Leetaur @leetaur@librem.one

You don't need to install a VPN to connect to Tor Browser. In fact, you can actually decrease your anonymity by using Tor Browser with a VPN.

Want to know more? Visit our wiki: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorPlusVPN

Mitch McConnell is pushing the Senate to pass a measure that would let the FBI collect Americans' web-browsing history without a warrant
https://www.businessinsider.com/mcconnell-patriot-act-renewal-fbi-web-browsing-history-2020-5 #privacy #security #purism

To the best of our knowledge, the #Librem5 is the only smartphone around with a OpenPGP smart card reader. In this post I talk about why that's such a big deal: https://puri.sm/posts/your-own-personal-enclave-the-smart-card-reader-on-the-librem-5/

Librem 5 Dogwood Update:

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-dogwood-update/

More info on the Librem 5: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#freedom #privacy #security #linux #librem5

Clearview AI (yes, them again) are now pitching their facial recognition technology to track people with coronavirus.

Having your identity linked with your location & health records, without oversight, is a huge risk that cannot easily be undone. https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/controversial-tech-company-pitches-facial-recognition-to-track-covid-19-82638917537

There’s no such thing as a backdoor that only lets in the "good guys."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online

The eBook is a free, Creative Commons-licensed collection of articles by EFF, arranged into five sections: Surveillance, Free Speech, Government Transparency, Innovation, and Living More Online. (2/4) https://supporters.eff.org/donate/pandemicguide--S

66% of people surveyed said they "always or mostly use the same password or a variation" across different websites.

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#WorldPasswordDayhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/05/logmein_password_survey/

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#privacy #security #linux #laptop #opensource

Frontier's bankruptcy has revealed that the ISP could have 1) upgraded 3 million households from DSL to fiber and 2) made money doing so. So why didn't it? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/frontiers-bankruptcy-reveals-cynical-choice-deny-profitable-fiber-millions

The #smartphone with convenience and control #Librem5

https://puri.sm/posts/the-smartphone-with-convenience-and-control/

Disrupting the duopoly #Android #iPhone #iOS

My wife told me I have to eat more fish !

Me:

Many of the #infosec arguments in the encryption backdoor debate (life-or-death, manpower vs automation, tech ineffectiveness, #privacy + freedom vs benefit, govt. + big tech power) apply to #COVID-19 app tracking debate, but with many ppl changing sides.

Wrote the chief justice: "The animating principle behind this rule is that no one can own the law.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/supreme-court-affirms-no-one-owns-law