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#Mastodon #Firefox #Addon: Simplified Federation.

Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. It skips the "Enter your Mastodon handle" popup and takes you to your own "home" instance, without entering your Mastodon handle on remote instances.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation/

#Firefox starts blocking third-party cookies by default

https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/04/firefox-enhanced-tracking-protection-blocks-third-party-cookies-by-default/

#privacy #cookies

How @torproject relates to VPNs and other tech:

https://write.privacytools.io/my-thoughts-on-security/slicing-onions-part-2-onion-recipes-vpn-not-required

#privacy #encryption #tor #firefox #vpn #proxy

Author: @blacklight447

FBI Seize DeepDotWeb For Taking Commissions From Illegal Sites

A dark web directory called DeepDotWeb has been seized and arrests were made for alleged affiliate commissions generated by referring traffic to illegal sites.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seize-deepdotweb-for-taking-commissions-from-illegal-sites/

Who to follow on #Mastodon? We are trying to give new users a better start and selected a couple of profiles for #privacy related topics:

@BurungHantu
@opennic
@jonah
@Mastodon
@torproject
@privacyint
@protonmail
@protonvpn
@Tutanota
@nextcloud
@Qwant
@libreoffice
@Purism
@matrix
@pixelfed
@prismo
@funkwhale
@cryptpad
@disroot
@yunohost
@switchingsocial
@danarel
@infosechandbook
@CCC
@freedomboxfndn
@freedombone
@eff
@Tusky
@tom79@mastodon.social
@keybase
@debian
@Matomo
@Nitrokey
@privacylab