We build free, open-source privacy tools — encrypted chat, anonymous mail, untraceable voice, a whistleblower drop, a browser, a network layer. All given away.

But "free and open source" means nothing if you can't check it. So:

• Source is public — read every line: github.com/Anon-Gratis
• Hashes are signed — verify the binary matches what we published
• Build it yourself — don't want our binary? Compile it from source

We don't want your trust. We want you to not need it. The only privacy tool that survives "trust me bro" is the one you can read.

🌐 anonymous.gratis · ✉️ admin@anon.gratis (PGP on site)

Cross posted from https://lemmy.zip/post/65571486

The only reason why he was able to share his side of the story was so he could do a plug for facebook meta glasses.

Georgia Institute of Technology †University of California, Irvine

Data held for humanitarian work is data, and that makes it a target. Seems like it would be difficult to get substantial investment into security for aid organizations (why not feed more folks instead?)...

In this particular case, and earlier audit found:

A 2022 audit of WFP’s Palestine operations said risks related to personal data collection had not been assessed or mitigated due to limited internal technical capacity.

Catch up on all the horror stories from big tech - from May. And some tech, film, blog and book tips.

Governments can't touch VPNs technically or commercially. The mess they'll make if they try will be off the scale.

I have been using the hosts file based ad blocker AdAway for at least two years. It runs on my smartphones and tablet, all rooted, thus I can run a VPN simultaneously. Since it has always worked flawlessly, I never really took the time to compare it to other similar apps.

But as of today, there hasn't been an update since 2024.

I am asking for alternatives and the reason you think they're better.

Gmail for android silently overwrites links in your emails, so it can track what you open

I clicked on a link inside an email from a privacy service, and was surprised to see they used google tracking for their stuff, so I opened it in thunderbird and behold, it had no tracking.

But the worst part is... if I went back again and long pressed the link on gmail, it showed the link preview, WITHOUT the tracking. There's some kind of rule, so try it first on a new, unopened email, without long clicking. You'll need something to intercept it because the browser will just redirect to the main link.

Imagine the mailman looking at you, noting down which letters you open, it's crazy.

I noticed this thanks to link eye, an app that intercept all browser links and shows a list of supported apps, so you can redirect to the preferred one. It also displays the link, it's abandoned but still working.

I'm 99% sure I have all the privacy stuff set correctly. I suppose it may also happen on desktop/ios, but I have no way to check it

Also fedia is not showing me a field to set the post title, so I'm sorry if everything ends up in the title or if the title is empty

long press

opened link

What if you woke up tomorrow and completely lost access to your bank account, credit cards, PayPal, and Venmo, all because of something you posted online?

OS vendors have been mandated to request use age brackets since late 2025, but Linux systems could be exempt if this amendment bill is enforced.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47523336

Global Privacy Control (GPC)

Full Report (PDF).