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Every day is a new day to discover a new fucking privacy-washing organization.
Today, let's meet the "Futur of Privacy Forum", funded by :
- Facebook
- Google
- Microsoft
- Amazon
- Adobe
- Palantir
- Uber
- Verizon
- 23andMe
- Criteo
https://fpf.org/about/supporters/
I don't know if I have to laugh, cry, or throw up!...
Thanks @aral for this discovery
To reveal hidden files just type in your cli: unzip hidden.jpeg. One of the packages you can use for more options like more compression options, file extensions and encryption is steghide for linux, but I haven't used it myself. There are methods for identifying hidden files, so if you use steganography make sure to encrypt files first (using PGP, for example) and don't hide too large files so it won't be obvious that something is hidden (for example 500x400 image with 50mb size)
Easy linux cli steganography no additional packages needed, but you can use them for more options for hiding/encrypting (thanks @kravietz for this discovery). Steganography is term for hiding one file into another.
1. Zip any file and have one simple.jpeg image
2. In your cli type: cat simple.jpeg file.zip > hidden.jpeg
hidden.jpeg is same image but different in size, summing up to file.zip+simple.jpeg
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Hello #fediverse!
I am person behind FreeTube, the private YouTube client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
I enjoy talking about technology and privacy so my toots will mostly be about those, but there will be a good amount of toots about FreeTube as well.
I'm also looking for more people to follow! Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Check out FreeTube here:
https://freetubeapp.io/
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On the wave of popularity of #chernobyl series, this is good reading https://nei.org/resources/fact-sheets/chernobyl-accident-and-its-consequences
Also, Google will disable Gmail for Huawei users, you can setup Gmail to redirect your e-mail to other e-mail address, you can find free (and paid) privacy respecting e-mail providers here: https://www.privacytools.io/providers/email/
If you don't want to abbandon your Gmail you can use K-9 mail available from F-Droid repository as client for managing your Gmail if you setup your Gmail to use IMAP. Link to app: K-9 Mail (Full-featured email client) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.fsck.k9
With Trump banning Huawei to use Google services and apps these are some useful tricks to keep your device up to date with latest apps, and app alternatives. Install F-Droid, foss app repository. With F-Droid you can install these apps:
Yalp store or Aurora store - used to download and update apps from Play Store
Newpipe - Youtube player, play videos even with screen off, import subscriptions etc.
OsmAnd+ - Google maps alternative
F-Droid link: https://f-droid.org/en/
Since thepiratebay.org is getting infested with fake torrents with malware and if you are having problems with activating Windows/Office this should help you solve it.
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Find of the day: gopenpgp, an easy-to-use OpenPGP wrapper library written in #golang
Computerphile's video on how password managers work:
Structural engineer looking for some fediverse socializing. Bad English and typos will most likely happen.
#engineering #python #linux #privacy