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iPhone Advanced Data Protection
iPhone Advanced Data Protection
Android/Pixel hardening
Android/Pixel hardening
Keep your data and physical safety protected with just a few taps on your Pixel phone. Here's how, and why they work.
Vehicle Privacy Report – Want to know if your car contains personal data?
Vehicle Privacy Report – Want to know if your car contains personal data?
Get privacy car facts for FREE by searching your VIN.
Personal Emergency Planning | Digital Security Checklists for Activists
Personal Emergency Planning | Digital Security Checklists for Activists
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Firefox Multi-Account Containers – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Firefox Multi-Account Containers – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download Firefox Multi-Account Containers for Firefox. Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple accounts and integrate Mozilla VPN for an extra layer of privacy.
Link Cleaner
Link Cleaner
Link Cleaner is a web app for removing tracking code, search parameters, and other junk from URL links.
state of online privacy
I Spoke about ICEBlock
I Spoke about ICEBlock
In case you missed it, last week I was on an episode of the kill switch podcast. I discussed the ICEBlock app and why it was activism theater, and how the developer handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way. But I also talk about why, even though I
Location Data Brokers | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Location Data Brokers | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Our location privacy is under attack. Dozens of data brokers collect information about the precise movements of hundreds of millions of people without their knowledge or meaningful consent. They sell this data to a variety of private and state actors. This extremely sensitive information can reveal where we live and work, who we associate with, and where we worship, protest,
Data Brokers Know Where You Are—and Want to Sell That Intel | WIRED
Data Brokers Know Where You Are—and Want to Sell That Intel | WIRED
These firms could track whether you've visited your therapist's office or your ex's house. And without regulation, they're a threat to democracy.
Signal Security Checklist | Digital Security Checklists for Activists
Signal Security Checklist | Digital Security Checklists for Activists
This guide helps you take control of your private conversations on Signal. While Signal already encrypts everything you send, these extra steps ensure your chat...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal | FBI | The Guardian
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal | FBI | The Guardian
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
Is that QR code actually a scam? Here's what to know about 'quishing' before you scan | CBC News
Is that QR code actually a scam? Here's what to know about 'quishing' before you scan | CBC News
With cases of QR code fraud starting to pop up and some officials warning consumers to take pause, you may be wondering if it's ever safe to scan those little black and white squares and follow the link.
Practical Defenses Against Technofascism
Practical Defenses Against Technofascism
I gave the Saturday morning keynote at BSidesPDX! I spoke honestly and frankly about the terrifying reality that Americans are facing under Trump's fascist regime, alongside practical advice for communities to defend themselves. Watch my talk below. Of if you prefer reading articles over watching video, I've added a copy
Using Signal groups for activism
Using Signal groups for activism
Things are heating up. Millions of people are taking to the streets against Trump's rising authoritarianism. Communities around the US are organizing to defend against ICE raids, to protest Israeli genocide, for mutual aid, and for other forms of fighting fascism. Signal can help people safely organize in all of
Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong | WIRED
Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong | WIRED
On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s free. It doesn’t track you or serve you ads. It pays its engineers very well. And it’s a go-to app for hundreds of millions of people.
Watch: Online Security & Privacy with Meredith Whittaker
Watch: Online Security & Privacy with Meredith Whittaker
“Opsec” – Operational Security for Everybody
“Opsec” – Operational Security for Everybody
Signal Usernames Help Stymie Subpoenas, Data Privacy
Signal Usernames Help Stymie Subpoenas, Data Privacy
state of in real life privacy
One Tech Tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it | AP News
One Tech Tip: Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it | AP News
Modern cars are collecting more data than ever, raising privacy concerns. The Mozilla Foundation says cars are the worst product category for privacy.
Rewind time? Company's aerial surveillance tech raises questions
Rewind time? Company's aerial surveillance tech raises questions
Technology made by Persistent Surveillance Systems is meant to help fight crime -- but some think footage taken without the public's knowledge amounts to spying
ALPR Vulnerabilities: Mass Surveillance Threat
ALPR Vulnerabilities: Mass Surveillance Threat
Government officials across the U.S. frequently promote the supposed, and often anecdotal, public safety benefits of automated license plate readers (ALPRs), but rarely do they examine how this very same technology poses risks to public safety that may outweigh the crimes they are attempting to...
DEA Agent Used Cop's LPR for Immigrant Searches
DEA Agent Used Cop's LPR for Immigrant Searches
A federal Drug Enforcement Administration agent on a Chicago area task force used Palos Heights Detective Todd Hutchinson’s login credentials to perform unauthorized searches this past January. Group chat screenshots obtained via public records request show the detective and the feds discussing the incident.
Chicago
How plastic whistles are becoming an anti-ICE resistance tool in Chicago | Reuters
How plastic whistles are becoming an anti-ICE resistance tool in Chicago | Reuters
The piercing blow of a whistle has become a Chicago-wide means of signaling that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are present.