ฝɦὸό ٱร ฝɦṑṓ @WhooisWhoo@mastodon.cloud
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Encryption and a beginner’s guide to media whistleblowing
https://medium.com/@quinnnorton/a-beginners-guide-to-media-whistleblowing-89d9d052a0da (2017)
A study shows that not all password strength checkers are created equal
http://www.concordia.ca/cunews/main/stories/2015/03/25/does-your-password-pass-muster.html (2015)
http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/password-meters-tissec.pdf (PDF)
How realistic are the password strength estimation checkers?
https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn
https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2012/04/zxcvbn-realistic-password-strength-estimation/ (2012)
List of lightweight Linux distros for 2018
Utilizing virtualization to increase information security
https://www.deepdotweb.com/2015/03/02/tutorial-high-security-virtual-machines/ (2015)
Anonymity and privacy for advanced Linux users
https://we.riseup.net/assets/238433/Anonymity-and-Privacy-for-Advanced-Linux-Users-beac0n.pdf (PDF)
https://www.deepdotweb.com/2015/06/15/guide-anonymity-and-privacy-for-advanced-linux-users/ (2015)
Is the marketing story by Purism misleading its customers?
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/fsf-adds-pureos-list-endorsed-gnulinux-distributions#comment-124864
(by mason)
Is protonmail walking the talk?
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/6z6s5u/protnmail_not_what_it_stands_for_anymore/dmu7oih/
(by thereisnoprivacy)
On Qubes and Whonix
(by JeffersonsSpirit)
UK mass digital surveillance regime ruled unlawful
Judges say snooper’s charter lacks adequate safeguards around accessing personal data
Cryptomator is a free client-side encryption for your cloud files. Open source software: no backdoors, no registration
U.S. border guards can search your phone: here are some details on how
Border agents can demand a password to open your phone, without probable cause
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/usa-border-phones-search-1.4494371
How to create an anonymous Signal phone number with Android
https://yawnbox.com/2015/03/14/create-an-anonymous-textsecure-and-redphone-phone-number/
Introducing Qubreboot
A script to prepare a flash drive for easy Qubes OS installation on Libreboot systems using an unmodified, verifiable Qubes ISO, and a solution to the "error: out of memory" problem
(DodoDude700)
DNS Watch https://dns.watch/index#ips
operates the following DNS resolvers
84.200.69.80
84.200.70.40
2001:1608:10:25::1c04:b12f
2001:1608:10:25::9249:d69b
Privacy: we have no interest in logging DNS queries. That's why all our resolvers are setup to not log any queries
Your data is yours: we're not interested in shady deals with your data. You own it
Does using multiple browsers have any advantage?
"While using different browsers is not in and of itself an entirely effective compartmentalization technique - as its advantage is that it foils tracking which uses browser-based fingerprinting techniques, but not cross-browser or cross-device tracking methods -
it is certainly a step in the right direction"
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/7q3zsf/does_using_multiple_browsers_have_any_advantage/ (thereisnoprivacy)
Are you really anonymous online?
Your friends on Twitter may give you away
Cookies that give you away: The surveillance implications of web tracking
https://senglehardt.com/papers/www15_cookie_surveil.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20170724223145/https://senglehardt.com/papers/www15_cookie_surveil.pdf .
Now sites can fingerprint you online even when you use multiple browsers
Online tracking gets more accurate and harder to evade
Cross-device tracking occurs when platforms, publishers, and ad tech companies try to connect a consumer’s activity across her smartphones, tablets, desktop computers, and other connected devices.
The goal of cross-device tracking is to enable companies to link a consumer’s behavior across her
devices
