SimpleX Chat: private and secure cross platform messenger without any user IDs (not even random)
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Website : https://simplex.chat/
SimpleX Chat (SimpleX Chat - e2e encrypted messenger without any user IDs - private by design!)
https://f-droid.org/packages/chat.simplex.app/
Quick start – https://simplex.chat/docs/guide/readme.html
#SimpleXchat #security #privacy #encryption #E2EE
#FLOSS
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E2E-encrypted messages with markdown and editing
:~ E2E-encrypted images and files
:~ Decentralized secret groups — only users know they exist
:~ E2E-encrypted voice messages
:~ Disappearing messages
:~ E2E-encrypted audio and video calls
:~ Portable encrypted database — move your profile to another device
:~Incognito mode —
unique to SimpleX Chat
Website : https://simplex.chat/
SimpleX Chat (SimpleX Chat - e2e encrypted messenger without any user IDs - private by design!)
https://f-droid.org/packages/chat.simplex.app/
Quick start – https://simplex.chat/docs/guide/readme.html
#SimpleXchat #security #privacy #encryption #E2EE
#FLOSS
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Privacy Tools
URL Cleaner
Password Tools
Autofill Check
Personaldata.info Searx instance
Personaldata.info Whoogle instance
Tracking Company Finder Bookmarklet
https://personaldata.info/
#privacy #privacymatters #opsec #browser #fingerprinting
What data are you exposing to the web?
Fingerprinting uses many different methods to pull unique characteristics about your device/browser - especially since browsers tend to be "leaky."
So, what is your device/browser sharing? This page gives you an idea. + some extras services
Privacy Tools
URL Cleaner
Password Tools
Autofill Check
Personaldata.info Searx instance
Personaldata.info Whoogle instance
Tracking Company Finder Bookmarklet
https://personaldata.info/
#privacy #privacymatters #opsec #browser #fingerprinting
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This Is Why We Need to Talk About CBDCs - TruthStreamMedia
Central banks and governments, at a global scale, have prepared to implement CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) with important consequences for every aspect of freedom in our lives.
Though they will introduce it to the public gradually, its capacity for total control is immense.
CBDCs will be PROGRAMMABLE. Where and how money is spent is literally built into this new currency. And they plan to use it to change how money is use. The executives that frequent the World Economic Forum and the other elite forums have said so.
And so, CBDCs will not just be money. No, not at all. CBDCs are designed as tools of a very political and ideological agenda; some of the worst policies that have been pushed in recent decades will now have the force of spending controls to “nudge” people into submission and compliance.
#DigitalCurrency #CentralBank
#CBDC #Privacy #BigBrother
Central banks and governments, at a global scale, have prepared to implement CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) with important consequences for every aspect of freedom in our lives.
Though they will introduce it to the public gradually, its capacity for total control is immense.
CBDCs will be PROGRAMMABLE. Where and how money is spent is literally built into this new currency. And they plan to use it to change how money is use. The executives that frequent the World Economic Forum and the other elite forums have said so.
And so, CBDCs will not just be money. No, not at all. CBDCs are designed as tools of a very political and ideological agenda; some of the worst policies that have been pushed in recent decades will now have the force of spending controls to “nudge” people into submission and compliance.
#DigitalCurrency #CentralBank
#CBDC #Privacy #BigBrother
Squawker (An open-source anonymous Twitter client) fork of Fritter
#FrontEnd #Privacy #Twitter
F-Droid | Github
Features:
- Privacy: No login, no tracking, with all data local
- Feed: View all your subscriptions in a chronological feed
- Subscriptions: Follow and group accounts
- Search: Find users and tweets
- Bookmarks: Save tweets locally and offline
- Trends: See what's trending in the world
- Polls: View results without needing to vote
- Light and Dark themes: Protect your eyes.. And more!
#FrontEnd #Privacy #Twitter
F-Droid | Github
British youth faces 100,000-euro bill for bomb threat joke that prompted Spain to scramble a fighter plane to escort easyJet flight
The accused was checking in for a flight at London Gatwick airport when he sent a message to friends via Snapchat. It was picked up by the UK security services when the plane was flying over French airspace
Source: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/british-youth-faces-100000euro-bill-for-bomb-20240122151721-nt.html
>send a meme on snapchat
>get fined 120k
Would he have been saved by using any chat service with end-to-end encryption? Even Whatsapp? How can one avoid this happening to them?
⚡️hidden tech
#why #im #privacy
The accused was checking in for a flight at London Gatwick airport when he sent a message to friends via Snapchat. It was picked up by the UK security services when the plane was flying over French airspace
Source: https://www.surinenglish.com/spain/british-youth-faces-100000euro-bill-for-bomb-20240122151721-nt.html
>send a meme on snapchat
>get fined 120k
Would he have been saved by using any chat service with end-to-end encryption? Even Whatsapp? How can one avoid this happening to them?
⚡️hidden tech
#why #im #privacy
Privacy Companies Push Back Against EU Plot To End Online Privacy
An urgent appeal has been relayed to ministers across the #EU by a consortium of tech companies, exacting a grave warning against backing a proposed regulation focusing on child sexual abuse as a pretense to jeopardize the security integrity of internet services relying on end-to-end encryption and end privacy for all citizens.
In a open letter a total of 18 organizations – predominantly comprising providers of encrypted email and messaging services – have voiced concerns about the potential experimental regulation by the European Commission (EC), singling out the “detrimental” effects on children’s #privacy and #security and the possible dire repercussions for #cybersecurity.
#BigBrother #EUChatControl
#ChatControl #Encryption
An urgent appeal has been relayed to ministers across the #EU by a consortium of tech companies, exacting a grave warning against backing a proposed regulation focusing on child sexual abuse as a pretense to jeopardize the security integrity of internet services relying on end-to-end encryption and end privacy for all citizens.
In a open letter a total of 18 organizations – predominantly comprising providers of encrypted email and messaging services – have voiced concerns about the potential experimental regulation by the European Commission (EC), singling out the “detrimental” effects on children’s #privacy and #security and the possible dire repercussions for #cybersecurity.
#BigBrother #EUChatControl
#ChatControl #Encryption
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Know Thy Enemy: The Taxonomies That Meta Uses to Map the Offensive Privacy Space
This talk introduces and examines privacy-inclusive taxonomies Meta has developed and uses to track privacy weaknesses, enumerate privacy adversarial TTPs, deconflict privacy and security efforts, and scale detection and remediation efforts. Taxonomies, such as #MITRE's #CVE, #CAPEC, and #ATT&CK® #frameworks, have long been used to track and understand cybersecurity weaknesses and the tactics of cyber adversaries. These taxonomies help #organizations stay abreast of trends, guide software development best practices, and pinpoint the most effective remediation and detection strategies to common #cybersecurity issues. As the field of offensive privacy matures, organizations require similar taxonomies to understand #privacy threats and align efforts across #security and privacy teams....
By: Zach Miller , David Renardy
Full Abstract and Presentation Materials
This talk introduces and examines privacy-inclusive taxonomies Meta has developed and uses to track privacy weaknesses, enumerate privacy adversarial TTPs, deconflict privacy and security efforts, and scale detection and remediation efforts. Taxonomies, such as #MITRE's #CVE, #CAPEC, and #ATT&CK® #frameworks, have long been used to track and understand cybersecurity weaknesses and the tactics of cyber adversaries. These taxonomies help #organizations stay abreast of trends, guide software development best practices, and pinpoint the most effective remediation and detection strategies to common #cybersecurity issues. As the field of offensive privacy matures, organizations require similar taxonomies to understand #privacy threats and align efforts across #security and privacy teams....
By: Zach Miller , David Renardy
Full Abstract and Presentation Materials
Safe Space (A safe space for your digital valuables.)
Safe space is an app that creates a separate place on your android device to store valuable files. This storage location is not visible to other apps and is encrypted by the system by default.
Features:
* Store files in a secure storage location that is not visible to other apps and is secured by device encryption and system authentication (Biometric and PIN/Pattern/Password)
* Open Images, Audio, Video, PDF documents and plain text documents
* Create simple text notes without leaving the app
* Dark and light mode
* ability to copy and move files
* Import from and export files to external storage without storage permissions
* Completely offline with no telemetry and data collection
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.privacymatters.safespace
#Android #Security #Privacy
#EncryptedFiles
Safe space is an app that creates a separate place on your android device to store valuable files. This storage location is not visible to other apps and is encrypted by the system by default.
Features:
* Store files in a secure storage location that is not visible to other apps and is secured by device encryption and system authentication (Biometric and PIN/Pattern/Password)
* Open Images, Audio, Video, PDF documents and plain text documents
* Create simple text notes without leaving the app
* Dark and light mode
* ability to copy and move files
* Import from and export files to external storage without storage permissions
* Completely offline with no telemetry and data collection
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.privacymatters.safespace
#Android #Security #Privacy
#EncryptedFiles
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About Face (Recognition) | EFF
Is your face truly your own, or is it a commodity to be sold, a weapon to be used against you? A company called #Clearview AI has scraped the internet to gather (without consent) 30 billion images to support a tool that lets users identify people by picture alone. Though it’s primarily used by law enforcement, should we have to worry that the eavesdropper at the next restaurant table, or the creep who’s bothering you in the bar, or the protestor outside the abortion clinic can surreptitiously snap a pic of you, upload it, and use it to identify you, where you live and work, your social media accounts, and more?
Kashmir Hill has been writing about the intersection of #privacy and #technology for well over a decade; her book about Clearview AI’s rise and practices was published last fall. She speaks with the #EFF about how face recognition technology’s rapid evolution may have outpaced ethics and regulations, and where we might go from here.
#FacialRecognition
Is your face truly your own, or is it a commodity to be sold, a weapon to be used against you? A company called #Clearview AI has scraped the internet to gather (without consent) 30 billion images to support a tool that lets users identify people by picture alone. Though it’s primarily used by law enforcement, should we have to worry that the eavesdropper at the next restaurant table, or the creep who’s bothering you in the bar, or the protestor outside the abortion clinic can surreptitiously snap a pic of you, upload it, and use it to identify you, where you live and work, your social media accounts, and more?
Kashmir Hill has been writing about the intersection of #privacy and #technology for well over a decade; her book about Clearview AI’s rise and practices was published last fall. She speaks with the #EFF about how face recognition technology’s rapid evolution may have outpaced ethics and regulations, and where we might go from here.
#FacialRecognition
Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now! – Threema
This Wednesday, June 19, 2024, the #EU Council could be voting on the controversial #ChatControl bill. Should it pass, the consequences would be devastating: Under the pretext of child protection, EU citizens would no longer be able to communicate in a safe and private manner on the Internet. The European market’s location advantage would suffer a massive hit due to a substantial decrease in data security. And EU professionals like lawyers, journalists, and physicians could no longer uphold their duty to confidentiality online. All while children wouldn’t be better protected in the least bit. On the contrary, Chat Control could have a negative impact on minors in particular.
https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/stop-chat-control
#surveillance #privacy
This Wednesday, June 19, 2024, the #EU Council could be voting on the controversial #ChatControl bill. Should it pass, the consequences would be devastating: Under the pretext of child protection, EU citizens would no longer be able to communicate in a safe and private manner on the Internet. The European market’s location advantage would suffer a massive hit due to a substantial decrease in data security. And EU professionals like lawyers, journalists, and physicians could no longer uphold their duty to confidentiality online. All while children wouldn’t be better protected in the least bit. On the contrary, Chat Control could have a negative impact on minors in particular.
https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/stop-chat-control
#surveillance #privacy
threema.ch
Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now!
With its legislative proposal known as “Chat Control,” the EU Commission is trying to establish an unprecedented mass-surveillance apparatus of Orwellian proportions in the European Union. If EU citizens don’t stand up for privacy now, it may be too late.
:: privacy.sexy — Privacy is sexy
:: 🔐 Enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux.
:: -- 🤔 How to use
:: 📙 Start by exploring different categories and choosing different tweaks.
:: 📙 On top left, you can apply predefined selections for privacy level you'd like.
:: 📙 After you choose any tweak, you can download or copy to execute your script.
:: 📙 Come back regularly to apply latest version for stronger privacy and security.
:: -- 🧐 Why privacy.sexy
:: ✔️ Rich tweak pool to harden security & privacy of the OS and other software on it.
:: ✔️ No need to run any compiled software on your system, just run the generated scripts.
:: ✔️ Have full visibility into what the tweaks do as you enable them.
:: ✔️ Open-source and free (both free as in beer and free as in speech).
:: ✔️ Committed to your safety with strong security measures.
https://privacy.sexy/
#Privacy #Security #GnuLinux #MacOS #Windows
:: 🔐 Enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux.
:: -- 🤔 How to use
:: 📙 Start by exploring different categories and choosing different tweaks.
:: 📙 On top left, you can apply predefined selections for privacy level you'd like.
:: 📙 After you choose any tweak, you can download or copy to execute your script.
:: 📙 Come back regularly to apply latest version for stronger privacy and security.
:: -- 🧐 Why privacy.sexy
:: ✔️ Rich tweak pool to harden security & privacy of the OS and other software on it.
:: ✔️ No need to run any compiled software on your system, just run the generated scripts.
:: ✔️ Have full visibility into what the tweaks do as you enable them.
:: ✔️ Open-source and free (both free as in beer and free as in speech).
:: ✔️ Committed to your safety with strong security measures.
https://privacy.sexy/
#Privacy #Security #GnuLinux #MacOS #Windows
Forwarded from The Last American Vagabond
https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/tech-surveillance-privacy-devices/
Technocratic Surveillance, Privacy Devices & Opting Out Of The Control System
Technocratic Surveillance, Privacy Devices & Opting Out Of The Control System https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/tech-surveillance-privacy-devices/ #Interviews #AbovePhone #Privacy #Surveillance #Technocracy
Technocratic Surveillance, Privacy Devices & Opting Out Of The Control System
Technocratic Surveillance, Privacy Devices & Opting Out Of The Control System https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/tech-surveillance-privacy-devices/ #Interviews #AbovePhone #Privacy #Surveillance #Technocracy
Resources on #systemd as well as a lot of options that are de-systemD. As well as hardening #guides, #privacy and #security stuff too
https://start.me/p/Kg8keE/priv-sec
https://start.me/p/Kg8keE/priv-sec
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A startpage with online resources about Priv/sec, created by start.me.