w3cdevs , to random
@w3cdevs@w3c.social avatar

Large Language Models (LLMs) are being distributed across many devices and platforms. Having these models available on-device can help reduce the need for sending private data to cloud-hosted systems.

At the @w3c member meeting last month in 🇯🇵, Chunhui Mo (Huawei) explored what it would take to expose these LLMs to through a Web and the advantages it could bring in terms of , and .

🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/7S60LNBAFj0

maleandroids , to Firefox
@maleandroids@mstdn.social avatar

why does @firefox have trackers like Adjust in it? that's rubbish from a browser that is supposed to be privacy and user friendly

topio , to random German
@topio@mastodon.social avatar

Gleich geht es los auf dem UMWELTFESTIVAL!
Heute 28. April 2024 am Brandenburger Tor!

Unsere Standnummern 201 und 202 😍

https://www.umweltfestival.de/ausstellende-2024/

@fsfe @fsfeberlin @be4foss @kde @bitsundbaeume_berlin

w3cdevs , to random
@w3cdevs@w3c.social avatar

In the evolving digital landscape, "Identity on the Web" is crucial for online interaction, and .

At the @w3c member meeting in 🇯🇵, Heather Flanagan, co-chair of the newly created W3C Federated Identity discussed challenges in establishing a common understanding of and explored this topic's technological, social, and dimensions in relation to the W3C’s mission.

▶️ https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/fedid/
🎬 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/GI3UTZJ0Ue4

ZacBelado , to LibreWolf
@ZacBelado@hachyderm.io avatar

Giving @librewolf a try. I like the idea of a browser specifically hardened against browser fingerprinting and tracking. Runs all of my existing Firefox plugins with no problems

w3cdevs , to random
@w3cdevs@w3c.social avatar

The @w3c breakouts day 2024 recap is out!
▶️ https://www.w3.org/blog/2024/breakouts-day-2024-recap/

Participants organized 19 sessions, covering:

Check session slides, minutes, notes and links, and potential follow-up discussions.

otl , to Privacy
@otl@hachyderm.io avatar

Finally deleted my LinkedIn account!

After putting my account into "hibernation" for the past few weeks, I finally closed it. But I'm still looking for work. Thankfully I can still find positions (SRE and software dev) by just going directly to the company's site and finding a Jobs page.

Good luck to everyone else out there looking for work!

@privacy

voxel , (edited ) to Linux
@voxel@infosec.exchange avatar

Hey 👋 dear Linux Community,

I'm still kinda new to Linux (started using this year 😅) I already made it to my main OS, even if I still missing some things which I used on Windows, anyway. What I wanted to ask you guys, what recommendations do you have for Linux Mint (Cinnamon)? In terms of security, optimization, (a way to make the UI looking modern ;-;) and privacy? I would be very interested in what you do guys to optimize your Linux setup :) I'm pretty technical, so there is nothing which could overwhelm me (probaly).

Thx! 🤍

@linux

w3c , to random
@w3c@w3c.social avatar

We are seeking a W3C Privacy Lead.

W3C is seeking a full-time staff member to lead our Privacy standardization efforts.
The position is for remote work from anywhere in the world.

Requirements include: extensive knowledge of privacy technologies and methodologies, including authentication, identity management, cryptography and familiarity with core web technologies, such as HTML, HTTP, Web APIs, and scripting
See more at:
https://www.w3.org/news/2024/hiring-privacy-lead/

aral ,
@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar

@w3c You forgot to add that the position will involve privacywashing your surveillance capitalist members like Google, Facebook, etc.

You are the standards body of surveillance capitalism, after all.

tasket ,

@w3c Please pay heed to risk created by:

  • complexity & attack surface
  • users ignoring PKI / domain spelling (lack of semantic strength in UIs & workflows)
  • users ignoring websites (the expectations that come with "everything is an app")
  • lack of visual security context (UI zones that mix OS content with remote content)
  • purely aesthetic features that enable fingerprinting
  • dark patterns, such as creating unnecessary remote or proprietary dependencies
  • tech solutionism

tekkie , to random

All self-aware communities on should suspend just as @aral has done. There's no need for a toxic corporate experiment with the aim to expand the monetisation of violations.

blueghost , to random

Tuta, PeerTube is an #OpenSource video platform that is an alternative to YouTube.

Please provide a PeerTube option for people that do not want to support Google.

PeerTube has a feature that allows you to automatically import all the content from your YouTube channel and also synchronize the channels so that when a new video is published to YouTube it is automatically published to #PeerTube.

Website: https://joinpeertube.org
Mastodon: @peertube

#Tuta #Tutanota #Email #Privacy @Tutanota

nIi7WJVZwktT4Ze , to Privacy in A question about secure chats

Content of the Tweet if you don’t want to click X links:

What collects and stores:

  1. Unencrypted messages, photos, videos, and files
  2. Encrypted photos and videos from secret chats
  3. Phone numbers and contacts
  4. Metadata such as IP addresses

What collects and stores:

  1. None.

By @WireMin

hen , to random

If you haven't yet listened to the interview I did with @kirschner —president of the @fsfe you gotta check it out! Lots of good discussions about & more!

Watch it now:
https://youtu.be/fh2jiYS6BAo

arawa , to random French
@arawa@pouet.chapril.org avatar

🔴 Étude de cas : Découvrez le témoignage de qui a adopté comme pour stocker ses données, en s'appuyant sur notre expertise dans les solutions de collaboration . Les utilisateurs de "DropSU" peuvent stocker, partager et collaborer en toute sécurité, en respectant le .

👋 @nextcloud
https://ln.arawa.fr/sVRqY

nextcloud , to random
@nextcloud@mastodon.xyz avatar

The wave of new AI tools comes with a ton of new concerns.

A new website where you can upload a photo to identify people shows it’s not limited to those who use AI themselves. And it shows why you should avoid giving your data to random companies.

Do these developments worry you? They worry us..

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/controversial-tech-pimeyes-fuels-privacy-concerns/463483

voxel , to Privacy
@voxel@infosec.exchange avatar

Good news! Brave for Android now let's u use your favorite uBlock Origin Blocklists!

Under Settings > Brave Shields & privacy

Can you now add custom filterlists and edit Brave's default selection of the already avaible filterlists. Some of you now that this was possible before too (via brave://adblock) but at this time it had no UI and wasn't a official feature, now you can easily add, remove and customize fiterlists via the the settings.

#brave #bravebrowser #browser #privacy @privacy

voxel , (edited ) to Privacy
@voxel@infosec.exchange avatar

Warning to all Brave Browser Users

Blocking variations.brave.com which is used for A/B testing could potentially break Brave's functionalities. For me did Brave's "forgetful browsing" feature broke which seems to be disabled by default if you block this domain.

@privacy @privacyguides

voxel , to Privacy
@voxel@infosec.exchange avatar

Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/encrypted-hello/

Nothing big, but kinda interesting. I'm excited to see how this will go 👀

@privacy

voxel , to Privacy
@voxel@infosec.exchange avatar
danie10 , to random
@danie10@mastodon.social avatar

Obtainium installs and updates Android Apps directly from their releases pages, with notifications for updates

This open-source and privacy-respecting app will install from a number of popular locations such as GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid, SourceForge, Huawei AppGallery, APKPure, and many more.

The Obtainium app is ideal if you already avoid the ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/obtainium-installs-and-updates-android-apps-directly-from-their-releases-pages-with-notifications-for-updates/

gbhnews , (edited ) to random
@gbhnews@mastodon.social avatar

🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 68F at Logan Airport and visibility is 5 miles.

Google will track many users' browsing history to target ads, in a move worrying advocates.

A judge granted a new trial to a man who was found guilty of murder in 1993 after new DNA evidence called the conviction into question.

volcano Kilauea, one of the world's most active, erupted nearly two months of quiet.

cold remedy:

Wander , to Fediverse
@Wander@packmates.org avatar

Federated wireguard network idea
Any feedback welcome.

Let's keep things stupidly simple and simply hash the domain name to get a unique IPv6 ULA prefix.

Then we would need a stupidly simple backend application to automatically fetch pubkeys and endpoints from DNS and make a request to add each others as peers.

Et voilà, you got a worldwide federated wireguard network resolving private ULA addresses. Sort of an internet on top of the internet .

The DNS entries with the public IPv4 / IPv6 addresses could even be delegated to other domains / endpoints which would act as reverse proxy (either routing or nesting tunnels) for further privacy.

Maybe my approach is too naïve and there are flaws I haven't considered, so don't be afraid to comment.

Exact use cases? Idk, but it sounds nifty.

cc: @fediverse

voxel , to Privacy
@voxel@infosec.exchange avatar

Ecosia, is it really so private?

A article about if Ecosia is really a private search engine.
I did spend a lot a time to analyze and investigate Ecosia, I hope this article helps people to better understand how private is Ecosia really and which are the downsides of it. Is the first article I ever written, so it isn't perfect. I'm open for feedback!

https://cryptpad.disroot.org/pad/#/2/pad/view/qQG0ryE6n8EnZSTgCLMd4m87I7hEOoOkokkPPCj+lDs/embed/

@privacy

voxel , to Privacy
@voxel@infosec.exchange avatar

So, I'm interested how the implementation of "Perfect Forward Secrecy" in Signal looks like, like does every messages has a different encryption key? or does it change over time like does? I tried to find any official documention of this, sadly did not find anything.

Thats why I'm asking, does anyone of you know smth about this and maybe can provide a link to a official source?

@signalapp @SignalUpdateInfo @privacy

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