What's the best strategy for changing to GrapheneOS?
I have a google pixel, and I know I could install grapheneOS on it. But I’m very, very hesitant, since I depend so much on my phone....
DivestOS is fundraising, no longer sustainable ($12,000 goal) (divested.dev)
Sharing this because it’s one of the most promising Android projects we recommend on Privacy Guides, and it would be a huge detriment to the Android/Privacy community at large if this developer is no longer able to continue this work :(...
Travel VPN Routers compared to OpenWRT Rasberry Pi (simplifiedprivacy.com)
Travel routers with VPN or Tor allow you to avoid trusting the DNS from WiFi ISPs and cell phone towers. Some even let you plugin USB modems and switch MAC addresses to help bypass WiFi captchas on multiple devices. This article compares GL.inet to a Rasberry Pi with OpenWRT, and can give you some ideas for privacy and security...
Cartels Are Using a Police Database to Track and Target Their Enemies (www.vice.com)
The Most Dangerous Canadian Internet Bill You’ve Never Heard Of Is a Step Closer to Becoming Law - Michael Geist (www.michaelgeist.ca)
This Week in Privacy (#1) (blog.privacyguides.org)
Alternatives for simplemobiletool gallery and calendar?
Hi everyone, I’m In the need of an offline calendar and gallery now that simplemobiletools got sold off. I’m wondering what you guys use? My bad if the formatting is weird on this post, I’m trying out a new lemmy client...
The LAPD Is Using Controversial Mass Surveillance Tracking Software (www.vice.com)
In Africa’s first ‘safe city,’ surveillance reigns (www.codastory.com)
Nairobi boasts nearly 2,000 Huawei surveillance cameras citywide. But in the nine years since they were installed, it is hard to see their benefits.
Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs (www.theregister.com)
What is the good alternative right now to Google translate?
edit: Thanks for all the recommendations!
As YouTube Declares War on Ad Blockers, Google Sponsors Ad Blocking Conference (www.404media.co)
What do you use for cloud storage and why?
I’ve been wanting to move away from Dropbox for a long while, but I haven’t been able to find a suitable replacement. Dropbox has always been super convenient and has just worked for me....
It seems Gen Z is just fine with parents knowing where they are all the time (www.businessinsider.com)
AirVPN discloses server seized in 2015 (airvpn.org)
“We can disclose only now that we had a server in Toronto seized in 2015, initially without our knowledge. Maybe a court order was served to the datacenter. For about 10 days we did not understand what happened to the server, which did not respond, while the datacenter did not provide information....
What is your favorite cybersecurity tool and why? (discuss.tchncs.de)
Google forced to reveal users' search histories in Colorado court ruling (www.techspot.com)
Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent (www.ghacks.net)
Let's decentralize the web together. (articlesgallery8543.blogspot.com)
Your Cheap Android TV Streaming Box May Have a Dangerous Backdoor (www.wired.com)
A end-to-end encrypted survey tool - Purplix, now in early alpha (lemmy.nz)
Visit our site: purplix.io...
Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs (apnews.com)
Inside ShadowDragon, The Tool That Lets ICE Monitor Pregnancy Tracking Sites and Fortnite Players (www.404media.co)
The Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires (www.wired.com)
