My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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I profiled security researcher and WireGuardVPN creator Jason A. Donenfeld for Business Insider. https://s3.amazonaws.com/external_clips/3677850/How_Jason_A._Donenfeld_created_secure_VPN_WireGuard__included_in_Linux_-_Business_Insider.pdf
Nice, @ooni’s Probe app recently added a test to validate connectivity to @riseup’s VPN.
RT @KimZetter@twitter.com
Former security technician for home security company ADT admitted he secretly accessed customers' home security cameras more than 9,600 times over 4+ yrs, particularly in homes of attractive women to spy on them while they undressed, slept, or had sex
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/home-security-camera-hacked-adt
stop installing microphones and cameras inside and outside your homes, ffs
nyaa.si, a popular anime-focused torrent tracker, has had its source code removed from GitHub after the MPA filed a DMCA takedown request.
Read their lunacy here if you'd like: https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2021/01/2021-01-14-mpa.md
All communication in #signal goes through these tech giants: Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Cloudflare
Just texting goes through Amazon.
Group chat will also go through Google.
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#GAFAM is toxic to free software, supports mass surveillance and a lot other very bad things. Supporting such companies means also supporting their culture and their dominance. It's never just about the privacy of a single person.
There are already over 20 Tor relay operators (>200 relays, > 10% exit capacity) that make use of the
tor ContactInfo information sharing specification (CIISS) to get some group wide graphs generated for their relays:
https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/index.html#verified-operator-domains
Bellow is shown a sample graph by one of them:
How one hacker's push to secure the internet became a crucial part of Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems
wow. Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 is a thing. and it's good... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell:_SAC_2045
Squatters, looters wreck longtime Capitol Hill club Neighbours during COVID-19 closure
Fighting for the climate: France's new eco-warriors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SVB2EjuEQ&list=WL&index=92
REPORTERS: France's new eco-warriors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8EqF41TadM&list=WL&index=91
REPORTERS: France's new generation of environmental activists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9mWxJ9-7w&list=WL&index=90
Excellent job Extinction Rebellion activists moving phones out of the room before conducting planning meetings!
Elon Musk has been convincing people to ditch WhatsApp for Signal.
While I hate billionaires, and now the richest one. He is right about it.
If you are concerned about your phone number, Google Voice gives you a free one when you sign up. Which can be used by Signal!
well this is sweet, thanks @nate !
Privacy & security engineer in Seattle. Founder and volunteer Director for Emerald Onion.
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