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When it comes to matters of #digital #privacy or digital #security there is no "one size fits all" approach.
We all have different needs, but here are the approaches and #tech that I recommend for all:
1st: NEVER use your personal email address to subscribe to anything. Literally: never. If you do, you'll get #spam
Instead, use an #email anonymizer to quickly create unique, and easily ended email addresses. I use 33mail for this and they ROCK
http://33mail.com/38drRZ3
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During #ww2 the #nazis targeted intellectuals, #jews, #gypsies, and the #lgbtq - forced them into #ghettos - and then designed an extensive transportation & extermination system (read “trains & gas chambers”) to rid #germany and world of all of them. Millions were murdered in the camps.
To compare #israel to #nazi Germany isn’t only horrifyingly ignorant, it’s inSANEly #antisemitic no matter what lies you use to justify your opinion.
How to spot #antisemitism in one, easy step: check what the person said in the moments after the #oct7 attack on their timeline.
If she blames victims for getting massacred, then she’s not a #progressive - she’s just an apologist for #terrorism and a supporter of violence against #jews because she’s decided that it’s justifiable.
That’s antisemitism.
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This position is morally degenerate, ignorant and #lazy
If you have time to post weekly about the “ #genocide “ being committed by #israel against #palestinians but you just CAN’T find any time to learn about how #hamas is an actual #genocidal #terrorst organization, funded by #iran - a #thecratic state that’s hellbent on erasing #Jews from the #middleeast - then you’re #antisemitic.
If you support, excuse, or apologize for #hamas you’re a part of the problem.
We see you. And it’s ugly.
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I'm sure my fellow #progressives will swiftly, strongly, & unequivocally condemn that "12 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees were involved in the murderous rampage in southern #Israel "
TL;DR: The staff of the #UN agency charged with providing relief and support for #Palestinians in #gaza INSTEAD helped carry out an act of #terrorism on #Oct7
So let's hear it, progressives & #liberals - join me! Let's condemn #terrorists & #UNRWA
[Cue crickets]
https://nypost.com/2024/01/26/news/un-fires-staffers-who-allegedly-took-part-in-october-7-hamas-terrorist-attacks-on-israel/
My fellow #progressive friends seem rage-focused on #israel in a blind fury without understanding the broader history of the #middleeast Specifically, there's a willful ignorance about how #iran - a theocratic and #muslim #extremist state - wages war against #jews (and #christians) by using #Hamas and #Hezbollah and the #houthis
I'm down with valid criticism of any nation, but you're ignorant unless you're aware of this systemic #antisemitism and how it plays out there
https://press.coop/@markets/111766822790626437
@e4576eea Truly unbelievable that after DECADES of #Arabs refusing to accept #israel, declaring war on Yom Kippur, being run by #terrorists who target innocent people, that outsiders STILL think - in response to a savage #hamas attack - that Israel should do nothing, is the HEIGHT of hypocrisy and double standards.
I pray for the day when #palestinians love their kids more than they hate #israel
#jews are #indigenous there. Israel has a right to exist. The End. 🇮🇱🇮🇱
@c7043037 lemme guess: you’re not #jewish …?
Jewish Voices for Peace are left wing radicals, not mainstream Jews. They won’t use the words #terrorism or #hamas to describe what happened on #october7th2023
Not one of my Jewish family or friends subscribes to this garbage, even those who work for peace.
Hamas is a #terrorist organization who butchered innocent men, women, and children to death in #israel.
If this protest won’t acknowledge that, maybe that’s why there’s no airtime.
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The mighty #Google has now rolled out “Bard”, it’s #AI assistant. Is it poised to take over the world of #generative AI? Is it on the precipice of making AI helpful and accurate for the masses?
Wait... does it even know what the fuck happened just last year?
Um, no. To all of those questions: just. no.
#Fail
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@119520a4@47962f8a@749d2a0c
We all have different needs when it comes to privacy. So you’re right: there is no “one size fits all” approach.
That being said: your comment about “only care about privacy” is so vague that, for me, it’s meaningless.
I’d much rather use a search engine that gives me the access AND the privacy I want across all levels.
As a proud alumni of #upenn I am much less proud today as these stories now surface. Just awful. I heard Karikó and her co-researcher and winner today on NPR: both said that no one - no one - supported them. So Penn wasn’t alone, but still: removing a tenure track position is shocking.
From: @b4c50e1bhttps://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/111167357296630347
@47962f8a@749d2a0c
100% disagree about your #searchengine recommendation.
For top #privacy and #Security choose a search engine that is not located in the US nor any of the “five eyes” countries.
That means avoid #google #duckduckgo and #mojeek
Try #startpage or #searx
@055c3aac@76382236@a3328adc
I’m a lifetime progressive and defender of the environment and marginalized voices.
But - best I can tell here - merely voting won’t impact how a corporation decides to behave. That will require legislation. And THAT in turn will require more work than simply going to the polls.
@055c3aac@a3328adc you claiming it being credible and having hard facts to back that VERY awful claim are two different things.
Only, if true, why speak in strict confidence? It seems to me that the more people who know about this, then the more pressure is put on the corporations to behave properly.
This photo, of the local Safeway’s coupon, show that the store is incentivizing shoppers to get a #flu #vaccine - shocked me. In a good way.
Shocked because this was in my wife’s hometown in northern #idaho where #antivax protestors made a huge fuss during the #covid lockdown.
So I’m curious…
Are any of you around the #US also seeing this at your local #safeway or other drugstores?
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@055c3aac@a3328adc I’d like to see some evidence backing that claim up.
I ask because I’ve written previously about info requests from law enforcement and how they are rising rapidly.
But, best I can tell, no company complies in all requests. Here are Apple’s most recent stats:
https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/us.html
Of note: I don’t see that they’ve broken down their requests based on whether subpoenas come from prosecuting or defense attorneys.
I didn't know this, but Google hosts a solid, free, and open-source library of fonts:
https://fonts.google.com/
I'm not a fan of Google when it comes to #privacy or #security but - in this case - you do NOT need a #Google account to view, search, or download these awesome #fonts
Ditto for FontSpace & FontM:
http://www.fontspace.com/https://fontm.com/
I rarely post about politics on this account. And given the vast numbers of my fellow progressives here, I’m prolly preaching to the choir, but…
This article should be required reading about how the body politic has been badly damaged by the former occupant of the white house and his rabid band of violent adherents.
To note: I stopped mentioning the man’s name years ago. It only feeds his ego and end goals.
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If you like my toots, thank you.
If you'd prefer to *listen* to what I have to say about #privacy and #security and not read it here or on #substack - I get that 💯
Well, good news, friend: I record some of my episodes as audio #podcasts
So, please: Subscribe. Listen. Enjoy. Learn. After you do, toot me and offer criticism or questions. But let's at least be in conversation about important topics.
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@d77519c1@a3328adc
ALL true. A #Farraday case/sleeve or just powering down your #cellphone until you need it are easy ways around this.
But yeh: in general, we now need to take more and more steps to have the same amount of #privacy we’ve had previously.
Turns out the #interconnected world and #internet comes with a few very strong disadvantages along with all of its advantages.
@9538e550@58606072
Command it all you like: it’s a *device*, not a person. Using your voice instead of keyboard doesn’t make it human.
If you want to consult the village elder or your life partner, that’s cool too.
It’s worth remembering: we talk to humans we know personally differently than we talk to devices, pets, and humans we don’t know.
Plus: the voices on these can be changed.
I see this as creating a problem that doesn’t exist.
@58606072 While I’m no fan of a white, straight, Christian, male dominated society, this position makes zero sense to me.
We aren’t talking about a real male or a female here: it’s a #computerized #tech voice. And it can be changed!
But even if it WERE a real voice, the counterpoint is clear:
If men are the default to “provide answers” in our society, how lovely that we now turn to “women” - by default - for our answers.
If #representation matters, this is a lot of it.
@86339b4c GREAT piece: eloquent, kind, and deeply informed.
As your fellow member of #sagaftra I think your heart is in the right place. But I think your focus is not.
You’re right: Hollywood can’t be counted on to police itself. Therefore Federal rulings and legislation must be a primary focus.
I’m encouraged by the USPTO‘s recent decision to only grant inventorship to a HUMAN. More laws are needed to help make that distinction.
https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/16524350_22apr2020.pdf
@420f26f4
Yes. But the Left does this to their own far more efficiently than the Right does.
I’m a lifelong progressive & environmental activist. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been publicly and privately shamed - sometimes instantly - because I’m not using the “right“ phrase or term when I’m talking.
Doesn’t matter if I’m not aware of the term.
Doesn’t matter if my intentions were good.
Wrong words = not a progressive = shunned.
FUCK THAT.
@420f26f4 If the #Left has no patience for those who are willing to learn,
If they’d rather immediately blame ignorance instead of helping to kindly educate,
If they require alignment of ALL ethics and morals prior to your “being accepted”, then…
That’s not #progressivism to me. It’s #extremism
@420f26f4
Yes. But the Left does this to their own far more efficiently than the Right does.
I’m a lifelong progressive & environmental activist. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been publicly and privately shamed - sometimes instantly - because I’m not using the “right“ phrase or term when I’m talking.
Doesn’t matter if I’m not aware of the term.
Doesn’t matter if my intentions were good.
Wrong words = not a progressive = shunned.
FUCK THAT.
Starting about a 15 years ago, I used to punk the people who worked the #cash registers where I’d shop. I’d ask them “do you accept cash?“ They’d look at me like I was high, until I let them know I was just kidding.
We’d laugh and laugh.
Today, I remember the last time I carried cash was about six months ago. Spare #change is nonexistent in my life entirely.
It’s not such a funny joke anymore because some places now do NOT accept cash.
It’s rare for me to tell folks that a #software #update is REQUIRED RIGHT NOW.
This is one of those times and your #privacy and #security depend on it.
Please, please... if you use #Apple devices, update them today. RIGHT NOW, if possible.
If you're not familiar with what's known as a #zeroday exploit, I'll explain more here as well as HOW to update your #ios #macos #ipados and #watchOS devices if you don't know how
https://open.substack.com/pub/techtalk/p/emergency-patch-alert?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
@75990787 what should be FAR more concerning to investors is Apple’s history of caving to the #Chinese government with regards to granting them data access at all of Apple’s data centers in #China virtually eliminating #privacy
Also, how #Apple caved to pressure from #Russia recently and removed apps from their #AppStore that would’ve allowed #democracy to flourish during the last round of Russian elections.
#ethics #tech #wtf
@9662f010
Counterpoint, it’s just as easy to assume that it WAS a #suicide than it is to assume he got knocked off.
This is why medical examiner reports are so valuable.
@84f13ee0 Thank you for asking that question. It’s essential.
I choose to call it #war between neighboring countries.
However, if you call what #israel is doing as #genocide, then… you’d *also* have to also accept that #hamas #terrorists committed a genocide against #Jews in #israel on #oct7 , right?
@59f9e828 Suspicious or not, my point is that you’ve left it there for a year. If it’s a bug, Apple patches regularly and you could have:
- updated or
- backed up, erased & restored or
- taken to any Apple Store for diagnosis
@ae463de8
How can it NOT matter to you that we’re talking about a device, and not an actual human being?
Your position suggests that people cannot or will not know the difference. And I’m not sure how that position can be defended.
@a60eb0ca - With all due respect:
Fuck #Zuck
#zuckerberg is a #monopolist of the HIGHEST order with a history of playing to the political whims of the day and actively undermining #Democracy
He’s still a predatory #capitalist and a power hungry one at that.
@ab917c1e
This is why I don’t believe in”occupation”. I believe in wars lost.
Still, I support Palestinian statehood.
The PLO was a sham. Arafat was given most everything he wanted from Israel. And he walked away from peace.
Still, I support Palestinian statehood.
The far right religious Israelis who build communities in the West Bank are AWFUL. That Netanyahu backs them is criminal.
Israel can and should do better. Still: they have a right to exist.
@1feb943c oh, for the love of fuck, enough already.
Your country receives arms from #iran, fires them for over a year at #israel, allows #hezbollah to place military command centers *under residential buildings* in an affront to Geneva conventions and then…
You complain about #israel?
Bitch, please: when Israel actually fights back and you cry “mass ethnic cleansing” you sound like a bitter #terrorist because your plan to eliminate the Jewish state has failed. Repeatedly.
@4f378158 intimidating and threatening Jews isn’t gaslighting: it’s pointing out very obvious Jew hatred.
And as you support these efforts, you must therefore be a Jew hater as well.
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