Data Detox
This is a really useful website, with tools and advice on how to stay safe.
Everyday steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing in ways that feel right to you.
#privacy,#security,#wellbeing,#digital,#internet
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De google your internet.
Ok. firstly Merry Christmas, Todays post does seem rather apt given that people will be getting new devices today. However it is not the intention.
I found this on Mastodon, a nice set of links to privacy friendly alternatives to many common, mainstream internet services, such as cloud, search, social media.
#internet,#services,#privacy,#alternatives
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Duck Duck Go Search
Duck Duck Go is a privacy friendly and aware search engine that does not track you or your activities online.
https://www.duckduckgo.com displays:
Enter your search terms in the box and you can either click the go button or select one of the suggestions.
Search results page
Website we were looking for
Clicking back to the search results we can click in the corner (as shown) and add duck duck go to our browser and make it the default search engine (recommended).
The video below shows searching, themes and how to add the extension to google chromem, plus how to make ddg the default search engine.
#search,#chrome,#duckduckgo,#privacy#internet,#information,#privacy,#notracking
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Security and Privacy
The Electronic Frontier Foundation have produced a range of guides to help people with privacy and security.
Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications
Links
Towards a Small Web – Howest 2020
This was on earlier so am posting the recording.
You can re-watch at the link here
About : 1h12 mins
Interesting idea and concepts.
Warning There is some swearing in this video, otherwise it is great
Speakers
CrypdPad 5 of 5 : Contents
I am posting this index to help people find the four posts from earlier today.
Quick index to Cryptpad post topics from today:-
It is free to sign up, easy to use, and respects privacy.
I can make more Cryptpad posts in due course. Feel free to follow me on Mastodon with the id @[email protected]">@[email protected]
#cryptpad,#kanban,#sheet,#writer,#code,#presenting, #drive,#cloud,#storage,#files,#team,#privacy, #encryption
I joined Mastodon social network last year. I am now reposting this guide to signing up and getting started.
Firstly you need to go to join mastodon where you will be presented with the following:-
Clicking on Get Started actually takes further down the page to:-
Where you can select from one of the many instances available, your choice may be influenced by:-
Or some other reason.
I decided to go for quto.org as this is a STEM related instance. So clicking on the signup link.
Filled in the credentials. After which I am asked to confirm. You will be asked to agree to some terms and conditions too.
Once confirmed you are taken to a set of 3 intro pages:
Then you are presented with
Where you can now set up your profile etc.
— Finding people to follow.
Enter their fediverse id in to the search box.
Usually this takes the form of
@username@instancename
You can follow me on the above qoto.org server by clicking this link.
In order for you to see items from my blog in your feed you need to take the following step in your profile settings.
Which is pretty easy to do, clearly this gives you a lot of control over what is then fed in to your feed.
Conclusion
Very easy sign up process, which is great, it looks like this instance also supports inline $\LaTeX$ which is cool too. I have now subscribed to this blog from mastodon.
Not quite ready to #deletetwitter yet, I have some contacts. Compared to the sign-up process on more old fashioned social media this is a breeze.
tags
#social,#network,#fediverse,#mastodon,#freedom,#privacy,#federation,#deletefacebook,#deletetwitter
You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]
State of the Onion
Development of the Tor Browser
On Monday November 16, 2020 there is a State of the Onion: Tor & Community Updates from 2020 event.
Join us for the (virtual) State of the Onion at on Nov 16, 2020 @ 16:00 – 18:00 UTC.*
Write_As instances
If you would like an easy to use, hassle free blogging platform that respects your freedoms then Write_as may be useful for your needs.
Write_as is software that has lots of features to help you set up a small, lightweight blog, supports multiple blogs from one user account. It also supports ActivityPub to facilitate federation.
You can either self host or join an one of many existing instances:-
More info
Instances
WriteAs uses Markdown to add styles to the pages, e.g to make text bold, underlined or add pictures. You can also embed HTML code blocks. This is how this page displays the video below.
There is a video below, hosted on Peertube, to explain more.
Follow write.as on Mastodon to keep up to date or ask questions.
You can also follow me on Mastodon by following @[email protected].
#writefreely,#federated,#write_as,#blogging,#writing,#privacy,#control,#fediverse,#mastodon,#peertube.
Online and remote learning : Lets not forget privacy.
This is an excellent article by the Free software foundation on the importance of maintaing user / learner privacy while they are learning online.
Some interesting points being raised and some serious concerns about privacy, use of webcams and monitoring of students during tests etc.
Learners need to ask questions and not just accept this as the new normal.
#learning,#education,#online,#technology,#freedom,#privacy,#freesoftware,#fsf.