Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"With President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the US government’s digital surveillance machine more powerful than ever, digital privacy should be top of mind. But the digital security world can be confusing—and there’s the larger question of why. You may think, if I’m just a regular person, why is my digital privacy important?</p><p>Then there are the practical questions. What’s the best password manager? How can you keep your digital life under wraps at the border? And what kind of VPN should you be using? Is AI scraping my data?</p><p>WIRED senior writer and security expert Matt Burgess spoke with readers in a Reddit AMA this month about the basics of keeping your digital footprint locked down. Here’s what to know and why it’s important."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/guide-protect-data-from-hackers-corporations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/guide-protect-</span><span class="invisible">data-from-hackers-corporations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hacking</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a></p>
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Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Third-party <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> are still untrustworthy</p><p><a href="https://boingboing.net/2025/05/27/third-party-vpns-are-still-untrustworthy.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boingboing.net/2025/05/27/thir</span><span class="invisible">d-party-vpns-are-still-untrustworthy.html</span></a></p>
graste<p>„Apple Offers Apps With Ties to Chinese Military“</p><p><a href="https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/apple-offers-apps-with-ties-to-chinese-military" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techtransparencyproject.org/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticles/apple-offers-apps-with-ties-to-chinese-military</span></a></p><p>»TTP’s investigation found that one in five of the top 100 free virtual private networks in the U.S. App Store during 2024 were surreptitiously owned by Chinese companies, which are obliged to hand over their users’ browsing data to the Chinese government under the country’s national security laws. Several of the apps traced back to Qihoo 360, a firm declared by the Defense Department to be a “Chinese Military Company."« <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/vpns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vpns</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Chinese-Owned <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> - <a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/chinese-owned-vpns.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">schneier.com/blog/archives/202</span><span class="invisible">5/05/chinese-owned-vpns.html</span></a> "One one my biggest worries about VPNs is the amount of trust users need to place in them, and how opaque most of them are about who owns them and what sorts of data they retain." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a></p>
stacker<p>There's a reason I tend to think long contracts with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> provider are a bad idea and the current machinations in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> are a perfect illustration.</p><p>In a nutshell, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vpns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vpns</span></a> can't promise what they base countries governments will do in the future and that's a big problem when you have atwo year contract.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://cybernews.com/security/proton-considers-relocation-from-switzerland/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybernews.com/security/proton-</span><span class="invisible">considers-relocation-from-switzerland/</span></a></p>
Techdirt<p><strong>VPNSecure Lifetime Subscriptions: Now You Didn’t License What You Licensed, Either</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/20/vpnsecure-lifetime-subscriptions-now-you-didnt-license-what-you-licensed-either/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tech</span><span class="invisible">dirt.com/2025/05/20/vpnsecure-lifetime-subscriptions-now-you-didnt-license-what-you-licensed-either/</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Is Using Two <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> Better? No—Here’s Why</p><p> 4 Reasons You Shouldn't Use Two <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> s </p><p><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/reasons-why-shouldnt-use-two-vpns-together/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">makeuseof.com/reasons-why-shou</span><span class="invisible">ldnt-use-two-vpns-together/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>echo_pbreyer</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> sind auch nur <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SnakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnakeOil</span></a> und <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220112020000/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">schützen vor sowas garnicht!</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UseTor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UseTor</span></a> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GTFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GTFO</span></a>!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Speaking of untrustworthy <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WiFi</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> - just got this tip from someone on 🦋:</p><p>VPNs that have been taken over by Israeli spies</p><p>One company w/a network of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> companies w/poss ulterior motives is Kape Technologies, owned by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi. It owns major VPN providers Express VPN, Intego Antivirus, Private Internet Access, CyberGhost, & Zenmate, and it seeks to increase diversion of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> towards it via sponsorship of popular shows & podcasts.<br>2<br><a href="https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/09/29/734182/VPNs-have-been-taken-over-by-former-Israeli-spies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">presstv.ir/Detail/2024/09/29/7</span><span class="invisible">34182/VPNs-have-been-taken-over-by-former-Israeli-spies</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Mozilla Blog: A smarter VPN experience: Introducing the Mozilla VPN extension for Windows. “Through conversations with our users, we discovered that frustrations with VPNs were widespread. In fact, difficulty accessing specific sites was one of the top reasons people abandoned VPNs 🤯. With that in mind, we developed the Mozilla VPN extension for Windows, built in collaboration with […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/mozilla-blog-a-smarter-vpn-experience-introducing-the-mozilla-vpn-extension-for-windows/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/mozilla-blog-a-smarter-vpn-experience-introducing-the-mozilla-vpn-extension-for-windows/</a></p>
Walled Culture<p><strong>Massive expansion of Italy’s Piracy Shield underway despite growing criticism of its flaws</strong></p><p>Walled Culture has been following closely Italy’s poorly-designed Piracy Shield system. Back in December we reported how copyright companies used their access to the Piracy Shield system to order Italian Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to all of Google Drive for the entire country, and how malicious actors could similarly use that unchecked power to shut down critical […]</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/agcom/" target="_blank">#agcom</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/audiovisual/" target="_blank">#audiovisual</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/blocking/" target="_blank">#blocking</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/ccia/" target="_blank">#ccia</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/computer/" target="_blank">#computer</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/copyright/" target="_blank">#copyright</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/costs/" target="_blank">#costs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/critical/" target="_blank">#critical</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/de-index/" target="_blank">#deIndex</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/dns/" target="_blank">#dns</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/dnss/" target="_blank">#DNSs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/domains/" target="_blank">#domains</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/dsa/" target="_blank">#DSA</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/elisa-giomi/" target="_blank">#elisaGiomi</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/eu/" target="_blank">#eu</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/film/" target="_blank">#film</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/football/" target="_blank">#football</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/google/" target="_blank">#google</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/ip/" target="_blank">#IP</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/isps/" target="_blank">#ISPs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/italy/" target="_blank">#italy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/linear/" target="_blank">#linear</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/network/" target="_blank">#network</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/piracy-shield/" target="_blank">#piracyShield</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/reporters/" target="_blank">#reporters</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/serietv/" target="_blank">#serietv</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/single-market/" target="_blank">#singleMarket</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/tris/" target="_blank">#tris</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/tv/" target="_blank">#tv</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/vpns/" target="_blank">#vpns</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/wipo/" target="_blank">#wipo</a></p><p><a href="https://walledculture.org/massive-expansion-of-italys-piracy-shield-underway-despite-growing-criticism-of-its-flaws/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">walledculture.org/massive-expa</span><span class="invisible">nsion-of-italys-piracy-shield-underway-despite-growing-criticism-of-its-flaws/</span></a></p>
katzenberger 🇺🇦<p>Three "strategies" by which <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>websites</span></a> with a just cause are shooting themselves in the foot:</p><ol><li><a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Captchas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Captchas</span></a> – decreasing accessibility</li><li>Blocking access via the <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> network and <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> – preventing people from bypassing censorship and surveillance</li><li>Restricting <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a> subscriptions to desktop clients – preventing self-hosting of aggregators, and cross-device synchronization of read status</li></ol><p>It both sucks and hurts to see more and more of this, over time.</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"It’s time to expand encryption on Android and iPhone. With governments around the world engaging in constant attacks on user’s digital rights and access to the internet, removing glaring and potentially dangerous targets off of people’s backs when they use their mobile phones is more important than ever. </p><p>So far we have seen strides for at least keeping messages private on mobile devices with end-to-end encrypted apps like Signal, WhatsApp, and iMessage. Encryption on the web has been widely adopted. We even declared in 2021 that “HTTPS Is Actually Everywhere.” Most web traffic is encrypted and for a website to have a reputable presence with browsers, they have to meet certain requirements that major browsers enforce today. Mechanisms like certificate transparency, Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) rules, and enforcing HTTPS help prevent malicious activity happening to users every day. </p><p>Yet, mobile has always been a different and ever expanding context. You access the internet on mobile devices through more than just the web browser. Mobile applications have more room to spawn network requests in the app without the user ever knowing where and when a request was sent. There is no “URL bar” to see the network request URL for the user to see and check. In some cases, apps have been known to “roll their own” cryptographic processes outside of non-standard encryption practices."</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/closing-gap-encryption-mobile" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/clos</span><span class="invisible">ing-gap-encryption-mobile</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mobile</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Cellphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cellphones</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Backdoor infecting VPNs used “magic packets” for stealth and security - When threat actors use backdoor malware to gain access to a network, they ... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/backdoor-infecting-vpns-used-magic-packets-for-stealth-and-security/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">01/backdoor-infecting-vpns-used-magic-packets-for-stealth-and-security/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/magicpackets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magicpackets</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/backdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backdoors</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/juniper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juniper</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biz</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vpns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vpns</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Within this context, it is no surprise that Google searches for VPNs in Florida have skyrocketed. But as more states and countries pass age verification laws, it is crucial to recognize the broader implications these measures have on privacy, free speech, and access to information. While VPNs may be able to disguise the source of your internet activity, they are not foolproof—nor should they be necessary to access legally protected speech. </p><p>A VPN routes all your network traffic through an "encrypted tunnel" between your devices and the VPN server. The traffic then leaves the VPN to its ultimate destination, masking your original IP address. From a website's point of view, it appears your location is wherever the VPN server is. A VPN should not be seen as a tool for anonymity. While it can protect your location from some companies, a disreputable VPN service might deliberately collect personal information or other valuable data. There are many other ways companies may track you while you use a VPN, including GPS, web cookies, mobile ad IDs, tracking pixels, or fingerprinting.</p><p>With varying mandates across different regions, it will become increasingly difficult for VPNs to effectively circumvent these age verification requirements because each state or country may have different methods of enforcement and different types of identification checks, such as government-issued IDs, third-party verification systems, or biometric data. As a result, VPN providers will struggle to keep up with these constantly changing laws and ensure users can bypass the restrictions, especially as more sophisticated detection systems are introduced to identify and block VPN traffic."</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/vpns-are-not-solution-age-verification-laws" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/vpns</span><span class="invisible">-are-not-solution-age-verification-laws</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Pornhub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pornhub</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a></p>
Michael Altfield 🛡️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> Do you have a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> account?</p><p>I'm trying to watch the State of The Onion on your official <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> channel, but YT refuses to load on Tor (and most <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a>) since 2024.</p><p>Do you mirror to PeerTube or is there some other platform where we can view your SOTO in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> Browser?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/s%C3%A9curity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sécurity</span></a></p>
Tino Eberl<p>‼️ Achtung bei <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChromeExtensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChromeExtensions</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Schadcode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schadcode</span></a> wurde in 36 Erweiterungen eingeschleust, darunter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>-Tools, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Passwortmanager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passwortmanager</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a>.‼️ </p><p><a href="https://www.golem.de/news/millionen-nutzer-gefaehrdet-schadcode-in-36-chrome-extensions-eingeschleust-2501-192093.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">golem.de/news/millionen-nutzer</span><span class="invisible">-gefaehrdet-schadcode-in-36-chrome-extensions-eingeschleust-2501-192093.html</span></a></p><p>Betroffen sind 2,6 Millionen Nutzer. Der Angriff begann mit einem <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phishing</span></a>-Vorfall und zielt auf sensible Daten wie <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>-Zugangsdaten ab. Nutzer sollten betroffene <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extensions</span></a> prüfen und <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Passw%C3%B6rter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passwörter</span></a> ändern. Mehrere Erweiterungen wurden bereits bereinigt oder entfernt. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cybersicherheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersicherheit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnlineSicherheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSicherheit</span></a></p>
doctorambient<p>Is it just me or does <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NordVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NordVPN</span></a> really suck?</p><p>Real story: spent one full hour trying to get internet to work in a hotel room. Problem isn't the hotel. Complete uninstall of NordVPN and everything *immediately* works.</p><p>WTF?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vpn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vpns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vpns</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> Tests Cutting Off Access to Global Web, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a> Can't Get Around It"</p><p><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/russia-tests-cutting-off-access-to-global-web-and-vpns-cant-get-around" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pcmag.com/news/russia-tests-cu</span><span class="invisible">tting-off-access-to-global-web-and-vpns-cant-get-around</span></a></p><p>Now that it has lost <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> is preparing for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> following it home </p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Roskomnadzor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roskomnadzor</span></a> blocked residents in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dagestan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dagestan</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chechnya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chechnya</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ingushetia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ingushetia</span></a>, which have majority-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muslim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muslim</span></a> populations, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISW</span></a> says... People in those areas couldn't access <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>, or other foreign websites or apps—even if they used <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a> s, according to a local <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> news site"</p>
D_70WN 🌈 🏳️⚧️<p>There were interesting discussions (I listened in) at breakfast on the subject of VPN. I am very surprised that the "professionals" *cough* among the participants don't know something like Rethink, Mullvad etc. or that it is too tedious for them to set up a box. 🤦</p><p>But hey, not my problem, I'm not a "professional"! Sent via 🇫🇷<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SANS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SANS</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/personalgrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalgrowth</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/vpns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vpns</span></a></p>
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