Lytia
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87·3 天前Reject Convience does privacy policy reading streams, and has a pretty hard stance on no TLDRs. If you don’t have time to watch it, save it for later. Better that than to trust a random person’s 5 word TLDR.
Invidious link because icky YouTube: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=iX3JT6q3AxA
7·3 天前Good video on the topic by Reject Convience: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=iX3JT6q3AxA
Article by Privacy Guides: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/data-broker-removals/
TDLW/R: Better to do it yourself and stop exposing private info. The service is at best a band-aid solution, at worst actively harming your privacy. Generally it’s snake oil.
Privacy Guides (podcast and video): https://fm.neat.tube/@thisweekinprivacy/feed.xml
Not so much privacy now, but Darknet Diaries is what got me into privacy in the first place (podcast, some YouTube videos): https://podcast.darknetdiaries.com/
We need more people like that in the world
“You mean we have to let the public use the services they’re paying for? Wtf!”
This feels relatively tame compared to everything else that godforsaken platform has done in the past few months.
That still won’t keep the phone up to date, as you have to decrypt the device for it to update.
Most (older and lower end) phones don’t do encryption in the first place, so BFU becomes barely better than an unlocked phone.
Assuming you’re on GrapheneOS: https://grapheneos.org/features#auto-reboot
I don’t think most other OEMs have an auto reboot feature
Afaik, it only disables biometrics. BFU means the entire phone (should be) encrypted. You can test this by playing media and then pressing the lockdown button. If the media continues playing, it’s not encrypted.
If you can’t shut your phone down for whatever reason, disabling biometrics would be the second best option (assuming police cannot force you to reveal your password).
I think you need to learn how cookies work. In this case it was probably a tracker appended to the link (the stuff after the question mark). If it was a cookie, they would be able to resubmit by starting a new browsing session.
P.S. why the þ’s? I see you everywhere but keep forgetting to ask.
Not a very “hidden” risk, but if you’re willing to talk to an AI about your problems, the largest warning sign won’t stop you
This kind of mindset is what make the privacy community seem like outcasts. Yes, pedophiles and other criminals would benefit from complete anonymity, but that does not mean we should draw the line at how anonymous someone gets to be because “only pedos operate at that level”.
Proton is by no means the best company when it comes to privacy, but it only benefits companies like Google and Meta if we’re constantly dragging its reputation through the mud over a bunch of misinformation. Below is taken from a response on Reddit.
Hi everyone,
No, Proton did not knowingly block journalists’ email accounts. Our support for journalists and those working in the public interest has been demonstrated time and again through actions, not just words.
In this case, we were alerted by a CERT that certain accounts were being misused by hackers in violation of Proton’s Terms of Service. This led to a cluster of accounts being disabled.
Because of our zero-access architecture, we cannot see the content of accounts and therefore cannot always know when anti-abuse measures may inadvertently affect legitimate activism.
Our team has reviewed these cases individually to determine if any can be restored. We have now reinstated 2 accounts, but there are other accounts we cannot reinstate due to clear ToS violations.
Regarding Phrack’s claim on contacting our legal team 8 times: this is not true. We have only received two emails to our legal team inbox, last one on Sep 6 with a 48-hour deadline. This is unrealistic for a company the size of Proton, especially since the message was sent to our legal team inbox on a Saturday, rather than through the proper customer support channels.
The situation has unfortunately been blown out of proportion without giving us a fair chance to respond to the initial outreach.
Invidious: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=eUEtc6gblK0