Travis F WApr 10

Problems out of scope for the first web must necessarily be in-scope for #TheNextWeb/#SocialWeb:

#Identity

Privacy and Security #privsec

Search

Data & hosting

publishing code

switching browsers

Disintermediation (#WWW must be its own platform, must facilitate/obviate brokering)

all of the above, in other words: #Disenshittification

#Versioning (#DVCS) & #Archiving & #Publishing

Navigation of semantic adjacency in terms of a hyperspatial manifold. (got a term for this?)

#DWeb

Show threadTravis F WMar 10
@brave the appropriate alternative class of open technologies is #digitalProvenance and I don't get why everyone in #privsec isn't working hard on it.
Show threadTravis F WSep 2, 2025
@delta having *the same app* bridge people on existing email infra to the #privsec crowd has always been the biggest strength I appreciated Delta Chat for. forking, dropping legacy SMTP, or any such abandonment of that bridge would turn Delta Chat into just another chat protocol in my eye. if I'm going to push people to adopt secure messaging, Signal would always be the easier sell.
Dissent Doe  Jun 5, 2025

Germany fines Vodafone $51 million for privacy, security breaches:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/germany-fines-vodafone-51-million-for-privacy-security-breaches/

#infosec #databreach #privsec #vodafone

Germany fines Vodafone $51 million for privacy, security breaches

The German data protection authority (BfDI) has fined Vodafone GmbH, the telecommunications company's German subsidiary, €45 million ($51.4 million) for privacy and security violations.

BleepingComputer
Brian DugganMar 22, 2025

Who audits all their emacs, (neo)vim, or helix extensions?

#security #privacy #privsec #opsec #linux #emacs #vim
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vscode-extensions-found-downloading-early-stage-ransomware/

VSCode extensions found downloading early-stage ransomware

Two malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions were found deploying in-development ransomware from a remote server, exposing critical gaps in Microsoft's review process.

BleepingComputer
Brian DugganFeb 15, 2025

Easily and quickly instantiate #QubesOS RPCs and clients for systemd services.

#Qubes_OS #qubes #privacy #security #privsec

https://gist.github.com/bcduggan/bb60d79d2d1a2c2045d3a5dd4d35ca4d

Create Qubes RPCs and clients for systemd services with symlinks

Create Qubes RPCs and clients for systemd services with symlinks - qubes-rpc-for-systemd-services-with-symlinks.md

Gist
Pierre-Yves Maunier Mar 25, 2024
This is one of the best if not the best article I’ve read about personal Privacy/Security for a while https://open.substack.com/pub/privseclaw/p/know-your-rights-part-one-of-creating?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#privacy #security #privsec
Reclaim your Privacy Rights: Threat Modelling

Your guide to creating a personal privacy and security management strategy

Privacy, Security and the Law
Show threadThe Privacy Advocate (dt.gl)Mar 8, 2024
8/ Ultimately, when privacy and security work hand in hand, they foster trust, respect individual freedoms, and promote a safer and more resilient digital environment for everyone. Let's champion both privacy and security as fundamental rights. #DataPrivacy #PrivSec
Laurent CheylusJan 25, 2024
Yubikey-Guide: a very complete (and long) Guide to use YubiKey as a SmartCard for storing GPG encryption, signing and authentication keys, which can also be used for SSH #PrivSec https://github.com/drduh/YubiKey-Guide
GitHub - drduh/YubiKey-Guide: Community guide to using YubiKey for GnuPG and SSH - protect secrets with hardware crypto.

Community guide to using YubiKey for GnuPG and SSH - protect secrets with hardware crypto. - drduh/YubiKey-Guide

GitHub
Dissent Doe  Oct 28, 2023

A reminder for #researchers and #privsec advocates:

If you are tweeting or tooting about data dumps and are using screenshots of TAs' posts, remember to redact any links in the posts.

I have just seen two examples in the past hour where people tweeted screenshots that show the whole world where to find personal information of students in one case and protected health information in the second case.

Tweet or toot responsibly. Remember to redact.

Have a great weekend.

#databreach #infosec #cybersecurity