Tomorrow (12 July) is the Internet-wide day of action to support Net Neutrality. It doesn’t matter what your politics, views, or lifestyle is; you want net neutrality. Help […]
internet / online / security / technology
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You need a password manager if you want to be safe online – and probably one you control
I heard one of the more ignorant things last week: A guy told me that he preferred a closed-source, commercial password manager instead of an open source one […]
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Congress Killed Your Privacy, What Next? – Step Three: Encrypt Everything
So Congress decided it’s okay for ISPs to sell your personal, private information without asking you first. And you’ve already taken the first, important steps of getting a […]
internet / privacy / trump
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Stop Talking To Your Wiretap in 2017
I saw this meme going around over the weekend. I laughed. Then I sighed. Because it’s true. Here’s where it stops being funny or just me being paranoid. […]
computers / internet / privacy / technology / web
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The Saurian Spider – Making It A Little Harder for Your ISP to Sell Your Web History
In 2016, the FCC ruled that internet service providers had to get your permission before selling your raw browsing data . While that wasn’t hard for them to […]
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Updating your firewall on Linux – and blocking malware IP addresses at the same time
Firewalls on linux/*nix are somewhat complicated, but stupidly powerful. “UFW” – the “uncomplicated” firewall – is… well, it’s uncomplicated in comparison to actually dealing with iptables. But there […]