tskc @tskc@social.privacytools.io

“This manual explains how to protect yourself from hackers, in layman’s terms. Six professional hackers 👨‍💻 helped create this guide.”

https://watchyourhack.com/

#Privacy

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#VeraCrypt 1.24-Update7 has been released. It fixes several issues and adds some enhancements and features. It also brings back packages for Raspberry Pi OS.
More details at https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Release%20Notes.html .
Downloads available at https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html

Stop making websites that look good in Chrom* and shit everywhere else.

It's about time we stopped buying into the propaganda phrase "ad blockers", and started calling user-protection tools like #uBlockOrigin and #NoScript what they are; spy blockers. If I display ads on my website using HTML and CSS, spy blockers won't block those. As far as they know, the text, images, audio, or video that make up the ads could be anything. So what's really being blocked is not ads, but tracking. Thanks to the authors of this site, for pointing this out:
https://shouldiblockads.com/

Don't.
Use.
#Zoom.
Just.
Don't.

“Free users for sure we don’t want to give that [end-to-end encryption] because we also want to work together with FBI, with local law enforcement in case some people use Zoom for a bad purpose” - Eric Yuan, CEO.
.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-02/zoom-transforms-hype-into-huge-jump-in-sales-customers

Hey YouTube? When I'm looking at my subscriptions, what the FUCK is sorting by "Most Relevant" supposed to mean? I subscribed to all of these channels, how do you get to decide what's "most relevant" to me? Fuck off and let me watch what I want to see!

Instagram removes ability to view posts unless you are logged in.

Another example of why open source alternatives are increasingly important!

#deleteInstagram #usePixelfed

For the first time since 1951, Assam - a state in the north east of India - has been updating its national register of citizens (NRC)

Find out why privacy matters: http://privacyinternational.org/case-study/3493/it-helps-protect-our-nationality https://nitter.net/privacyint/status/1243886557490073600/photo/1

Dear PTIO community: after quite some work in the last few days, we are proud to show you our new browser recommendations! We now list recommendations for desktop Android and iOS!

See for yourself:https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/#browser

Greetings, the PTIO team

Tor Browser for Android 8.5.6 is out now. The latest version for Linux, macOS, and Windows is still 8.5.5.

This update fixes an issue with the aarch64 version, mostly on Android 9, which caused a crash on launch. Apologies to all who were affected.
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-856

Slicing onions: Part 1 - Myth-busting Tor. https://write.privacytools.io/my-thoughts-on-security/slicing-onions-part-1-myth-busting-tor

Slicing Onions: Part 2 - Onion recipes; VPN not required. https://write.privacytools.io/my-thoughts-on-security/slicing-onions-part-2-onion-recipes-vpn-not-required

New @privacytools blog post especially for iOS users! ✨ Here's how to enable DNS over HTTPS using any custom provider, including the ones we recommend:

https://blog.privacytools.io/posts/adding-custom-doh-resolvers-to-dnscloak/

#iOS #DNS #DNSCloak

Wow…

So electron improved their security features with the recent version 5, but by doing this broke tons of applications because they either need User Namespaces or an SUID executeable (to launch proper isolated subprocesses).

#Signal Desktop noticed this problem and as well and "fixed" it in the worst way possible:

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/commit/1ca0d821078286d5953cf0d598e6b97710f816ef

On the other hand #Riot Desktop did a proper fix, which enables an SUID bit on this binary: https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/commit/56674ea70849b3a793fa7b862945163aa10b36b8

#infosec #security #linux