"No shady privacy policies or back doors for advertisers" proclaims the Firefox homepage, but that's no longer true in Firefox 128. Less than a month after acquiring the AdTech company Anonym, Mozilla has added special software co-authored by Meta and built for the advertising industry directly to ...
When I announced I would be closing my communities earlier this year, a curious thing happened: a surprising number of regulars replied w...
If Gmail proved anything, it was that people would, for the most part, accept any terms of service. Or at least not care enough to read the fine-print closely.
Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang's An Ugly Truth tells the story of Facebook triumphs and travails. Hugo Rifkind reviews.
Age Verification is Incompatible with the Internet
The recent move among U.S. states to add digital “age verification” to websites which serve adult content is a troubling one. Digital age verification systems are rife with privacy concerns, many requiring you to upload your government ID to third-party vendors or even directly to the website in que...
You could read our Tor overview or @[email protected]'s post on our forum (which you should totally join)
The Online Safety Act doesn’t protect encryption, but Ofcom can
The British government now has the authority to scan encrypted messages, but it can still choose not to use this power.
We Know Who You Are
Tim Hornyak: We Know Who You Are - Your Face Belongs to Us: The Secretive Startup Dismantling Your Privacy by Kashmir Hill
When we tell companies about ourselves, we give away details about others, too.
Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it
The Onion Router, now called Tor, is a privacy-focused web browser run by a nonprofit group.
From the first two paragraphs of the article:
Silicon Valley could well be built on the principle of scrapping principles. Now Elon Musk, perhaps the ultimate tech bro, is shredding another well-regarded convention with an original business strategy.
Generally, in business, it is sensible to provide your customers with what they want. With Twitter, the meme-makers' favourite billionaire is doing the opposite. The cyber-trucker is trying his best to cull his customer base. Instead of finding gaps in the market, Musk is helping to create them.
As an email service, sure: it does pretty much all you would want. But from a privacy perspective there are better options.
Privacy Guides, a site I help maintain, recently updated their email recommendations. Hope this helps!
Threads Is the Perfect Twitter Alternative, Just Not for You
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Wire: Has a more modern looking user interface than Signal but also has ungergone security audits
While Telegram is iffy, Wire is little better: we don't advise using it. If you are looking for a private instant messaging service then see our recommendations.
Privacy Guides now has merchandise
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We recommend just switching to Brave and disabling the 'crytpo crap' yourself rather than using a fork that is liable to go unmaintained and miss updates.
Honestly it would be very interesting to have an 'off the record' meeting with Meta...
In September 2021, every active contributor unanimously agreed to move from PrivacyTools to work on another site: Privacy Guides. This decision was made because PrivacyTools’ founder and controller of the domain name had disappeared for an extended period of time and could not be contacted.
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Privacy matters because it empowers us all
Don’t just give away your privacy to the likes of Google and Facebook – protect it, or you disempower us all
Move Fast and Break Things
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Always makes my day to read these kind of posts - glad we can help and thanks for using the site!