@UnionMammalChewy

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Programmer with interest in strongly typed functional programming languages. Also a FOSS enthusiast who promotes freedom respecting software like GNU/Linux, GrapheneOS, Tor Project etc.

📯PSA to Win 7/8 and macOS 10.x @torproject browser users:

☠️LEGACY CHANNEL EOL☠️
Tor Browser 13.5.21 is based on the last 115.x ESR version officially announced by Mozilla, thus we can't guarantee further 13.5.x updates.
Please upgrade to 14.5.x ASAP!

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-13521/

New Release: Tor Browser 13.5.21 | Tor Project

Tor Browser 13.5.21 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.

🚨 Porn censorship is going to destroy the entire internet 🚨

🫣 IDs link you to every click
🫣 Centralized databases risk leaks & abuse
❌ No anonymity possible

Politicians want to trade #privacy for “protection.”

Read more: https://mashable.com/article/age-verification-is-going-to-destroy-the-entire-internet

[1/3] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/09/uk-online-safety-act-internet-censorship-world-following-suit
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#extwitter
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#musk
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#extwitter

*The UK’s Online Safety Act is a license for censorship [and surveillance] – and the rest of the world is following suit.* I should point out that surveillance and inaccessibility result from other causes. For instance, some of the factual

The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit

From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

The Guardian

@arstechnica /e/ isn't a safe option due to lacking basic privacy/security patches and protections. That's the bare minimum.

Despite the misleading marketing, /e/ always uses multiple Google services and integrates them into the OS with privileged access unavailable to other services. They automatically download and run Google code with privileged access along with giving privileged access to certain Google apps when they're installed including Android Auto.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/federicoguerrini/2025/08/10/whos-afraid-of-privacy-focused-smartphones/

Privacy is not a crime 😡😤
Digitale Souveränität, lernt man in Europa wohl auch nicht mehr 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

#grapheneos #privacy #AgeVerification #europeancommission #unplugtrump

Are Privacy-Focused Smartphones Doomed?

GrapheneOS and other secure Android forks are under siege from Brussels, Google, and police misconceptions.

Forbes

The EU wants creepy AI to scan EVERY message you send. Even the encrypted ones. 😱

But guess who’s EXEMPT?

✅ Government
✅ Military
❌ YOU

That’s not just hypocrisy – that’s Orwellian surveillance.

We at Tuta have been fighting Chat Control since 2022 – and we’ve been winning. 💪
Now, we need YOU to join the fight.

📞 Call your rep.
🔗 Find out more here: https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

Let’s save privacy in Europe. ✊

Vi essa foto no reddit.

Sei que tem todo um efeito nostalgia, mas eu sinto um pouco de falta de visitar o blog dos meus amigos, conversar sobre música em páginas aleatórias, aprender algo de programação em um fórum. Era tudo mais amigável, um clima de colaboração.

Antigamente eram tantos fóruns mantidos pela comunidade, tantos laços construídos, histórias e etc.

We are very grateful to our Gold Partner @mullvadnet, once again sponsoring @QubesOS Summit 2025! Mullvad VPN service is a contribution to the fight against mass surveillance, censorship, and invasive monitoring: https://mullvad.net/en
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NoScript 13.0.9 is out, both for Firefox and Chromium based browsers (Manifest V3 compatible)

Most notable news are complete control on the AI chatbot sidebar content (Firefox) and improved integration with private browsers ( @torproject and @mullvadnet ).

https://noscript.net/getit

Get it! - NoScript: Own Your Browser!

The NoScript Security Suite is Free Software protecting Firefox (on Android, too!), Chrome, Edge, Brave and other web browsers. Install NoScript now!

An Open Source sustainability story in two slides. (for a coming talk of mine)

Slide 1: car brands using #curl
Slide 2: car brands sponsoring or paying for #curl support