Nikola Lakić @nikolal@social.privacytools.io

does anybody here have any experience into #hosting on Infomaniak? What's their #privacy white paper? How's their support service? etc...

boosts appreciated

Thanks!

"The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from"

-- Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Hi @nikolal . Maybe you can inform the likes of @isolategab about what @Spinster.xyz is all about? https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1161686820532510721.html

A must see - "The Great Hack", Netflix original documentary about #facebook and Cambridge Analytica #privacy scandal

Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms

Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information from Biostar 2 discovered on publicly accessible database
The fingerprints of over 1 million people, as well as facial recognition information, unencrypted usernames and passwords, and personal information of employees, was discovered on a publicly accessible database for a company used by the likes of the UK Metropolitan police, defence contractors and banks.
Suprema is the security company responsible for the web-based Biostar 2 biometrics lock system that allows centralised control for access to secure facilities like warehouses or office buildings. Biostar 2 uses fingerprints and facial recognition as part of its means of identifying people attempting to gain access to buildings.
Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/14/major-breach-found-in-biometrics-system-used-by-banks-uk-police-and-defence-firms https://friendica.hubup.pro/objects/174591b4e5021549e9183005cd20b1e80015a644

Thread on recommendations for p2p communications for Hong Kong protestors.

Nice to see @manyver_se@twitter.com show up. Might be the only one meeting all requirements too!

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/cpfpqf/what_p2pmeshmultihop_messaging_apps_are_available/

Just in time for the next election cycle.

Input a Reddit username and discover potential bots, trolls, spammers, and other social media deviants.

https://atomiks.github.io/reddit-user-analyser/

Since the way to the official @fdroidorg repository is still a bit complicated for #Bitwarden, they decided to self-host a repository!

Want to get the Bitwarden Android app without Google Play? Here you go:

https://mobileapp.bitwarden.com/fdroid/

#passwordsafe #infosec #security #Android #fdroid

A brief comment on "black and white thinking" in information security and privacy:

https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/discussion-filter-bubbles/

"It is very important to talk with everyone, and not only with people who have exactly the same point of view."

#blackandwhite #filterbubble #openminded #blog

PSA if your like me and would like to use a ROM but keep buying the wrong phones for lineage or /e/foundation. Now /e/foundation sells their own phones. They are coming out with a system where you could mail in your phones also. Here is the shop. https://e.foundation/e-pre-installed-refurbished-smartphones/

Attacks against #whatsapp protocol published on BlackHat 2019 https://research.checkpoint.com/black-hat-2019-whatsapp-protocol-decryption-for-chat-manipulation-and-more/

Well, this sounds like a great Android ad-blocker. Thanks #privacytoolsIO for the recommendation! https://blokada.org/