boobs wrote on December 24, 2020 at 12:05 PM

Reply to Authorities Seized Popular Bulletproof Hosting Service: Safe-Inet by Rambler

i have legitimately never heard of this service, it sounds like a honeypot.

z3d wrote on December 24, 2020 at 1:40 AM

Reply to What form of secure messaging is practical for every day use? by Rambler

If you're looking for an end-to-end encrypted chat app that also handles file transfers and doesn't rely on intermediate servers, you might want to look at I2PChat (formerly I2PMessenger).

It's had an interface overhaul recently and is straightforward to use. No signup required, no metadata to log, a settings folder that's easy to migrate, and cross-platform.

To compile, you'll need to have Qt 5.14 or later installed; the source code is available at: https://vituperative.github.io/i2pchat/

If you're on Windows, a pre-built CI binary is available from: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/wipedlifepotato/i2pchat/build/artifacts

MrBlack wrote on December 23, 2020 at 6:46 PM

Reply to comment by Rambler in [Australia] Troll, bully or OFFEND anyone online and you could cop a $110K fine under TOUGH new laws by Rambler

Was just a dude named Joey.

Rambler OP wrote on December 23, 2020 at 5:51 PM

Reply to comment by MrBlack in [Australia] Troll, bully or OFFEND anyone online and you could cop a $110K fine under TOUGH new laws by Rambler

Looks like you caught the attention of the Aussie Special Forces.

RIP

MrBlack wrote on December 23, 2020 at 5:41 PM

Reply to [Australia] Troll, bully or OFFEND anyone online and you could cop a $110K fine under TOUGH new laws by Rambler

Well that's gay.

BRB, a kangaroo is at my door.

RichardButte wrote on December 23, 2020 at 1:50 PM

Reply to What form of secure messaging is practical for every day use? by Rambler

Nothing. There is no secure messengers or services that regular people use. Sure I'm on both Telegram and Signal but "it's another app!" to people. Fine, SMS or nothing then and don't expect me to respond to anything but the most satin of vanilla text. Fuck off with your Facebook messengers!

RichardButte wrote on December 23, 2020 at 1:46 PM

Reply to comment by razorsedge in What form of secure messaging is practical for every day use? by Rambler

I want to love Briar so much, but as long as it doesn't support backup or exporting user data you're stuck on your current device.

There is literally no way of migrating devices without manually sending new contact info to everyone, you WILL lose everything in your profile and if you lose your phone?

"For journalists who needs security" - Well, I guess you just have to contact your secret sources directly again.

Yes, Briar is currently being worked on. But not the export/migration/backup system, the original issue ticked is FIVE YEARS OLD! Because of that I'm actively warning everybody about this critical issue.

For what it's worth, Briar GTK has direct messaging working on linux desktops.

RichardButte wrote on December 23, 2020 at 1:41 PM

Reply to comment by self in What form of secure messaging is practical for every day use? by Rambler

I'm not a fan of Matrix after reading this:

https://wiki.404.city/en/XMPP_vs_Matrix

NSO_PegasusYou OP wrote on December 23, 2020 at 12:47 PM

Reply to comment by Rambler in Human Rights Don't Exist in Brazil by NSO_PegasusYou

No, not listed there.

Rambler OP wrote on December 23, 2020 at 10:21 AM

Reply to comment by razorsedge in What form of secure messaging is practical for every day use? by Rambler

Nice, looks like it's worth a review.

razorsedge wrote on December 23, 2020 at 10:03 AM

Reply to What form of secure messaging is practical for every day use? by Rambler

Matrix is worth a look for sure.

But definitely check out Briar. https://briarproject.org/

Android only..

Briar is a powerful messaging tool with a brilliant design that runs over Tor only. Development is slow but ongoing and active. Briar is totally metadata resistant.

Currently Briar lacks the ability to make calls, transfer files etc so it is not feature rich. But all these things are under development.

But for basic totally secure messaging Briar is the Champ. Contact sharing is by mutual agreement and does not use address books, phone numbers etc so Briar is totally anonymous and of course fully encrypted.

Do check it it.

Rambler wrote on December 23, 2020 at 5:52 AM

Reply to Human Rights Don't Exist in Brazil by NSO_PegasusYou

Out of curiosity, is the group/organization in question listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Organized_crime_groups_in_Brazil

Rambler OP wrote on December 23, 2020 at 2:17 AM

Reply to comment by self in What form of secure messaging is practical for every day use? by Rambler

I'll check it out, thanks.

self wrote on December 23, 2020 at 2:04 AM

Reply to What form of secure messaging is practical for every day use? by Rambler

The Matrix federated network offers E2E encryption and has plenty of pre made extensions/bots (open sourced) so you can link other networking services to Matrix.

Rambler OP wrote on December 21, 2020 at 11:03 PM

Reply to (Archive Link in comments) Your Credit Score Should Be Based on Your Web History, IMF Says by Rambler

Well archive.is is down so, sorry. Stuck with the cancerous gizmodo site for now.

Rambler OP wrote on December 21, 2020 at 8:18 PM

Reply to comment by !deleted261 in Firefox's tracking protection whitelisted Google's trackers. "Mozilla Is Rolling Out Redirect Tracking Protection In Firefox In A Somewhat Concerning Fashion." by Rambler

Can always take it a step further and block them at the network level, for all devices connecting to said network. https://pi-hole.net

Doesn't require much to run, definitely don't need the latest Raspberry Pi or anything. Plus you get fancy charts and graphs to see just how much bullshit is actually being blocked from accessing your network.

Wingless wrote on December 21, 2020 at 3:03 PM (edited on December 21, 2020 at 3:03 PM)

Reply to Facebook’s Laughable Campaign Against Apple Is Really Against Users and Small Businesses by Rambler

The notion that Facebook can make a public campaign against your phone being allowed to check with you before handing out information about what you're doing ... it's mind-boggling. But Apple is no defender of privacy itself, no matter what their marketing: https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/ And eventually, once enough people realize that ... they'll stop trying to pretend, even with things like fighting Facebook.

Wingless wrote on December 21, 2020 at 2:49 PM

Reply to Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists' iPhones were hacked using spyware from Israeli security company NSO Group, report claims by Rambler

Trump got the UAE to recognize Israel ... what could possibly go wrong?

Wingless wrote on December 21, 2020 at 2:47 PM

Reply to Continuing to Protect our Users in Kazakhstan. (Apple, Google and Microsoft will block the use of the Kazakhstan's root CA certificate within their browsers) by Rambler

What do I trust even less than Kazakhstan's government demanding residents use their key escrow? The oligarchy of internet control telling people which key escrow they have to use instead!

Wingless wrote on December 21, 2020 at 2:43 PM

Reply to Firefox's tracking protection whitelisted Google's trackers. "Mozilla Is Rolling Out Redirect Tracking Protection In Firefox In A Somewhat Concerning Fashion." by Rambler

Mozilla gets basically all their money from Google, which is humping a competing browser. ( https://www.ianbicking.org/blog/2020/11/firefox-was-always-enough.html ) So when Massa calls, they better come.

Wahaha wrote on December 21, 2020 at 1:38 PM

Reply to comment by Rambler in Firefox's tracking protection whitelisted Google's trackers. "Mozilla Is Rolling Out Redirect Tracking Protection In Firefox In A Somewhat Concerning Fashion." by Rambler

This not being recent doesn't make it any less interesting. Thanks for sharing.

The most troublesome thing is that it's impossible for competitors to emerge in the browser market. So everyone is more or less fucked on that front.

Rambler OP wrote on December 21, 2020 at 1:06 PM (edited on December 21, 2020 at 1:38 PM)

Reply to Firefox's tracking protection whitelisted Google's trackers. "Mozilla Is Rolling Out Redirect Tracking Protection In Firefox In A Somewhat Concerning Fashion." by Rambler

Yeah it's a few months old but I had just learned about this so figured I'd share.

chiefkeef wrote on December 20, 2020 at 7:12 PM

Reply to comment by Rambler in Has anyone done a FOIA request on yourself recently? How long did it take to get back? by rm_rf

though I'm not sure what all they'd share

If you haven't actually done anything to merit them investigating you (e.g. federal crimes, applying for a job with them requiring a background check) then not much. They certainly have access to a lot of data about you, but if they haven't slapped it in a report and filed it somewhere then it's not getting released under the FOIA. I only really bothered filing one for myself in the first place because I knew for sure there'd be something there.

Rambler OP wrote on December 20, 2020 at 3:53 PM

Reply to Europol and the European Commission inaugurate new decryption platform to tackle the challenge of encrypted material for law enforcement investigations by Rambler

I've got a few opinions on the matter:

Rambler OP wrote on December 17, 2020 at 3:57 PM

Reply to comment by MrBlack in Anyone else running Pi-Hole on a Raspberry Pi to block ads/trackers/other junk at the network level for your home? by Rambler

No real issues. I've had to whitelist a few items early on, and I don't specifically recall what they were. But I've added much more to the blacklist than I've ever had to manually whitelist.

I just like that it works network wide, so it doesn't matter if I'm on my phone, desktop, laptop, etc. If you got a pi laying around (or a spare $25 to buy one), I'd say go for it. Makes for a good first RPI project if you've not messed with them that much.

Mine is pretty much set-and-forget now. I login occasionally to check for updates and that's it.

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