kravietz 🦇 @kravietz@social.privacytools.io

The #Tusky people seems to be unhappy about #TuskyUncensored to be a GPL-compliant software so they can not report it for GPL violation.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=codes.lin.tuskyuncensored

And they are reporting #Mastodon client that works with #newgab for Google Play policy violation.

I am just a Chinese guy living in Japan, I have not been to the fucking America yet. Being born in China, I know the importance of absolute free speech is so much more important than difference between left and right.

All Japanese Mastodon clients are not blocking #Gab, including Subway Tooter by Mr.Tateisu, a very well made client with support for push notification with FCM, which #Tusky refuse to implement.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.juggler.subwaytooter

Also https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avalanche.avalanche made by Mixi K.K. in Japan.

You guys should really try to take down those #WhiteSupremacist #Nazi apps made by Japanese right?

Thank those people in the #Tusky Team (mostly white) trying to force us, the coloured developers in Asia to comply with their view of #AmericanPolitics. Such an excellent way to combat #AmericanExceptionalism and #WhiteSupremacism .

QuickJS javascript engine by Fabrice Bellard: https://bellard.org/quickjs/

Installed Ubuntu on my younger brother's laptop and showed him some basics on how to use terminal. One more point for FOSS one less for Windows.

Great idea for use of blockchain is publicly signed and verified diplomas from university, where ministry of education and faculty would sign your diploma ID and post it on blockchain. Large QR code for verification would look really awesome on office wall.

As @KateOflaherty reports, Gmail's "confidential mode" isn't private. It lets senders create expiry dates & revoke sent email, but emails aren't private from Google, hackers, or gov't, like w/end-to-end encrypted email (i.e. @ProtonMail, @TutanotaTeam). https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/27/new-warning-reveals-gmails-major-privacy-problem/#89e84f37d346

🔔 Time to update: There's a new version of Tor Browser.

Tor Browser 8.5.4 updates Firefox to 60.8.0esr with important security fixes, ships Tor 0.4.0.5, and updates OpenSSL to 1.0.2s for the desktop platforms.
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-854

The U.K.’s data authority has found "under [GDPR], using people’s sensitive personal data to serve adverts requires their explicit consent, which is not happening right now."

Stronger legislation is one thing, but it must also be properly enforced. https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2019/06/20/adtech-industry-ignores-data-protection-laws-uk-regulator-rules/#55802c0952a0

Cell carriers aren't doing much to stop SIM-swap attacks, where hackers transfer your number to their device to break into connected accounts.

@violetblue tips to protect yourself include using a physical USB security key & offline password manager. https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/28/cell-phone-hack-is-ruining-lives-identity-theft/