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Em :official_verified:<p>New Privacy Guides video 📺✨<br>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lol/@jw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jw</span></a></span> </p><p>If you've wondered about <br>the difference between: </p><p>Privacy, <br>Security, <br>and Anonymity :neocat_foxmask: </p><p>And why some privacy-focused <br>services are worth using even when they don't provide perfect anonymity, watch this!</p><p>It's truly an amazing short video! <br>Everyone should watch it 👇</p><p><a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/03/14/stop-confusing-privacy-anonymity-and-security/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">privacyguides.org/videos/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/14/stop-confusing-privacy-anonymity-and-security/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyGuides</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymity</span></a></p>
Privacy Guides<p>This week we’re tackling some common misconceptions with privacy, security, and anonymity!</p><p>Often privacy and anonymity are used interchangeably. However, there are distinct differences between the two. In our latest video, we aim to explain and discuss the differences, so you can make better decisions on your privacy and security journey.</p><p><a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/03/14/stop-confusing-privacy-anonymity-and-security/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">privacyguides.org/videos/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/14/stop-confusing-privacy-anonymity-and-security/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyGuides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>Groups v2: How to upgrade your group chats on <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Session" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Session</span></a></p><p><a href="https://getsession.org/blog/groups-v2-how-to-upgrade" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">getsession.org/blog/groups-v2-</span><span class="invisible">how-to-upgrade</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/martin-judith/75509/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Judith Martin</b></a></p><blockquote>Miss Manners is amazed at the number of otherwise gentle souls who turn nasty when they are driving. And they all suffer from the wonderful, ostrich-like delusion that they cannot be identified because they are safely inside their cars. It seems silly to her to have to say what good driving manners are. They are the same as the simplest, most obvious of non-driving manners, except that each person is surrounded by thousands of dollars of treacherous metal.</blockquote><p><b>Judith Martin</b> (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]<br>“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1981-03-29)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/martin-judith/75509/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/martin-judith/75509/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=automobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automobile</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=driving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>driving</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=etiquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etiquette</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=manners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manners</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=nastiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nastiness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rudeness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rudeness</span></a></p>
frank :anarchy_bi: (he / they)<p>for everyone's sake, when it comes to protests / demos / actions, please:</p><p>• wear a mask</p><p>• cover your face and any identifying marks (hair color, tattoos, piercings, body mods, logos)</p><p>• avoid arrest by any means necessary (so long as it doesn't jeopardize the safety of others)</p><p>• scrub faces from imagery (stills, footage)</p><p>• refuse to boost posts that include sensitive information about anyone involved (names, neighborhood, address, place of work), including visible identifying marks in imagery (faces, tattoos)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSafety</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoSec</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organizing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OPSEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPSEC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaskUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaskUp</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WearAMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WearAMask</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoverYourFace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoverYourFace</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mutualAid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a></p>
Privacy Guides<p>Tor is an invaluable tool for bypassing censorship and browsing privately, in this week's video we dive into the details and explain how it works. Plus we cover some things you should avoid when using Tor to make sure you maintain your anonymity.</p><p><a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/03/02/why-you-need-tor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">privacyguides.org/videos/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/02/why-you-need-tor/</span></a></p><p>▶️ Watch on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7vECGYUhyg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a> or <a href="https://neat.tube/w/f7QkKGe5TJaPi6Y4S61Uoi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PeerTube</a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyGuides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/tags/Anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymity</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> Browser: Rdsys 1.0</p><p><a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-rdsys-1-0/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.torproject.org/new-releas</span><span class="invisible">e-rdsys-1-0/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/TorBridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBridge</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>How Onion Routing Works</p><p><a href="https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/how-onion-routing-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firewallsdontstopdragons.com/h</span><span class="invisible">ow-onion-routing-works/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/guide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guide</span></a></p>
Da Linux beardude<p>I just discovered why my snowflake-proxy wasn't doing anything..</p><p>It's because my PiHole failed for some reason ! Now that it's fixed, it's back donating unlimited bandwidth for people behind non-free countries!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/torproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torproject</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pihole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pihole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snowflake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowflake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snowflakeproxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowflakeproxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gnu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tailsos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tailsos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/torbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orbot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticensor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anticensor</span></a> <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/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deepweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fedoralinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedoralinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/golang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>golang</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>javascript</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a>: Replacing <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/balenaEtcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>balenaEtcher</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Rufus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rufus</span></a> as installer for <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tails.net/news/rufus/index.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tails.net/news/rufus/index.en.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>: Celebrating 2024 year-end campaign</p><p><a href="https://blog.torproject.org/celebrating-2024-yec/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.torproject.org/celebratin</span><span class="invisible">g-2024-yec/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
Da Linux beardude<p>(4/4) Who knew that just browsing gnu.org and seeing that Snowflake banner on their website would lead me to this rabbit hole, lol.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/torproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torproject</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snowflake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowflake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gnu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tails</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dlive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archlinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <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/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deepweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkweb</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Random question for the experts out there: what's the best <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tor</span></a> distribution setup nowadays? i.e. USB OS-on-a-stick for anonymous TOR browsing of the web? (Not planning any dark web activities, but seeing as it might be a smart thing to have in a future repressive US regime and a desire to not leave too many tracks around). Or, is using TOR make you a subject of scrutiny? <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a></p>
Em :official_verified:<p>In these troubled times, please remember to be doubly careful about protecting the privacy of others online. </p><p>Always ask before sharing any piece of someone else's personal data with a third-party. </p><p>This could be as banal as asking a person before sharing their email address with someone else or with some application or service. </p><p>Be careful. Sometimes it only takes one small piece of data to reveal an identity and put someone in danger. </p><p>Care for the data of others 💚</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a></p>
Mr. Man #FreeSamourai 🔒<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/Anon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Secure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SimpleXchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimpleXchat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encrypted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-7&amp;smp=smp%3A%2F%2FSkIkI6EPd2D63F4xFKfHk7I1UGZVNn6k1QWZ5rcyr6w%3D%40smp9.simplex.im%2F6w4BRrwxfSwBst4Kz5JVoDM1OCTq4NyI%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-3%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEA-94QJHVEfPgOKBHuQeieNhdkakDR_WCi28-uA80o33o%253D%26srv%3Djssqzccmrcws6bhmn77vgmhfjmhwlyr3u7puw4erkyoosywgl67slqqd.onion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-7&amp;s</span><span class="invisible">mp=smp%3A%2F%2FSkIkI6EPd2D63F4xFKfHk7I1UGZVNn6k1QWZ5rcyr6w%3D%40smp9.simplex.im%2F6w4BRrwxfSwBst4Kz5JVoDM1OCTq4NyI%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-3%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEA-94QJHVEfPgOKBHuQeieNhdkakDR_WCi28-uA80o33o%253D%26srv%3Djssqzccmrcws6bhmn77vgmhfjmhwlyr3u7puw4erkyoosywgl67slqqd.onion</span></a></p>
Rachael Ava 💁🏻‍♀️<p>“Jackie Redwood has requested that her identity remain anonymous, so for the purpose of anonymity, she will be referred to as Alice.”</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TootFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TootFic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Anonymous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymous</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Facepalm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facepalm</span></a></p>
demi7en 🎗🇪🇺<p>⚠️ Note: People concerned about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> should make sure that their 'follows' are not public. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediFollows</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/adelaide" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>adelaide</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/albany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>albany</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/albury" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>albury</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/alice_springs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alice_springs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/armidale" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>armidale</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/ballarat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ballarat</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/bathurst" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bathurst</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/bendigo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bendigo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/brisbane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brisbane</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/broome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>broome</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/bunbury" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bunbury</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/bundaberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bundaberg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/burnie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>burnie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/cairns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cairns</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/canberra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>canberra</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/central_coast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>central_coast</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/coffs_harbour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>coffs_harbour</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/darwin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>darwin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/devonport" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>devonport</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/dubbo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dubbo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/gawler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gawler</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/geelong" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geelong</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/geraldton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geraldton</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/gladstone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gladstone</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/gold_coast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gold_coast</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/gympie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gympie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/heathcote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heathcote</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/hervey_bay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hervey_bay</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/hobart" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hobart</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/horsham" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>horsham</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/kalgoorlie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kalgoorlie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/karratha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>karratha</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/katherine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>katherine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/kununurra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kununurra</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/launceston" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>launceston</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/lismore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lismore</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/mackay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mackay</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://au.fedimeteo.com/maitland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maitland</span></a></span></p>
The New Oil<p>New Release: <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> Browser 14.0.5</p><p><a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1405/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.torproject.org/new-releas</span><span class="invisible">e-tor-browser-1405/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
mkj<p>New version of Linux Tails (6.12) is out as of today, with important security fixes.</p><p><a href="https://tails.net/latest/index.en.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tails.net/latest/index.en.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>If you have a bit of bandwidth and disk space, please consider seeding the torrents (both USB memory stick and DVD ISO) for a while, but do verify that the downloaded files match the hashes and/or signatures published on the web site before doing so. They are only about 1.6 GB each.</p><p><a href="https://social.mkj.earth/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.mkj.earth/tags/TAILS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TAILS</span></a> <a href="https://social.mkj.earth/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.mkj.earth/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>Executive Order to the State Department Sideswipes Freedom Tools, Threatens <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> Resistance, <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymity</span></a> of Millions</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/executive-order-state-department-sideswipes-freedom-tools-threatens-censorship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/exec</span><span class="invisible">utive-order-state-department-sideswipes-freedom-tools-threatens-censorship</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>