volpit @volpit@social.privacytools.io

@onepict Strongly agreed. One of the biggest problems the free, open-source, decentralized, federated, private, etc. software communities face is user-friendliness. It's just too hard for a typical person to use 90% of Linux distros or MS Office alternatives or Facebook replacements or what-have-you. Ease of use is unfortunately still an area that proprietary software vendors often lead in, and it is a very important area.

Ubuntu got where it is now partly by explicitly reaching out to non techs and not using the response of RTFM. That's an approch I think we need to take now with #Privacy and #Decentralisation. It's not enough to claim technical superiority or that it's a more ethical position to take. We need to focus more on reaching to folks outside our field. We need to practice active patience and empathy. Soft skills as well as tech skills.

I will be releasing v2.4 of my privacy guide (Android app) hopefully soon. I added so much more content to enjoy and plan to have more as always.

Im really excited that #privacytoolsIO is now on opencollective.com, as its the first step for us to become completely financially transparent :)!

https://opencollective.com/privacytoolsio

Hi Fediverse

it seems to me that switching.social closed down it's services. All social media accounts are deleted and the site is currently offline.

Unfortunately, I have no clue what happened, I'm as surprised as you are. I already contacted the French, Italian and Turkish version of the site.

In case someone knows anything about what happened or has backups of one/multiple pages of the website, I would be very happy to get in touch with you.

#SwitchingSocial #offline

BBC building Alexa-style virtual assistant, to be called Beeb.

"The BBC already works with other voice assistants, such as Alexa and Google Assistant, but it is increasingly pushing users towards its own products, **so it can collect more data**."

Emphasis mine.

Source:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/bbc-launch-alexa-style-virtual-19013257

#SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #DeepState #BBC

History of Bitcoin http://reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/cvmhro/history_of_bitcoin/

I wonder if there ever will be a private internet provider out there, or just possible to get a secure internet connection anywhere without the need of some scam phone plan.

question on security releated to #peertube:

Are the ip adresses of those that watch a video and that share date with each other in some way obscured?

@volpit @Wetrix The one with the best privacy seems to be https://swisscows.com/

"We do not collect any of our visitors’ personal information. None whatsoever. When using Swisscows neither your IP address is recorded nor is the browser you are using (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Chrome, etc.) collected. No analyses are made, which operating system our users use (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.); your search are not recorded either."

Read full here: https://swisscows.com/en/privacy

(was to long)

@volpit we're so fucked