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Privacy Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Journalist at @privacyguides Open-sourced & open-hearted. (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis :awesome:

You can refuse to provide official ID or biometric data for social media accounts requiring age verification.

Actually, I bet if everyone did refuse, and let their account dormant for a couple of weeks, you would suddenly see American Big Tech transforming into the fiercest defender of your privacy rights, using their powerful network of lobbyists to fight these invasive government regulations.

They need you more than you need them.

Force them to work for your rights.

Do not comply.

#Privacy #AgeVerification #Biometrics #AusPol #USpol

Ami-es Français-es 🇫🇷❤️

En ce moment, la France supporte toujours cette proposition de surveillance de masse pour l'Europe.

Les conséquences qu'une telle politique aurait sur la démocratie sont énormes.

Je sais que vous êtes occupés en ce moment mais il ne reste que 2 jours pour contacter vos représentants et leur demander de protéger vos droits humains en s'opposant à cette proposition de Chat Control.

Voici un lien facile pour contacter vos représentants en quelques cliques seulement (multilingue): https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Et un article pour en apprendre plus sur Chat Control (en anglais): https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/08/chat-control-must-be-stopped/

#ChatControl #ViePrivee #DroitsHumains #Democratie #France #EUpol

European Friends ✊🇪🇺

You have only 2 days left to contact your representatives to tell them to OPPOSE Chat Control, before they finalize their positions on Friday, September 12th.

Contact your representatives NOW.

This is very important.

Here's how 👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

Here's why 👉 https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/08/chat-control-must-be-stopped/

#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #EUpol #MassSurveillance

New Privacy Guides article 🔒 🚩

by me:

They all claim:

"Your privacy is important to us."

But how can we know if that's true?

With all the privacy washing and disinformation around, it becomes increasingly difficult to evaluate who we can trust with our data.

There are red flags, and green(ish) flags, we can look for to help us assess who to trust, or not 🚩

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/03/red-and-green-privacy-flags/

#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #Security #PrivacyWashing #SecurityTheater #Disinformation

I miss getting excited about new tech.

#Enshittification

I see so much disinformation being spread around about privacy-focused technologies and products.

This is incredibly detrimental to people seeking to improve their data privacy.

Please make sure to verify your sources before spreading information, and remain skeptical of anyone without supporting expertise or evidence.

The result of this negligent or malicious disinformation is keeping people on horribly invasive platforms, for fear of making the wrong move.

Please think carefully before sharing information that might be inaccurate, false, or misleading.

We all need to work together to help people improve their privacy online.

Thank you 💚🔒

#Privacy #Disinformation

Stop using Big Tech to organize your protests! They're part of the authoritarian surveillance and oppression as well.

✊ Replace Meetup/Facebook Groups with Mobilizon:

https://mobilizon.org

📄 Replace Google Docs with CryptPad:

https://cryptpad.fr

📍 Replace Google Map with Organic Maps:

https://organicmaps.app

🎞️ Replace YouTube with PeerTube:

https://joinpeertube.org

📧 Replace Gmail and Google Calendar with Proton or Tuta:

https://proton.me

https://tuta.com

🕸️ Create a simple html website with no tracking and no cookies, and post links to it everywhere, including paper posters and stickers.

We can organize without Big Tech. We have done it for centuries before! :blobcatyes:

#Protest #Democracy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #MassSurveillance

I never thought I would see society slip into authoritarian surveillance so fast.

If we don't push back hard and quickly against this, we will lose all our rights.

#Privacy #HumanRights

What is your favorite queer tv show? 🌈👀

#Pride #LGBTQ #TvShow #Tv #Queer

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I'm not on Bluesky.

I learned from the past.

I'm not investing my time and energy (and data) again in another platform that could get bought by Elon Musk (or another malevolent billionaire) tomorrow.

Which video game(s) are you playing this weekend? :blobcatgamer:

#VideoGame

New Privacy Guides article 🔒☂️

by me:

If you care about data privacy,

You must also care for the privacy of others.

We often talk about what we can do to improve our own privacy, but we don't talk enough about what we should be doing to improve the privacy of others.

Together, we have to built a culture that normalizes respecting everyone's privacy.

Here are a few ideas to start: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/10/the-privacy-of-others/

#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #HumanRights #DigitalRights #Consent

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New Privacy Guides article👇

by me:

What happened in the UK this week is terrible news and a loud warning alarm for the rest of the world.

Governments around the world have been increasingly putting pressure on tech companies to break end-to-end encryption and install mass surveillance systems.

We must push back against this.

Encryption is not a crime.

Encryption keeps us safe 🔐

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/28/uk-forced-apple-to-remove-adp/

#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #Apple #UK #MassSurveillance #E2EE #Encryption #RootForE2EE

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Remember, you always have the power to say no.

Refuse to participate.

Refuse to help making the world worse.

Refuse to work for the oppressor.

Refuse to fight for the invader.

#USpol

AOC for President! ✊

Watch this!👇

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Speech at NY Rally with Federal Workers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSilE1oyQYM

#AOC #USpol

If you are staying on a corporate

social media platform because the people you follow are still there, consider others are also staying there because you are still there.

Someone needs to start the move.

Be that person.

Leave X for good.

Leave Facebook forever.

Remember blue skies eventually turn grey.

Embrace the social media that cannot get sold to a billionaire. Embrace the Fediverse 💚

#X #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #HelloQuitX #DeleteFacebook #DeleteTwitter #Mastodon #Fediverse

For English speakers who do not speak French:

I wanted to let you know about this awesome movement started in France to encourage people to quit X (Twitter) on January 20.

You can follow it here with the hashtag #HelloQuitX and use Mastodon's translation feature to read the posts (if your server has it). You can read more about this movement on this website (in English): https://www.helloquitx.com/

You can support this movement by following it on Mastodon, and sharing widely: nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqnqvjh2srw8g3hwfd3um45m2889xvu8lyuet4kxj2jfaw97w8kzhsdj24hd

#QuitX #DeleteTwitter #Mastodon

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