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5 years and counting! 💪 ente.io/blog/5-years-o…


Week 4 of Year 2025 of the Privacy Roundup. Features coverage of a tool that can identify the location of just about any photo, privacy compromising vulnerability in Subaru Starlink enabled vehicles, and more. #privacy #privacymatters #cybersecurity avoidthehack.com/privacy-week4-…


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Open Source is the ultimate act of philanthropy—sharing knowledge, code, and innovation for the benefit of humanity. When everyone has access, everyone can grow.


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F-Droid is just an unnecessary middle man between you and your developer. It's true.

A post from the developer of WireGuard on the severe security flaws and lack of trustworthiness of F-Droid: gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidd… This led to them including a self-update system which was openly implemented and documented. F-Droid was unaware they'd shipped it for half a…



If you’re subscribed to the RSS feed or the newsletter, you already got this: Week 3 of the #Privacy Roundup PS: newsletter welcomes email aliases with open arms #privacymatters avoidthehack.com/privacy-week3-…


Week 2 of the Privacy Roundup features items covering Telegram's data sharing with the US gov't, prolific vishing threat actors, big breaches leaking even more sensitive information, and more. avoidthehack.com/privacy-week2-… #privacy #cybersecurity #security #databreach


Introducing the Privacy Roundup. Curated #privacy and #cybersecurity news items for the end user. The first edition featured #Apple settling a privacy lawsuit concerning Siri, a gift card shop adhering to US KYC leaking identity documents, and more. avoidthehack.com/privacy-week1-…


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ctrl + alt +f4 if i ever for some reason find i have edge open tnx x.com/MicrosoftEdge/…

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Totally irrespective of the arrest, the amount of people still saying #Telegram is "private/secure" despite 1) saving messages to the cloud and 2) owning the keys to decrypt user messages at any time all ***by default*** is wild. #privacy


Your SOHO #Router is a Juicy Target for Hackers Turns out APTs of all types (including state-sponsored) are actually interested in compromising your home router. Though, it isn't to get your data or spy on you. #privacy #cybersecurity #security avoidthehack.com/soho-routers


How Using a #VPN May Benefit Your #Privacy Keyword: "may" Anonymity not included. The marketing for that one VPN provider is probably wrong. avoidthehack.com/vpn-benefit-pr…


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A Basic Guide to Router and Wireless Security for Regular People Updated post. Pretty much boils down to not enabling features you don't use, setting a strong admin password, and keeping the thing updated. Also, ISP router = bad. #security #privacy avoidthehack.com/router-wireles…


US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules This can still get appealed in appellate court. For a while, #CBP has been able to pretty much search your phone when seeking entry or re-entry at US borders. #privacy techcrunch.com/2024/07/29/us-…


Mental Health #Apps are Likely Collecting and Sharing Your #Data They may share your data with third parties, including for marketing and advertising purposes. Seeking help and getting your data hoovered up and abused. #privacy #mentalhealth avoidthehack.com/mental-health-…


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"Mojeek is a unique and private search engine with its own web crawler, MojeekBot. Mojeek maintains their own search index as well ... Mojeek "finds" web pages using its own infrastructure - it does not "borrow" from ... search indexes to serve results." avoidthehack.com/best-private-s…


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