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@khaleesicodes@eupolicy.social Es ist eine Schande zu sehen, dass es tatsächlich möglich ist, so lange über ein Thema abstimmen zu lassen, bis einem das Ergebnis passt (auch wenn es hier „nur“ um die freiwilligen Kontrolle geht).
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mastodon 4.7.3Cybersecurity enthusiast, working in ITsec. Open source aficionado and privacy evangelist.
Using Linux and BSD since end of 90's
I believe in everyone's right to privacy, just as I believer in the right for everyone to live the way that makes them happy and that everyone deserves respect and acceptance.
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Folks in Europe, here we go again. Hydra has grown new heads. If you haven’t already, now it’s time to reach out to your MEP as I did yesterday.
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
#chatcontrol #surveillance #freedom
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@Lilith@chaos.social Es geht nicht darum, ob wir das brauchen oder gar einen Plan haben, was wir damit machen wollen — Hauptsache erst mal bauen. Wenn es europäisch ist, ist es automatisch gut.
Imagine an audio surveillance device suddenly appears in your front yard. Unbelievable? Indeed, but that’s exactly what happened in Virginia where a woman discovered a Flock Raven audio detection unit in her front yard.
Now you might say: „Well, but that’s the US. This would never be possible in Europe“
But can we be sure? Currently governments and some parties in the EU put a lot of effort in establishing surveillance. It starts with messaging, social media. But I’m not the only person thinking this is only the beginning. It’s about shifting the baselines. When people get used to surveillance, it’s quite easy to establish even more surveillance without expecting any protest. And like always, this is done in good intention. It’s always to protect society against terrorism, drug dealing, to protect children.
https://futurism.com/future-society/woman-virginia-flock-surveillance-tower-yard
#surveillance #flock #privacy
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@vonsinnen @pallenberg@mastodon.social W social ist der Versuch, so zu tun, als sei man eine ernsthafte Alternative. Ähnliches sehen wir auch bei den Bestrebungen zu europäischen Cloudlösungen. Nur weil etwas von einem Unternehmen mit Sitz in Europa stammt, ist es deshalb nicht automatisch gut.
RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117036967116010552
Looks like another bad move from Apple. Removing ICE Block from their App Store, an app which was designed to alert people when there is an ICE mob nearby, just to protect their relationship with their government sounds questionable to me.
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@WTL@mastodon.social @rolle@mementomori.social I can’t stress it out enough, but I really hope this influencer and content creator bubble will collapse rather sooner than later. No you one needs these influencers and this sort of content they create. I’m afraid it’s an indicator for the general mental state of the average internet user.
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@andre_meister@chaos.social Es wird jedes Argument an den Haaren herbeigezogen, das gerade passt. Und gegen den Schutz von Kindern kann ja wohl niemand etwas sagen.
Proton is generally regarded as a secure email service and this might be true regarding encryption and data storage. But now Proton has collaborated with the FBI and handed over payment data to identify the owner of an email account.
And guess what … The owner of the account was not a paedophile or a terrorist, it was an activists connected to the protest movement „Stop Cop City“
Of course, Proton acted accordingly to Swiss law but considering that this not a single case and Proton is always promoting their location in Switzerland as trustworthy, I would recommend to use something else, probably not even email.
But if you’re using it, follow some basic rules:
1. No recovery data like email or phone numbers.
2. Use a VPN (keep in mind that the VPN provider knows who you are and that a VPN might not be as secure as you think)
3. Don’t use banking accounts for payment. If possible, use Monero or Cash.
4. Don’t use your secret email for anything else. The more often you use it, the more traces you leave.
5. Consider using a messenger for sensitive communication. My personal recommendation is Molly.
@Tutanota@mastodon.social How often per year do you get these requests from authorities and how often do you follow them?
#protonmail #stopcopcity #privacy #surveillancestate #digitalrights #activism
I’m seriously thinking about a capsule wardrobe. Dressing the same every day completely removes the hassle of deciding what to wear each morning and worrying if it matches … 🤔
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@evacide@hachyderm.io A perfect example of „unlawful law“. This is a question I’m asking myself very often: What should we do when the law becomes obviously unlawful but it’s still lawfully because it’s the law?
This morning, I read an article in the newspaper which must appear weird to anynone who's interested in the topic.
It started like: "For a long time, the messenger service Signal was considered a secure alternative to WhatsApp by many consumers. However, following the phishing attacks on the platform targeting high-ranking politicians, the question now arises as to how secure the service really is. Those wishing to use alternatives should inform themselves beforehand."
The article then goes on to list and explain Threema, Wire, and Telegram.
This demonstrates the editor's absolute incompetence. Telegram as an "alternative" to Signal, seriously? When we look what happened to some members of the German Bundestag, we see a targeted phishing attack where the attackers claimed to be the Signal support, pretending to require an access code to "verify" the account. And as was only to be expected, several people – including the President of the Bundestag – fell for it.
Now, the President of the German Bundestag (yes, the President who fell for the phishing attack) recommends using Wire instead of Signal.
But changing the tool doesn't solve the problem which is mostly sitting in front of the computer or smartphone. It's not Signal's fault, it's the user.
To claim Signal is insecure is as absurd as blaming a locksmith for a break-in where the homeowner left the key under the welcome mat for the burglars to find.
It seems to me that this entire affair is being weaponized to smear Signal's reputation.
@signalapp@mastodon.world I hope you have strategies how to fight this.
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@synnef@woof.tech @Tutanota@mastodon.social Unfortunately this doesn’t make anything better. As for now it’s just about voluntarily scanning your messages. But the voluntariness comes from the providers like Meta, Google etc. not from the users.
I’m wondering what would happen if som day not so far in the future we read the message that the EU parliament has decided to enforce chat control for all communications? What would we do? What would we be able to do?
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@wdormann@infosec.exchange Yes, seems like this. But the fact that it happened last year doesn’t mean that Apple has totally changed since then. It just means the company is trying everything to secure their business. We also have seen this with China and iCloud or in the UK.
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@spzb@infosec.exchange
It’s time for the AI bubble to collapse.
No one needs this and it’s a ridiculous waste of resources. Earth can’t afford humans wasting water and energy.
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@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de Wenn ich die Zusammenfassung so lese, komme ich zu dem Ergebnis: so richtig gut ist keiner. Chrome hat das beste Sandboxing. Bleibt also nur Brave, dessen aufgeblasener Funktionsumfang aber auch kritisiert wird und der einen Kompromiss darstellt. Ich verwende mehrere Browser für unterschiedliche Zwecke. Tor, Mullvad, Firefox mit Arkenfox und Brave. Jeder hat irgendwo seine Existenzberechtigung in meinem Setup.
Yesterday I ran pkgbasify on my FreeBSD 15.0 server. Seems like everything went well. Next step: updating to 15.1
Maybe a task for next weekend…
Wann hört das eigentlich endlich auf? Die Chatkontrolle scheint ein ewiger Wiedergänger zu sein. Gerade beerdigt, schon steht sie wieder auf und streckt ihre gierigen Klauen aus.
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@SamantazFox@infosec.exchange @soatok@furry.engineer We can and we must. The battle isn’t lost yet. But we all have to be vigilant.
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@GTRzilla@mastodon.social @kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de Gibt es eigentlich eine Einschätzung zum Helium Browser? Klingt ja erst mal vielversprechend, scheint aber noch in der Betaphase zu sein.
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social Seems like the fight will never end. Why can’t the lobbyists and their puppets not just accept their defeat?
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@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social Then there’s not much left, except of the BSDs, which are great but also not the perfect solution for everyone.
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@Marcel@mastodontech.de @kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de
Das würde mich auch interessieren. Ich wäre auch bereit, dafür zu bezahlen, wenn ich dafür eine App bekäme, die zuverlässig die Verkehrssituation anzeigt, mich bei gesperrten Straßen automatisch umleitet und einen sehr guten Spurassistenten hat. Ich bin beruflich viel mit dem Auto unterwegs. CoMaps oder Ähnliches ist da leider keine wirkliche Alternative.
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@skyblitz@mstdn.social @evacide@hachyderm.io Just imagine everyone would wear these glasses. Or even better: Everyone would be obligated to wear these glasses. What a wonderful world this would be, without any crime. Would even make chat control superfluous. Everything that we do and say would be directly recorded and stored safely in the cloud. The wet dream of all surveillance fascists.
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Dad Problem ist, dass solche anderen Systeme eine Sicherheit vorgaukeln, die effektiv nicht gegeben ist, sei es, weil das OS nur auf Degoogling ausgelegt ist oder die Hardwareplattform Schwächen aufweist, so dass sich Sicherheitsvorkehrungen aushebeln lassen oder erst garnicht im erforderlichen Maße vorhanden sind.