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This article will describe how lemmy instance admins can [purge images from pict-rs](https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/). | [](https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/) | |:--:| | [Nightmare on Lemmy Street (A Fediverse GDPR Horror Story)](https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/) | This is (also) a horror story about accidentally [uploading very sensitive data](https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/) to Lemmy, and the (surprisingly) difficult task of deleting it.
People here's take about why free software ("open source") should be preferred, in my opinion (basically the OpenBSD's opinion) is flawed. You said "open source" is "good" because it permits having eyes on ("auditing") and make sure there isn't malware. This is NOT the most important benefit. But it is flawed because, you guys **don't even have the knowledge** to do coding. You guys are activist/"journalists" working for CIA. **So you cannot audit the software yourselves.** Or "open source" but with a bad code style, how can you make sure the code doesn't have backdoors? But I think hilarious journalists that is only smart enough to post fake news about how down is the Russia and China economy can't even write bad code. "open source" is good, **firstly**, because it permits auditing the source code and find the bugs, replace flawed/bad code with safer alternative (for example, the advantage of an open-source C software when porting to OpenBSD is they can replace every occurrence of strcat/strcpy with safer strlcat/strlcpy), sandbox it (on OpenBSD, with pledge and unveil), do privileges separation and revocation, etc. And I think "you can make sure there isn't malware/backdoors" is the second benefit, NEVER THE FIRST. Conclusion: Do not blindly trust what is "open source" when you can't even do code auditing.
So I want to make this post because I don't know why instances, mine specifically, choose to block others. Now, don't get me wrong that blocking instances that are CP related and anything illegal is something that should and needs to be blocked and/or removed. but if its something like Threads, let **me** choose to block a user myself, give me the freedom to do so. I've seen Brodie Robertson's [video](https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/threads-is-going-to-destroy-the:8?r=UvSKyv4eJqiCmhmQBWuDfaRdPo1aj8zx&t=712) talking about this, and I whole heartily agree with his stance on this where letting the user have the freedom to block a user or instance themselves. --- I just feel that some lemmy instances are turning into big tech companies where they are controlling everything, and don't get me wrong, its their server space, do what you want to do, but at least since you are using foss to run your lemmy server, at least be different then Reddit or YouTube etc. I created a lemmy account just to have a more private experience from Reddit without being tracked all the time. guess I was wrong. --- not trying to get on the wrong foot here, I am just a fan of internet freedom, and I think you should have the right to do anything you want online, that's within legal waters. Thoughts...
Whenever I encounter the label "made in EU", "Germany", "Estonia", "France" ...... in the footer of a web project, which **implies** enhanced data-protection, apparently, I wonder: How can it be so? There're some data-protection laws, yes. But one can't control a hosting provider 24h/day. One can't know whether an employer there copies all data on his memory-drivers. Can't the police, if need be, seize a server as easily as it would in any other country on Earth? Don't the majority of all of countries in Europe share information with the intelligence of US by the agreements of the 5 eyes, 9 eyes, 14 eyes? Whereas the 2nd and 3rd world countries don't.  How is it better than a label "made in South Africa", "Thailand", "Costa Rica", "Egypt", "Kuwait"? I can see how "made in Germany" or EU makes a project worse in terms of privacy and data-protection. How could it make it better, though?
Hello everyone. Currently me and my GF have our finances organized in a Google sheet file (hosted on Google drive), being that file integrated with a Google form. What we do is having on our cellphones a shortcut to the form, where we input all our expenses, they are directly and automatically registered in the sheet, and on another tab we've built some sort of dashboard based on all the values the form registers. So given this context, is there any option or group of options that are open source, and that achieve this same purpose / scenario? If possible everything acessible on a cloud or at least onlinez so we don't lose this flexibility and accessibility on our cellphones. Thanks in advance
I'm undertaking the process of disentangling Google and Microsoft from my life. Does anyone have any tips for removing my last 20 years of files from Onedrive and Google Drive? Where do you host your long-term storage? What's a good way to handle the migration?
www.buskill.in
We're happy to announce that we were [successfully able to initiate a BusKill lockscreen trigger using a 3D-printed BusKill](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08) prototype! | [](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08/) | |:--:| | *Watch the [3D Printable BusKill Proof-of-Concept Demo](https://www.buskill.in/#demo) for more info [youtube.com/v/Q-QjHelRvvk](https://www.youtube.com/v/Q-QjHelRvvk)* | via [@Goldfishlaser@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/u/Goldfishlaser) # What is BusKill? BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer. | [](https://www.buskill.in/#demo) | |:--:| | *Watch the [BusKill Explainer Video](https://www.buskill.in/#demo) for more info [youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4](https://www.youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4)* | If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device. # Why? While [we do what we can](https://buskill.in/buskill-onion-service-tor/) to allow at-risk folks to [purchase BusKill cables anonymously](https://buskill.in/bitcoin-black-friday-2022/#privacy), there is always the risk of [interdiction](https://docs.buskill.in/buskill-app/en/stable/faq.html#q-what-about-interdiction). We don't consider hologram stickers or tamper-evident tape/crisps/glitter to be sufficient solutions to supply-chain security. Rather, the solution to these attacks is to build open-source, disassembleable, and easily inspectable hardware whose integrity can be validated without damaging the device and without sophisticated technology. Actually, the best way to confirm the integrity of your hardware is to build it yourself. Fortunately, printing your own circuit boards, microcontroller, or silicon has a steeper learning curve than a BusKill cable -- which is essentially just a USB extension cable with a magnetic breakaway in the middle. Mitigating interdiction via 3D printing is one of many reasons that [Melanie Allen](https://github.com/Goldfishlaser) has been diligently working on prototyping a 3D-printable BusKill cable this year. In our [latest update](https://buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08/), we hope to showcase her progress and provide you some OpenSCAD and `.stl` files so you can experiment with building your own and help test and improve our designs. # Print BusKill [](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08) If you'd like to reproduce our experiment and print your own BusKill cable prototype, you can [download the stl files](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08) and [read our instructions](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08) here: * [buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08/](https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-08) # Iterate with us! **If you have access to a 3D Printer, you have basic EE experience, or you'd like to help us test our 3D printable BusKill prototype, please** [let us know](https://buskill.in/contact). The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and we're eager to finish-off this 3D printable BusKill prototype to help make this security-critical tool accessible to more people world-wide!
A while ago I made an app for tracking baby activities because I became a parent and was horrified at how many permissions the existing apps required and how much tracking they contained. Both the app and the server are open source. This is a web-app which also has an Android version in the Play Store (F-Droid didn't accept it because they don't feel like web-apps should be welcome in their store). On iPhones it can be installed as a PWA to the home screen. Features: - No tracking whatsoever - End-to-end encrypted, no personal information is stored on the server unencrypted - Track baby's feeding, diaper changes, breast pumping and sleeping (more to come) Links: - https://baby-journal.app - the PWA itself - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.baby_journal.twa - the Play Store Android wrapper - https://github.com/RikudouSage/BabyJournalApi - the server source code - https://github.com/RikudouSage/BabyJournalUi - the PWA source code
I am looking for an existing preferably open source project built for home survailance systems using four IP PoE cams. Nothing too fancy; just want to record to my own hard drive and be able to view live by connecting directly to my linux system securely. BUT under no circumstances do I want any of MY data going to anyone elses computer or server. I was originally plannig on making a program myself, just want to see if there is something out there someone has already made. I have looked at bluecherry and ispy. not a fan.
www.theguardian.com
> A former cabinet minister has warned that there could be a “battle royale” over a £480m NHS England data software contract sought by the controversial US tech firm Palantir, whose chair has accused the UK health service of “making people sick”. > David Davis, the Conservative former Brexit secretary who previously led the campaign against ID cards, said he was one of those with serious privacy concerns about Palantir’s bid. He is among at least a dozen MPs and peers across the political spectrum who are pressing the government for more reassurances about how patient data will be treated as the new data operating system is built. > Palantir, which grew out of a US spy organisation, is the frontrunner for the contract after it worked for almost nothing to create data software for the NHS during the Covid pandemic.
At a first glance the [android app](https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.celzero.bravedns/) seems to support many features of NetGuard and InviZible Pro (albeit not all yet?). What's your opinion on it (possibly as an alternative to the former)?
is this correct? Also i'm impressed how widely hated TAJ is on matrix, telegram and discord. Like I was in a minecraft discord and someone was making fun of TAJ.
A matrix room can easily be bridged into a telegram group. It'd be nice to have a privacy matrix room than isn't run by ptio/privacy-guide's jonah.
I am planning to buy a new phone and I would like to follow your guide. The phone brands which you consider as Tier 1 are Asus, Nokia, Motorola, Sony, LG, FairPhone, and Huawei/Honor. In this comment https://lemmy.ml/post/64888/comment/55721 you prefer Fairphone, Xiaomi, Asus, Motorola (if in USA). And for the follow up comment https://lemmy.ml/post/64888/comment/55784 you prefer Fairphone, Xiaomi or Moto. What happened to SONY, and why did you least prefer Asus now. It is not possible for me to get a Fairphone as I am not living in EU. I am happy to go with SONY cause I like photography and their camera department. Also is it possible to get same privacy and security in a SAMSUNG phone if I follow your guide? (Again for the same camera reason),