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by freddyym 5y ago
Holy shit: https://about.facebook.com/meta/
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by freddyym 5y ago
From my experience, its the speed that a post gets points/comments that matters. If you get three quick enough you should get on the front page.
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by freddyym 5y ago
A recent study found that younger generations said that it was easier to leave their partner than to leave a company that did not respect their privacy [0]. It is easy to adopt the mindset of 'privacy nihilism'[1]: your data is ou
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by freddyym 5y ago
"Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world" ~ Eric Hughes
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by freddyym 5y ago
The question about privacy is not about hiding, it is about sharing. It is not that I have nothing to hide, I just do not have anything I want to share, especially unknowingly.
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Apple Is Normalising Surveillance(wired.co.uk)
307 points by freddyym 5y ago|223 comments
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by freddyym 5y ago
The best agrument is that privacy is power.[0] It is the power to influence you, show you adverts and predict your behaviour. Our personal data is being used as knowledge against us - as power against us. It is used to make us do things we
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Welcome to Privacy Guides(privacyguides.org)
9 points by freddyym 5y ago|0 comments
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Why it’s good for you if I protect my privacy(bostonglobe.com)
1 points by freddyym 5y ago|0 comments
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by freddyym 5y ago
Welp.
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by freddyym 5y ago
> I miss the old version of PT where everything was all on one page, and I could just save the page for some offline reference. See here: https://privacytools.io/classic/
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by freddyym 5y ago
One of the first things we plan on doing with the new organisaion is creating a criteria for each section. (We already do this for some sections, e.g. email and vpns). That way we can just judge each software suggestion against our guidelin
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by freddyym 5y ago
Currently it is a not-for-profit organization, though we plan on creating a new legal organization designed around the community to ensure our long-term sustainability.
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by freddyym 5y ago
If you wait until the new name is decided, then you can get in contact with me via email: hello [at] freddym [dot] xyz
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by freddyym 5y ago
Glad you like the site!
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by freddyym 5y ago
I'm sorry you think that we are just one of 'those spam VPN review sites'. As a team member, I can assure you that we hate them just as much as you. [1] VPNs used to play a large role in the site (they no longer do), but we&#
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by freddyym 5y ago
We haven't had proper contact with him for a while. And even when he was "available", it was so intermittent that he may as well have been absent. (I've been in the team for a year and they have logged on to our Matrix c
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The Future of PrivacyTools(blog.privacytools.io)
95 points by freddyym 5y ago|41 comments
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A key product of ubiquitous surveillance is people who are comfortable with it(reallifemag.com)
135 points by freddyym 5y ago|59 comments
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The Assault on Internet Privacy: Why Data Encryption Is Essential(thereboot.com)
1 points by freddyym 5y ago|0 comments
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by freddyym 5y ago
I'd advise reading pretty much everything that they write on privacy, its all very worthwhile.
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Forcing cellphone users to hand over biometric data is good news for criminals(restofworld.org)
5 points by freddyym 5y ago|2 comments
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by freddyym 5y ago
The domain google.gi is still for sale, because it can only be purchased by people who live in Gibraltar. See also, this post: https://tinyprojects.dev/posts/i_bought_netflix_dot_soy
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Why Targeted Ads Are a Disaster for Democracy(lithub.com)
2 points by freddyym 5y ago|0 comments
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by freddyym 6y ago
Carissa Veliz is the best author when it comes to privacy, IMO. Brilliant article and brilliant book!
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Finding Virtue in the Virtual(systems-souls-society.com)
16 points by freddyym 6y ago|5 comments
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Yes, Big Platforms Could Change Their Business Models(wired.com)
2 points by freddyym 6y ago|0 comments
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What Was Privacy?(hbr.org)
4 points by freddyym 6y ago|1 comments
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Google tried to silence a critic and ignited a movement(fastcompany.com)
2 points by freddyym 6y ago|0 comments
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Finding Virtue in the Virtual(systems-souls-society.com)
1 points by freddyym 6y ago|0 comments

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