Notices tagged with internet

In January, the #EU is launching bug bounties on #FreeSoftware projects to increase the #security of the #Internet! https://juliareda.eu/2018/12/eu-fossa-bug-bounties #FOSSA

> government never did anything good ever

i am anti-state, don't get me wrong, but before you get all rabid at me, consider this:

but you use #internet and #gps right?

you can criticize things, and that is a good thing, but Truth doesn't exist. we are all lost and confused. our civilization is very young and fragile. lets not make the mistake of assuming that we know everything. lets have discussions based on results and measurements.

viva la scientific method!

Add-Ons to improve your #privacy and #security with #Firefox

I made a collection of 23 add-ons for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/collections/Anonymiss/favorites/

Can you please check them if I've forgotten an important add-on?
I want to introduce each add-on with an article in my #blog and explain how to use it.

#surfing #internet #freedom #surveillance #tracking #monitoring #itnews

Announcing the UXFund Results!

Looks like a bunch of really cool projects that seem to aim to provide good intuitive user interfaces for privacy needs. Except peerio, which seems like yet another though end-to-end encrypted, but centralized (yawn) messenger, I'm gonna try some of these, and we could share experiences in the comment thread. Especially Gridsync, a (finally?) usable client for the notoriously difficult to use but hailed end-to-end-encrypted peer-to-peer cloud storage system Tahoe-LAFS, seems promising.

https://usable.tools/2016/12/28/uxfund-results.html

Mailvelope – https://www.mailvelope.com

Mailvelope is a free browser plugin for Chrome and Firefox that enables end-to-end encryption that integrates directly with your web-based mail provider, whether you are using Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, or Microsoft webmail. Mailvelope is an open-source project currently hosted on github. https://github.com/mailvelope/mailvelope

Martus (product of Benetech) – https://martus.org

Martus is a free, open source, secure information collection and management tool that empowers human rights activists to effectively collect, store and transfer potentially sensitive information. Martus enables more secure information management and backups for groups and individuals across the globe.

Peerio – https://www.peerio.com

Peerio is an end-to-end encrypted communication client that works on both desktop and mobile phone. The client allows users to setup an account for free, with paid premium versions. Peerio is an open-source project currently hosted on github. https://github.com/PeerioTechnologies/peerio-client

Postcard (product of Operator Foundation) – http://operatorfoundation.org

Postcard is an open-source and free encrypted email client with a simple user-interface for maximum ease-of-use. Postcard is free and open-source and is currently hosted on github. https://github.com/OperatorFoundation/Postcard

Gridsync (product of Least Authority) – https://leastauthority.com

Gridsync aims to provide a cross-platform, graphical user interface for Tahoe-LAFS, the Least Authority File Store that allows for backing up local files, synchronizing directories between devices, and sharing files and storage resources with other users across all major desktop platforms (GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows). Gridsync is a free and open-source software that is hosted on github. https://github.com/gridsync/gridsync

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