James Mullarkey @jamesmullarkey@w3c.social

Just discovered CryptPad via the FLOSS Weekly podcast. Basically, Google docs without privacy concerns.

CryptPad in their own words:

"CryptPad is a private-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. All the content stored on CryptPad is encrypted before being sent, which means nobody can access your data unless you give them the keys (not even us)."

It's also Free software.

https://cryptpad.fr/

Better still CryptPad is on the Fediverse:

@cryptpad

#FLOSS #FOSS

Check out this interactive timeline of Facebook's history. You can see the trouble brewing from its early days.

Share this with folks who want to learn about Facebook's history. And tell them that alternative technologies are emerging! We can #DecentralizeTheWeb--one person at a time!

https://prettyzucky.com/

Google reportedly arguing cutting Huawei off from Android threatens US security - https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/7/18656163/google-huawei-android-security-ban-claims

when discord asks for your phone number, or facebook wants you to upload a picture of your face, or twitter makes you create an account to view the "tweets and replies" tab...

that's a paywall

you pay with your privacy

NEW TUTORIAL:

Tech lawyer Marc Whipple wrote a tutorial about creating the most inexpensive #FreedomBox home server!

Marc introduces the basics of FreedomBox and teaches you how to build one step-by-step using screenshots.

Read and share!
https://legalinspiration.com/?p=795

So, how are we doing?

#DeleteFacebook #DeleteInsagram #deleteGoogle #privacy
https://dayssincelastfacebookscandal.com/

"Apple says, 'What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.' [But] our privacy experiment showed 5,400 hidden app trackers guzzled our data — in a single week."

If you haven't read @geoffreyfowler's latest @Washingtonpost column, make time for it: https://t.co/eLcxXpfbF4 tweeted by @mozilla

How DRM has permitted Google to have an "open source" browser that is still under its exclusive control

https://boingboing.net/2019/05/29/hoarding-software-freedom.html

I got an interview with AndroidAuthority!
https://www.androidauthority.com/ungoogled-refurbished-smartphones-986985/

1. [Thread] Ever wondered how some companies know what you did last summer? We might have the answer to that.
Find out how we're challenging #adtech #GDPRyearlater

https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2976/how-do-tracking-companies-know-what-you-did-last-summer https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1131817103202275328/photo/1

2. Through Real Time Bidding huge amounts of personal data exchanges hands between a large number of players a billion times a day.

Find out how we're challenging #adtech #GDPRyearlater https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2974/why-am-i-really-seeing-ad-answer-might-be-real-time-bidding-rtb https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1131819619864285185/photo/1

3. Cookie banners are annoying and deceptive. This is what the AdTech industry considers consent. It's not.

#happybirthdayGDPR #adtech
https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/2975/most-cookie-banners-are-annoying-and-deceptive-not-consent https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1131822137063419909/photo/1

Have you even wondered why you're seeing a political ad online? It might be because advertisers have bought access to v personal data about YOU, to target messages that they hope will appeal to people like you. Watch our new video: https://privacyinternational.org/video/2937/video-your-vote-sale-political-advertisers-think-so #EUelections2019 https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1130827587394134016/photo/1

It's... #FollowFriday

📰 @wallabag Wallabag: Free open alternative to Pocket

📄 @LimeSurvey LimeSurvey: Free open alternative to Google Forms

👣 @gnome GNOME: Makers of a free open desktop environment

🌐 @cwebber Christopher Lemmer Webber: One of the creators of ActivityPub

🐐 @GoatsLive Goats Live: Aww... The everyday adventures of a pair of pet goats

Previous #FF:
https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/102071621079322758

#FFed