Sam Howell 🔏 @syntax@social.privacytools.io

🎧 NEW ALBUM - FREE! 🎧

7 tracks of #techno and #electro performed mostly live on a mix of commercial and #DIY synthesizers, recorded to #cassette . my homemade modular synth is used throughout, lots of crunchy analog sounds.

Available on Bandcamp: https://chrisbeckstrom.bandcamp.com/album/modsrc0
and Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/beckstrom-modsrc0/

CC-BY - Free to use, remix, etc,

🔁 Please boost if you know anybody who likes this sort of thing :-) 🔁

Good news for Onionland!

It's now finally possible to get DV certs for your v3 onion site using the HARICA CA! It's another step for the popularization of onion services. We hope more CAs follow HARICA's lead and add support for v3 onions.

Get your own here:
https://www.harica.gr/Contact/GetHarica

I made this post this morning, and I'd like to make a followup: https://functional.cafe/@loke/105813174834542090

I'd like to ask people here if anyone know of a good use-case for 5G. Something that would be an actual, measurable improvement compared to today.

So far I have only heard a single one, and that is that supposedly latency will be much better, making online gaming possible. What kind of latency can I expect to see?

Other than the ability to play fortnite on mobile (which, as far as I understand, people already do?), in what way is 5G actually going to be real gamechanger on the level of what marketing is claiming it will be?

@joacim

Google sucks.

Session now has an F-Droid repo, making it even easier to #GetSession without compromising your privacy.

Tap this link on an Android device with F-Droid installed to add the repo:

https://fdroid.getsession.org/fdroid/repo

Developer singlehandedly solves some bugs causing the slow loading times that have been plaguing GTA V Online since 2013. Without access to source code. Game made by multimillion company.

https://nee.lv/2021/02/28/How-I-cut-GTA-Online-loading-times-by-70/

My latest for HackerNoon on how easy it is to achieve privacy online. Fear of tech doesn't have to be an obstacle to internet privacy.

https://hackernoon.com/simple-steps-to-follow-in-order-to-ensure-greater-personal-internet-privacy-u54l335i

👩‍🔬 💻 We put our users at the center of our development process. You can help us improve Tor Browser by completing a new short survey about your experience:
https://blog.torproject.org/learning-more-about-tor-users

🚨 Emergency Hard Fork Announcement 🚨

The #Particl team has discovered a critical issue in the #RingCT and CT implementations.

Please immediately update your Particl Core nodes to version 0.19.2.4 and read the blog post below for more information.

👉 https://particl.news/emergency-hardfork-announcement/

Now that the new OnionShare has better command line support, I just wrote a guide explaining how to run your own anonymous Tor dropbox on a Raspberry Pi. Check it out: https://micahflee.com/2021/02/onionshare-anonymous-dropbox-raspberry-pi/

If you have any leaks, load this URL in Tor Browser to send them my way: http://vxat6yszh7o5r2fxzvibxsb4lmfi6yzudobn3o3yz2vhvue3z2xmbqid.onion

The #AdTech industry, especially Facebook, is very upset about Apple’s plan to require App Store developers to ask for users’ permission in order to track them online. Our privacy maverick @ds_m4riano explains.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/adtech-an-offer-you-cant-refuse/

Do you know someone who has recently claimed #UniversalCredit (UK welfare benefit) or helped someone else to claim it?

I'm leading an 11-week project to try and make it easier for the 25% of people who currently fail to register for UC remotely.

We're just into the prototyping phase and so are looking for (remunerated) user testers.

DM me if you've got leads. Boosts appreciated.

More info about the project here: https://medium.com/sector-challenge-9-claiming-universal-credit/introduction-to-the-project-5d402bbd55f

Which #laptop do you suggest to use with #gnu / #linux ?

If you live in the UK, please sign this petition to ensure that it is not required for encryption services to establish backdoors to enable data access .

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/554027/

If you go out with your wifi turned on, then chances are anyone nearby can find your home address in seconds.

How?

See in this video by @RTP :
https://tube.tchncs.de/videos/watch/309d07f9-92fc-4f0f-aafc-3f8620f9f347

#privacy #wifi #security #peertube

This sums up my thoughts on all too many devices these days.