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There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to VPNs. Just like email, there are many VPN services out there and you should choose the service that works best for you. ssd.eff.org/en/module/choosing

Just a periodic reminder: make sure you have a *different* password for every website you use. Store them all in a password manager. The best option, in my opinion, is to host your own Bitwarden instance for your friends and family. Here's how: tech.oeru.org/setting-your-own Cheap & easy.

Also, use 2FA if you think you can manage it! If you don't think so or don't know what it is, probably best not to.

‘Do As They Say’: Minneapolis Police Tell Residents To ‘Be Prepared To Give Up’ Personal Belongings To Robbers freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com

Earthstar looks like a really interesting new decentralized-web project! Like Secure Scuttlebutt, but mutable and not log-structured!

This removes a lot of my worries about SSB as a scalable, privacy-preserving foundation layer going forward. Really keen to see where this might be heading.

github.com/earthstar-project/e

OpenSSF: Open Source Security Foundation
github.com/ossf

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Did you know that #GDPR allows sites not to announce the use of "essential" cookies? Meaning those your site uses for itself, to keep the user logged in for example.

So when Internet commerce started to slap those stupid "we use cookies" banners on every site they used the more generic word "cookies" to avoid saying outright that their sites use *ad trackers*.

Long story short, if you don't sell your user data, you don't have to present stupid disclaimers.

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Catastrophic Democrat Leadership: There have been more shootings in Mayor Bill de Blasio's (D) New York City at this point in 2020 than during the entire year of 2019. trib.al/MzPChWi twitter.com/BreitbartNews/stat #DE #NewYork #NewYorkCity

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House @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News that he is concerned Google is attempting to influence the presidential election with a “tremendous amount of power” it wields to control “what people think or see” through its monopoly search power. trib.al/VIzXyoT twitter.com/BreitbartNews/stat #Election #Google #GOP

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#Walkaway #Trump2020

Dan Bongino: Not a joke and not hyperbole - I’m hearing from people close to the situation that Biden’s cognitive decline is rapidly worsening and is becoming increasingly difficult to mask. The Democrats are going to have to make a decision soon.
twitter.com/kelliwardaz/status #Biden #Bongino #Democrats

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