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Historic win for privacy.

Today, the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria declared that bulk interception by the South African National Communications Centre is unlawful and invalid. #surveillance
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3212/bulk-surveillance-unlawful-says-high-court-south-africa
.onion: https://privacyintyqcroe.onion/news-analysis/3212/bulk-surveillance-unlawful-says-high-court-south-africa

If you still use Gmail, Google can scan your emails to track & keep full history of what you buy online. Yikes.

@michaelgroth recommends switching to one of these privacy-first email providers:
• @ProtonMail
• @TutanotaTeam
• @Posteo_de
• @Runbox https://www.fastcompany.com/90392612/these-4-gmail-alternatives-put-your-privacy-first

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1173231748639002624

It's okay if you failed today. You can try again tomorrow.

#PineTime, recently announced by PINE64 on Twitter, will be the #PinePhone official companion smartwatch. It will sell for about $25 and feature a low-power ARM MCU, heart rate sensor and much more.

https://tuxphones.com/meet-pinetime-the-official-25-pinephone-companion-smartwatch/ #linux

Huawei Just Started Selling Laptops With #Deepin #Linux Pre-Installed

Some of the best laptops on the market are now shipping with Deepin Linux pre-installed.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/09/12/huawei-just-started-selling-laptops-with-deepin-linux-pre-installed/

Google is trying to justify "why Chrome is so far behind [...] in offering privacy protections" with false claims that blocking tracking cookies is bad for privacy.

Researchers @jonathanmayer & @random_walker set the record straight:

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2019/08/23/deconstructing-googles-excuses-on-tracking-protection/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1172144582517284865

Facebook is trying to keep you & your data in their multiverse, so be sure you complete all the steps in this guide from @OpticSwerve to truly #DeleteFacebook, and not just deactivate your account.

Then spread the word to your friends & family 😇
https://deletefacebook.com

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1172506977940979712

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RT @seancannell
Start.
Start now.
Start where you are.
Start with what you have.
Start with all of your insecurities.
Start with what you already know.
Start moving towards the goal.
Start and make mistakes.
Start small.
Start now.

Just start.

The @PINE64 PinePhone is real! Here are some recent videos of it running:

postmarketOS + #PlasmaMobile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V711Iordo4

Ubports Ubuntu Touch: https://twitter.com/Mariogrip/status/1169049411231637505

🍣 #SailfishOS: https://vimeo.com/357952216

Even better performance to be expected once all these platforms, now at their earliest stage, are optimized enough.

#linux #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #postmarketOS

Good news! You now have the power to stop ALL auto-playing videos with a flip of a switch.

Here’s how:

https://t.co/ciffxFNcnV tweeted by @Firefox

Concepts of Time https://techzerker.com/concepts-of-time

We're prepping a major release!

New Features:

- ComposeUI v4 (beta)
- Location tagging
- Full Screen Preview
- Follow/Unfollow button on Timelines
- Improved MomentUI
- Mobile layout fixes
- ActivityPub bug fixes

and more!

See you on #Pixelfed 😎

Truth is: your mental health is for sale.

Our research showed that 4 out of the 9 most popular online depression test in France, Germany and the UK shared your answers and score with one or more companies.

View all the findings here: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3188/taking-depression-test-online-go-ahead-theyre-listening https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1167381703834386433

Why the total dossier on everybody must stop! Where people go, what people do, and who talks to whom, should be kept private https://puri.sm/posts/why-the-total-dossier-on-everybody-must-stop/ Choose a #privacy respecting alternative https://librem.one/ #purism #libremone

RT @seanwes@birdsite.link
What if you created as much as you consumed?

https://twitter.com/seanwes/status/1168895704711991296

A deep dive into a bunch of anti-surveillance tech products by @thejoelstein including DuckDuckGo. Our mobile browser and desktop browser extension go a long way to simply get you private browsing and search without sacrifice: https://duckduckgo.com/app https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-08/i-tried-hiding-from-silicon-valley-in-a-pile-of-privacy-gadgets

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1168883091114475521

Privacy is not an option, it’s a default.

Starting today, we’re blocking third-party tracking cookies and cryptominers *automatically* for everyone on all desktop + mobile devices. 🙌

Read more:

https://t.co/ZtWuVjvERf tweeted by @Firefox

Google's got "a plan to build a more private web."
It's some good ideas, some bad ideas, some ugly ideas, and some ideas that just made us say "ugh." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/08/dont-play-googles-privacy-sandbox-1