VICE
Signal’s New PIN Feature Worries Cybersecurity Experts
4 min · · The popular encrypted app is now going to store your contacts in the cloud. Experts are worried this compromises users’ privacy. · Shared by 15, including mastodon.social/@renestalder
offsetcredit.org
Offset
· Independent from traditional money systems You don't need a bank account, credit card, id card, email or a phone number to use Offset. · Shared by 5, including mastodon.social/@renestalder
codeberg.org
awesome-alternatives
13+ min · · A curated list of FOSS, OSS, and/or Federated alternatives to proprietary software and services. · Shared by 4, including mastodon.social/@renestalder
keexybox.org
The box to keep the Internet under your control
3 min · · Regain control of the Internet with KeexyBox. Make browsing safe for your children, block ads, limit data collection and browse anonymously. · Shared by 4, including mastodon.social/@renestalder
OneZero
How Facebook Could Use Giphy to Collect Your Data
4 min · · GIPHY joins Facebook’s data collection arsenal · Shared by 94, including Dayyan Smith, IamNomad, Eghosa Omoigui, Luca Like, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Oliver Raduner, Katja Evertz
plausible.io
Why you should stop using Google Analytics on your website
8 min · · Here’s a look at why you should remove Google Analytics from your website and help create a more open, independent web that’s more friendly to the visitors. · Shared by 49, including mastodon.social/@renestalder, Rand Fishkin, Marko Saric
NBC News
Passwords and email addresses for thousands of Zoom accounts are for sale on the dark web
3 min · · Zoom users who reuse the same passwords from other accounts can face an ugly unintended consequence. · Shared by 25, including MΛRC VIDΛL, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Claudia Sommer, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Arin Basu, Josh Olszewicz, George M 🇪🇺, Amber Mac
The Intercept
Zoom’s Encryption Is “Not Suited for Secrets” and Has Surprising Links To China, Researchers Discover
6 min · · Zoom rolled its own encryption system and included an algorithm with known, serious issues, say University of Toronto researchers. · Shared by 62, including Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Kent Bye (Voices of VR), Marc R Gagné MAPP, Nils Hitze, DHH, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Michael Gisiger, Steve Tendon, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Russ Cox, Andrew Wilkinson, Thomas Power
jami.net
Jami
· Jami - the distributed and open source communication platform · Shared by 13, including jérémie Flück, Ines Bieler, mastodon.social/@renestalder
github.com
tanrax/maza-ad-blocking
· Local ad blocker. Like Pi-hole but local and using your operating system. - tanrax/maza-ad-blocking · Shared by 10, including mastodon.social/@renestalder, Marc R Gagné MAPP
VICE
Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account
· Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all. · Shared by 362, including DHH, Swizec Teller writing a book on software rewrites, @kevinctofel@hachyderm.io 🇺🇦, Neira Jones, Molly Wood, IamNomad, OM, Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Aamir Raz, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Steve Tendon, Martin Steiger 🦈, Aron Pilhofer (now here journa.host/@pilhofer), Jane, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ethan Marcotte, Niklaus Gerber, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Audrey Watters
The Boston Globe
Facial-recognition tech may have value, but real-time surveillance goes too far
3 min · · If you stroll through some parts of London, facial-recognition systems linked to street cameras analyze whether you look like someone wanted for a crime. This technology isn’t very accurate — it often… · Shared by 23, including 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Evan Selinger, mastodon.social/@renestalder
TechCrunch
Facebook Dating launch blocked in Europe after it fails to show privacy workings
3 min · · Facebook has been left red-faced after being forced to call off the launch date of its dating service in Europe because it failed to give its lead EU data regulator enough advanced warning — including… · Shared by 47, including mastodon.social/@renestalder, Katja Evertz, Jon Loomer, WPMU DEV, DHH
WIRED
Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses
6 min · · The encryption app is putting a $50 million infusion from WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton to good use, building out features to help it go mainstream. · Shared by 158, including Matthias Lampe, Jennifer Ouellette, 瑞拿頭, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Backchannel, Matthew Green, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Philippe, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Johannes Lenz, Axel Rauschmayer (INACTIVE), Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Michael Arrington 🏴☠️ 🛡️, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Rick Powell
github.com
evilsocket/opensnitch
· opensnitch - OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall. · Shared by 38, including Philippe, mastodon.social/@renestalder
sparkleshare.org
SparkleShare - Self hosted, instant, secure file sync
2 min · · macOS 10.7 (Lion) or later Windows Vista or later SparkleShare creates a special folder on your computer. You can add remotely hosted folders (or "projects") to this folder. These projects will be… · Shared by 19, including mastodon.social/@renestalder