If something is weak, it is Proton’s knowledge of password strength. For example, they call a 16-character password without special characters “weak,” which has around 95 bits of entropy, so this doesn’t make sense. They also overemphasize the role of special characters in passwords, as just increasing the password length by a single character would add more entropy than enabling special characters. Furthermore, many of Proton’s articles regarding password strength contain a lot of misinformation. This one talking about password entropy might be their worst yet. You cannot seriously claim that a single word, “Bankruptcies,” has 68.4 bits of entropy, which also isn’t the only inaccurate claim that the article makes.
The purpose of this post is not to endorse the use of Reddit (https://tosdr.org/en/service/194), but rather to inform users of a privacy-friendly approach in case they need to utilize the platform....
I was looking at Proton plans, and I noticed that the Proton Pass Plus plan costs almost double on the 24-month plan compared to the 12-month one. 1 month: USD$4.99 12 months: USD$1.99 24 months: USD$2.99 The Pass Plus plan is the only one that gets more expensive at 24 months. Why is that?
Interestingly, the article mentions twice how Proton doesn’t do flashy marketing campaigns when that is precisely the aspect people have criticized Proton for years, usually around Black Friday when they portray the discount as much better than what it is.
I have always liked and used Duck duck go more than google but now i am considering if i should switch because of the shit they pulled with their app and yesterday when i clicked a link it took me directly to their newsletter subsciption page not even like a popup a proper page without any way except manually backing out . So is...
This is also not their only controversy. When someone proposed in their forums that Kagi should add a widget that would help people get help if they are searching for suicide material, Kagi refused because that isn’t the result that the person was searching for.
Between uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, ClearURLs, Decentraleyes, and Privacy Possum, I’m having a hard time deciding which ones I actually need and which ones I don’t. Do they actually do different things, or are they largely the same?
This is wrong. By enabling privacy.resistFingerprinting you cannot make yourself more unique in Firefox because you’re already unique. I would read this guide by the Arkenfox project about fingerprinting. The guy has worked for the Tor browser, so he knows his stuff. The summary is that the privacy.resistFingerprinting is the best tool that Firefox has against fingerprinting, but it can only ”fool naive scripts.” If you’re really worried about fingerprinting and want to defeat advancing fingerprinting, the only option is to use either Tor or Mullvad Browser depending on your threat model.
I use Mozilla VPN (Mullvad underneath), and it has the option for multi hop, which is really just two hops. Is there any major privacy gains with it or no?...
ClearURLs is not really needed anymore since you can enable AdGuard URL Tracking Protection and import Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool to uBlock Origin.
Skip Redirect is still fine if you want to continue using it but Smart Referer could be replaced by changing network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy in about:config to 2 like the Arkenfox project recommends. However, note that there could be some issues regarding this setting, so keep that in mind.
I don’t think that it captures everything, but according to the Arkenfox project, any additional benefit ClearURLs could have compared to this setup is minimal, and thus, it probably isn’t worth to install another extension.
“Brave Search users can now search for images and videos without being redirected to Google or Bing, though some advanced search capabilities are still absent.”
They need to make money somehow, and regardless, all the crypto stuff is actually turned off by default, so criticizing Brave for this makes little sense to me.
According to their privacy policy, they are using both AdMob and Facebook trackers on their other apps, so that may happen to Raivo as well at some point.
Proton Pass Monitor is now available — dark web scanning, password health and inactive 2FA (lemmy.world)
from the team:...
Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app (bitwarden.com)
Bitwarden Authenticator is a standalone app that is available for everyone, even non-Bitwarden customers....
Redlib: Open-source, privacy-focused frontend for Reddit without Reddit's ads, trackers, and bloat. A fork of Libreddit. (safereddit.com)
The purpose of this post is not to endorse the use of Reddit (https://tosdr.org/en/service/194), but rather to inform users of a privacy-friendly approach in case they need to utilize the platform....
Create an email account without phone number verification (proton.me)
Why does Proton Pass Plus cost more on the 24-month plan?
I was looking at Proton plans, and I noticed that the Proton Pass Plus plan costs almost double on the 24-month plan compared to the 12-month one. 1 month: USD$4.99 12 months: USD$1.99 24 months: USD$2.99 The Pass Plus plan is the only one that gets more expensive at 24 months. Why is that?
Sustaining Proton’s mission over time | Proton (proton.me)
Proton’s mission, funding sources, independence, and community are some of the reasons we’re more resilient than other privacy-first companies.
Any duck duck go alternative that is better in privacy and security ?
I have always liked and used Duck duck go more than google but now i am considering if i should switch because of the shit they pulled with their app and yesterday when i clicked a link it took me directly to their newsletter subsciption page not even like a popup a proper page without any way except manually backing out . So is...
Apple Makes It Harder for Police to Access Your Push Notifications (gizmodo.com)
Spotify axes 17% of workforce in third round of layoffs this year (apnews.com)
How many add-ons do I really need to block trackers?
Between uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, ClearURLs, Decentraleyes, and Privacy Possum, I’m having a hard time deciding which ones I actually need and which ones I don’t. Do they actually do different things, or are they largely the same?
Does Multi Hop VPN add any extra privacy that is worse the loss of speed for average use?
I use Mozilla VPN (Mullvad underneath), and it has the option for multi hop, which is really just two hops. Is there any major privacy gains with it or no?...
YouTube stopped working on Firefox with uBlock for me.
How’s it with you guys ?
Should I be using these 3 add-ons together?
I have had these add-ons installed for a long time. But, do I need them all?...
Brave releases its own privacy-preserving image and video search (www.theverge.com)
“Brave Search users can now search for images and videos without being redirected to Google or Bing, though some advanced search capabilities are still absent.”
Raivo is sold.
Raivo OTP is sold....