<p>RE: <a href="https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/116191613149406682" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mstdn.social/@Npars01/116191613149406682"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@Npars01/11619161</span><span class="invisible">3149406682</span></a></p><p>there are 800 billionaires in the United States. wouldn't it be funny if there were a mapped directory of all their homes, businessses and properties? </p><p>let’s assume they consider themselves human. since they don't believe in the human right to privacy, then we should apply their stalking of the rest of us to them. </p><p>n’est ce pas?</p><p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanRights</a></p>
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<p>🚨 ID checks to get online could become the new norm 🚨</p><p>A new amendment would give the UK government sweeping powers to block access to lawful information and communications.</p><p>That's unless we submit our identification to a bounty of providers.</p><p>Tell your MP to stop this broad and repressive law ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks-web-access" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks-web-access"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/no-</span><span class="invisible">id-checks-web-access</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofexpression/" rel="tag">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="/tags/ageverification/" rel="tag">#ageverification</a> <a href="/tags/digitalid/" rel="tag">#digitalID</a> <a href="/tags/onlinesafety/" rel="tag">#onlinesafety</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a></p>
<p>DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases<br>---</p><p>The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims of domestic violence.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/dhs-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dhs</span><span class="invisible">-trump-child-support-federal-parent-locator-service-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a></p>
<p>If enough Canadians contact <br>their local representatives, as well Mark Carney's office this week, we might be spared from this authoritarian mass-surveillance measure called "Age Verification" in Canada.</p><p>The time to fight back is NOW: <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/social-media-ban-for-kids-under-consideration-in-online-harms-bill-carney/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/social-media-ban-for-kids-under-consideration-in-online-harms-bill-carney/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ctvnews.ca/politics/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/social-media-ban-for-kids-under-consideration-in-online-harms-bill-carney/</span></a></p><p>Privacy is a human right essential to safety and democracy. If we do not fight to protect it, we will lose it. </p><p><a href="/tags/ageverification/" rel="tag">#AgeVerification</a> <a href="/tags/masssurveillance/" rel="tag">#MassSurveillance</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/canpoli/" rel="tag">#CanPoli</a></p>
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<p>OK, here we go. The 4th run of the Tunnel training.</p><p>Learn best-practice server security & computer networking fundamentals while building up your own high-performance, censorship-resistant VPN in Iceland. Generate configs as easy-to-use QR codes to give out to friends, family & your activist mates to protect them in this mad era of runaway surveillance, automated attacks and account theft.</p><p><a href="https://courses.nikau.io/tunnel/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>courses.nikau.io/tunnel/</a></p><p>March 27. 4x4hrs. No prior skills required.</p><p><a href="/tags/selfhosting/" rel="tag">#selfhosting</a> <a href="/tags/sysadmin/" rel="tag">#sysadmin</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a></p>
<p>My previous bio:<br>From <a href="/tags/northshore/" rel="tag">#northshore</a> Massachusetts relocated to northeastern <a href="/tags/vermont/" rel="tag">#Vermont</a> and not just an aggregation of hashtags but: <a href="/tags/antifascismisproper/" rel="tag">#antifascismIsProper</a> <a href="/tags/vegetarian/" rel="tag">#vegetarian</a> <a href="/tags/ubi/" rel="tag">#UBI</a> <a href="/tags/punk/" rel="tag">#punk</a> <a href="/tags/punchanazi/" rel="tag">#punchanazi</a> <a href="/tags/antitrust/" rel="tag">#antitrust</a> <a href="/tags/records/" rel="tag">#records</a> <a href="/tags/nek/" rel="tag">#NEK</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/spiritualjazz/" rel="tag">#spiritualjazz</a> <a href="/tags/decolonization/" rel="tag">#decolonization</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/scotusexpansion/" rel="tag">#SCOTUSexpansion</a> <a href="/tags/atheist/" rel="tag">#atheist</a> <a href="/tags/rescue/" rel="tag">#rescue</a> <a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#dogs</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/antifascism/" rel="tag">#antifascism</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/audio/" rel="tag">#audio</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/bread/" rel="tag">#bread</a> <a href="/tags/puppets/" rel="tag">#puppets</a> <a href="/tags/p2p/" rel="tag">#p2p</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#transparency</a> <a href="/tags/accountability/" rel="tag">#accountability</a> <a href="/tags/intersectionalism/" rel="tag">#intersectionalism</a> <a href="/tags/sober/" rel="tag">#sober</a> <a href="/tags/farmsanctuary/" rel="tag">#farmSanctuary</a> <a href="/tags/resistzionism/" rel="tag">#resistZionism</a><br>I tend to mute or remove followers with neither posts nor bio, and those containing financial-support or revenue-promotion links</p>
<p>We are honoured to be one of the first recipients of the Nominet DNS Fund, which recognises the importance of supporting the quiet work behind the scenes. </p><p>We thank <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Nominet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nominet</span></a></span> for their forward thinking - helping public interest nonprofits, such as Quad9, who work every day to maintain internet integrity, and the security and privacy of end users around the world.</p><p><a href="https://quad9.net/news/press/nominet-invests-in-quad9/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="quad9.net/news/press/nominet-invests-in-quad9/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">quad9.net/news/press/nominet-i</span><span class="invisible">nvests-in-quad9/</span></a></p><p>Congratulations to the other recipients!</p><p><a href="/tags/dns/" rel="tag">#DNS</a> <a href="/tags/internetintegrity/" rel="tag">#internetintegrity</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#infosec</a></p>
<p>Konform Browser 140.9.0-100 has been released!</p><p>See release notes for details.</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.9.0.100" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/konform-browser/source/releases/tag/140.9.0.100"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/konform-browser/s</span><span class="invisible">ource/releases/tag/140.9.0.100</span></a></p><p>Besides latest security fixes from <a href="/tags/mozilla/" rel="tag">#mozilla</a> there is a bunch of updates from <a href="/tags/konform/" rel="tag">#konform</a> <a href="/tags/browser/" rel="tag">#browser</a>. To name a few:</p><p>- Reorganized Security Settings with new global configuration for WASM, JIT, WebRTC, WebGPU, Geolocation, DOM Push, etc...</p><p>- Security Settings also expose UI for enabling First-Party Isolation (same behavior as Tor Browser) and tweaking Enhanced Tracking Protection.</p><p>- Bundled depropped Multi-Account Containers allows configuring per-container proxies and makes container tabs part of core browser experience without having to install telemetry-laden addons.</p><p>- Profile Import now supports importing profiles from <a href="/tags/firefox/" rel="tag">#firefox</a> and compatible <a href="/tags/browsers/" rel="tag">#browsers</a> (<a href="/tags/firefox_esr/" rel="tag">#firefox_esr</a>, <a href="/tags/floorp/" rel="tag">#floorp</a>, <a href="/tags/ironfox/" rel="tag">#ironfox</a>, <a href="/tags/librewolf/" rel="tag">#librewolf</a>, <a href="/tags/midori/" rel="tag">#midori</a>, <a href="/tags/palemoon/" rel="tag">#palemoon</a>, <a href="/tags/waterfox/" rel="tag">#waterfox</a>, <a href="/tags/zenbrowser/" rel="tag">#zenbrowser</a>)</p><p>- Spoofing of Navigator.sendBeacon.</p><p>- <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> improvements and defense-in-depth</p><p>- Various bugfixes and minor improvements</p><p>Check it out and spread the word ☮️ 🕉️</p>
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<p>Watching the livestream of the Artemis II launch, I just witnessed one of the astronauts type in the password on their tablet while sitting in the capsule on camera.</p><p><a href="/tags/artemisii/" rel="tag">#ArtemisII</a> <a href="/tags/artemis/" rel="tag">#Artemis</a> <a href="/tags/artemis2/" rel="tag">#Artemis2</a> <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/opsec/" rel="tag">#OpSec</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/spaceexploration/" rel="tag">#SpaceExploration</a></p>
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<p>🔒 Small free changes for a more private digital life — anyone can do these:</p><p>→ Switch to Brave browser (blocks ads & trackers by default)<br>→ Use Brave Search or Startpage instead of Google<br>→ Delete social media apps — use them in browser instead (no background tracking)<br>→ Switch to Signal for messaging<br>→ Switch to Proton Mail for email<br>→ Set Quad9 as your Private DNS</p><p>All free. All take minutes. Privacy isn't just for tech people. 🧵</p><p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/digitalprivacy/" rel="tag">#DigitalPrivacy</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/fosstodon/" rel="tag">#Fosstodon</a></p>
<p>🚨 LinkedIn runs a silent browser scan on every Chrome user who visits the site. 6,222 extensions. ~405 million users affected. No consent, no disclosure, no mention in their privacy policy. </p><p>The scan identifies your sales tools, VPN, ad blocker, job search extensions, and extensions tied to religion, politics, and disability.</p><p>The full technical breakdown, legal analysis, and searchable database of every scanned extension: </p><p><a href="https://browsergate.eu" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>browsergate.eu</a></p><p><a href="/tags/linkedin/" rel="tag">#LinkedIn</a> <a href="/tags/browsergate/" rel="tag">#BrowserGate</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a></p>
<p>As someone in infosec, how do you handle your personal email? <br> <br> I got tired of Gmail reading everything, so I built a self-hosted <br> alternative with: <br> - X25519 + AES-256-GCM encryption <br> - Postfix/Dovecot on a French VPS <br> - SPF/DKIM/DMARC + fail2ban <br> - An AI cockpit that classifies urgent vs noise <br> <br> Curious what setups other infosec people use. ProtonMail? <br> Self-hosted? Something else? <br> <br> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#infosec</a> <a href="/tags/email/" rel="tag">#email</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/selfhosted/" rel="tag">#selfhosted</a> <a href="/tags/encryption/" rel="tag">#encryption</a></p>
<p>A Meta exec threatened to fire anyone who put OpenClaw on a work laptop. That's not being paranoid either. OpenClaw just patched a flaw that allowed anyone with the lowest permission level to silently escalate to full admin. No user interaction. No second exploit needed. Just pairing access, and you own the instance. On top of that, 63% of the 135,000 internet-exposed OpenClaw instances were running with zero authentication. On those deployments, the "lowest permission" wasn't even required. Any network visitor could just walk in. 😳 </p><p>🧩 The patches dropped Sunday. The CVE listing didn't come until Tuesday. Attackers had a two-day head start.</p><p>🔑 Full admin means read all connected data sources, exfiltrate stored credentials, execute arbitrary tool calls, and pivot to whatever else the agent touches. Slack. Discord. Files. Logged-in sessions. All of it.</p><p>🤔 The real question isn't whether OpenClaw has security problems. Every tool does. The question is whether your organization decided to hand an inherently unpredictable LLM the keys to your environment before asking who else might be able to grab them.</p><p>If you're running OpenClaw, check your pairing approval logs. Then have an honest conversation about whether the productivity trade-off still makes sense.</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/heres-why-its-prudent-for-openclaw-users-to-assume-compromise/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/heres-why-its-prudent-for-openclaw-users-to-assume-compromise/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2026/</span><span class="invisible">04/heres-why-its-prudent-for-openclaw-users-to-assume-compromise/</span></a><br><a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/aiagents/" rel="tag">#AIAgents</a> <a href="/tags/zerotrust/" rel="tag">#ZeroTrust</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/cloud/" rel="tag">#cloud</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#infosec</a></p>
