Privacy is a big issue that is present in everyone’s lives, and it naturally tends to pop into our heads, especially when we’re just browsing the internet. It’s not surprising at all. Internet privacy is no longer just a matter of “open door in the toilet”, it is a matter of the “open door in […]
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Under no circumstances does one even have to pull one’s head out of one’s own morbidly plump buttock to fail to notice the beauty of the entropy of emerging and fading beliefs that drive forward, like an engine, all that one dares to call “will,” “decision,” “preference,” or whatever other euphemisms one might use. And
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Illegal Dog is out. It’s only out in electronic form for now, but it’s out. Written in two weeks, but edited for over a year. I realize the book isn’t for everyone. It will bore, frustrate, annoy and even anger. But it doesn’t matter; the book itself was not written to be liked, but to
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In our last article, we took a look at Signal and Telegram, two giants in the encrypted communications industry, and compared some of their features as well as their security and privacy levels. Among other things, we also sort of sketched out two other messengers that are poised to become the number one in secure
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A VPN, aka Virtual Private Network, is a tool that allows users to securely access the internet and protect their personal information. It creates a secure, encrypted “tunnel” between the user’s device and the Internet through which all Internet traffic flows. VPNs are necessary for everyone’s privacy because they help protect us from a number
In the last episode of The Wall Against Big Brother, we explained how browser fingerprinting, cookies, local/sessionStorage, and other tracking tricks that lurk on the Internet work. In this section, however, we’ll focus on protecting our privacy. Specifically, with the help of browser extensions. To disable or not to disable JavaScript is a very crucial
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In my article on clients and replacements for classic social networks, we mentioned something about how encryption is far from the only guarantor of self-defense against Big Brother. This time, we’ll also look at security and protecting our privacy, but from a slightly different perspective. We’ll explain how you can protect yourself from Big Brother
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Intolerance towards sexual minorities is still present today. But let’s be optimistic. If you are a member of the LGBT community and live in Europe, you have the opportunity to live a pretty good life compared to many other places on the globe. There are countries in the world where homosexuality is dealt with by
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In the last article about encrypted communication and clients for big brother apps, we explained what the network effect is, what privacy actually is, and all the different ways we can look at it. We also outlined why, from a security and privacy perspective, I don’t consider Telegram to be as good a technology as
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Young people use Discord and enjoy networking in the communities there. Russians and Yankees use Telegram massively and replicate their memebionts across the world. Elon Musk is constantly producing buzz about Twitter. And so on. There are debates about some kind of “privacy” and “security” around it as well as how many people are using
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