Tiny Privacy Tip About Faraday Bags ๐ซ๐ถ
If you are about to trust a Faraday bag/pouch/box/sleeve to block a device's signals:
TEST. IT. FIRST!
Be especially skeptical about anything using zippers, too thin material, or with any kind of holes through the material. Good ones usually use folds, not zippers.
There is a lot of snake oil online for Faraday anything. Be skeptical.
TEST. IT. FIRST.
Teeny-Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip!๐โจ
Do not forget to give your devices silly names that aren't yours and not tell anyone online what it is! 
Tiny Privacy Tip for The Holidays ๐๐ธ:
Do not forget to ask for consent before posting online a photo including other people.
Data privacy is team work and consent is essential. This is important.
Always ask first โ๏ธ๐
Tiny Privacy Tip To Fight For Privacy Rights โ๐:
Cumulative effect is important to
fight for better privacy rights for all.
Each time you oppose, each time you
opt-out of a privacy-invasive feature or process, you are making a statement that data privacy matters.
The more people opt-out and oppose,
the stronger the message sent to officials and corporations.
Whenever it is possible for you, please opt-out. It will not only help yourself, but it will also help all of us ๐๐
Tiny Mastodon AND Privacy Tips 
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Depending on your situation,
you might want to increase your privacy and security levels on Mastodon.
Here are a few easy things
you can do for this. Pick and choose what works best for you (instructions are from a browser's web interface):
Enable 2FA โ๏ธ
Why? Reduces account takeover
How? Go to Preferences > Account > Two-factor Auth. Pick a method here and make sure to carefully note and safely store your "Backup recovery codes."
Activate Auto-Delete 
Why? Reduces unwanted parties collecting your data overtime
How? Go to Preferences > Automated post deletion. Select "Age threshold" and "Exceptions" based on your preferences.
Default to Private ๐ช
Why? If you post on more sensitive/personal topics, you might want to limit visibility to your followers only. Know that your posts will not be "boostable," however. You can change this per post as well.
How? Go to Preferences > Preferences > Other. In "Posting Defaults" you can adjust the "Posting privacy" to "Followers-only".
Approve Followers โ
Why? If you want to limit who can see your Followers-only posts, you might want to restrict who can follow you.
How? Go to Preferences > Public profile > Privacy and reach. In "Reach", uncheck "Automatically accept new followers". You will have to approve each new follower manually.
Block Corporate Media โ
Why? If you post about sensitive topics, you might want to reduce visibility from larger corporate media such as Meta's Threads, who might use your information in different ways.
How? Follow these instructions: https://mastodon.moule.world/@MOULE/110586343942660169
Cautiously Use Direct Messages ๐ค
Why? Direct Messages (Specific People messages), are not end-to-end encrypted on Mastodon. This means your instance's administrator(s) could technically read your messages, now or later on.
How? For any sensitive discussion, you should transfer to a trustworthy end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) application. For example, share your Signal's username, Matrix's handle, or throwaway E2EE email address in DM to continue the conversation there.
Verify External Accesses ๐
Why? Verify the apps that have access to your Mastodon account are the ones that you want. In case of doubt, ask your instance's administrator.
How? Go to Preferences > Account > Authorized apps. Make sure every app there is something that you use or that your Mastodon instance's administrator uses.
Stay safe my friends! ๐๐
#TinyMastodonTip #TinyPrivacyTip #Mastodon #Fediverse #Privacy
Attached: 1 image Here's how to #FediBlock threads.net on #Mastodon 4.1.0 and above (I'm unsure about how to do this on other #Fediverse #servers, sorry: FOR USERS: 1. Create a txt document 2. Type "threads.net" (without quote marks) 3. Save as "blocked_domains.csv" 4. On Mastodon, go to Preferences > Import and Export > Import. 5. For input type select "Domain blocking list". 6. Upload blocked_domains.csv. 7. Click "Merge" so threads.net is added to your block list. Do NOT click "Overwrite"! 8. Click "Upload"!
Tiny Privacy Tip for Organizations ๐๐:
1. If you are not absolutely required to be able to contact people by phone, do not make a phone number field mandatory in your forms โ๏ธ๐ซ
2. If you are not absolutely required to be able to mail/ship something, or visit someone in-person, do not make a home address field mandatory in your forms ๐ช๐ซ
3. Do not make mandatory (or even request) any data in a form that you do not *absolutely require* to fulfill the purpose of this form ๐ซ
4. If you use a third-party vendor for your forms, make sure to remove any piece of data you do not actually absolutely need to collect. If you can't, select a different vendor that will allow you to ๐๐
Yes, this mandatory by law.
Tiny Privacy Tip for Events ๐ธ๐:
If you value privacy, remember to also value the privacy of others.
Be mindful of the photos you post online that might include none-consenting people.
Everyone has a different threat model and, unless you ask first, you cannot know if these persons could even be endangered by having their faces showing unwillingly online (and showing where they are).
๐ Be mindful.
๐ Stay respectful.
๐ Blur faces where you can.
๐ Ask for consent before posting.
Privacy rights is team work! ๐๐โจ
Important Privacy Tip for Organizations ๐๐ฉโโ๏ธ:
Never dismiss the privacy concerns
of a data subject by claiming it does not matter because they are the only one caring about that.
1. It might be true for now, but more people might care tomorrow, next month, next year 
2. Even if only one person cares, it matters ethically ๐
3. It only takes one person who cares to start a damaging lawsuit or to place a privacy complain triggering a full investigation from a data protection authority ๐๐ผ
๐ One person who cares matters.
๐ Take all privacy concerns with the respect that it deserves. Not doing so could be devastating to your organization in the future. It is much easier for you to care now.
Tiny Privacy Tip ๐๏ธ๐โจ:
Biometric data is one of the
most sensitive type of data you have.
Why?
You cannot change biometric data like you can change a password.
If your password gets leaked,
you can change it easily ๐๐๐๐
If your email gets leaked,
it's a pain but you can change it โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
If your phone number gets leaked,
it's an even bigger pain but you still can change it ๐๐
But when your fingerprints, facial print, voice print, keystroke pattern get leaked?
It's game over โ ๏ธ
You cannot change any of these.
Ever.
You should be extremely careful about where you are sharing your biometric data and how it is protected.
For all biometrics,
preventive protection is vital.
Tiny Privacy Tip for Everyone ๐โจ:
We often talk about what we can do to protect our own privacy, but we don't talk enough about what we should be doing to protect other people's privacy.
If privacy is important to you, then you *must* also value the privacy of others.
This is a great cultural shift we all need to work on, collectively.
Data privacy isn't only about using the right software and implementing legislation, it is also about people and cultures.
Always think about what you can do to improve the privacy of others around you.
This is how we build a better world ๐
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