Notices tagged with privacy
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Zorak (zorak)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Apr-2019 11:04:52 UTC 
Zorak
#Google CAPTCHAs using !Tor can be almost impossible. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19715450 #CAPTCHA #tracking #stalking #surveillance #privacy #anonimity #hn -
Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern)'s status on Saturday, 20-Apr-2019 07:30:07 UTC 
Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺
#privacy is the freedom to act without being watched and thus, in a sense, to be who we really are — not who we want others to think we are. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/opinion/sunday/privacy-capitalism.html
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Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2019 13:16:55 UTC 
Aral Balkan
Just popped up on my XPS 13 updates:
“This update integrates the BIOSConnect feature into Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery. This feature connects the system to the Dell image server to download and recover the operating system.”
Umm… how about no, Dell, do not connect my BIOS to the Internet thank you very much.
Wtf is wrong with these people? *smh*
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Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2019 13:16:03 UTC
Aral Balkan
“This update integrates the BIOSConnect feature into Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery. This feature connects the system to the Dell image server to download and recover the operating system.”
Umm… how about no, Dell, do not connect my BIOS to the Internet thank you very much.
Wtf is wrong with people? *smh*
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Zorak (zorak)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2019 00:35:40 UTC
Zorak
How to Find Hidden Cameras and Spy Gear
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18926264
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16381592
#privacy #surveillance -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2019 11:50:55 UTC 
Mike Gerwitz
Since I'm on hotel Wifi, a reminder to travelers: consider using a VPN or Tor. I use the latter, both for my web browsing and for SSH to my home server, for privacy reasons.
It's not just about data collection on guests by the hotel or network operator---some networks, like my hotel, aren't even encrypted, so any non-encrypted traffic can be sniffed. There's a lot of metadata that can be sniffed even from encrypted connections, including domains that you're accessing, and traffic analysis can get a pretty good idea of what it is you're looking at depending on the sites you're visiting. So any guest or anyone else within range (or any users of long-range antennas, even) could sniff data from guest connections.
Be safe!
#LibrePlanet2019 #privacy -
Zorak (zorak)'s status on Friday, 08-Mar-2019 14:06:58 UTC
Zorak
#Firefox to add !Tor Browser anti-fingerprinting technique called letterboxing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19323032 #uplift #privacy #hn -
Zorak (zorak)'s status on Thursday, 21-Feb-2019 12:13:34 UTC
Zorak
Stop Saying, ‘We Take Your Privacy and Security Seriously’. Also stop saying "Before you go further..." we need to share your data with tens of corporations. /s
Anybody who takes your #privacy seriously won’t even have to ask for consent, because there is nothing to ask for. -
Purism Computers (purism)'s status on Thursday, 21-Feb-2019 00:28:05 UTC 
Purism Computers
Our CEO, Todd Weaver testified today at the California Congressional Privacy Commission - hear his testimony- at - https://puri.sm/posts/purisms-ceo-todd-weaver-testifies-at-california-congressional-privacy-commission/ #ChooseFreedom #PrivacyNow #Privacy
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Zorak (zorak)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Feb-2019 14:40:24 UTC
Zorak
This should be the expectation: a note of "microphone (disabled in software)" at minimum.
Also, they're not selling it to you, they're renting it out. Such is the pathology of turning products into services. It's a sick market dynamic.
#google #nest #privacy #surveillance -
Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Monday, 18-Feb-2019 13:02:29 UTC
Aral Balkan
@snowdusk_ Apple vs Google on privacy: a tale of absolute competitive advantage
https://2018.ar.al/notes/apple-vs-google-on-privacy-a-tale-of-absolute-competitive-advantage/
TL;DR Apple willingly giving up its absolute competitive advantage in privacy over Google would be as daft as Samson shaving his head every morning.
That said, the long term alternatives are p2p, e2e-encrypted, and free stack (software, hardware, and services).
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Yale Privacy Lab (privacylab)'s status on Friday, 15-Feb-2019 00:50:29 UTC 
Yale Privacy Lab
💕 a poignant message of love on V Day: "And that’s why I love free software! It gives you back the control over your machine. It’s something that you can trust, as there are no secrets kept from you..." 💘 https://blog.jabberhead.tk/2019/02/14/i-love-free-software-day-2019/ … #ilovefs #privacy #security @fsfe
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Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern)'s status on Saturday, 09-Feb-2019 07:33:54 UTC
Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺
"Every tap, button push and keyboard entry is recorded — effectively screenshotted — and sent back to the app developers", including credit card numbers, passwords, etc. When will people stop pretending that the #Apple system of a proprietary walled garden lead to more #security and #privacy? https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/iphone-session-replay-screenshots
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Purism Computers (purism)'s status on Friday, 01-Feb-2019 12:59:24 UTC
Purism Computers
🎁 Buy Now & Save: Librem 5 Early Bird pricing ($599 USD) *extended to February 3*. Preorder pricing ($649 USD) begins Feb 4 and ends when general availability and shipping begins. https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/ #DemandFreedom #privacy #security
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Purism Computers (purism)'s status on Monday, 28-Jan-2019 19:33:28 UTC
Purism Computers
Listen to our CEO Todd Weaver talk about Purism, the background, and the history on how we got started - https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/bootstrapping-in-america/episodes/bootstrapping-in-america-01-28-2019 Bonus: Know Todd's thoughts on Apple's #privacy marketing #DemandFreedom
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Aral Balkan (aral)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Jan-2019 09:01:41 UTC
Aral Balkan
Q. What should I use to protect myself from surveillance on a Chromebook?
A. A hammer.
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Zorak (zorak)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Jan-2019 12:36:28 UTC
Zorak
I do believe it when #Apple says they're respecting their users' #privacy, just like I believe it when #DDG says that. But I am disappointed when I see how these companies neglect #freedom and how so few of their users care about it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18917409 -
Purism Computers (purism)'s status on Monday, 14-Jan-2019 20:38:01 UTC
Purism Computers
Hardware Updates for 2019! 🎉
Today we introduce Version 4 of the Librem laptop line — now with an updated CPU and graphics for all models and a 4k/HiDPI screen for the 15″ model.
https://puri.sm/posts/librem-laptops-now-at-version-4/
Protect your digital life with strong #security and #privacy *and* do so on one of our beautiful, high-end laptops.
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Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Jan-2019 02:59:25 UTC
Mike Gerwitz
Reuters: "Move aside, backseat driver! New tech at CES monitors you inside car"
https://social.mikegerwitz.com/url/70686
(Internet Archive link because the article now 404's.)
This type of tracking of a driver and car occupants can indeed provide useful features---both safety and convenience. But I would only be in favor of this sort of thing if it were free software and the car were under complete control of the user, and the system could be wholly disabled with clearly visible and unambiguous hardware switch, which is also visible to passengers.
But proprietary systems doing this will be incentivized to sell data to third parties. The article gives some examples of some terrible uses of this type of tracking.
As we move further and further into the future where these types of things are going to become more commonplace, the goal IMO shouldn't be to resist technological progress---it should be to ensure that it _empowers_ users, rather than making them servants or products.
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Purism Computers (purism)'s status on Friday, 11-Jan-2019 20:29:14 UTC
Purism Computers
🎁 Buy Now & Save: Librem 5 Early Bird pricing ($599 USD) ends January 31. Preorder pricing ($649 USD) begins Feb 1 and ends when general availability and shipping begins. https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/ #DemandFreedom #privacy #security
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