kravietz 🦇 @kravietz@social.privacytools.io

Despite a persistent legend, the Chromium web browser is strongly tight with many Google services, and thus is *NOT* ungoogled.
In /e/OS we are using a fully ungoogled Chromium web browser.
On Linux, Mac and Windows, you can use "ungoogled- chromium":
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium#downloads

"I think what we'll see very clearly in hindsight is that when we published our content on other people's servers, it always went bad. #Instagram's algo made us sad. #YouTube's algo made us mad. #Twitter's algo mad us sad AND mad. #Google Photos algo, it turned out, made us easily tracked and controlled by totalitarian governments. Oops!" Must-read for #selfhosting and #decentralization to fix the internet -> https://pauljmiller.com/posts/how-to-fix-the-internet.html

What exactly is a "permanent cookie"? https://webcookies.org/articles/41/what-exactly-is-a-permanent-cookie #http #cookie #privacy #gdpr

We all know that Google (with Chrome-ium) has at least close to 90% of the browser marketshare on the internet.

Which is your primary browser on your computer?

Remember that Brave, Opera and Edge are Chromium derivatives. I consider Safari to be separate since it's Webkit and not Blink.

Retoot this to get more votes in.

#poll #browser #firefox #chromium

#GMail is harmful to e-mail ecosystem; its antispam blocking policy matches too many valid messages as spam.

It blocked LastPass email leak warning email, because it contained "a link" to a leaked site.

It blocked an e-mail from goverment agency addressed directly to me.

It discriminates all non-gmail servers, and it's pretty much impossible to own a private SMTP server these days, because GMail will classify everything as spam.

It's not how e-mail should work.

Consider dropping GMail.

At efoundation, we believe /e/OS is a fantastic opportunity for Europe and others to develop an independant mobile operating system! Join us! #privacy #sovereignty #mobile #smartphone
https://mspoweruser.com/huawei-suggests-solution-to-trump-ban-is-for-europe-to-develop-its-own-mobile-operating-system-and-they-may-not-be-wrong/

"European governments aren't so sure that they should trust their data on #Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, #Google Cloud, or the IBM Cloud. They worry that the US CLOUD act enables US law enforcement to unilaterally demand access to EU citizens' cloud data -- even when it's stored outside the States. So, they're turning to private European-based clouds, such as those running on @nextcloud" -> https://www.zdnet.com/article/eu-turns-from-american-public-clouds-to-nextcloud-private-clouds/

Phone numbers for as many as 419 million Facebook users were reportedly found sitting online in a file where anybody could have found them https://www.businessinsider.com/phone-numbers-400-million-facebook-users-found-online-2019-9

Statement by #IAB: "Avoiding Unintended Harm to Internet Infrastructure" about how applying legal instruments to Internet infrastructure services can have serious and undesirable impacts.

This is a very important document, read it and be sure the people in power read it, too.

https://www.iab.org/documents/correspondence-reports-documents/2019-2/avoiding-unintended-harm-to-internet-infrastructure/

Fediverse note: the part about "regulation" (censorship) of social networks and the risks for non-GAFA networks like the fediverse is well-explained.

Hong Kong Protestors Using Mesh Messaging App China Can't Block: Usage Up 3685%
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/09/02/hong-kong-protestors-using-mesh-messaging-app-china-cant-block-usage-up-3685/#382a2076135a

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