PrivacyTools @privacytools@social.privacytools.io

Hey Reddit fans! The privacytools.io team will be doing an AMA on r/Privacy from Oct 25 to Oct 27! Prepare your questions and find our answers and more in two weeks 😁

Having "nothing to hide" is not an excuse for giving up your liberties. Protect yourself from mass surveillance programs: Learn how at https://privacytools.io/

Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software

Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week. Here’s why Firefox is better.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/

#privacy #google #firefox #chrome #spy #encryption #tracker #cookies #surveillance

Hong Kong Police arrested protesters after accessing full details of injured protesters through Hospital Authority's "backdoor"

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/06/17/police-can-access-full-details-injured-protesters-hospital-says-medical-sector-lawmaker-following-patient-arrests/

#Privacy #HongKongProtest

#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@mastodon.at
@danarel
@infosechandbook@mastodon.at
@CCC
@freedomboxfndn
@freedombone
@eff
@Tusky
@tom79@mastodon.social
@keybase
@debian
@Matomo
@Nitrokey
@privacylab