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On this Data Privacy Day, choose a search engine that puts you first. No ads. No tracking. No compromise. Just the results you want, on your terms.

(Illustration by Chaz Hutton for Kagi)

#Kagi #Search #DataPrivacyDay #DataPrivacyWeek #Privacy #AdFree


Let's say China manages to get just a little bit of data about people from just a few of these ... 😑

"China's overlapping tech-industrial ecosystems"

high-capacity.com/p/chinas-ove…

#cybersec #cybersecurity #infosec #itsec #china #privacy #gdpr #dataprotection #dataskydd


Reminder that @1password currently has 6 positions open on the Security team, with more likely on the way. If you want to work with me (or, even better, be on my Privacy team), check out the listings here and see if one might be a good fit for you.

jobs.lever.co/1password?depart…

#jobs #hiring #fedihire #security #privacy #passwords


Earlier today, Google rejected a feature request asking for the option to use DNS-over-HTTPS servers other than Google’s and Cloudflare’s in Android: issuetracker.google.com/issues…

According to Google’s own testing, DoH is more private, secure, and performant than DoT on Android. There is no reason whatsoever to limit it to a handful of Google-approved servers.

Just like with Manifest V3 in Chrome, this arbitrary restriction on what DNS servers can use the most modern technologies in Android is a clear example of Google abusing their position to campaign against blocking invasive trackers. One of the clearest uses for custom DNS servers is the ability to block privacy-invasive services like Google’s at the DNS level.

Further details & discussion on our forum: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/go…

#android #google #privacy #dns


The United States Government, in the wake of mobile cellular networks being compromised by China, finally suggested Americans use encrypted apps and services. One of those suggestions, provided as an exexample, by the Joe Biden Administration, was Signal.

Donald Trump, however, around the time Mark Zuckerberg made his announcement, concerning Meta policy, has continuously used WhatsApp as their example.

#Signal #WhatsApp #Privacy #Encryption #Safety #Security #Meta


So our beloved PM is announcing some "strong controls" as he's afraid of the coup... which is plain nonsense and he's just afraid to hear what people think of his romantic affairs with bloodlusting dictator, but that's not the point why I post this.

There is legitimate question on the table - what is actually the best offline (no Internet) messaging app as of today? I recall Bridgefy. Is there anything better?

#infosec #privacy #protest


Die Signatur-Problematik bei F-Droid ist offenbar noch immer nicht gelöst: "We find it concerning that F-Droid constantly chooses to move the goalposts and continues to rely on a fundamentally broken approach for certificate pinning, merely patching [15] known vulnerabilities without ever addressing the underlying cause." 😵👇

github.com/obfusk/fdroid-fakes…

#fdroid #security #privacy #certpinning #signature


Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 will no longer receive software updates, technical support, or bug and security fixes after 14.10.2025.

Consider migrating to LibreOffice.

LibreOffice is free to use.
LibreOffice supports Office file formats.

Install LibreOffice and compare it with your version of Office.

Website: libreoffice.org
Mastodon: @libreoffice

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#Microsoft #Office2016 #Office2019 #Office #LibreOffice #CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS


👋 hi
We heard you moved away from a toxic social media platform?
Congrats! now do Google Docs!

cryptpad.org

#privacy #collaboration #office-suite #googledocs #office365


"Hey, what's your password?"

Nice try. My password is:

Tuta_MailDoesntLetThatHappen!

Enjoy your Sunday! 🤩

🔐 #Encryption #Privacy #Security 🔐


This #NewYearsResolution should be about increasing your #privacy. Share now!

❤️ ❤️ ❤️


Fighting for your right to #privacy since 2011. Thanks everyone for your support! 💪💪💪


Looks like #Microsoft appointed the new Data Protection Supervisor of the #EU.

This happened because the “left-liberal camp” did not agree on which candidate to support, if I am reading the news correctly.

I saw outgoing EDPS Wojciech Wiewiórowski at more than one @fnf meeting, and I doubt that his successor will turn up at this grassroots #privacy barcamp.

heise.de/en/news/Too-critical-…

#Wiewiorowski #EDPS


I like @Tutanota as email provider, but, sometimes it feels like their developers have never used an email client before in their life.
Now they *just* (I mean....) introduced labels, BUT you still cannot create filters that automatically apply labels too.
Gmail may be the evil to avoid at all cost, but, their UX had already everything like 20 years ago.

Tuta is good for privacy, but their UX is stuck in the '90s and it makes a horrible whole email experience. #privacy


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#Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 6 Weeks—Forget Chrome And #Android

Long story short is that Google has made updates to its advertising ecosystem essentially _permitting_ the fingerprinting of devices for use in targeted advertising. In their words they are going to be “less prescriptive with partners in how they target and measure ads.”

Doesn’t mean fingerprinting wasn’t happening before, just that Google is giving the green signal to the rest of the ecosystem to do so… and will likely use this to maybe replace third-party cookies.

Use an adblocker. Seriously.

#privacy #ads #privacymatters #useadblockers

forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/20…


just discovered some very cool new projects:
git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/b…
aerogramme.deuxfleurs.fr/

aerogramme is a proxy for imap and caldav that offers encryption and some security guarantees

bagage is webdav with an s3 backend

this is all based on garage which works great on commodity hardware. you could rent a $5/mo/tb vps from hosthatch and have decently good secure, open source, cloud storage of all the above

#privacy #openSource #security #s3 #garage


Google: Device Fingerprinting ist okay
heise.de/news/Google-Device-Fi…

Ist ja auch für die Werbeindustrie ganz dolle wichtig...

#privacy


❤️ Privacy matters - so does doing good. We donate Tuta to #opensource projects! ❤️

Ready to turn on #privacy?

👉 tuta.com/blog/tutanota-for-ope…

#foss #givingback #encryption #security


What to do with people around who are carrying AI Wearables that listen to everything said and record it and send conversations to whatever language model processor? How even find out? By asking? Searching? Pat down? Is friendship ended if they refuse to shut it off? Similar for home assistants. Don't visit such people anymore?
(luckily I don't know anyone who actually uses such shit, so it's hypothetical).

#Privacy #AI #Wearables #SpyDevices #ModernWorldShit #Datenschutz #Privatsphäre


We fight for your right to #privacy with #encryption! 🔒

Check out our new scrolling animation: tuta.com/ 💪


Normalize extended ASCII
And 128+ long passwords

If you use a password manager (which you should)
There's no reason not to make it as complex as you can

#keepassxc #extendedascii #passwords #privacy #cybersecurity


GrapheneOS version 2025010700 released:

grapheneos.org/releases#202501…

See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.

Forum discussion thread:

discuss.grapheneos.org/d/18831…

#GrapheneOS #privacy #security


What is one thing you are planning
to do in 2025 to improve your data privacy online or to improve the data privacy of others? 🔒👀

#Privacy #NewYearResolutions2025


Let’s not fool ourselves, Musk will use all Tesla and X data for his goals in Europe. Every Tesla is collecting video and location information all the time, information that can be (mis)used by Elon . #cybersecurity #privacy #tesla #musk


Mint egy másik hozzászóló is írta: nekem is teljesen új már eleve az is, hogy az Apple eladja ezeket az adatokat.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… #apple #privacy


If you're surprised Tesla takes and keeps recordings from their cars after seeing the news about the Cybertruck in Vegas, you shouldn't be. This is not something new. Tesla has been taking and storing media for many years, claiming it's used to train their AI capabilities. You can't opt out either.

And Tesla employees do access it, make fun of you, make memes, and share the content internally, without any legitimate reason to access the content.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

While this is about Tesla, this is a growing problem across this and other industries.

#Tesla #Surveillance #Privacy


We are heading towards completion of another milestone 😃

Thanks to @VishnuSanal, #Prav is on Google Play Store now. It requires a 2-week testing period before being open to public downloads. Right now, only authorized testers can test it.

If you are interested in testing, please share your Gmail address with us.

On the other hand, the app is free to download from #Fdroid. Please remember that the service is still in public beta.

Stay tuned!

#XMPP #privacy #FreeSoftware #OpenSource


As we wrap up #2024 one thing is clear:

#privacy is a human right only possible with end-to-end encryption 🔐

Do you agree? 💭


Jedna z největších výhod #GrapheneOS je možnost oddělených VPN na různých profilech. 🛡️ Například na hlavním profilu můžu mít VPN s českou IP adresou, zatímco v Private Space, kde mám bankovní aplikace, můžu mít třeba německou IP. Perfektní pro bezpečnost a ochranu soukromí – dvě identity v jednom zařízení! Začínají se mi Private Space líbit :-) #Privacy #VPN #Android


Ready for #NewYear? Time to make up a #NewYearResolution 💪

Why not choose #privacy over Big Tech⁉️

Here are some ideas. 👇 Which is on your list for #2025❓

And more tips to #deGoogle your life: tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-goo…


Přeinstaloval jsem #GrapheneOS. Na hlavním profilu používám jen FOSS aplikace, zatímco v soukromém prostoru mám banku a další aplikace. Samozřejmě kromě Revolut, ten pořád nefunguje. 😅 Zatím se mi tyhle soukromé prostory líbí – uvidíme, jak dlouho vydržím! 😄 #Privacy #Android


The #38C3 presentation about the massive #Volkswagen data leak is over and the leak was as bad as it sounded. 100,000s of cars could be located down to cm precision. Also a lot of metadata that is NOT supposed to be public. Disturbing.

The main takeaway was that the real problem here wasn't the leak itself, but that this data was collected in the first place.

I agree. It's not a good idea to create mountains of very personal data and then pray it never leaks.

#privacy #fail #leak #breach #vw


@Tutanota Apparently #tuta still hasn't set a concrete, near term date for the availability of the *option to export all emails in one go* .

So: Customers can easily import their emails to #Tutamail, but they have to manually select and export all of their emails if they want to migrate away to a different #email provider.

To me, that looks like a vendor lock-in.

You can keep on telling that it's already planned, but you should really walk the talk!

#vendorlockin
#hotelcalifornia
#privacy


Looking for a last minute present? 🎁

Give #privacy!

Tuta gift cards are available in seconds under Settings - Gift cards within your Tuta account. ❤️ 🔒 🎄


I know that Tuta has been planning it for years. But that wasn't my question.

Apparently #Tuta still hasn't set a concrete, near term date for the availability of the *option to export all emails in one go*.

So: Customers can easily import their emails to #Tutamail, but they have to manually select and export all of their emails if they want to migrate away from Tuta to a different #email provider.

To me, that looks like a vendor lock-in.

#vendorlockin
#hotelcalifornia
#privacy


About Better Data Privacy for All:

Sometimes, you will notice that
I give privacy tips not only to improve your own privacy but also for you to be better at improving the privacy of others.

Because if we truly care about privacy and privacy rights, we must also do the work ourselves to be better at protecting the privacy of others.

Privacy is team work and only by changing our own behaviors will we be able to slowly transform our societies' cultures into more privacy-respectful ones.

Be the privacy respect you wish to see in the world.

This is important,
for all of us 💚

#Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights


#AI vs #privacy ? 🤔

Our users for sure say so:

✅ 29% want TutaDrive 🔒

❌ Only 3% want an AI Copilot 👀

tuta.com/blog/tuta-survey-2024