@protonmail Another side of that is most popular email programs don't warn users about privacy issues anymore. It used to be that they all did. At least @Mozilla Thunderbird still does it really well. https://pocketnow.com/apple-google-and-microsoft-allow-anyone-to-violate-your-privacy-with-an-email
@hypolite I'm going to start working like that and see if anyone says anything. Maybe not with the 3D cube animation though.
Consent Matters: When Tech Shares Your Secrets Without Your Permission
https://puri.sm/posts/consent-matters-when-tech-shares-your-secrets-without-your-permission/
I wrote a piece on the @purism blog on why consent is critical for #privacy, the tech industry's failure to get consent, and as a result how "Privacy has become the tattoo removal of the information age". https://puri.sm/posts/consent-matters-when-tech-shares-your-secrets-without-your-permission/
“@DuckDuckGo is a poster child for a future in which companies stand with their users and still make money...They counter the assumption that we’ve all been socialized to accept: that it is normal to hand over all your information." - EFF's @jenuhhveev https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/technology/duckduckgo-private-search.html
@PINE64 Oh, haha! So early Sept is a maybe. Probably depends on how many pre-orders happen first too.
@PINE64 Will it be delivered in time for back to school high school kids?
@switchingsocial@mastodon.at The techniques used here seem to work very well. I've implemented some in my contact forms. https://www.formspammertrap.com
@brandon It may not have been sent that way. That's something I have the server append to the subject automatically when the spam confidence level is at a certain height. Then you can write mail-flow rules that look for that.
The #Zoom vulnerability timeline took from from "everybody raves about this and I wish my company used it" to "I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole" in about 5 seconds.
Jitsi Meet doesn't have any of these Zoom security issues, right?
https://medium.com/@jonathan.leitschuh/zoom-zero-day-4-million-webcams-maybe-an-rce-just-get-them-to-visit-your-website-ac75c83f4ef5
9 Open Source Password Managers to Secure Yourself With https://fosspost.org/lists/open-source-password-managers
Photography and Linux
Hollywood has begun to embrace open source. #FOSS photography software, like Linux itself, is quietly making in-roads in the professional photo industry. https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/photography-and-linux
This is still the most useful #css website ever written https://learnlayout.com/
Can I buy a phone that doesn’t use anything from Google or Apple? #privacy #libremone #librem5
@brandon The PiTop 4 looks like just a box. Are they also making a new Raspberry Pi 4 laptop? https://www.pi-top.com/products/pi-top-4
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