saf @saf@librem.one

Pro-tip for Firefox users: open a new tab, now prefix whatever you type in the address bar with "%" to search your open tabs and switch to one.

@bekopharm
@jalcine

You can use Tracking Token Stripper browser extension, or ClearURLs browser extension to do this automatically.

https://github.com/jparise/chrome-utm-stripper

https://gitlab.com/KevinRoebert/ClearUrls

Note: Both are listed on Awesome Humane Tech, where you'll find many more nice goodies (:

https://github.com/humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech

#privacy #notracking
#HumaneTechNow

EU Commission to staff: Switch to #Signal messaging app

https://www.politico.eu/pro/eu-commission-to-staff-switch-to-signal-messaging-app/

“We want to investigate the ecosystem of data exploitation, and we don’t think we can do that while shackled to it. And so we make a privacy promise to you, our readers: We will not track you.”

A media organisation that’s leading on privacy. This is SO COOL.

https://themarkup.org/2020/02/25/president-letter-nabiha-syed

@markosaric perhaps relevant if anyone wants to actually degooglify their site, but finds it a bit annoying: https://git.occrp.org/libre/fonts-degooglifier

#ShamelessPlug

How to migrate from one Mastodon server to another without losing followers:

1. Sign up on new server
2. On NEW server: Go to Account -> Moving FROM another account
3. Enter old account's handle
4. On OLD server: Go to Account -> Moving TO another account
5. Enter new account's handle and submit

#YoMigroaMastodon

Wrote a blog post on the DNS records needed for selfhosted email.

https://yarmo.eu/blog/email-dns

Cheers, @Crocmagnon

We are getting asked about "verified accounts" quite often recently, so lets try to clear this up: There are no verified accounts on Mastodon like there are on Twitter. Some Mastodon instances have a custom emoji that looks like the verified icon on Twitter and people put that in their display name, probably because it looks fancy. It does not mean anything though.

I just wanna sleep...

My "How to fight back against Google AMP" post is going on another Reddit trip. Trending on /r/programming now.

99,200+ visitors to that post since published in December 😮

https://markosaric.com/google-amp/

AT&T is blocking Tutanota in some US regions. As AT&T has not fixed the issue after more than two weeks, we are reaching out publicly in the hope of getting the attention of the right people at AT&T. Read more on our blog: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/att-blocks-tutanota #netneutrality

Schneier on Security / Apple's Tracking-Prevention Feature in Safari has a Privacy Bug
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/02/apples_tracking.html
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information leaks : detecting websites visited by the user ( web browsing history hijacking , stealing a list of visited sites) tracking the user with ITP, making the mechanism function like a cookie ...

The ProtonVPN APK is available to download on GitHub! It's now easy to download and install ProtonVPN on your Android device, even in countries where our website is blocked. https://protonvpn.com/blog/download-android-app-on-github/

I refuse to get a Twitter account, since Twitter refused my registration attempts with privacy-enhanced browsers and without giving away personal data I deem irrelevant to Twitter.

So I turned to good old RSS and started using http://twitrss.me/ to be able to follow Twitter accounts. Works pleasingly well.

Firefox now shows what telemetry data it's collecting about you | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-now-shows-what-telemetry-data-its-collecting-about-you/

Your browsing data is so valuable that even an AV company that's supposed to protect you from software that capture and sells your data, itself captures and sells your data. #privacy
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation

Don't dismiss compulsory student tracking via a phone app just because it's limited to athletes. These measures always start with a small powerless group, then use that "success" to justify expanding to others. #privacy

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14274

Numberphile / Colouring Numbers - Numberphile
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE3OuzlkUnU
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Holy shit, you can create a disk which is ext2 and FAT at the same time
https://github.com/NieDzejkob/cursedfs

Smart TVs give corporations another device with which they can monitor your activity and collect your personal data — and they compromise your #cybersecurity. See what you can do to protect your #privacy here: https://protonvpn.com/blog/smart-tv-privacy-risk/