What email provider do you use for sign ups?
I used to use Protonmail, however the verification steps become tedious when creating unique emails for sign ups. I've switched to Tutanota despite it contravening their one account policy. What do you all use for one off emails (for sign ups etc )? Or do you prefer one of those 10 minute email sites?
Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims ( krebsonsecurity.com )
Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target’s traffic off of the protection...
Free Software Webmail Systems (fsf recommended email providers) ( www.fsf.org )
sim card from Ebay , bad idea?
ordered a new phone so I wanted a new SIM for a clean slate. My country require KYC for SIM cards. So i ordered this https://www.ebay.com/itm/295938085941 I see now that the card is being shipped from Israel....
Privacy.com alternative for the UK & EU region
Recently I just hit by stolen card detail and makes me searching a virtual card service. Anyone knows any works in the UK and EU region? Apparently Privacy.com needs SSN to work now. Thanks.
US Police Banned by Microsoft from Using Azure's AI Facial Recognition Technology ( www.techtimes.com )
Any web site that lets you share files with people like xender ?
I remember there being apps like xender, easy share etc. which lets you share files by one person activating hotspot and the other wifi you just have to have both party close to each other and they use no data . But they are all closed source and probably spyware and its too much of a hassle to get others to download a file...
European Law Enforcement Officials Declare Encryption Must Be Broken To Ensure Public Safety ( www.techdirt.com )
from the less-safety-equals-more-safety,-say-EuroCops dept
addressing misconceptions about the recent TunnelVision vulnerability
I've been seeing a lot of confusion around the TunnelVision vulnerability. While I'm no expert, I've done a fair share of research and I'll edit this post with corrections if needed. The goal of this post is to answer the question: does this affect me?...
[YT] How Mozilla Ruined Firefox ( www.youtube.com )
Actually pretty good video....
Why I no longer use a VPN (most of the time) and nor should you - YouTube ( youtu.be )
Alternative https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=pp-INfssWBo
Trying to understand Consent Forms, Cookies and Third-Party Vendors ( slrpnk.net )
Yo peeps, I'm currently looking into TCF Vendors, Ad partners and their whole corporate greed hellhole of tracking. I am writing a paper on this, and would like for everything to be factually correct. However, I am struggling to understand one particular part of this "transparency framework" and hope someone can help me clarify...
Thoughts on Nothing Phone 2 running with e/os?
I wanted to degoogle since Google has been most annoying so far with S21FE. Was thinking of getting Pixel 8a but due to mixed reivews I was looking for other phones. Thoughts on this? Would be also nice if I can get some opinions from people who have the phone as well.
Does self-hosted VPN make sense?
Hey all,...
"Everything being a sleek App, instead of being a clunky website. Which is definitely the way to go." - Mrwhosetheboss
(timestamp-link) iPad Pro M4 Hands on - Why I just bought it....
Creating dummy Google accounts
I use GrapheneOS ony phone and a Mac with the security options as optimized as possible. For most of my emailing etc, I use Tuta and Proton. There are instances however, where having a Google account is beneficial (some apps for example won't download from Aurora store in anonymous mode)....
Please, do not use Brave.
I have seen many people in this community either talking about switching to Brave, or people who are actively using Brave. I would like to remind people that Brave browser (and by extension their search engine) is not privacy-centric whatsoever....
Number of email accounts for financials
Does it make sense to have separate emails for each individual financial account (banking, credit cards) or is that overkill? I'm just thinking that if a hacker got access to one email they'd have all account information?
Nextcloud Talk is so good
It is good for privacy but also has the nifty feature of not sucking and being reliable. It is so much better that Teams and my audio works reliability.
Need help figuring out bookmark management
Over the years I have saved many bookmarks in Firefox in various folders for interesting, useful or just frequently used websites....
Which of the among is the best exif remover app?
Scrambled Exif vs Metadata Remover
Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser ( github.com )
And since you won't be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility....
Randomly getting Notion email, after having deleted my account years ago... ( slrpnk.net )
Welp I guess this is the perfect example of companies not deleting your credentials and account info when asking for it... I deleted my Notion account several years ago. And completely randomly today got an email from them about data retention, assuming this is one of those "important" emails they have to send out. Sadly, years...