Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software
Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week. Here’s why Firefox is better.
#privacy #google #firefox #chrome #spy #encryption #tracker #cookies #surveillance
Mozilla offers paid but ad-free subscription to a number of news sites https://firstlook.firefox.com/proxy/v4/
@kravietz
ed25519 all the way. I've seen that Gitlab promotes use od ed25519 to users which is good, for noobs like me I didn't know what algorithm to use so they made that easy.
Clickbait, but the article is one of the best and most comprehensive discussions on why it's so difficult to correctly implement anything using RSA algorithm https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/07/08/fuck-rsa/
Some cities, such as Seattle, Oakland and New York City, are trying to get ahead of the curve by setting up privacy guardrails for how data gathered from the public will be used. https://www.axios.com/cities-data-privacy-laws-fa0be8cb-234f-4237-b670-10ad042a772e.html
I was positively surprised to receive a payout from Brave Rewards program after registering WebCookies.org around a month ago https://brave.com/web294 There's no tracking/ad code to install server-side, any earnings come from tips & ads from users of the Brave browser
RT @alexey_r@twitter.com: Hundreds of incredibly popular and widely deployed Java libraries & JVM compilers are still downloading their dependencies over HTTP with no integrity checking https://t.co/E0C79O3Bqs
Finding Real Origin IPs Hiding Behind #CloudFlare or #Tor
https://www.secjuice.com/finding-real-ips-of-origin-servers-behind-cloudflare-or-tor/
Setting Up PiHole, Wireguard VPN server and Client (Ubuntu Server)
WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPSec, while avoiding the massive headache.
UK ISP group names Mozilla 'Internet Villain' for supporting 'DNS-over-HTTPS'
#privacy #infosec @firefox@twitter.com
https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-isp-group-names-mozilla-internet-villain-for-supporting-dns-over-https/
"have stolen money hoarded by an anti-corruption official who had himself stolen the money from corrupt officials who had themselves stolen the money from other sources" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/07/05/seven-fsb-officials-have-been-arrested-in-a-robbery-case-they-may-have-also-stolen-money-during-searches-of-corrupt-officials
@rf
Нашёл аналог Librem 5 для бедных.
Буду копить.
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone
"Surveillance scoring" is a commonly used computer algorithm practice that can cause some customers to be charged more for products &/or be used to deny housing/employment.
@dellcam says experts are calling this behavior illegal & are fighting to end it: https://gizmodo.com/the-surveillance-scores-companies-use-to-rip-you-off-mi-1835812385
Another big month of growth for https://cryptpad.fr usage, driven by heavy usage in Germany. Drive and registration are growing with more users becoming regular users ! #cryptpad #privacy #encryptedcollaboration
WTF#1: Mozilla "bypass UK filtering obligations and parental controls" - parental control is executed by parents and not some silly DNS filters
WTF#2 "Article 13 Copyright Directive" - as you criticism of the Directive seems to be based exclusively on reading memes you may have not noticed, but there's no Article 13 about content filters there... https://www.ispa.org.uk/ispa-announces-finalists-for-2019-internet-heroes-and-villains-trump-and-mozilla-lead-the-way-as-villain-nominees/
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
Update of online tracking on top 50 site home pages for France, Germany and United Kingdom
With country tracking profile comparison
Some practical advice for web developers, from a web browser developer, on how to #MakeJavascriptOptional:
https://odysseus.adrian.geek.nz/developer/web-bloat.html
Yesterday it was #cloudflare today it's #facebook static content (images etc) don't load, seems like CDN problems too. Welcome to the centralized Internet... https://twitter.com/facebook/status/1146453213777936386
Polish expat into UK. Information security engineer. Caver & cave rescuer (thus the bat). NHS volunteer & blood donor.