Ramzi Mourad @ramzimo68@mastodon.social

Zero-click iOS zero-day found deployed against Al Jazeera employees - Zero-day exploited a vulnerability in the iMessages app, patched in iOS 14. https://www.zdnet.com/article/zero-click-ios-zero-day-found-deployed-against-al-jazeera-employees/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Fact-Checking ‘The Crown’ https://www.theonion.com/fact-checking-the-crown-1845791218 #vol56issue48 #thecrown #tv

@MJ @TonyStark Oh my god, "Don't fuck it up for cornbread" is poetry. I love that sentence. I also love cornbread, but I'll #StayTheFuckHome and figure out how to make it myself if I get desperate.

Facebook Is Going After Its Critics in the Name of Privacy

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-is-going-after-its-critics-in-the-name-of-privacy/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25176668

#facebook

Those anti-competitive monopoly should be dissolved like Bell System was at the time they were one as well. #Facebook #Amazon #Google #Apple #Antitrust

https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/competition_in_digital_markets.pdf

After the Five Eyes, the EU Council is now trying to backdoor encryption in messaging apps. We will keep fighting for your right to privacy. 💪 Here is why: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/eu-backdoor-surveillance
It's good that the MIT uses the same arguments: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/97690
(comic v/Stuart Carlson)

#Privacy « #Firefox uses #Google geo API by default »
/> https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/jpgbdm/firefox_uses_google_geo_api_by_default/
PS : What works for me is the "geo.wifi.uri" key 😉

The web #browser is probably one of the most used applications worldwide.

It can manipulate billion of people by deciding what are the default search engines, the role of the address/URL bar, the (in-)compatibility with add-ons, you name it.

Isn't it time for #Europe to stand up and finance its own AGPLv3-licenced web browser, require that all EU websites are compatible with it, and enforce a transparent governance?

c/c
@echo_pbreyer

#Firefox #FuckOffGoogle

"The simple act of bringing a smartphone to a protest introduces opportunities to be tracked," says Mike Fong. His tips to protect your privacy when attending a protest include:

• Turn off location services
• Turn off WiFi
• Turn off Bluetooth

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/08/21/going-to-a-protest-keep-your-smartphone-from-being-used-as-a-tracking-device/#34caa08f6fb2

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1298980336362192896

Our founder, Matthias Pfau, has written an article on why we need quantum-secure encryption now.
😀 "At the same time as the development of quantum computers is progressing at an ever faster pace, the encryption must also be updated. Because currently used algorithms are vulnerable and will probably not be able to withstand attacks from quantum computers."
https://www.security-insider.de/sichere-kommunikation-durch-quantensichere-verschluesselung-a-952793/

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