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StartPage being bought by an advertising company is disappointing. Switching back to DDG. #privacy

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/di5rn3/startpage_is_now_owned_by_an_advertising_company/

Revolut changing their #privacy policy to be allowed to share data with third party marketing companies was expected to happen sooner or later. Take action and opt-out.

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/dou8sm/revolut_just_updated_privacy_policy_including/

Gitlab made the right decision.

So, now that everyone is done being *surprised* that NordVPN hid their breach, please DYOR before buying super duper mega -75% ten year memberships from services pumping more money into marketing than into #security.

Pussies:
https://github.com/caffeine-overload/bandinchina/blob/master/README.md

MVPs:
https://github.com/caffeine-overload/bandinchina/blob/master/whitelist.md

China is forcing huge companies to support/accept their vision by blackmailing them to end their business in China if they do not cooperate. This is not acceptable. Companies should stop being pussies. If all companies refuse China will be in a very bad position.

#hongkong #hk #blizzard #nba #apple

What are some nice companies (small ones included) to apply for with a master's degree in #cybersecurity? Please exclude unethical companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon and the like.

This gives a feeling of how the Signal Protocol for the E2EE has been implemented by WhatsApp. #privacy #security

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#terms-of-service

If you didn't already fill out the EU-FOSSA Developer Survey, please do it.

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/EUFOSSA2-Survey

India is really invasive from a #privacy perspective as a foreign student doing an internship and traveling.

https://www.facebook.com/off-facebook-activity

Thoughts? #privacy

.@Gargron So I deactivated the "Disclose application used to send toots" option in my preferences. But it still discloses it. Is this a #bug or am I missing something?

What do you guys think about #Brave getting removed from @privacytools? #floss #foss #privacy

https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy

A really interesting project. Worth checking out. #floss #foss

So, you essentially got three main account deletion types:

1) You click on the button and it deletes your account.
2) You have to send an email to the support for them to delete your account manually.
3) You click on the button and it gives you back an error 500 or 404. So you gotta reach support again.

And then you got Slack... Slack asks you to reach to the workspace owner for him to ask Slack to delete your account... #privacy

Someone using GNUnet? What are some applications that are already usable (even if buggy).

https://gnunet.org/

It's nice to see newspapers with so much influence and power working on instructing people about #privacy.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/opinion/internet-privacy-project.html

Rocket.Chat or Mattermost? And why?

Someone relying on the bridges for @matrix for some of their services?

How well is this working? Is it reliable? Easy to setup?

https://matrix.org/bridges/

That shit needs to be stopped. #germany #encryption #backdoor

Open letter to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Final Version):
https://docs.zoho.com/file/0pvyt9605617d3c064defb3fd92f6940dd1e1

From page 6 you can find all the signatures.