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• Post #4405374

  Just discovered @veronica ! https://veronicaexplains.net/ https://tinkerbetter.tube/videos/browse?scope=local https://vkc.sh/blog/ Fantastic to discover another privacy tools advocate with balanced points of view and a down-to-earth approach, similar to @techlore @thenewoil @FirewallDragons #privacy #privacyforeveryone #normalconversation

• Post #4405373

  Two great interviews with @naomibrockwell : By @techlore : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_hlkmpw1sk and by @privacyguides : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Vb3hTxdP4 #privacy #thesurveillanceaccountabilityact https://www.surveillanceaccountability.com/

• Post #4405372

  What a fantastic initiative! The Ludlow Institute (@naomibrockwell ) has a dedicated Signal channel for people who need help installing GrapheneOS: https://www.ludlowinstitute.org/community #grapheneOS #privacy

• Post #4405371

  My interview with Bruno, the software engineer of Uruky, a privacy search engine! https://theprivacydad.com/interview-with-the-engineer-of-uruky-a-private-search-engine/ Bringing a privacy-first search tool to market is a challenging but rewarding task. #uruky #search #searchengines #privacy #digitalprivacy

• Post #4405370

  Ente's Legacy Kit looks like an interesting new tool! https://ente.com/blog/legacy-kit/ "Ente Locker is for the practical parts of a life: IDs, insurance papers, medical records, passwords, notes, and the documents someone may need in your absence. Since launch, we learned that someone, without an Ente account, also needs a way to recover your Ente account if you lose access, are incapacitated, or are no longer around. That is what Legacy Kit is for." @ente #ente #...

• Post #4405369

  While some privacy-first software tools are on par with their mainstream counterparts and can be recommended without reserve, others should come with a few warnings for new users. https://theprivacydad.com/privacy-tool-recommendations-should-come-with-caveats/ #steelman #privacy

• Post #4405368

  If you are willing and able to tweak some settings, the Uruky private search experience is on par with that of DuckDuckGo. https://theprivacydad.com/why-i-use-uruky-a-private-search-engine/ #Uruky #digitalprivacy #search @techlore @thenewoil @privacyguides

• Post #4405367

  Someone else wrote a positive review of #uruky privacy search engine! https://blog.sulimans.space/my-review-of-uruky/ #search #digitalprivacy #onlineprivacy #privacytools #alternativeto

• Post #4405366

  @ente has made its business records public, a great move forward in transparency: https://ente.com/open #photo #photography #privacy #digitalprivacy #family

• Post #2399908

  Light Phone " Introducing Our Developer Program" https://developers.thelightphone.com/ I look forward to seeing what comes out of it! #lightphone #featurephone #dumbphone Edit: Wired piece: https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-light-phone-developer-kit/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

• Post #2399906

  Just started a subscription with https://uruky.com/, a privacy-first search engine. With some tweaks, the experience is really good, and support from the husband-and-wife team excellent! #privacy #digitalprivacy #searchengine #uruky #EU

• Post #2399905

  A special guest post by one of the Privacy Kids! Droidian is an awesome system that runs quite smoothly with occasional crashes and occasional discrepancies. https://theprivacydad.com/droidian-an-awesome-phone-os-for-patient-people-guest-post/ #linuxonmobile #hightide #flare #droidian #linux #privacy #foss @linuxphoneapps @droidian @schmiddionmobile @Nokse @82mhz

• Post #2399904

  @Tutanota How many times do I have to tell Tuta to 'Always display images for sender' and to 'Always hide banner for sender'? It never stops, both in Firefox and on Linux desktop app.

• Post #2399902

  Not a privacy tool, but I love #protopage for an at-a-glace overview of your RSS feeds: #rss

• Post #1984863

  Exciting news from @calyxos@fosstodon.org https://calyxos.org/news/2026/05/04/calyxos-progress-update-4/ Thanks @hen@social.lol from @techlore@social.lol for the timely heads-up! The installation process was very easy on Pixel 5 with MX Linux. #degoogle #android

• Post #1865357

  While the wider Monero network offers many possibilities, learning how to connect a wallet to a Monero node on the local network is a useful first step for beginners. https://theprivacydad.com/connecting-your-wallet-to-a-monero-node-on-your-local-network/ @cakewallet@mstdn.plus @monero@mastodon.online @Monerotopia@mastodon.social @MoneroTalk@mastodon.social #monero #moneromining #xmr #cakewallet

• Post #1222542

  It is ironic that the European Commission has introduced a verification method by which its citizens must have their smartphones with them all the time. https://theprivacydad.com/a-first-look-at-the-eu-age-verification-app/ #eu #ageverification #mobilephones #privacy @vonderleyen@respublicae.eu @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

• Post #1166769

  Disabling Google's default apps on Android can help reduce your exposure to Google's data mining system somewhat, while their open source alternatives are generally excellent. https://theprivacydad.com/using-android-without-a-google-account-in-2026/ #android #google #privacy #opensource

• Post #1097712

  Current: @privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer interviews EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PFv0ki3nDc #privacy #eff @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

• Post #960894

  @papawilf @Mastodon This is the best source: https://social.linux.pizza/@thelinuxexperiment@tilvids.com and subscribe to his podcast I also follow: https://social.linux.pizza/@UbuntuWeeklyNews@ubuntu.social https://social.linux.pizza/@manjarolinux@masto.ai https://social.linux.pizza/@xubuntu@floss.social https://social.linux.pizza/@pop_os_official@fosstodon.org Mobile: https://social.linux.pizza/@ubports@mastodon.social https://social.linux.pizza/@linmob@linuxmobile.social https://so...

• Post #960893

  Google Says Developer Verification Makes Android Safer. Critics Say It Just Makes Android More Closed https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/ “Under the new rules, F-Droid has no workable path forward. Compelling volunteer contributors to register their identities with Google runs against what the platform stands for. “But claiming those app identifiers on developers’ behalf is equally impossible, since that would give F-Droid a kind of exclusive ownership over apps it has no...

• Post #960892

  I had a conversation with a friend who lives in Australia today. He said that his family members with teenage kids are saying that it’s ‘business as usual’ for Australian teens on social media. They find workarounds that quickly get shared amongst them. I wonder if the Australian government will do an assessment of the impact of their recent ban. It would be cynical if they didn’t. Coincidentally, this came up in my news feed today as well: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cq8g9y5x1llo #socialm...

• Post #921157

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@FirewallDragons/116318253656244523 This was a great interview! It's reassuring to hear such a sensible, no-nonsense attitude coming from all three of you throughout the interview. That kind of balanced approach (different people are in different places regarding privacy and have different needs) is so needed in the privacy discussion spaces. Thanks for everything you guys do @jonah @thenewoil @FirewallDragons @privacyguides ! #podcast #digitalprivacy #balan...

• Post #773112

  @Nikolas@federated.press That was a very click-bait-y title, which the article does not deliver on. The article also doesn't mention that the process of verifying student work and challenging authenticity of submitted work is time-consuming and tends to sour the student-teacher and teacher-parent relationship.

• Post #626697

  https://keepandroidopen.org/ #keepandroidopen #privacy #google #mobile

• Post #626696

  @techlore 's review of 2025 and plans for 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAkMFgIqUtE #privacy

• Post #626695

  3 Reasons Why Everyone Has "Something To Hide" - good article from @thenewoil https://ghost.thenewoil.org/3-reasons-why-everyone-has-something-to-hide/ #privacy #blog

• Post #626694

  "AI and facial recognition to be rolled out as Britain’s ‘broken’ policing system faces sweeping reforms" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-overhaul-shabana-mahmood-home-office-ai-b2907845.html

• Post #626693

  Great interview on @FirewallDragons ! https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2026/02/02/debunking-hacklore/

• Post #626692

  Good new article from @thenewoil about online dating: https://ghost.thenewoil.org/email/522da9aa-eef2-4b1d-b4de-2546edc186d9/?ref=blog-newsletter I liked this useful tip for when you are reading through privacy policies: "Some euphemisms you may want to note are things like "trusted business partners," "affiliates," or "personalized experience." This means they share your data with advertisers." #privacy #dating