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Privacy advocate. No longer using or monitoring this account from May 1, 2023. Email me instead.
Reminder.
Larson's Law: "All data will be used for purposes other than that for which it was collected."
Oh my, Reddit seems to be blocking Tor with a 503 error. From EU and US.
Nothing to see here, folks, move along, move along...
@eff Not only that, in my state the sign up site requires you to fill out a Google Recaptcha, thus allowing Google to track you.
So much for HIPAA...
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/02/23/total-cookie-protection/
Not to mention the obvious that such "popular third party login providers" means Google and Facebook!
Those are among the most common tracking devices around.
And Firefox allows those because it someone magically knows I "intend" to use them???
More #privacy compromises from Firefox ...
Number of clicks it takes in Firefox to clear out your browsing data:
1) Hamburger menu
2) Preferences
3) Privacy & Security
4) Scroll down exactly the right amount
5) Clear data
(Pick your two options)
6) Clear
Man, my finger is really tired now.
In addition to showing ads for its products in your email interface, Protonmail seems to be in bed with Cloudflare too: Protonmail status uses it.
My, my.
Looks like the updated Zoom Mac application now has integrated Google and Facebook tracking!
If privacy were important to Firefox, why does it take five steps to manage cookies and local storage?
1. Hamburger menu
2. Preferences
3. Privacy & Security
4. Scroll down a half page
5. Manage data
This should be one click right in an icon on the toolbar, just like the Forget icon.
Reminder.
The only private data is that which is never collected.
Collected data is never private, only more or less protected.
Collected data is never anonymous, only more or less identifiable.
All data will be used for purposes other than that for which it was originally collected.
"Error 1020
Access denied
What happened?
This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks.
"
If "attack" means "customers trying to give you money" then you are right.... as it will go to your competitor instead.
Ubuntu is in jumping into bed with Google.
"Canonical’s Ken VanDine has shared the company’s enthusiasm both for this collaboration with Google and for the future of Flutter apps on Linux computers, explaining that Canonical wants to be “at the vanguard” of Flutter development."
https://9to5google.com/2020/07/08/google-canonical-partnership-linux-flutter-apps/
Reporter: "Why do you rob banks?"
Jesse James: "Because that's where the money is."
Bank: "Excuse me, Mr. James, would you mind helping us vet other robbers?"
Jesse James: "Why?"
Reporter: "Takes one to know one."
New York AG asks Google and Apple to vet third-party COVID-19 contact tracing apps
Again, for those of you in the back:
DO NOT USE APPLE ICLOUD.
"It’s not just Ebay scanning your ports, there is allegedly a network of 30,000 websites out there all working for the common aim of harvesting open ports, collecting IP addresses, and User Agents in an attempt to track users all across the web. "
Excellent investigating: https://blog.nem.ec/2020/05/24/ebay-port-scanning/
Invading your computer and privacy with security through obfuscation to "prevent fraud".
All this does is collect and store more personal data without consent so it can be breached one day.
Hey #privacy folk --
What privacy friendly DNS providers do you use / recommend? Prividers that do no logging at all or limited logging (eg no IP logging, no location logging).
Two already on my list are Quad9 and DNSWatch. Anyone have issues with these two?
Others you recommend?
Thx
Client Info
Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.07
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst