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@privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer  ·  activity timestamp 37 minutes ago

It's global encryption day!

Encryption is such a critical tool to protect your personal information, but in some places around the world it's under threat.

We need to remind people and especially our governments that we all need strong, encryption without backdoors to stay safe on the internet.

What's your favorite encryption tool? Let us know in the replies!

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/encryption/

#GlobalEncryptionDay #Security #Privacy #PrivacyGuides #Encryption #E2EE #RootForE2EE

Privacy Guides

Recommended Encryption Software: VeraCrypt, Cryptomator, and OpenPGP - Privacy Guides

Encryption of data is the only way to control who can access it. These tools allow you to encrypt your emails and any other files.
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

Today October 21st is
Global Encryption Day! 🔒🎉

This is a good time to remember that encryption is essential to online security and digital privacy.

Despite some governments pushing hard to weaken it, we must remind them that we all need encryption, and especially end-to-end encryption, to stay safe online 💚

Privacy is a human right
and end-to-end encryption is one of the best tool we have to enforce that right.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/

#GlobalEncryptionDay #Encryption #E2EE #Privacy #RootForE2EE

Privacy Guides

Encryption Is Not a Crime

Encryption is not a crime, encryption protects us all. Encryption, and especially end-to-end encryption, is an essential tool to protect everyone online. Attempts to undermine encryption are an attack to our fundamental right to privacy and an attack to our inherent right to security and safety.
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@knoppix95@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Amazon’s Ring is partnering with Flock—a network used by ICE, police & feds—in a major privacy red flag 🚨

Cops can now request Ring footage, expanding AI surveillance into our neighborhoods 🎥
Flock tracks vehicles & uses biased AI to ID people ⚠️

Given Ring’s privacy failures, this is deeply alarming 😠

🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/amazons-ring-to-partner-with-flock-a-network-of-ai-cameras-used-by-ice-feds-and-police/

#TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Ring #Flock #Amazon #AI #CivilRights #BigBrother #SmartHome #Police #Data #BigTech #DigitalRights #Security

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Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
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@Joseph_of_Earth@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

Sometimes it's hard to be a privacy advocate. You can explain how the right to privacy is foundational to democracy and still see people's eyes glaze over. It makes it challenging to provide resources when you're not even sure that anyone wants to engage with them.

Idk, I know it's not entirely their fault, but purely from an advocacy standpoint it makes it hard to know what is worth putting energy into.

#Privacy

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@Joseph_of_Earth@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

Sometimes it's hard to be a privacy advocate. You can explain how the right to privacy is foundational to democracy and still see people's eyes glaze over. It makes it challenging to provide resources when you're not even sure that anyone wants to engage with them.

Idk, I know it's not entirely their fault, but purely from an advocacy standpoint it makes it hard to know what is worth putting energy into.

#Privacy

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@knoppix95@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

📉 Wikipedia traffic drops ~8% as users turn to AI & social media. 🤖

Wikimedia says AI uses its content without driving clicks. 🔗
Google contests this, citing stable search traffic. 🌐
Wikipedia is crafting new policies for attribution and sustainability. 🛡️

⚖️ Calls grow for fair data use & AI transparency.

🔗 https://www.kshb.com/science-and-tech/artificial-intelligence/wikipedia-sees-decline-in-visitors-as-users-get-accustom-to-ai

#TechNews #AI #Wikipedia #Google #Privacy #OpenSource #Data #Search #Innovation #Ethics #Technology #Internet #Digital #News #AIethics

KSHB 41 Kansas City News

Wikipedia sees decline in visitors as users get accustom to AI

Wikipedia is seeing a decline in human traffic as more people turn to artificial intelligence tools and social media for information, according to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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@knoppix95@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

📉 Wikipedia traffic drops ~8% as users turn to AI & social media. 🤖

Wikimedia says AI uses its content without driving clicks. 🔗
Google contests this, citing stable search traffic. 🌐
Wikipedia is crafting new policies for attribution and sustainability. 🛡️

⚖️ Calls grow for fair data use & AI transparency.

🔗 https://www.kshb.com/science-and-tech/artificial-intelligence/wikipedia-sees-decline-in-visitors-as-users-get-accustom-to-ai

#TechNews #AI #Wikipedia #Google #Privacy #OpenSource #Data #Search #Innovation #Ethics #Technology #Internet #Digital #News #AIethics

KSHB 41 Kansas City News

Wikipedia sees decline in visitors as users get accustom to AI

Wikipedia is seeing a decline in human traffic as more people turn to artificial intelligence tools and social media for information, according to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

Today October 21st is
Global Encryption Day! 🔒🎉

This is a good time to remember that encryption is essential to online security and digital privacy.

Despite some governments pushing hard to weaken it, we must remind them that we all need encryption, and especially end-to-end encryption, to stay safe online 💚

Privacy is a human right
and end-to-end encryption is one of the best tool we have to enforce that right.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/

#GlobalEncryptionDay #Encryption #E2EE #Privacy #RootForE2EE

Privacy Guides

Encryption Is Not a Crime

Encryption is not a crime, encryption protects us all. Encryption, and especially end-to-end encryption, is an essential tool to protect everyone online. Attempts to undermine encryption are an attack to our fundamental right to privacy and an attack to our inherent right to security and safety.
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@blueghost@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago

@signalapp
Signal selected Google Gmail as their email provider.

Consider asking for a public PGP encryption key if you are concerned about Google accessing the content of your message, this can provide end-to-end encryption of the message content but the metadata will be available to Google.

Signal: Please publish a key on your website.

Gmail PGP encryption options: https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/114748498901944225

#Signal #Google #Gmail #Encryption #E2EE #Privacy #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Mailvelope #Thunderbird

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@PrivacyDigest@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

#NSO permanently barred from targeting #WhatsApp users with #Pegasus #spyware
#security #privacy

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/nso-permanently-barred-from-targeting-whatsapp-users-with-pegasus-spyware/

Ars Technica

NSO permanently barred from targeting WhatsApp users with Pegasus spyware

Ruling holds that defeating end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp harms Meta’s business.
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@PrivacyDigest@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 8 hours ago

#NSO permanently barred from targeting #WhatsApp users with #Pegasus #spyware
#security #privacy

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/nso-permanently-barred-from-targeting-whatsapp-users-with-pegasus-spyware/

Ars Technica

NSO permanently barred from targeting WhatsApp users with Pegasus spyware

Ruling holds that defeating end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp harms Meta’s business.
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@octade@soc.octade.net  ·  activity timestamp last month
/// Some apps for secure and anonymous communication and file-sharing ///

Inform your friends and family about these tools.

#Briar ... https://briarproject.org

"Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in."

#Retroshare ... https://retroshare.cc

"Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on #Android, #Linux, #MacOS and #Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service."

#RicochetRefresh ... https://www.ricochetrefresh.net

"Ricochet Refresh is an open-source project to allow private and anonymous instant messaging."

#OnionShare ... https://onionshare.org

"OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."

#DeltaChat ... https://delta.chat

"Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app."

#Bitmessage ... https://bitmessage.org

"Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs."

#TorBrowser ... https://www.torproject.org/download

"Protect yourself against tracking, surveillance, and censorship."

#I2P ... https://geti2p.net

"The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a fully encrypted private network layer. It protects your activity and location. Every day people use the network to connect with people without worry of being tracked or their data being collected. In some cases people rely on the network when they need to be discrete or are doing sensitive work."

#Hyphanet ... https://www.hyphanet.org/

"Hyphanet is peer-to-peer network for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. The original Freenet."

#BitChan ... https://github.com/813492291816/BitChan

"BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of Bitmessage with Tor, I2P, and GnuPG."

#DarkMX ... https://darkmx.app

"DarkMX is a new decentralized communication app that utilizes Tor hidden services to allow you to easily have an anonymous, reliable, and censorship-resistant presence on the internet. You can chat. You can share files. You can search other people's files. You can keep a contact list and send private messages to your friends. You can create your own custom .onion site, available to anyone with a Tor Browser."

#Decentralized #TOR #AntiSurveillance #Anonymity #Anonymous #Privacy #Filesharing #Networking #Communication #P2P #F2F #PeerToPeer #Censorship #AntiCensorship #FreeSpeech
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GitHub - 813492291816/BitChan: BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of BitMessage with Tor and GnuPG.

BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of BitMessage with Tor and GnuPG. - 813492291816/BitChan

The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online

Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
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@Theeo123@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/no-tricks-just-treats-effs-halloween-signal-stickers-are-here

EFF has Halloween "monsters of surveillance" stickers for use in Signal Messenger

- The Encryptids
- Street-Level Surveillance Monsters
- Copyright Creatures

Head on over and download the pack today

#Signal #SignalMessenger #EFF #Privacy #Security

Electronic Frontier Foundation

No Tricks, Just Treats 🎃 EFF’s Halloween Signal Stickers Are Here!

EFF usually warns of new horrors threatening your rights online, but this Halloween we’ve summoned a few of our own we’d like to share. Our new Signal Sticker Pack highlights some creatures—both mythical and terrifying—conjured up by our designers for you to share this spooky season.
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@Theeo123@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/no-tricks-just-treats-effs-halloween-signal-stickers-are-here

EFF has Halloween "monsters of surveillance" stickers for use in Signal Messenger

- The Encryptids
- Street-Level Surveillance Monsters
- Copyright Creatures

Head on over and download the pack today

#Signal #SignalMessenger #EFF #Privacy #Security

Electronic Frontier Foundation

No Tricks, Just Treats 🎃 EFF’s Halloween Signal Stickers Are Here!

EFF usually warns of new horrors threatening your rights online, but this Halloween we’ve summoned a few of our own we’d like to share. Our new Signal Sticker Pack highlights some creatures—both mythical and terrifying—conjured up by our designers for you to share this spooky season.
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

You may choose whatever software you want to use with your own data,

But you are responsible for the harm you may cause to others with it.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/10/the-privacy-of-others/

#Privacy

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Privacy is Also Protecting the Data of Others

In privacy, we talk a lot about how to protect our own data, but what about our responsibility to protect the data of others? If you care about privacy rights, you must also care for the data of the people around you. Together, we must build a culture where everyone cares for the data of others.
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Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Data is used to target and surveil migrants in the UK.

That's why we've put together a toolkit with Positive Action In Housing so you can know your rights ✊

Find out how to get ahold of what organisations know about you, how to correct errors and make a complaint.

Download the toolkit now ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/know-your-digital-rights-a-guide-to-subject-access-requests/

#migrantrights #digitalrights #migrants #dataprotection #gdpr #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

Open Rights Group

Know Your Digital Rights: A Guide to Subject Access Requests

Open Rights Group aims to provide migrants and people working within the migrants’ rights sector with practical information and advice on how their data and digital technology are being used for immigration control.
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@tha@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Hotel Checkin:
You need to sign this paper to allow us to use your data. if you dont want it, just put some handwritten statement below your signature saying you decline.
Fun discussion if you reject to sign anything and not provide your consent in the first place.

#privacy

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@tha@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Hotel Checkin:
You need to sign this paper to allow us to use your data. if you dont want it, just put some handwritten statement below your signature saying you decline.
Fun discussion if you reject to sign anything and not provide your consent in the first place.

#privacy

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JWcph, Radicalized By Decency
@jwcph@helvede.net  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

"Manufacturers' back doors and digital locks that prevent us from updating our devices with software of our choosing were never a good idea. Today, they're a catastrophe." - @pluralistic

And just to be clear: None of this is surprising. The people who did this - and we know who they are; they have names & lucrative jobs - were warned & warned again, and just went ahead & did it anyway.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115406895458429607

#privacy #internet #tech #business #resist #BigTech #uspol

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@jwcph@helvede.net  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

"Manufacturers' back doors and digital locks that prevent us from updating our devices with software of our choosing were never a good idea. Today, they're a catastrophe." - @pluralistic

And just to be clear: None of this is surprising. The people who did this - and we know who they are; they have names & lucrative jobs - were warned & warned again, and just went ahead & did it anyway.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115406895458429607

#privacy #internet #tech #business #resist #BigTech #uspol

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