Privacy
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Which is the most privacy respecting instance on Pixelfed?
I want to be able to create an account without providing an email
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Does the Matrix messenger Element have 2FA?
I cannot figure out how to set it up for the life of me.
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Best country to host a private VPN server?
What countries do you think would be less likely to disclose your private data? I was thinking of either Switzerland or Belarus. But here's some things to consider:
- Don't assume that just because countries have bad relations that they won't share private information with each other. For example, in 2021 the Mayor of Lisbon disclosed personal information of Russian immigrants in Portugal with the Russian government. This was an act of incompetence which resulted in a 1.2M€ fine. But the damage was done.
- Even if there are laws in place, the hosting company might have sloppy procedures in place and disclose your private information.
- The country should also not be the target of heavy sanctions because you might get in trouble for trying to do business with them.
So which countries do you recommend?
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Phone Suggestions For Best Praxis
Hello,
I have just found this community and am really lacking in the privacy aspect (I'm a glorified farmer by trade).
I own the cheapest smartphone that I could buy and it has worked beautifully for the past two years or so... until recently. It's slowed down dramatically and screws up everything. I suspect this is the corporate method of motivating one to get a new phone.
I'm also reading up on the info post on how to make a discrete email.
What phone would be best to buy so that I'm am minimally under the corporate money-extraction machine?
Any info is appreciated as I'm a total noob.
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Reminder to not carry your phone across international borders
old.reddit.com Customs confiscated and scanned our mobile phones in SydneyMy partner (F/36/Accountant) and I (M/44/Software Dev) landed in Sydney a couple of days ago, back from a 10 day holiday in Fiji. Due to bad...
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WhatsApp, Signal & Telegram banned by Swiss Army
www.rt.com WhatsApp, Signal & Telegram banned by Swiss ArmySwiss soldiers are required to stop using WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, and use a domestic messenger instead, Swiss media reported this week. Data protection was cited as the reason.
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Matrix Chat: created by Israeli Intelligence and metadata collection
As usual, never assume any technology or service is "private"/"secret" and rely on it as your sole protection. Also, all online communications can have metadata collected
- www.itnews.com.au Govt, AFP use AN0M bust to push for new range of powers
Want to target bigger messaging services, 'criminal marketplaces'.
remains unclear how the anti-encryption laws were used. they appear to have extra-territorial applications. but as always, assume it is possible that your encrypted chat service could be compromized in some way
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More on An0m fake encrypted chat app: use of Australia anti-encryption laws and deleted blog honeypot warning
www.computerweekly.com Police raids around world after investigators crack An0m cryptophone app in major hacking operation | Computer WeeklyPolice in sixteen countries have launched multiple raids after intercepting the communications of organised criminal groups in the biggest police hacking operation undertaken to date. Drug deals and other criminal groups in the UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the US were sending messa...
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Inside the 'AN0M' bust: How fake encrypted app sting saw 4,000 cops sweep through the underworld arresting more than 100 and seizing a trove of 3.77 tonnes of drugs, $45 million in cash, guns and GODF
www.dailymail.co.uk /news/article-9661943/Huge-AFP-bust-sees-bikies-criminals-gangsters-arrested-Australia-wide-raids.htmlBeware of fake encrypted chat apps
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Mass surveillance opportunism: Oppose new civil liberties crackdowns
www.liberationnews.org Mass surveillance opportunism: Oppose new civil liberties crackdowns - Liberation NewsPhoto: Background photo: TapTheForwardAssist on Wikipedia via CC Attribution-Share Alike 4
- www.cnet.com Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show
Court records in an arson case show that Google gave away data on people who searched for a specific address.