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
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.
Smart meter data: the Government’s at it again ( www.openrightsgroup.org )
Beehaw selling personal information
I use email relay. within minutes of signup on Beehaw I started receiving spam and scam email messages using the exact relay email I used to signup....
What's up with added EXIF data by gThumb ?
Make a screen shot of your desktop...
LinkedIn verification concerns
I have a LinkedIn account which is...
Thoughts on Google turning every device into a scanner foe Find My Device?
Received notice of a change to the service in my inbox today. Seems icky to me....
sharing my simple wireguard kill-switch for Linux
cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/8926396...
Materialious - Desktop & Android client ( materialio.us )
Materialious now can be used as a Desktop or Android application. Allowing it to be used for any Invidious instance!...
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:...
Man Booked For Using VPN In J&K's Rajouri, 3rd Such Case In 2 Days ( www.ndtv.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15187027...
Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain ( restoreprivacy.com )
[Question] Securely Passing Host VPN to KVM?
I've attempted to create a VM on my ubuntu host machine that is accessing the internet via a dedicated VPN app. I'm able to disconnect my host VPN and access the web within the VM, but cannot access the web when the host VPN is enabled. Ideally I'd like to enable the VPN on the host and pass through web access to the VM....
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?
12 ft ladder Alternative?
12ft ladder doesnt seem to work anymore, on major sites at least. Does anyone have an alternative? Gracias
Why every TOTP app default uses SHA-1 hash encryption?
I use Aegis as my 2fa. Today on new token creation I observed that there's hash function set to SHA-1, later checked all my tokens and the result is same type of encryption used for all. So I have edited all my tokens to SHA-256 as a result my totp doesn't authenticate. Do I have to rescan my tokens for updating to SHA-256 or...
The Bitcoiners were wrong: a blog post about privacy and bitcoin, and how they failed to design a cash alternative ( unfathom.ing )
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...
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....
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....
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose ( arstechnica.com )
Pulling this off requires high privileges in the network, so if this is done by intruder you're probably having a Really Bad Day anyway, but might be good to know if you're connecting to untrusted networks (public wifi etc). For now, if you need to be sure, either tether to Android - since the Android stack doesn't implement...
Is Instander dead?
Hi, I used to use Instander to browse Instagram privately but it doesn't seem to be updated anymore, is there an alternative that you recommend that has similar features? Like "ghost mode" when watching stories
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....