cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/55042223

Getting pixel 9, graphene?

Hey y'all! So we are changing phone providers and they are forcing us into getting a new phone. I have an s23 which I hate anyway, and can get a pixel 9 or 10 now. I want the 9 since it seems better for me.

My question is, should I install graphene on it right away? I don't wanna have to reset it again down the road. And I don't care about warranties, if it dies I can afford another one.

Graphene seems to support the 9 and 10 from what I'm seeing

I wish I could force every legislator
in favor of Age Verification to watch this amazing talk by Carissa Véliz,

So that they understand the dangers
of the surveillance infrastructure they are currently putting in place.

You should watch it too: youtube.com/watch?v=xSPRouBvgF…

#Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Fascism

Every morning, I do a multiple DNS Leak test just as a precaution. Today, I did the leak test and all my IPs were different. They were the same IP block, just different. This made me suspicious and I set about trying to track the problem down. Turns out, there was a misconfiguration in the VPS. Worked yesterday, different today. I guess it was ghosts or gremlins in the machinery.

I got to thinking, for you guys who download a lot of Linux ISOs, might be a good idea to check daily. Even though you are setting behind a VPN, it's still worth the minute it takes to fire off multiple DNS Leak checks just for a sanity check.

Yahoo reduced free storage from 1TB to 20 GB in 2025, in May it will be only 15 GB. Surprised? 😮‍💨

Yahoo's move is a reminder: Big Tech doesn't want to offer free products, it wants to lure you in with the free offering.

Check here how Tuta Mail compares to Yahoo and why you should choose #privacy: ➡️ tuta.com/best-yahoo-alternativ…

Following the Australian precedence, the UK, France, and Spain want age checks for social media.

😡But age verification and ID checks destroy everyone's #privacy. 😡

Learn what countries are planning a social media ban for teens and fight #AgeVerification 💪
👉tuta.com/blog/age-verification…

Reminds me of SimpleX, if you can add quantum-resistant encryption and easy multi profile management and throwaway (incognito) profiles like simplex then the privacy and anonymity features would probably be on par and I'd consider switching to get away from the far right dev team.

#FLOSS #E2EE #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #SimpleX #DeltaChat #QuantumResistantEncryption #FarRight

CommaFeed is a self-hosted RSS reader inspired by Google Reader.

Fully open-source, privacy-friendly, and built to handle thousands of feeds and users. Perfect if you want to escape cloud-based RSS readers while keeping full control of your subscriptions.

👉 github.com/Athou/commafeed
👉 More tools like this: digital-escape-tools-phi.verce…
#Privacy #OpenSource #SelfHosting #RSS #FOSS #DeGoogle

Do you use Signal for chatting securely with friends and loved ones? Us too! We endorse it wholeheartedly, and rely on it for nearly all our communication.

But the vibes are deteriorating here in the US, and we should have a communications contingency plan for if Signal goes down.

Here's a year-long programme to get yourself off Big Tech products, step-by-step.

Many here will already have done this, but please share with your friends and family who are still yet to take that journey.

Let's stop feeding the (data) beast! This movement requires huge numbers of people to do it, to be really effective, so all upvoting is appreciated 😀

The Big Tech Walkout 2026

Here is the full detailed programme for the Big Tech Walkout 2026 - bookmark it so you can refer back to it over the year

^{Patrick Leavy (The Rebel Blog)}

LibreSpeed is a lightweight, open-source internet speed test you can fully self-host.

No trackers, no Flash/Java, no forced telemetry just download, upload, ping, and jitter. A privacy-friendly alternative to Speedtest.net and Fast.com.

👉 github.com/librespeed/speedtes…

👉 More tools like this: digital-escape-tools-phi.verce…

#Privacy #OpenSource #SelfHosting #Networking #FOSS #DeGoogle

the FBI and other U.S. government agencies have fought what is often called the “crypto wars”, the war on encryption In recent years, they have been joined by the European Commission. Under the slogan “what about the children,” they try to introduce total mass surveillance of all EU citizens — first through the proposed Chat Control legislation, and later via the Going Dark and ProtectEU initiatives. The goal is to legally mandate spy tools on every European smartphone and computer. The forces behind these efforts have turned out to be American tech companies and intelligence agencies.

Chat Control & Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.

After Snowden’s whistleblowing in 2013, large parts of the internet became encrypted, enabling private and secure communication. Not everyone has welcomed this change. Most notably, the FBI and other U.S.

^{Mullvad VPN}

The irony of this photo — A border patrol 'agent' hiding behind a face covering & hat while scanning a commuter's face on the road.

I am taking the time to post this entire article to highlight how #DHS / #ICE uses emerging, #privacy -breeching tech to identify & target regular people– potentially undocumented individuals AND #US citizens exercising their 1st Amendment right to express their grievances about such behavior as they observe & record it.

1 of 4🧵
#USA #trump #immigration #Minnesota

Dont want to self promote, just looking for some feedback on a vpn im building and the thoughts and reasoning behind why i'm doing certain things.

Token instead of account username/password (pretty self explanatory)
No 3rd party processor for XMR payments and running my own node
Shared exits with 2 locations ( no obvious correlation between 1 user = 1 ip)
Wireguard Only for smaller attack surface
Endpoint flushing when a handshake is over 10 mins old on wg interface so the user's IP doesnt even live in RAM
.onion mirror available which I encourge you to use

I explain other stuff mostly on the FAQ, i encourge everybody to read it please!

If you use Notepad++ update it now.

Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers

notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hij…

#tech #technology #news #technews #security #privacy #hack #china

#FOSDEM #Fediverse #Privacy

We need to be careful with this Fandom-ization of the fediverse. Fandom creates blind followers and makes critical thinkers potential enemies of the groupthink.

Mastodon is a giant dangerous experiment that does NOT protect user data and has no e2e encryption!

This is NOT a win for humanity, but creating the next big brother network masked as "cool b/c federated".

We need to build privacy aware networks now!

For this special Digital Independence Day, you can also contribute to the deGoogle movement 🚀 by installing Sapio on your device 📱 and evaluating the compatibility of your Android apps.

👉️ Let's make developers aware of privacy issues together !

f-droid.org/packages/com.klee.…

#degoogle #privacy

Sapio | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Android Open Source API compatibility

^f-droid.org

It seems the DeFlock website is offline (as of posting this). I know Flock sent a cease-and-desist letter in the past, so did it get its way; or is it simply a hosting issue? Anyone having more information regarding this?

Update: the website appears to be online once more, and the downtime likely hosting-related.

Privacy Guides' Program Director @jonah gave an amazing speech last night in our weekly livestream!

It's a truly moving speech,
and an incredibly important statement in our current troubled times.

Fighting for privacy rights is a battle for human rights. Nobody lives in a vacuum.

We must build our communities to fight collectively 💛✊

Please watch it: youtube.com/watch?v=BQ5_4Li9Gs…

#USpol #HumanRights #Privacy #ICEout #ICE #MassSurveillance #Minnesota #StandWithMinnesota

The recent federal raid on the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson isn’t merely an attack by the Trump administration on the free press. It’s also a warning to anyone with a smartphone.

Included in the search and seizure warrant for the raid on Natanson’s home is a section titled “Biometric Unlock,” which explicitly authorized law enforcement personnel to obtain Natanson’s phone and both hold the device in front of her face and to forcibly use her fingers to unlock it. In other words, a judge gave the FBI permission to attempt to bypass biometrics: the convenient shortcuts that let you unlock your phone by scanning your fingerprint or face.-

It is not clear if Natanson used biometric authentication on her devices, or if the law enforcement personnel attempted to use her face or fingers to unlock her devices. Natanson and the Washington Post did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The FBI declined to comment.

Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.

^{Nikita Mazurov (The Intercept)}

Logseq is a free, open-source, local-first note-taking & knowledge base built on plain Markdown and Org files.

No accounts, no cloud by default — your data stays on your device. Supports bi-directional links, graphs, daily journals, and powerful queries, with optional sync & end-to-end encryption.

👉 github.com/logseq/logseq

👉 More tools like this: digital-escape-tools-phi.verce…

#Privacy #OpenSource #LocalFirst #PKM #FOSS #DeGoogle

Self-Host Weekly (30 January 2026)

#AI tags (and the #lobster everyone is going crazy over), software updates and launches, a spotlight on #VanillaCookbook - a simple #recipe platform, and more in this week's #selfhosted recap!

selfh.st/weekly/2026-01-30/

#selfhost #selfhosting #newsletter #foss #opensource #fosdem #homelab #privacy #security #sysadmin #devops #smarthome #fediverse #clawdbot #moltbot #openclaw #immich

Self-Host Weekly (30 January 2026)

Lobster-themed AI assistants, milestone releases, and the latest NAS operating system launch

^{Ethan Sholly (selfh.st)}

Set up a framework to fully man-in-the-middle my own browsers' networking and see what they're up to beyond just looking at their DNS queries and encrypted tcp packets. We force the browser to trust our mitmproxy cacert so we can peek inside cleartext traffic and made it conveniently reproducible and extensible.

It has containers for official Firefox, its Debian version, and some other FF derivatives that market a focus on privacy or security. Might add a few more of those or do the chromium family later - if you read the thing and want more then please let us know what you want to see under the lens in a future update!

Tests were run against a basic protocol for each of them and results are aggregated at the end of the post.

Posting with ambition that this can trigger some follow-ups sharing derived or similar things. Maybe someone could make a viral blog post by doing some deeper tests and making their results digestible ;)

Cross-post. Original Thread @ discuss.tchncs.de/post/5384551…

browser-network-insights/README.md at main

browser-network-insights - they have played us for absolute fools

^Codeberg.org

Featured story: U.S. law enforcement’s growing use of an array of #surveillance tools enables #police to build a robust profile of almost anyone’s life and movements without a warrant or probable cause. Experts find phone-tracking tools like Tangles particularly troubling.
texasobserver.org/texas-police…

#tech #Texas #law #privacy #politics #USpol #news

Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.

One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps “develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.” Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.

^{Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)}

Via Steve Herman: "WhatsApp can access virtually all of it 3 billion users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications,” according to a lawsuit filed against Meta"

flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/1…

#privacy #whatsapp #lawsuit

Steve Herman

2026-01-29 15:06:06

WhatsApp can access virtually all of it 3 billion users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications,” according to a lawsuit filed against Meta. courtlistener.com/docket/72183…

I dont understand why Meta users don't understand how all the data collected about them to "help" the algorithm can also be used by the state to terrorize and blackmail them.

#meta #socialmedia #privacy

Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns AI agents embedded in OSes are eroding end-to-end encryption's real-world security, despite its mathematical soundness. With root-like access to messages & data, they bypass E2EE isolation—urgent rethink needed! 🔒🤖❌
cyberinsider.com/signal-presid…

#AI #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Newz #Signal

Signal president warns AI agents are making encryption irrelevant

Signal president Meredith Whittaker said AI agents embedded within operating systems are eroding the practical security guarantees of E2EE.

^{Alex Lekander (CyberInsider)}

It's Data Privacy Week ✨

There's never been a better time to take back your privacy, that's why we'll be sharing new tips every day that'll help you improve your privacy & security posture. 🔒

#DataPrivacyWeek #Privacy #PrivacyTips #PrivacyGuides

📅 January 28th is international Data Privacy Day!

It's 2026, and your personal data privacy has never been more important. Privacy is an essential right when it comes to personal safety, upholding democracy, keeping our freedom of speech, and building community. 🫂 (1/5)

#DataPrivacyDay #Privacy #Democracy #DataProtectionDay #DigitalRights #HumanRights #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek #PrivacyTips

To all Mexicans interested in privacy...

Mexico's gov. is narrowing down on surveillance quite a lot, and we need to talk about it, share opinions, and take actions!

Join c/privacidadmx!

Privacidad MX - Lemmy

Lemmy

^lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/44816610

I just finished setting up the hardware infrastructure to start hosting but I cannot find any specific information in the official documentation on how to set up a public Invidious instance. I understand the guide as far as just hosting an instance and watching YouTube through that goes, but how do I, for instance, give it a publicly searchable domain name that - in the best of worlds - is listed on Invidious' website?

I assume there is a better way than to start posting my instance's IP address throughout any forums that I might be active on?

@aral
Wireguard is desiged to be easy, but easy comes minor risks.

>By default, WireGuard stores your IP address on a VPN server until it reboots

For most people this is no issue, in countries like China, Iran, Russia and a few others, it can be an issue. see:

pcmag.com/comparisons/openvpn-…

#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia

3 Reasons Why Everyone Has "Something To Hide"

ghost.thenewoil.org/3-reasons-…

#privacy #blog #NothingToHide

3 Reasons Why Everyone Has "Something To Hide"

Most of us think we have "nothing to hide," but privacy is a team sport and every one of us counts.

^{Nathan Bartram (The New Oil)}

Richard #Stallman Critiques #AI, Connected Cars, #Smartphones, and #DRM

news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/…

#privacy #FLOSS #FOSS #RMS

Richard Stallman Critiques AI, Connected Cars, Smartphones, and DRM - Slashdot

Richard Stallman spoke Friday at Atlanta's Georgia Institute of Technology, continuing his activism for free software while also addressing today's new technologies.

^{news.slashdot.org}