Tom Funke @sparks@social.privacytools.io
'Eye for an eye leaves a blind world behind'
Joined Oct 2019
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California-based game company Blizzard bans pro esports player and confiscates his prize money after he voices support for Hong Kong protesters: https://www.businessinsider.de/blizzard-bans-esports-player-blitzchung-supporting-hong-kong-protests-interview-2019-10
This shows once again why we must keep fighting for freedom of speech. As consumers, we can show companies that values matter. Leave big tech behind and choose services that respect you and your right to privacy and freedom of speech: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to-leave-google-gmail/
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How cool is that?
You Gave Your Phone Number to Twitter for Security and Twitter Used it for Ads
https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/twitter-advertising-privacy.html
#turvalisus #privaatsus
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More than 400 police departments across the U.S. have entered into surveillance partnerships with Amazon’s camera enabled doorbell company, Ring.
These partnerships should end. https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2019-10-07-open-letter-calling-on-elected-officials-to-stop/
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Tutanota is blocked in Egypt. This shows that we must keep fighting for our right to privacy and freedom of speech! ✊
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/secure-email-tutanota-blocked
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An Intro to Mastodon for GNU/Linux Users http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/129021
@freddyym Great read, thanks for sharing!
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If anyone ever tells me that privacy doesn't matter I try to tell them this:
https://bin.privacytools.io/?5a12baea171f9145#8+2F8UouNDYS+pH132rbxOsYJT/qtd1RM9c7bdiaeHA=
This is interesting. But who audits the ones using software under that license?
#FOSS #HippocraticLicense
https://www.wired.com/story/open-source-license-requires-users-do-no-harm/
Sushi anyone? 🍣
@jsummer Questions are always a good way to learn. 🙂
Partially yes. The thing is that many apps need Google services to run at all. It's not only the Play Store but several services in the background.
That's when alternatives like MicroG kick in. But you have no guarantee that your apps will work.
I personally use F-Droid as a Play Store alternative. F-Droid only lists FOSS apps which doesn't need Play Servcies.
There are other alternatives available, but I personally don't trust them.
@jsummer Ok, for maximum privacy Qubes OS is worth a look, but read through the hardware requirements carefully.
Tails might also be worth a look. It's designed to always run as a live environment.
@jsummer What would be your main objective for switching?
Ubuntu is based on Debian. Qubes OS is very special and needs explicit hardware.
After all, you can do almost the same things with all those distros with some restrictions on Debian (because not all applications are available).
@Wetrix Well, I don't think awesome matches my exact feeling about this idea... 😂
@blacklight447 Even worse. Cars can actually be used to directly kill people.
I don't know how they get away with such stupid reasoning.
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Encryption threatens the “lives and the safety of our children" say UK minister
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49919464
"Won't somebody think of the childern!!!!"
Yeah, lets ban cars as well, they can be used for child trafficking! /s
I did NOT want any toothache for the weekend... 🙄
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Today we are celebrating #GermanUnityDay. Let's take this occasion to fight for #privacy and #FreedomOfSpeech! 😃🎉
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/germany-unity-day
