soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Why AI agents are a Privacy Nightmare
- with Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal Foundation
#AI #signal #privacy #surveillance
Take charge of your visibility in Microsoft Teams. Our latest guide details how to manage the privacy settings that determine how others can find you within the application. Essential for controlling your digital footprint. #MSTeams #Privacy #Tech #OpenSourceFriendly https://geekrewind.com/how-to-manage-how-people-find-you-in-microsoft-teams/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social_autopost
💓 Privacy-first social principles at play here - D.R.O.P. - Delete Request and Opt-out Platform.
❌ Let's say NO to surveillance data harvesting and commercial exploitation.
Massachusetts' Senate bill S.3164 tries to protect kids online without the privacy tradeoff. Instead of forcing everyone to upload a government ID to verify their age, it turns off addictive, surveillance-driven features like infinite scroll by default.
#privacy #ageverification #socialmedia #digitalrights #indigoprivacy
Massachusetts' Senate bill S.3164 tries to protect kids online without the privacy tradeoff. Instead of forcing everyone to upload a government ID to verify their age, it turns off addictive, surveillance-driven features like infinite scroll by default.
#privacy #ageverification #socialmedia #digitalrights #indigoprivacy
#CalyxOS is back – download release 7.2.2.0 with full maintenance support
https://calyxos.org/news/2026/07/01/calyxos-official-release-is-back/
🚨 This Week In Privacy #60 will be live in 30 minutes, we'll be talking about CalyxOS coming back with a stable build, and covering the latest privacy & security news.
👋 Come join and chat with us live!
🚨 This Week In Privacy #60 will be live in 30 minutes, we'll be talking about CalyxOS coming back with a stable build, and covering the latest privacy & security news.
👋 Come join and chat with us live!
CDN providers that serve cached content log IP address, request metadata, and geolocation for every visitor to every site they serve.
Slovenia’s new coalition under Janez Janša is accelerating measures that critics say weaken civil society, media, and democratic oversight. 🇸🇮⚖️
Janša’s government also faces warnings over expanded surveillance powers, privacy risks, and digital rights impacts in Slovenia and the EU. 🔒
🔗 https://edri.org/our-work/slovenias-democracy-under-siege-an-urgent-update/
#TechNews #Slovenia #JanezJansa #DigitalRights #Privacy #Surveillance #Democracy #CivilSociety #HumanRights #OpenGovernment #Transparency #EU #Europe #CyberPolicy #FOSS #Politics
OpenToonz is a free and open-source 2D animation software for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Originally based on the version customized by Studio Ghibli, it includes frame-by-frame animation, vector and raster drawing tools, effects, scripting, and professional production features.
More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=opentoonz
#OpenSource #Animation #2DAnimation #Linux #Windows #macOS #Creative #Privacy
New on the blog: Beyond Basic Text Expansion: Why Privacy and Local AI Matter
https://makroexpander.com/blog/beyond-basic-text-expansion-why-privacy-and-local-ai-matter
They're also getting really testy about us "regular Joes" showing up and voting against publication of the deliberately-weak solo PQ recommendation.
You can practically feel their frustration - "We stuffed this list to pass this vote, and they're stuffing it against us!".
The blatant hypocrisy of the "not standards-track" thing bugged me too when it came through the list.
Anyone who follows me and cares about cryptography or their privacy: read djb's short blurb here:
https://nsa.2026.action.cr.yp.to/
There's action you can take to try to prevent the NSA's attempt to get the world to standardize on deliberately weakened cryptography in TLS - i.e. the thing that protects every important web connection on the planet. They have form for doing this in the past, and are trying again.
There are other links in the above page for more information.
#WhatsApp usernames are already raising impersonation red flags
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/01/whatsapp-usernames-are-already-raising-impersonation-red-flags/
Apple Maps has a Street View equivalent called Look Around. If your home is visible, anyone can see it. You can request a blur through Apple's reporting tool for free in just a few steps.
What We Talk About When We Talk About #Malware
https://f-droid.org/en/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html
#Android #Google #KeepAndroidOpen #privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS #FDroid
Commercial VPNs: "We are 100% No-Logs!" 🛡️
Also them:
- Please enter your real email.
- Set up a strong password.
- Give us your credit card.
- Install our 200MB background helper agent.
- Read our 40-page Terms of Service.
Celestride:
- Zero accounts.
- Passwordless OTP login.
- Wrapped in VLESS-Reality to blend in.
- Zero user database to leak.
Stop buying corporate privacy theater.
@EUCommission
Our self-ownership of our electronic/computer privacy via disks was a much better time for humans and the environment.
#privacy
“Double Threat” to Private Communications: Undemocratic Chat Control Backroom Deals and Imminent Concessions Spark Relaunch of fightchatcontrol.eu – Patrick Breyer
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/double-threat-to-private-communications-undemocratic-chat-control-backroom-deals-and-imminent-concessions-spark-relaunch-of-fightchatcontrol-eu/
Civil rights activist Dr. Patrick Breyer warns of an unprecedented “double-attack” on secure messaging ahead of critical Friday and Monday EU meetings.
They are trying to revive the beast again. STOP #chatcontrol
This is not for saving the children, tis is for total surveilance.
#privacy #offrehacked
Why does a privacy tool need your email or password? Databases leak. If a VPN provider hoards credentials, they have data to hand over under subpoena.
Celestride is physically incapable of leaking your data. Zero accounts, zero passwords—OTP only. Your traffic is wrapped in VLESS-Reality, blending into normal HTTPS streams. No trail.
Disappear: https://celestride.pro
#privacy #security #passwordless #VLESS #vpn #selfhosted
Daily Digest | 3 July 2026
Your daily dose of Privacy, Data Protection, AI & Cybersecurity news.
5 stories you should not miss.
Read more: https://www.nicfab.eu/daily-digest/