⚠️ Security training ≠ security.

Training teaches people to see risk — threat hunting proves whether it still exists. Real security starts before the first alert.

🔍 Don’t just educate. Learn how to validate ↓ https://thehackernews.com/2025/10/moving-beyond-awareness-how-threat.html

Mozilla has started testing Firefox VPN, a free, browser-only virtual private network integrated directly into Firefox. This service routes user traffic through intermediary servers in various countries to mask IP addresses. It represents the first step in Mozilla’s initiative to embed additional privacy and security tools into the browser. The feature is currently in an early implementation phase and will undergo testing with a small group of randomly selected users in the US over the next few months.

Firefox VPN differs from Mozilla’s existing paid product, Mozilla VPN, which offers system-wide protection across up to five devices. The new browser-based version operates exclusively within Firefox and activates for the entire browser via a button in the address bar. Developers plan to add functionality that allows users to enable the VPN selectively for individual tabs or specific websites. Mozilla emphasizes that Firefox VPN remains a distinct, free offering limited to browser use.

Microsoft OneDrive is rolling out AI face recognition for your photos

You can turn the feature OFF, but only “three times a year,” and Microsoft hasn’t clarified what that actually means.

To disable (for now), go to the Privacy & Permissions → People section.

More information:
https://m.slashdot.org/story/447740

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Join us tonight at 7pm ET for the premiere of episode 195: Rise Above Big Tech: Defying The Surveillance State And Spiritual Sabotage with Hakeem Anwar

Hakeem Anwar joins Alec for a conversation on the growing surveillance ecosystem and the path toward digital sovereignty.

A former health software engineer turned privacy advocate, Hakeem shares how a shocking data breach involving children’s Social Security numbers led him to create Above — a company designing privacy-first phones and laptops free from Big Tech dependencies.

Hakeem is a software engineer, technologist, and founder of Above, a conscious technology company focused on user privacy and empowerment. He also leads the #TakeBackOurTech initiative, offering free guides for switching to open-source and privacy-respecting tools.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/CvY19NE2Op4

For timestamps, links, and resources mentioned in this episode, visit our website: https://thewayfwrd.com/content/

Friends,

We regret to inform our community that the Freedom Cells website (FreedomCells.org) is not currently active.

In truth, it has not been functioning correctly for some months. We apologize for that and for any inconvenience.

Our goal is always to help foster local connections in hopes of building a decentralized network of freedom communities. We have succeeded in that, but we know we can do better.

At the same time, at the end of the day, the Freedom Cell Network is not on a website or even on Telegram. It is in the real world. It is in each of you who go out and connect with like minds in your area and start focusing on solutions for building independence and autonomy.

Still, we recognize that the website has been a useful tool and we want to have it available for those who are struggling to find people in their area.

We are putting together a plan to rebuild the website and do it in a way that is more secure, more private, and more decentralized than ever.

Please stay tuned and keep building.

- Derrick Broze

⚡️Choosing Your Own Path: Spiritual Awakening and Free Will

On Word Up with Dani Katz, I shared a bit about my journey from diving into conspiracies to seeking deeper spiritual truths. Over time, I realized it’s not just about uncovering what’s wrong in the world, but about understanding that we all have free will. We’re all evolving together, experiencing life firsthand and choosing our own path. And sometimes it just clicks that you can choose where you want to be and the life you want to cultivate.

🪧 Watch the full interview here

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They have a pixel plushie?

Damn, Android Authority has started creating Android gore now

https://www.androidauthority.com/best-niagara-nova-launcher-alternative-3603238/

Lol

BREAKING: Sony became the world's first major OEM to ship smartphones without USB-C cables

The latest Sony Xperia 10 VII does not even come with a USB-C cable, nor does it come with a bundled charger. It only comes with manuals and a phone inside the box.

This also makes Sony the world's first major OEM to ditch bundling USB-C cable with a smartphone, even beating Apple. However, Apple is not far behind tho as the latest Airpods 3 Pro and Airpods 4 also don't feature USB-C charging cable, so expect Apple to follow soon for iPhones as they first ditched charger with the iPhone 12 in 2020.

The reason to remove USB-C remains the same as that for chargers, i.e. its "better for the environment".

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