Instagram locked my account and forced me to appeal and send a picture of my face, so I sent a picture of Shrek. They deleted my account
I've been a social media hermit for the past 3 years but recently I've given up and created a few accounts across different apps again. It's unreal how strict the requirements are now....
How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? ( themarkup.org )
Simple steps to take before hitting the streets
DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android ( mullvad.net )
US Police Banned by Microsoft from Using Azure's AI Facial Recognition Technology ( www.techtimes.com )
Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain ( restoreprivacy.com )
Why people don't talk about Google Maps' privacy issues ( www.youtube.com )
Title is editorialized because the original is, frankly, clickbait garbage
Telegram founder and CEO alledges signal has backdoors, they don't provide reproduceible builds, etc.
Here's what he said in a post on his telegram channel:...
Mullvad VPN: Introducing Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA) ( mullvad.net )
Even if you have encrypted your traffic with a VPN (or the Tor Network), advanced traffic analysis is a growing threat against your privacy. Therefore, we now introduce DAITA....
Any good FOSS alternatives to DuoLingo?
Telegram apparently censor queer groups ( mastodon.social )
cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/6433881
It's a long road back to privacy
This post will be my personal experience about trying to gain back my privacy after years of being privacy unconscious. And foremost I want to apologize for my English, if it isn't perfect, 'cause English is not my first language....
End-to-end encryption may be the bane of cops, but they can't close that Pandora's Box ( www.theregister.com )
12 ft ladder Alternative?
12ft ladder doesnt seem to work anymore, on major sites at least. Does anyone have an alternative? Gracias
Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before. Here’s how. ( arstechnica.com )
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...
The Bitcoiners were wrong: a blog post about privacy and bitcoin, and how they failed to design a cash alternative ( unfathom.ing )
Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
By the way, the earlier posted article https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain had an update starting at the paragraph with title Update: Statement from Proton and additional commentary
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...
[Solved] Now DDG also got AI features. Is it good or bad for Privacy? ( lemm.ee )
The Best Secure Email Providers in 2024 ( blog.thenewoil.org )
Like it or not, email is a critical part of our digital lives. It’s how we sign up for accounts, get notifications, and communicate with a wide range of entities online. Critics of email rightfully point out that email suffers from a significant number of flaws that make it less than ideal, but that doesn’t change the...
Mozilla to protect Firefox users from bounce trackers - Stack Diary ( stackdiary.com )
What VPN are you using?
I use Proton. But I continue to run into more and more websites and services that detect my VPN and refuse my connection, or just run literally 40 captchas in a row until I just give up....
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?...
Thoughts on Google turning every device into a scanner for Find My Device?
Received notice of a change to the service in my inbox today. Seems icky to me....