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@arstechnica@mastodon.social That's the well-known organisation of rape apologist Kutcher who used this software not to help victims of CSA but against sex workers!
#Kutcher #RapeCulture #SexWork #CSA #Privacy
In case you missed it, here's our original investigation into how America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives: propub.li/40V37PI
#News #Data #Privacy #Guns #Politics #Business
Iconic Gun-Makers Gave Sensitive Customer Information to Political Operatives
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.ProPublica
Senator Slams Gun Industry’s “Invasive and Dangerous” Sharing of Customer #Data With Political Operatives
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In response to a ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded answers from the gun industry about its “covert program” to collect information on gun owners for #political purposes.
#News #Guns #Privacy #Politics #Business
Gun Industry’s Sharing of Customer Data Slammed by U.S. Sen. Blumenthal
In response to a ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded answers from the gun industry about its “covert program” to collect information on gun owners for political purposes.ProPublica
wired.com/story/the-wired-guid…
Wired has published a guide to protecting yourself from surveillance by the US government
The guide discusses the potential increase in government surveillance under a second Trump administration and offers advice on upgrading personal privacy protections, including using end-to-end encrypted messengers and securing devices.
The most important lesson, I've ever learned about online privacy is this one:
If you want something to be private online, don't put it online in the first place.
In the weeks to come,
protecting your communications and online activities might become increasingly important 🔒
Remember that complete anonymity online is difficult to achieve,
But here are a few tools
you can start using *right now* to greatly improve your protections and data privacy online:
📶 VPN (Proton VPN): protonvpn.com/
Browser - Day-to-Day (LibreWolf): librewolf.net/installation/
Browser - Sensitive Activities (Tor): torproject.org/download/
Email (Proton Mail): proton.me/mail/pricing
📩 Throwaway Email Addresses (SimpleLogin): simplelogin.io/
Messaging & Audio/Video (Signal with username): signal.org/download/
📄 Shared Documentation (Anytype): download.anytype.io/
🔃 File Sharing (OnionShare): onionshare.org/
🗺️ Maps (OsmAnd): osmand.net/
✊ Activism & Groups (Mobilizon): joinmobilizon.org/en/
📆 Scheduling Meetups (Framadate): framadate.org/abc/en/
Wild ass day in the Tor node operator world. Got an email from my VPS, forwarding a complaint from WatchDog CyberSecurity saying that my box was scanning SSH ports!
> Oh no, oh no, I knew I should have set up fail2ban, oh god why was I so lackadaisical!
So I remote in to the machine: no unusual network activity, no unusual processes, users, logins, command history, no sign that anything is doing anything I didn't tell it to do.
So what's up? Turns out there's been a widespread campaign where some actor is spoofing IPs to make it look like systems running Tor are scanning port 22: forum.torproject.org/t/tor-rel…
Operators from all over are saying they're getting nastygrams from their VPS providers because WatchDog is fingering their source IPs (which are being spoofed and NOT part of a global portscanning botnet).
@delroth did an amazing writeup of the whole thing here: delroth.net/posts/spoofed-mass…
#tor #infosec #cybersecurity #threatintel #privacy
[tor-relays] Tor relays source IPs spoofed to mass-scan port 22?
It would be hard to explain to Verizon I run Tor relays since they technically don't allow servers. I hope I'm not forced onto AT&T Internet Air as my particular co-op rental unit won't let met get Spectrum even when other units can, not that I wante…Tor Project Forum
Encryption backdoors must never be allowed. To prove that Tuta Mail and Tuta Calendar are free from any backdoor, the entire client code is published as open source. Let's fight against mass surveillance! ✊
tuta.com/blog/why-a-backdoor-i…
#privacy #encryption #surveillance #backdoors
Let's fight encryption backdoors on Global Encryption Day! | Tuta
61% of all Tuta emails are sent e2e encrypted - a huge success for privacy. But the authorities want to weaken encryption. We must stop them!Tuta
This is next level note-taking in the terminal! 😍
🌀 **glues**: Vim-inspired TUI note-taking app with Git, MongoDB support.
🔥 Privacy-focused and sync-enabled.
🚀 Supports integration with other frontends.
❌ No reliance on third-party services.
🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/gluesql/glues
#rustlang #tui #ratatui #notetaking #terminal #vim #mongodb #privacy #git #sync #notes
GitHub - gluesql/glues: Vim-inspired TUI note-taking app with Git, MongoDB support - privacy-focused and sync-enabled
Vim-inspired TUI note-taking app with Git, MongoDB support - privacy-focused and sync-enabled - gluesql/gluesGitHub
SCOOP from Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio: Texas Department of Public Safety is committing to a five year, $5.3 million contract for Tangles, an AI #surveillance tool that can track cell phones without a court order. (🧵 1/2) texasobserver.org/texas-dps-su…
#Texas #politics #USpol #news #police #tech #privacy #HumanRights #activism #AI
Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech
DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Governor Abbott’s border crackdown, to “disrupt potential domestic terrorism.”Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)
The gun industry launched a secret project in the late 1990s.
To elect gun-friendly politicians, manufacturers gave #political operatives sensitive, intimate information on their customers without their consent.
The story behind the #data sharing and its impact has never been revealed.
Until now.
#News #Guns #Privacy #Politics #Business
propublica.org/article/gunmake…
Iconic Gun-Makers Gave Sensitive Customer Information to Political Operatives
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.ProPublica
theverge.com/2024/10/25/242792…
United health group has just confirmed a data breach, with has affected over 100-Million people.
#DataBreach #privacy #Security
UnitedHealth data breach leaked info on over 100 million people
UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare told the US Health Department it has sent over 100 million notices to people regarding the February ransomware breach.Umar Shakir (The Verge)
NEW: Gun-Makers Gave Sensitive Customer Information to #Political Operatives
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At least 10 #gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.
#News #Guns #Politics #Privacy #Government #Business
propublica.org/article/gunmake…
Iconic Gun-Makers Gave Sensitive Customer Information to Political Operatives
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians.ProPublica