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#dataprivacy

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David Carroll

During Trump 1.0, esp. in the aftermath of Cambridge Analytica, people demonstrated significant concerns about our data privacy. Consider how Apple & Google deployed Covid Exposure Notifs to be data protecting. During Trump 2.0, we’re witnessing an all-out destruction of our data privacy under Musk & RFK Jr as intentionally decentralized databases are illegally consolidated/appended/blended and feasted upon by crony silicon vulture backed govt contractors. #DataPrivacy #USPOL #Trump #DOGE #RFKjr

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Jonathan Kamens

Google's "Results about you" (which you should use: myactivity.google.com/results-) alerted me that my name and address were listed on kompass.com.
I looked, and I'm listed as a "Principal" of a former employer where I never was, with my home address falsely listed as the company's.
It lists the wrong business category and website for the company.
The company went out of business years ago, years after I left.
This illustrates how accurate B2B lead generation data brokers are.
#Kompass #dataPrivacy

myactivity.google.comResults about youProtect your info. Get notified if your personal info appears on Search, and ask Google to remove results you’d rather keep private.
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Patrick Leavy

I started a #nonprofit to help people change away from #bigtech products, and weaken #surveillancecapitalism -

www.rebeltechalliance.org

There's a Learn section to help people understand the problem, including refutations to the most common objections, and an Alternatives section for privacy-respecting alts to big tech.

I hope it is useful for you, and please share with friends and family that you are helping to leave big tech 😊

#degoogle#foss#dataprivacy
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The IT Blog

Myown #UnplugTrump to more digital sovereignty

If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I’m gradually moving away from “classical” Big Tech social media, focusing more on Mastodon and my own homepage.

On Mastodon, I came across Elena Rossini and followed her journey toward greater digital sovereignty. Inspired by her example, I decided to give up my YouTube channel in favor of a self-hosted PeerTube instance.

That, combined with a desire to make better use of my NAS and keep up with recent developments in the tech world, pushed me to seriously evaluate some European alternatives to the cloud services I’d been using.

Somewhere along the way, I also discovered the #UnplugTrump hashtag—a campaign (or movement?) calling for more digital independence. It encourages people to disconnect from platforms tied to Trump and Big Tech and instead opt for privacy-respecting alternatives.

The emphasis is on decentralization, open-source solutions, and European-based services – aiming to reduce reliance on (U.S.) tech giants. That didn’t sound too bad – so I decided to put my own setup to the test.

But enough talking – where do I stand now? Did I even need to change anything?

Services that I changed / migrated completely:

  • Webhosting: I was lucky here. I was hosting all my online presence(es) in German data centers (under my own Domains) anyways since years – so nothing to change.
  • Twitter: I left Twitter in about Spring 2023 and deleted all my content there.
  • Facebook: I left Facebook quite a while ago, still have a dormant account but haven’t logged in since long.
  • Pi-Hole: To reduce (Ad-)Tracking I had a Pi-Hole running for quite a while. I’m surprised by how many requests it blocks.)
  • Delete Cookies: I always thought this would be annoying. But after accidentally clearing all my cookies, I gave the setting a shot – and it’s surprisingly smooth (see the blog post).
  • Youtube publishing: I abandoned my YouTube channel in favour of a selfhosted Peertube instance (see the blog post) and I am happy with it.
  • Google Photos: As I am moving my photos into Lightroom and my NAS anyways, I deleted all photos and videos from Google Photos.
  • Cloudflare DNS: I once praised Cloudflare’s malware-protecting DNS in a blog post. But after reading about their analytics practices, I realized: nothing is truly free. I’ve since switched to a European DNS resolver without analytics.
  • GMail: This was by far the biggest pain to evaluate and migrate! I’ll probably write a separate blogpost about it. (TL;DR: I’d recommend mailbox.org, that would also solve my pending calendar issue).
  • Contacts: also off GMail

Partially Migrated or Decreased Usage:

  • LinkedIn: deleted almost all content (using some great scripts) and might use it to link into my blog.
  • Instagram: There are still a bunch of people I don’t want to lose touch with there – so I’m keeping it for now.
  • WhatsApp: the final boss. It’s unlikely I’ll ever fully quit, but I switch to other messengers whenever possible.

Services that are open for possible migration (later):

These are services I’m still evaluating. I haven’t found the right alternative yet – or the effort just isn’t worth it (yet).

  • Calendar: I was a bit surprised to find that some basic calendar solutions don’t even support inviting other people – and are often tightly linked to your email and contacts. As mentioned above, mailbox.org might be the way to go. But that would mean moving email – again.
  • OneDrive: could be replaced with Synology Drive, but might also require quite some configuration.
  • Search engine: I’m still looking for the perfect balance of privacy and good results.
  • An external Backup Target

There are still some services and applications left. But the rest is either too cumbersome to change or I just don’t have an alternative with UX that works for me. And honestly? I’m fine with that.

I don’t expect to fully unplug from everything – but being more intentional about the tools and platforms I use has made a big difference.

locked.de/myown-unplugtrump-to

MastodonElena Rossini ⁂ (@_elena@mastodon.social)742 Posts, 305 Following, 5.74K Followers · Italian filmmaker, photographer and writer based in Paris, France who ❤️ #FOSS 🎬 Director of: The Illusionists documentary. Soon: a Fediverse video series 💌 #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍💻 self-hosting newbie: @elena@aseachange.com 📷 photos: @ele@photos.elenarossini.com 📽️ PeerTube: @elena@makertube.net Note: my posts are set to auto-delete* after 1 month ⏳ *unless I bookmark them
#DataPrivacy#Decentralize#DigitalSovereignty
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Brian Johnson

@MassLive I just tried to read an article on your website and couldn't - there was an overlay I could not dismiss asking me to turn off any ad blockers. So I left the site.

I do not have any ad blockers installed. I do, however, have a "personal info harvester blocker" installed. That plugin is configured to permit your site to display ads, but it will block anything that attempts to harvest info through my browser, whether it is an ad or not.

Please consider only using ad platforms that do not harvest information.

Thank you.

#DataPrivacy
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contributopia

Ecco come è fatto un colpo di stato digitale: ted.com/talks/carole_cadwallad
La giornalista investigativa inglese Carole Cadwalladr, in un #TedTtalk tenuto all'inizio di aprile a Vancouver, lancia un appello appassionato e carico di emozione a resistere contro l'offensiva tecno-autocratica attuata dalle grandi aziende ( i Tech Bros) della Silicon Valley
#democrazia #SocialMedia #autocrazia #distopie #DataPrivacy #resistenza #SurveillanceCapitalism #democracy La trascrizione al momento è disponibile in inglese.
Nell'ALT dell'immagine la #traduzione italiana dell'intro
Via @nitot Grazie per la condivisione :)
@informapirata
@scuola
@Khrys
@Frau_Mensch
@lindasartini
@Puntopanto
@RFancio
@quinta
@leonido
@aral
@nemobis
@mcp

Ecco come è fatto un colpo di stato digitale “Stiamo assistendo al collasso dell'ordine internazionale in tempo reale, e questo è solo l'inizio”, afferma la giornalista investigativa Carole Cadwalladr. In un discorso graffiante, la giornalista denuncia l'ascesa della “broligarchia” - i potenti dirigenti del settore tecnologico che utilizzano le loro piattaforme digitali globali per accumulare un potere geopolitico senza precedenti, smantellando la democrazia e consentendo il controllo autoritario in tutto il mondo. Il suo grido d'appello: resistere alla raccolta dei dati e alla sorveglianza di massa e sostenere gli altri in un'ondata di disobbedienza digitale. “Avete più potere di quanto pensiate”, dice.
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:jan:‍:abreath:🌬️:dandelion:

I am once again asking my friends and neighbors to enable automatic post deletion. It doesn't have to be everything but you should be cleaning up the data you leave online. Not every toot needs to live forever.
#DataPrivacy

Screenshot of the automatic post deletion settings window showing a 6-month timer with exceptions made for posts with certain characteristics or have a certain level of interaction
Continued thread
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Open Rights Group

Act now to #StopStalkerAds!

Personal data is harvested to track your activity and make assumptions about you in order to sell targeted advertising.

By settling Tanya O'Carroll's case, Meta admits that you have the right to opt-out.

Use our tool to write to Meta (UK residents) ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/met

Open Rights GroupMeta opt-outIn March 2025, there was a huge victory for your data rights! Meta settled a four year court case with human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll. She had taken legal action to force the social media giant to stop collecting and processing her personal data for advertising purposes. Meta have agreed to stop profiling Tanya – and now it’s your turn to say no to stalker ads! If you use any Meta products – Facebook, Instagram, Meta Quest or VR, Threads or WhatsApp – you can use our tool to request that they no longer collect or process your data for advertising.
#dataprotection#dataprivacy#gdpr
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Mary Nelson

"Inside DOGE’s push to defy a court order and access Social Security data"

"Musk’s cost-cutting team repeatedly sought to get around a judge’s order to gain access to private details about millions of beneficiaries."

#GiftLink #USpol #USpolitics #SocialSecurity #DOGE #Trump #Musk #RuleofLaw #DataPrivacy

wapo.st/3G9JR97

The Washington Post · Inside DOGE’s push to defy a court order and access Social Security dataBy Hannah Natanson
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9x0rg

If you're worried about where to host your data in Europe, remember that not all EU member states are created equal when it comes to encryption keys disclosure laws.

See the **Key Disclosure Law** page on Wikipedia[1] - the legislation that requires individuals to hand over cryptographic keys to law enforcement.

My top pick:
- Germany
- Iceland
- Belgium (see note on WP)
- Switzerland (yet)

[1]: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disc

en.wikipedia.orgKey disclosure law - Wikipedia
#Encryption#EE2E#NothingToHide
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