Forwarded from /e/OS & Murena announcements
Dear /e/ supporters, I'm very pleased to announce that the first beta (MVP) of our ROM and online services is now available for testing. Please read all the details at: https://medium.com/@gael_duval/leaving-apple-google-e-first-beta-is-here-89e39f492c6f - thank you all for your continued support! Gaël.
Medium
Leaving Apple & Google: /e/ first beta is here!
Less than a year ago, I posted a series of articles “Leaving Apple & Google…” [part 1, part 2, part 3] to announce that I was planning to…
Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine
https://ha.x0r.be/posts/chrome-is-a-google-service/
Starting with Chrome 69, logging into a Google Site is tied to logging into Chrome.
#chrome
https://ha.x0r.be/posts/chrome-is-a-google-service/
Starting with Chrome 69, logging into a Google Site is tied to logging into Chrome.
#chrome
ha.x0r.be
Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Browser Engine
Starting with Chrome 69, logging into a Google Site is tied to logging into Chrome.
Bromite
Bromite is Chromium plus ad blocking and enhanced privacy; take back your browser
⬇️ Download
https://www.bromite.org
⏬ Fdroid repository https://www.bromite.org/fdroid
• Link to add in F-Droid repositories:
https://fdroid-bromite.a3c1.starter-us-west-1.openshiftapps.com/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=E1EE5CD076D7B0DC84CB2B45FB78B86DF2EB39A3B6C56BA3DC292A5E0C3B9504
📖 Readme
https://github.com/bromite/bromite/blob/master/README.md
📝 Wiki
https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki
📡 @Libreware
#bromite #chrome #alternatives
Bromite is Chromium plus ad blocking and enhanced privacy; take back your browser
⬇️ Download
https://www.bromite.org
⏬ Fdroid repository https://www.bromite.org/fdroid
• Link to add in F-Droid repositories:
https://fdroid-bromite.a3c1.starter-us-west-1.openshiftapps.com/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=E1EE5CD076D7B0DC84CB2B45FB78B86DF2EB39A3B6C56BA3DC292A5E0C3B9504
📖 Readme
https://github.com/bromite/bromite/blob/master/README.md
📝 Wiki
https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki
📡 @Libreware
#bromite #chrome #alternatives
Why I’m done with Chrome
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/
A few weeks ago Google shipped an update to Chrome that fundamentally changes the sign-in experience. From now on, every time you log into a Google property (for example, Gmail), Chrome will automatically sign the browser into your Google account for you. It’ll do this without asking, or even explicitly notifying you.
...
Big brother doesn’t need to actually watch you. We tell things to our web browsers that we wouldn’t tell our best friends. We do this with some vague understanding that yes, the Internet spies on us. But we also believe that this spying is weak and probabilistic. It’s not like someone’s standing over our shoulder checking our driver’s license with each click.
What happens if you take that belief away? There are numerous studies indicating that even the perception of surveillance can significantly greatly magnify the degree of self-censorship users force on themselves. Will user feel comfortable browsing for information on sensitive mental health conditions — if their real name and picture are always loaded into the corner of their browser? The Chrome development team says “yes”. I think they’re wrong.
#chrome
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/
A few weeks ago Google shipped an update to Chrome that fundamentally changes the sign-in experience. From now on, every time you log into a Google property (for example, Gmail), Chrome will automatically sign the browser into your Google account for you. It’ll do this without asking, or even explicitly notifying you.
...
Big brother doesn’t need to actually watch you. We tell things to our web browsers that we wouldn’t tell our best friends. We do this with some vague understanding that yes, the Internet spies on us. But we also believe that this spying is weak and probabilistic. It’s not like someone’s standing over our shoulder checking our driver’s license with each click.
What happens if you take that belief away? There are numerous studies indicating that even the perception of surveillance can significantly greatly magnify the degree of self-censorship users force on themselves. Will user feel comfortable browsing for information on sensitive mental health conditions — if their real name and picture are always loaded into the corner of their browser? The Chrome development team says “yes”. I think they’re wrong.
#chrome
A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
Why I’m done with Chrome
This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random “someone is wrong on the Internet” posts. After all, that’s what Twitter is for! But from …
Syncthing
Free, open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization multiplatform application. It can sync files between devices on a local network, or between remote devices over the Internet
https://syncthing.net
Reviews:
https://opensource.com/article/18/9/take-control-your-data-syncthing
https://passthroughpo.st/syncthing-un-cloud-application-everyone-can-using
Documentation:
https://docs.syncthing.net
https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/README.md
📡 @Libreware
#syncthing #cloud #alternatives
Free, open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization multiplatform application. It can sync files between devices on a local network, or between remote devices over the Internet
https://syncthing.net
Reviews:
https://opensource.com/article/18/9/take-control-your-data-syncthing
https://passthroughpo.st/syncthing-un-cloud-application-everyone-can-using
Documentation:
https://docs.syncthing.net
https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/README.md
📡 @Libreware
#syncthing #cloud #alternatives
Opensource.com
Control your data with Syncthing: An open source synchronization tool
Decide how to store and share your personal information.
Disable Fuck (Google) Services sh program by MOVZX
Tutorial by saitama
The goal of this program is to disable many Google tracking shit from the Google Services and the installed apps. It will do a search and disable all the google analytics, ads, and firebase services for all user apps
1. Download the DisableFuckServices.sh file
2. Copy it to /data/local/tmp with some root explorer (I used Mixplorer)
3. Give it 755 permission (also used Mixplorer for this, right after pasting)
4. Open a terminal (like Termux or Terminal Emulator)
5. Do the following commands
su
cd /data/local/tmp
sh DisableFuckServices.sh
6. Wait (maybe a couple minutes depending on the number of apps installed)
7. Done
Warning: there is a small chance some apps will force close after this
📡 @NoGoolag
#disablefuckservices
Tutorial by saitama
The goal of this program is to disable many Google tracking shit from the Google Services and the installed apps. It will do a search and disable all the google analytics, ads, and firebase services for all user apps
1. Download the DisableFuckServices.sh file
2. Copy it to /data/local/tmp with some root explorer (I used Mixplorer)
3. Give it 755 permission (also used Mixplorer for this, right after pasting)
4. Open a terminal (like Termux or Terminal Emulator)
5. Do the following commands
su
cd /data/local/tmp
sh DisableFuckServices.sh
6. Wait (maybe a couple minutes depending on the number of apps installed)
7. Done
Warning: there is a small chance some apps will force close after this
📡 @NoGoolag
#disablefuckservices
ESNI: A Privacy-Protecting Upgrade to HTTPS
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/esni-privacy-protecting-upgrade-https
https://blog.cloudflare.com/esni
#esni #https
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/esni-privacy-protecting-upgrade-https
https://blog.cloudflare.com/esni
#esni #https
Electronic Frontier Foundation
ESNI: A Privacy-Protecting Upgrade to HTTPS
Today, the content-delivery network Cloudflare is announcing an experimental deployment of a new web privacy technology called ESNI. We’re excited to see this development, and we look forward to a
Microg official release updated to v0.2.6.13280
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.6.13280
Version bump to 13.2.80
Fix issues with Google Voice and Google Contacts Apps (thanks @voidstarstar)
Fix crashes in some apps that use Maps API (thanks @armills)
Fix SafetyNet for supported devices (thanks @sualk-27o)
Fix issue with push messaging registrations not being properly stored
Fix issue with push messaging in some apps
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/commits/master
#microg
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.6.13280
Version bump to 13.2.80
Fix issues with Google Voice and Google Contacts Apps (thanks @voidstarstar)
Fix crashes in some apps that use Maps API (thanks @armills)
Fix SafetyNet for supported devices (thanks @sualk-27o)
Fix issue with push messaging registrations not being properly stored
Fix issue with push messaging in some apps
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/commits/master
#microg
GitHub
microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore
Implementation of Play Services Core package. Contribute to microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore development by creating an account on GitHub.
Google is working on “Portals” to revamp browsing mobile websites
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-portals-revamp-browsing-mobile-websites/
#portals #amp #web
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-portals-revamp-browsing-mobile-websites/
#portals #amp #web
XDA Developers
[Update: Live in Chrome Canary] Google is working on “Portals” to revamp browsing mobile websites
Google is working on a feature currently known as Portals that attempts to enable seamless navigations between sites or pages.
WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind
https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive-whatsapp-cofounder-brian-acton-gives-the-inside-story-on-deletefacebook-and-why-he-left-850-million-behind/
#whatsapp #facebook
https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive-whatsapp-cofounder-brian-acton-gives-the-inside-story-on-deletefacebook-and-why-he-left-850-million-behind/
#whatsapp #facebook
Facebook is giving advertisers access to your shadow contact information (phone number, email etc.)
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-is-giving-advertisers-access-to-your-shadow-co-1828476051
#facebook #why
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-is-giving-advertisers-access-to-your-shadow-co-1828476051
#facebook #why
Gizmodo
Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information
Last week, I ran an ad on Facebook that was targeted at a computer science professor named Alan Mislove. Mislove studies how privacy works on social networks and had a theory that Facebook is letting advertisers reach users with contact information collected…
NoGoolag
Facebook is giving advertisers access to your shadow contact information (phone number, email etc.) https://gizmodo.com/facebook-is-giving-advertisers-access-to-your-shadow-co-1828476051 #facebook #why
Yes Facebook is using your 2FA phone number to target you with ads
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/27/yes-facebook-is-using-your-2fa-phone-number-to-target-you-with-ads/
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/27/yes-facebook-is-using-your-2fa-phone-number-to-target-you-with-ads/
TechCrunch
Yes Facebook is using your 2FA phone number to target you with ads
Facebook has confirmed it does in fact use phone numbers that users provided it for security purposes to also target them with ads.
New encryption law to force australian citizens to hand over computer passwords and mobile pins - or face $60,000 or five years in prison
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6213007/Police-want-mobile-laptop-passwords-jailed-refusing.html
#australia #gov
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6213007/Police-want-mobile-laptop-passwords-jailed-refusing.html
#australia #gov
Mail Online
Now the police want your passwords – and you could be fined $60,000 or put in prison for five years if you refuse
You could face up to five years' in jail for refusing to give authorities your computer password or phone pin under changes to the law before Australia's Parliament.
ESET has discovered first UEFI rootkit in the wild.
https://www.techspot.com/news/76651-eset-has-discovered-first-uefi-rootkit-wild.html
#linux
https://www.techspot.com/news/76651-eset-has-discovered-first-uefi-rootkit-wild.html
#linux
TechSpot
ESET has discovered the first UEFI rootkit in the wild
Security researchers over at ESET have shown that UEFI rootkits are no longer a theoretical topic for discussion at conferences. Advanced persistent threat group Sednit, otherwise known as Fancy Bear, Strontium, Sofacy, among other names, has found a way…