BlackPit

@BlackPit@feddit.ch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-end encryption⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At last, some authority talking sense!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they weren’t doing anything wrong they shouldn’t care who watches where they go, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You probably don't need a VPN⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This article is disingenuous at best and either fueled by ignorance or malice. Another comment suggested it wasn’t officially sponsored, but it still could’ve been bought. Having said, I have to agree with some of the sentiment. I’ve seen advertising on public TV from the likes of NordVPN that is downright fraudulent. Their claims are deceptive and unfounded. Then there’s the recent acquisition of Express and PIA by an old school scammer/spammer. Additionally, many free VPNs are actually surveillance malware and SHOULD be avoided. Any encryption offered publicly by large corporate data-stealing privacy-abusing parasites should be avoided in any form.

  For anyone reading this that is hesitant to using VPN because of the article, be encouraged that VPNs are extremely effective at securing your data during transit. They are NOT an outright privacy tool, but can be used as part of your privacy plan. VPNs do NOT make you anonymous! A truthful VPN service provider will say this openly. Like IVPN (Bottom of front page) and Mullvad , both of which attempt to educate customers .

  If you’re someone who finds it hard to trust any company whatsoever, then you can host VPN yourself. Admittedly a learning curve to hurdle, but regardless of which method you choose, if your provider is genuine then I see it as a necessity in the effort to keep loved ones safer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Google’s modus operandi - business as usual. Deploying their dirty tricks on their mass of servers to edge out and destroy competition. When caught out they apologize all surprised Pikachu style, then do it again differently. This is likely in response to news about Firefox mobile finally allowing extensions to work. People are probably trying it out, but their Youtube experience will be crap, so they’ll go back to chrome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft pushes Azure Government Cloud as homefront defender⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds great and really secure, because Microsoft has such a good record of security, privacy and keeping private keys private. I’m being facetious of course. It is my hope that governments quit looking for convenience by outsourcing to third party private corporations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where have all the users gone? How Google's actions could degrade the open internet and what publishers can do to stop it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see it. I t looks like some kind of corporate advertising shill site pushing an agenda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep.

  …mozilla.org/…/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-pr…

  …mozilla.org/…/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed! What would be amazing though, is a manufacturer who could make a modern safe bare-bones vehicle that didn’t have the tech installed at all. If you want tech you could BYO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It can’t be illegal because you agree to allow them when you purchase the new vehicle. It’s all there in the T&C and PP, which no one ever reads. Don’t like it? Don’t buy new cars. I won’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As YouTube Declares War on Ad Blockers, Google Sponsors Ad Blocking Conference⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Google are totally into blocking ads. That was the whole catch line for selling WEI. “We’ll block all the random ads for you and keep you safe”. What they didn’t say was that they would replace the blocked ads with Google bought ads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google abandons “Web Environment Integrity”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Taking the win. Celebrating the fact there was a big enough backlash to get Google to pull their head in.