The tools we have today to encrypt email are badly flawed. Even if those flaws were fixed, email would remain unsafe. Its problems cannot plausibly be mitigated. Avoid encrypted email. Technologists hate this argument. Few of them specialize in cryptography or privacy, but all of them are interested in it, and many of them tinker with encrypted email tools. Most[…]
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Linux is awesome, and if you have not yet tried it, you really should
Why Linux? Because Linux is reliable and however Linux has been nothing but rock solid. If you have not yet tried Linux, we would highly recommend doing it. Linux is the best-known and most-used open-source operating system. It is like macOS or Windows, but better, free and open. Linux has unfortunately developed quite a reputation as being difficult to use.[…]
Read moreWhy the time has come, also for you, to close with Facebook?
For years in the social Internet scene, Facebook has carved out a place of vigorous importance: it is absolutely the junk social media par excellence. From the troglodyte interface to the dispersion of timeline content, to the huge presence of trolls and fake news, Facebook is the social media to be avoided like the plague. I’m quitting Facebook. Not comfortable[…]
Read moreIt’s time to migrate your emails to a new secure and privacy-focused inbox
We have already done it for some time and we recommend it to everyone, given the times that are running, a secure and respectful email service is definitely a must. The services available are varied and can be found for all tastes, but to make it simple, we want to recommend only one name. We are talking about ProtonMail, the[…]
Read moreTails. Keep the NSA away from your data
Tails, also called The Amnesic Incognito Live System, is a security and privacy focused Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at preserving your anonymity. The system is designed to work as a live system and will leave no digital footprint on the machine on which it is used unless you ask it to explicitly. Tails relies on the Tor anonymity network to[…]
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