Lytia
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97·10 days agoReject 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
7·10 days agoGood 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
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.
Yeah, the part that makes you money is. Still have to manually disable all of the popups and icons begging you to use it.
Difference is those sites don’t necessarily advertise themselves as “privacy respecting”