- web.archive.org: fastmail.com: Fastmail domains
[123mail.org… (archived 2024-June-22)]
- chriswiegman.com: Disabling CoPilot in VSCode - An Update
[Chat: Hide AI Features]
- simonwillison.net: It’s infuriatingly hard to understand how closed models train on their input
[for example GitHub private repos😱]
- github.com: GitHub - micahflee/passphraseme: A quick and simple cryptographically secure script to generate high entropy passphrases using EFF’s wordlists
[written in Python]
- superuser.com: security - How to disable Google One Tap sign-up prompts?
- correcthorse.pw: Correct Horse Battery Staple: xkcd-Style Password Generator
- explainxkcd.com: 936: Password Strength - explain xkcd
[explains correct horse battery staple
]
- news.ycombinator.com: Show HN: Correct Horse Battery Staple password generator
[2020 discussion about correcthorse.pw]
- qubes-os.org: Verifying digital signatures
- dinopass.com: DinoPass - Simple password generator for kids
- xkcd.com: xkcd 936: Password Strength
[correct horse battery staple]
- atoponce.github.io: Online Passphrase and Password Generator by Aaron Toponce
[“Never trust online password generators, including this one.”]
- web.archive.org: Aaron Toponce : Security category
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: r/Bitwarden: Password Manager - Secrets Manager - Passwordless.dev - Authenticator
- eff.org: Donate to EFF | Electronic Frontier Foundation
- goatcounter.com: GoatCounter – open source web analytics
[privacy-friendly web analytics as an alternative to Google Analytics or Matomo]
- proton.me: Password generator - Create strong, random passwords
[and passphrases]
- wikipedia.org: Passphrase
[like a password but longer & easier to remember]
- euronews.com: ProtonMail criticised for passing arrested French climate activist’s IP address to police
- old.reddit.com: r/browsers: How do you guys feel about the Mullvad browser?
[“I personally set it as default” (me too!)]
- blueskyweb.zendesk.com: Bluesky
[maybe you can sign up for bsky without a birthday here?]
- askleo.com: Cryptomator vs VeraCrypt: Which Do You Want?
- leta.mullvad.net: Mullvad Leta
[privacy-focused meta search engine, leta means look in Swedish]
- gohugo.io: Hugo Performance
[Add to virus-scanner exclusions: hugo.exe
,pandoc.exe
, &ruby.exe
(used by Asciidoctor)]
- privacytests.org: What are the best private browsers?
[Open-source tests of web browser privacy (created by Brave?)]
- news.ycombinator.com: discuss “Web page annoyances that I don’t inflict on you here [rachelbythebay.com]”
[JavaScript, popups, more]
- rachelbythebay.com: Web page annoyances that I don’t inflict on you here
[JavaScript, sticky bars, more]
- microsoft.com: Win32/Agent threat description - Microsoft Security Intelligence
[generic detection for files that perform various malicious actions on an affected computer]
- latacora.com: The PGP Problem
[2019-Feb-16]
- news.ycombinator.com: Will passkeys ever replace passwords? Can they? Here’s why they should
- soatok.blog: What To Use Instead of PGP - Dhole Moments
- pcmag.com: IDrive Review | PCMag
[4.5 out of 5]
- tomsguide.com: IDrive cloud storage review
[4.5 out of 5]
- idrive.com: IDrive® pricing plans
[10 gig free, Linux CLI available]
- mojeek.com: Mojeek
[independent search engine that does not track you]
- wikipedia.org: 5G
[fifth-generation standard for cellular networks]
- old.reddit.com: A nitter instance that still [in 2024] works almost perfectly
[nitter.poast.org (and a few more)]
- fastmail.help: What domains can I use with Fastmail?
- old.reddit.com: Fastmail new Servers / Data Centers - but no news or blogpost about it?
- pcworld.com: At last, DuckDuckGo [browser] has a Sync & Backup feature
- pcmag.com: Stop Trackers Dead: The Best Private Browsers for 2024
- spyware.neocities.org: Catalog - Spyware Watchdog
[discusses web browsers and more]
- mailman12.u.washington.edu: [Alpine-info] How do I use gpg to verify alpine-2.26.zip?
[by ɯ u]
- alpineapp.email: Index of /alpine/release/src
[download latest Alpine, PC-Alpine, and .sig files for verifying]
- wikipedia.org: Dark pattern
[aka “deceptive design pattern”]
- wikipedia.org: XZ Utils backdoor
- mullvad.net: Verifying Mullvad Browser signature
[excellent guide to using gpg and a .asc signature file]
- repology.org: xz package versions - Repology
[⚠️do NOT use xz v5.6.0 or v5.6.1⚠️]
- techdirt.com: The Story Behind The XZ Backdoor Is Way More Fascinating Than It Should Be
- 🌟 lemmy.one: Privacy Guides
- old.reddit.com: r/privacy: How good is Joplin in terms of privacy and security compared to e.g. Obsidian, Evernote and Notesnook?
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: r/privacy: Privacy in the digital age
- smashingmagazine.com: The Autofill Dark Pattern
[Autocompleted info can be read via JavaScript before user submits form]
- joplinapp.org: Joplin Plugins - Note encryption
- wikipedia.org: Diceware
- wikipedia.org: Personal data
[personally identifiable information (PII)]
- davidrm.com: The Journal – Write, Organize, Remember, Find
[full password protection (if you want); for Windows; not free/gratis; not free/libre]
- thetechedvocate.org: The Best Secure Encrypted Notes Apps for Truly Private Notes
- xwmx.github.io: nb · command line plain text note-taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base app
[plain text, encryption, etc.]
- superuser.com: auto form fill - Google Chrome: how to manage autofill email address / phone number?
- superuser.com: auto form fill - Stop Edge from saving new personal info but allow it to autofill existing personal info
- sourceforge.net: Password Safe / Discussion / Open Discussion: Passphrase generator
[I want this too, e.g., diceware]
- 🌟 github.com: Issues · pwsafe/pwsafe
- github.com: Warn users about the use of Google Fonts · Issue #4540 · asciidoctor/asciidoctor
[Alternatively, you could inline the fonts. WOFF2 fonts are very small]
- wikipedia.org: General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR]
[regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA)]
- old.reddit.com: r/privacy: Sync.com is really weird about describing its “end to end encryption”
- weblog.west-wind.com: Implementing Two-Factor Auth using an Authenticator App in ASP.NET - Rick Strahl’s Web Log
[This post is specific to 2FA with an Authenticator app]
- virustotal.com: VirusTotal
[Analyse suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs to detect malware and other breaches]
- trustpilot.com: Sync.com Reviews | Read Customer Service Reviews of sync.com
[1.7 out of 5 in 2024-January :(]
- docs.github.com: About mandatory two-factor authentication [2FA]
[if your actions on GitHub show that you are a “contributor”]
- helpnetsecurity.com: GitHub to introduce mandatory 2FA authentication starting March 13 [2023]
- mastodon.art: ratfactor: Leaving GitHub
- keepassxc.org: KeePassXC: User Guide: Adding TOTP to an Entry
[KeePassXC can calculate TOTP codes like any authenticator app]
- makeuseof.com: Don’t Sell Your Old Phone or Laptop Without Doing These 10 Things First
- old.reddit.com/r/sync: Is Sync.com zero trust?
- search.brave.com: Private Search Engine - Brave Search
- wikipedia.org: Time-based one-time password (TOTP)
- wikipedia.org: YubiKey
[physical security key]
- eff.org: No Robots(.txt): How to Ask ChatGPT and Google Bard to Not Use Your Website for Training
- news.ycombinator.com: Dropbox: How to opt out of 3rd party AI partner access to your Dropbox
- wikipedia.org: robots.txt
- 🌟 discuss.privacyguides.net: Privacy Guides
- metafilter.com: Enshittification (and some deshittification) of note-taking software
- standardnotes.com: Best note taking app in 2023
[Apple Notes vs Day One vs Evernote vs Google Keep vs Notion vs Obsidian vs Standard Notes]
- wired.com: 6 Best Password Managers (2023): Features, Pricing, and Tips
[#1 Bitwarden is secure, open source, and free with no limits]
- 🌟 github.com: Issues · mullvad/mullvad-browser
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser
- github.com: arkenfox/user.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening
- 🌟 github.com: Issues · arkenfox/user.js
- news.ycombinator.com: LibreWolf – Custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom
[also discusses Waterfox, PaleMoon, Iceweasel etc.]
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: LibreWolf - A privacy focused Gecko based FOSS web browser
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: Privacy Guides – Tools and Resources for Protecting Your Data
[r/PrivacyGuides] - news.ycombinator.com: Shortening the Let’s Encrypt chain of trust
- ratfactor.com: Leaving GitHub
[new 2FA requirement is just “the straw that broke the camel’s back”]
- news.umich.edu: A surprisingly simple way to foil car thieves
[Flicking lights or swiping wipers could one day add extra security to vehicles]
- wired.com: Why We Don’t Recommend Ring Cameras
- metafilter.com: !umich!blackhole
[reports of federal agents now in the loop]
- 🌟 mjg59.dreamwidth.org: Matthew Garrett
- news.ycombinator.com: Unix sockets, Cygwin, SSH agents, and sadness
- free-for.dev: Free for Developers
[only as-a-Service offerings]
- proton.me: Proton Drive — Encrypted cloud storage & file sharing
[zero-access encryption; 1 GB free]
- news.ycombinator.com: Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical
- prism-break.org: Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore, and Tempora
- avoidthehack.com: Home | avoidthehack!
- metafilter.com: Gonna take a pass on this one
[about LastPass]
- news.ycombinator.com: LastPass breach gets worse
- offsec.tools: A vast collection of security tools
- cloudwards.net: Top 10 Best Dropbox Alternatives in 2023: Which Is The Most Secure
- cloudwards.net: Tresorit Review 2023: Secure Business Cloud Storage
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: Privacy Guides – Tools and Resources for Protecting Your Data
- old.reddit.com: r/privacytoolsIO: PrivacyTools
[DEPRECATED but has useful info]
- old.reddit.com: Tresorit
- schneier.com: SpiderOak’s Warrant Canary Died
[2018]
- tresorit.com: Tresorit pricing & plans | Secure file sharing and cloud collaboration
- wikipedia.org: Tresorit
- ask.metafilter.com: Easiest way to encrypt just part of an external SSD?
- veracrypt.fr: VeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the Paranoid
- wikipedia.org: VeraCrypt
- mprimi.github.io: 🔐 Portable Secret
- news.ycombinator.com: Show HN: Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately
- jwz.org: PSA: Do Not Use Services That Hate The Internet
- metafilter.com: PSA: do not use services that hate the internet
- news.ycombinator.com: Snap updates happen without user consent
- wikipedia.org: Zero-knowledge service
- pcworld.com: Is your Windows 11 PC encrypted? The answer is surprisingly complex
- askwoody.com: Securing Windows 11 with 22H2
- 🌟 greycoder.com: How To Be Private Online & Bypass Internet Restrictions
- linuxcapable.com: How to Install Vivaldi Browser on openSUSE Leap 15
- eff.org: Electronic Frontier Foundation | The leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation.
- eff.org: How to Ditch Facebook Without Losing Your Friends (Or Family, Customers or Communities)
[by Cory Doctorow, 2022-September-19]
- 🌟 github.com: Issues · keepassxreboot/keepassxc
- unix-ninja.com: Exploiting Vim with CVE-2019-12735
[why you should set nomodeline
]
- unix-ninja.com: Your xkcd passwords are pwned
- arstechnica.com: How the Bible and YouTube are fueling the next frontier of password cracking
by Dan Goodin
- go350.com: Age File Encryption
- rempe.us: Diceware Secure Passphrase and Password Generator
- wikipedia.org: Diceware
- news.ycombinator.com: US border forces are seizing Americans’ phone data and storing it for 15 years
- 🌟 security.stackexchange.com: Information Security Stack Exchange
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: Everything about KeePass
- askubuntu.com: encryption - Open several vim-encrypted files with the same password
- 🌟 restoreprivacy.com: News and Reports Archives
- github.com: Issues · FiloSottile/age
- lite.qwant.com: Qwant Lite - The search engine that doesn’t know anything about you, and that changes everything!
- adguard.com: The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool on steroids
- 🌟 news.ycombinator.com: Ask HN: What are some of the best text-only websites?
- news.ycombinator.com: The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool
- qz.com: Computer printers have been quietly embedding tracking codes in documents for decades
- help.duckduckgo.com: DuckDuckGo Help Pages
- help.duckduckgo.com: Non-JavaScript
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: DuckDuckGo
- fast.ai: Masks for COVID: Updating the evidence by Jeremy Howard
[2022-July-04]
- nitter.net: About
- pcmag.com: How to View Saved Wi-Fi Passwords
- getyourshittogether.org: Checklist: Getting Started – Get Your Shit Together
- news.ycombinator.com: If-im-gone – A cheat sheet for if I am somehow incapacitated
- nolo.com: Wills, Trusts & Probate
- schneier.com: On the Dangers of Cryptocurrencies and the Uselessness of Blockchain
- news.ycombinator.com: Facebook is receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites | Hacker News
- news.ycombinator.com: Online privacy: to what extent should you try to go dark? | Hacker News
- 🌟 themarkup.org: The Markup: Big Tech Is Watching You. We’re Watching Big Tech.
- ask.metafilter.com: Storing media in cloud storage without copyright issues
- medium.com: Tech Companies and the Long Tradition of Lying About Encryption | by SpiderOak
- askubuntu.com: canonical - How to Opt Out of System Information Reports - Ask Ubuntu
- howtogeek.com: How to Stop Ubuntu From Collecting Data About Your PC
- howtogeek.com: Windows 11 Pro’s Setup Process Will Need a Microsoft Account
- news.ycombinator.com: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup
- theverge.com: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account
- euronews.com: Meta says it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe over data transfer dispute
- old.reddit.com: Meta may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe. Here’s why : technology
- wikipedia.org: Telemetry
- rclone.org: Rclone
[rsync for cloud storage, supports SFTP, HTTP, WebDAV, FTP and DLNA]
- wikipedia.org: hosts (file)
- filen.io: Filen - Next Generation End To End Encrypted Cloud Storage. Get started with 10 GB of free space.
- wikipedia.org: BitLocker
- 🌟 eff.org: Updates | Electronic Frontier Foundation
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: Privacy & Freedom in the Information Age
- cloudwards.net: Sync.com vs pCloud: A Zero-Knowledge Battle for 2021
- 🌟 grahamcluley.com: Graham Cluley • Computer security news, advice, and opinion
- 🌟 schneier.com: Schneier on Security
- wikipedia.org: Bruce Schneier
- cbackup.com: 5 Zero-Knowledge Cloud Backup: Keep Your Data Safe and Private
- goodcloudstorage.net: GoodCloudStorage | Reviews, Tips, How-To | Best Cloud Storage Experts
- goodcloudstorage.net: Zero Knowledge Encryption Cloud Storage - What’s The Hype About Them
- sync.com: Privacy Matters Blog [ii.com referral link]
- krebsonsecurity.com: Who’s Behind Wednesday’s Epic Twitter Hack?
- lifewire.com: Password App Generates Virtual Credit Cards in Your Browser
- wikipedia.org: Fingerprint (computing)
- wired.com: How to Back Up Your Digital Life: Hard Drives, Cloud-Based Tools, and Tips
- wired.com: Security News: Cybersecurity, Hacks, Privacy, National Security
- kieranhealy.org: What Happened? [published 2021-Jan-8 about Jan-6]
- youtube.com: Perhaps the weakest link in the US electrical system (video)
- github.com: personal-security-checklist/5_Privacy_Respecting_Software.md at master · Lissy93/personal-security-checklist
- joplinapp.org: About End-To-End Encryption (E2EE)
- 🌟 bleepingcomputer.com: Technology news and support
- wikipedia.org: Windows Error Reporting