 'used to target dissidents'
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/jun/14/yana-peel-uk-rights-advocate-serpentine-nso-spyware-pegasus #privacy

A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Stalkerware Application Industry https://citizenlab.ca/docs/stalkerware-holistic.pdf #privacy

1. Upgrade/install the latest @firefox
2. Go to Preferences > Privacy & Security
3. See websites loading much faster with much lower traffic consumption
And no, websites do not need AMP and other #privacy invading crap, they need less tracking & fingerprinting code to work fast

Return on Data is a proposed ROI-like indicator to measure how much users actually get in return for their personal details shared with IT companies
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/05/the_concept_of_.html #privacy

Privacy in the Facebook era - my presentation on privacy-invasive Internet advertising andcountermeasures, from ad-blockers to P2P networks (including Mastodon) https://www.slideshare.net/kravietz/reading-geek-night-2019 #privacy