Nextcloud finally ending their exclusivity arrangement with Youtube.

That's coming in 2025... right?

#Peertube #Decentralization #Privacy #FOSS #YouTube #Google #Alphabet #GAFAM

Exclusively on Youtube by Google! What open source inspiration! What a monument to privacy and decentralization!
@Karlitschek

#Nextcloud #Privacy #OpenSource #YouTube #Google #Decentralization

New stuff has landed in Proton VPN!

https://news.itsfoss.com/proton-vpn-app-redesign/

#privacy

Proton VPN Just Got Better With Redesigned Apps

Proton VPN apps for Windows, Android, and iOS have received many visual upgrades.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate

#privacy #endtoendencryption #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy
posted by pod_feeder_v2

A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate

In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting d…

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

Abbandonare i servizi #Google per proteggere la #privacy e favorire gli sviluppatori indipendenti è possibile e auspicabile

Personalmente sono "Google free" da tempo, zero problemi e zero rimpianti

@itsfoss ha pubblicato una guida che si trova qui: https://itsfoss.com/leaving-google-ecosystem/

Ma a casa nostra abbiamo @lealternative (https://www.lealternative.net/), i @devol (https://devol.it/), @ufficiozero (https://ufficiozero.org/) che offorno o consigliano servizi alternativi, liberi ed etici

Let's switch over.

How I am Moving Away From Google's Ecosystem

One service a time

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS)}

Apple Pulls iCloud Encryption Feature Following UK Government Demands

The company said it was "gravely disappointed" to no longer be able to offer Advanced Data Protection to iPhone users in the UK.

And So the Next Round Of Lost Privacy in the UK Begins

#News #Computing #Apple #Iphone #Encryption #Privacy #UK #EU #USA

Apple Pulls iCloud Encryption Feature Following UK Government Demands

^{Katie Collins (CNET)}

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

The UK is rogue in trying to order a backdoor to Apple encryption.

US lawmakers slam the UK's secretive order, calling it what it is:

🔥 'Dangerous' for global cybersecurity
🔥 'Effectively a foreign cyberattack'

The Home Office must back off ✋

#encryption #surveillance #e2ee #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #Apple #privacy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/

Major privacy alert for Android users.

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@jack/113952225452466068

@jack #Privacy #Android #cybersecurity

How I read the headline:
Apple finally bends over (to get fucked hard and screw over it's users for profits) for the UK Government, in order to further do business in the UK. 😅

Just another nail to the coffin for Apple in terms of claiming to be best in class for privacy of it's users data. 🙄

#Apple #UK #Government #Privacy #Security #Backdoor
@IzzyOnDroid

I look forward to seeing the new feature video on Peertube! What's the official Nextcloud Peertube channel?

#Nextcloud #Peertube #Privacy #Decentralization

Should have left X long ago. Now is the time.

#Security #Privacy

There is a growing number of people who no longer feel safe in their own home or country. Whatever the reason, many people might not feel safe to browse certain topics online 🌐

If you're in this situation, the Tails live operating system from @torproject can help. Tails protects against censorship and surveillance, and it lets you use a computer without leaving any trace of your browsing history afterward.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/29/installing-and-using-tails/

#Tails #Privacy #Tor #PrivacyGuides #Article

Using Tails When Your World Doesn't Feel Safe Anymore

When browsing the web at home becomes dangerous to your safety, there are tools that can help minimizing your digital traces to stay safe. Tails is one of these tools. Here's why, when, and how you can install and use Tails.

^{www.privacyguides.org}

We partner with open source browser extension Mailvelope to provide end-to-end email encryption.

Through this partnership, enterprise customers can rely on PGP encrypted and signed, secure data and communications.

#Privacy #Encryption

Key benefits for users in the press release👇

https://nextcloud.com/blog/press_releases/nextcloud-and-mailvelope-partner/

Nextcloud and Mailvelope partner for easy end-to-end encryption for Nextcloud Mail - Nextcloud

Digital collaboration platform provider Nextcloud and Mailvelope partner to provide end-to-end email encryption. Through this partnership, enterprise customers can rely on PGP encrypted and signed, secure data and communications.

^Nextcloud

I wonder who will win. 🥊 🤖

#privacy #ai

Bitwarden is getting a security buff. 🛡️

https://news.itsfoss.com/bitwarden-new-security-feature/

#opensource #privacy

Bitwarden’s New Security Feature Aims To Tackle Unauthorized Access

Bitwarden is enhancing security with a new feature for accounts without 2FA, adding extra protection against unauthorized access.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Nice. How to leave #X / #Twitter and #Instagram? In the edition of tomorrow‘s newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine offers valuable tips and highlights alternatives in the #Fediverse, such as #Mastodon and #Pixelfed.

A must-read especially for @Gargron from @Mastodon and @dansup from @PixelFed and of course @helpers / @admins

📖 Read more here in german language: https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/geld-leben/social-media-alternativen-bluesky-signal-co-neustart-ohne-x-und-meta-104511246

#SocialMedia #Privacy #Alternatives #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Fediverse

Social-Media-Alternativen: Bluesky, Signal & Co: Neustart ohne X und Meta

Sie hadern mit Elon Musks Kurznachrichtendienst X und sind auch nicht mehr glücklich mit all dem, was Mark Zuckerbergs Meta-Konzern anbietet? Kein Problem. Es gibt Alternativen.

^{Von Dirk Averesch, dpa (Augsburger Allgemeine)}

Nice. How to leave #X / #Twitter and #Instagram? In the edition of tomorrow‘s newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine offers valuable tips and highlights alternatives in the #Fediverse, such as #Mastodon and #Pixelfed. A must-read especially for @Gargron from @Mastodon and @dansup from @PixelFed and of course @helpers / @admins

📖 Read more here in german language: https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/geld-leben/social-media-alternativen-bluesky-signal-co-neustart-ohne-x-und-meta-104511246

#SocialMedia #Privacy #Alternatives #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Fediverse

Celebrate Privacy Day 2025 with these exciting deals!

https://news.itsfoss.com/data-privacy-day-2025-deals/

#privacy #2025

Data Privacy Day 2025: Deals That You Wouldn't Want to Miss!

Care about your privacy? Check out some sweet deals to help you enhance your digital life.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

Breaking free from Google's grip, one app at a time.

https://itsfoss.com/leaving-google-ecosystem/

#privacy #google

How I am Moving Away From Google's Ecosystem

One service a time

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS)}

Me acabo de leer una publicación, en formato comic, de como chrome nos roba la privacidad.
Aunque son cosas básicas no quitan que podamos aprender algo nuevo y de una forma muy amena.
Está disponible en formato web y pdf.

https://contrachrome.com/

#privacidad #privacy #derechosdigitales

My honest take on Proton VPN—worth the switch?

https://news.itsfoss.com/switched-to-proton-vpn-thoughts/

#privacy #vpn

I Switched to Proton VPN and Here's What I Honestly Think About It

Proton VPN is an impressive solution. Here's my experience with it.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

You do see the irony of posting a video about the importance of digital sovereignty...

...only to YouTube.

You see that, right?

#Nextcloud #Privacy #Peertube #YouTube #Google #Alphabet #GAFAM #FAANG

Hi folks. Please help get the word out! 🙏

https://lmno.lol, my blogging service, is now generally available. No invite needed!

😡 No #tracking #ads #paywall or #bloat

🥰 #privacy first, read anywhere (even #terminal), #markdown, bring your own #editor

My blog https://lmno.lol/alvaro

I hope LMNO gets you blogging in 2025!

Please help me get the word out 🙏

#vim #emacs #vscode #indiedev #indieweb #indie #plaintext

Latest comic. A British consumer rights group examined unnecessary data harvesting by “smart” devices, including air fryers connected to phone apps. While these devices may not pose the greatest privacy risk in our everyday lives, they are part of a growing Internet of Things capable of collecting data when and where we least expect it.

#comic #cartoon #technology #tech #privacy #surveillance #consumer #cooking #internet #internetofthings

Chat securely! SimpleX Chat ensures secure, encrypted conversations without tracking your data. 🔒 📱

https://news.itsfoss.com/simplex-chat/

#privacy #opensource #simplexchat

My Experience With SimpleX Chat: Is It The Ultimate Open Source Private Messaging App?

An impressive decentralized open source messaging app that does not require any user ID.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

🎙️ The Nextcloud Podcast with #privacy pioneer Max Schrems!

"If information is the new gold, how do we distribute the rights in a fair and balanced way?"

We explore EU-US data transfers, surveillance law, and anti-competitive behaviors in Big Tech.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/Nextcloud-podcast-privacy-and-surveillance-law-with-max-schrems/

Privacy and Surveillance Law with Max Schrems - Nextcloud

Your new host, Brent Gervais, had the opportunity to sit down together with Max Schrems - privacy lawyer and pioneer in the European data privacy movement - to explore some thoughts and ideas that stemmed from Max's keynote given at the Nextcloud Con…

^Nextcloud

So Paypal support is live, but still no support for Peertube.

Good job, Nextcloud.

Showing those FOSS, decentralization, privacy values yet again with your choice of video hosting.

#Nextcloud #Paypal #Peertube #FOSS #Privacy #Decentalization

Mozilla has a new avatar before 2024 ends!

https://news.itsfoss.com/mozilla-new-branding-2024/

#opensource #privacy #mozilla

Mozilla's New Brand Logo is Here: Time For a Trip Down Memory Lane!

With the new brand identify, let's hope for a better future for Mozilla!

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Proton Pass + 'Hide My Email' = Privacy Game Changer! 🎯📩

https://itsfoss.com/proton-pass-hide-my-email/

#privacy #proton

This Single Proton Pass Feature Saved My Inbox

A solid product feature of Proton Pass can help you save your inbox!

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS)}

This metaphor in which Neo accepts the cookie "in return" of Oracle's information is simply gorgeous.

#matrix #cookies #privacy

Maybe this will finally make you switch from Google Docs?

https://news.itsfoss.com/proton-google-docs/

#privacy #proton

With This Future Upgrade, Proton Inches Closer to Become a Google Docs Alternative

Proton Drive is gearing up with new upcoming features that would help you replace Google Docs big time.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Me checks to see if @nextcloud 's videos are finally being boosted onto an open video network after years of pointing out the hypocrisy... aaaaaand nope.

I'll pass. I don't feel like being extra surveilled today by Google, thanks.

#Nextcloud #Privacy #FOSS #YouTube #Peertube

📣 Attention all custom ROM users and advocates for digital rights! 📣

Google's Play Integrity is limiting access to certain functionalities and applications for those using custom operating systems. This is a direct attack on the open-source community and a step towards further consolidating Google's monopoly in the mobile ecosystem.

The European Commission is aware of the situation, but has deemed it a low priority: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PETI-CM-757267_EN.pdf

It's time for us to take action and show Google and the EU how much we care about this issue! 💥

Sign the petition now to stop Google from limiting access to custom ROMs: https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-custom-roms

#StopGoogleMonopoly #CustomROMs #DigitalRights #OpenSource #PlayIntegrity #Google #deGoogle #privacy #right2repair #rightorepair #r2r #EU

Let's unite and fight for our right to use and develop custom operating systems! 💪

Video conferencing without limits! 🗨️

Nextcloud Talk is designed to make meetings seamless with screen sharing, federated calls, and inline collaborative document editing.

Your #opensource, #privacy respecting video chat and conferencing solution! 🎯

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-talk-open-source-online-video-conferencing-software/

Nextcloud Talk: Open-source online video conferencing software - Nextcloud

Nextcloud Talk is an open-source, online video conferencing software that supports your chats, calls, webinars, broadcasting and more.

^{Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)}

: "Let's champion decentralization & interoperability together! 🦾" and "without compromise!"

Makes all videos in the blogpost only available via a centralized, non-interoperable surveillance platform.

#Nextcloud #Privacy #Youtube

Just ordered myself a #PineTime #smartwatch from @PINE64. I haven't worn a watch for the last 12 years or so, but the price, functionality and #FOSS-ness of it makes me excited to wear one again.

#privacy