#privacy resources

[anarchywoofwoof]

Alternatives to Mainstream Online Platforms

Facebook | Diaspora, Friendica

Twitter | Mastodon, Pleroma Left/Anarcho/Alt friendly sites: todon.nl, todon.eu, ni.hil.ist, kolektiva.social

Reddit | Raddle

Youtube | Peertube Left/Anarcho/Alt friendly sites: Squat!Net Peertube, Kolektiva Peertube

Gmail/Hotmail |

Free Riseup, ProtonMail, Tutanota, Disroot email, Autistici email

Paid Mailbox, StartMail

Instagram/Imgur/Flickr | Pixelfed

Forums | Discourse, Disroot Discourse, nodebb, Raddle

Wordpress.org | noblogs.org, network23, Pleroma

Whatsapp, Telegram, SMS | Signal (Centralized), Matrix, Briar, Silence

Slack, Discord | Matrix, Rocket Chat, Pixie.town, Revolt (Unencrypted), Mattermost, IRC, XMPP

Google Docs | CryptPad, Disroot nextcloud

Political Organizing | Amplify, Mobilizon

Events Agenda | radar.squat.net

Craigslist | Freecycle

Apple Maps, Bing Maps, Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps | OpenStreetMap

#alternatives #privacy #open source #bork bork resources

[gearsexual]

browser extensions i consider essential

includes download links for all supported browsers (i personally recommend using firefox)

1. ublock origin

firefox, chrome, edge, opera, thunderbird

privacy protection - ad, tracker, popup and miner blocking

2. duckduckgo privacy essentials

firefox, chrome, edge, opera, safari

privacy protection - tracker blocking, cookie protection, etc

3. privacy badger

firefox, chrome, edge, opera, safari

privacy protection - tracker blocking

4. i still dont care about cookies

firefox, chrome, edge

popup blocking - community alternative of the popular "i dont care about cookies" addon, under GPLv3 license. the original addon is owned by avast, gen digital inc.

5. ublacklist

firefox, chrome, safari

search filtering - block specified sites from appearing in google search results

6. save webp as png or jpg

firefox

file conversion - save webp files as png or jpg, with quality options

7. indie wiki buddy

firefox, chrome, other browsers

search filtering - redirects or alerts you to an alternative wiki when visiting a fandom wiki. includes support for breezewiki

8. video downloadhelper

firefox, chrome

file conversion - download web videos and images from various streaming sites

9. volume control for bandcamp player

firefox, chrome alternative

volume control slider for bandcamp audio player

#web #free #resources #web privacy #browser addons #browser extensions #feel free to give more suggestions #however please note that i cannot assure the safety or privacy of addons provided by others #be responsible and check for urself #vetted suggestions may be added onto this post in the future #ok to rb #in fact please do reblog!

[hellyeahscarleteen]

Technology can be a double-edged sword. For those seeking abortion information or care, it can be a way to connect to vital resources like abortion funds, abortion providers or supportive friends. On the other hand, things like our phones and laptops can store a ton of information about us and what we’ve been doing with them.

As more and more states criminalize abortion, the amount of surveillance, and the negative consequences of that surveillance, are going to increase. That’s just a sad fact. With that in mind, we’ve put together some basics on how to protect your privacy during each step of the process of seeking abortion help. We made this with reproductive care in mind, but many of the steps here also apply to situations like abusive relationships and the increased criminalization of trans people, families and healthcare.

#abortion #feminism #reproductive rights #resource #digital privacy

[korusalka]

some more tried and tested firefox addons that i swear on

worldwide radio - listen to live radio stations around the world. perfect for better workflow, learning languages, and discovering new music. my all-time favourite <3

youtube audio - saves bandwidth and battery life by scrapping the video part of music videos, easy to turn off and on

facebook container - deactivates facebook trackers which are goddamn everywhere these days

and some new additions i'm trying out on top of these:

dark reader - activates dark themes while surfing, very eye-soothing

adblocker for youtube - good for everyone's health probably

sponsorblock - blocks sponsored content in youtube videos, community-based

netflix category browser - makes looking for specific categories and sub-categories a little easier as far as i can tell so far

the big advantage of firefox add-ons is that they're easy to turn off, whitelist, pause, and deinstall. also i generally recommend using duckduckgo at least from time to time to give google less data to work with!

#technology #resources #firefox #privacy

[xieyaohuan]

Homelander's penthouse: the obsessive analysis nobody asked for, part 2

Continued from part 1. I would have preferred to have all of this in one post, but tumblr limited me to 30 images, so that was that.

In the last post, we got through the first 20 individually labelled items in Homelander's place and placed some of them into a bigger picture. I have a couple more items I want to cover before offering a map of the place:

21. The table where Homelander has the lovely seafood lunch with Deep (#justicefortimothy) - his ugly couch was moved out or aside temporarily to make it fit

22. The Sisyphos ATLAS statue 🎉🎉🎉 (thank you @deliciouskeys!), my beloved! The fact that Homelander has this in his place fills me with joy, and I don't even know why, but it 100% fits with how he sees himself I guess, carrying the weight of the world on his shoulder.

23. The flower bouquets - maybe his birthday flowers? Or maybe just decoration he had people put up for the meal with Deep to make things a little more fucked up, who knows.

24. The torso on the wall, aka "OMG this thing!!!"

25. The eagle thingy (thingies, there's more than one)

26. Ugly brown chair (miniature version of his ugly brown couch)

27. The world globe, see here for example:

There's a bunch more stuff (additional statues in the entrance area; paintings, etc.) that I'm not going to label because 1. I'm lazy and 2. @deliciouskeys already made a pretty exhaustive list of the paintings.

Let's look at some of this stuff in context again. Here's the view with the couch:

And here's the main space of his penthouse with the couch removed for the seafood lunch:

Before I move on to the last part and make an actual sketch of the layout of his place (please forgive me in advance for my amateurism lol), I want to submit one more piece of evidence that Homelander indeed has an open plane, zero privacy bed "room":

Okay, now we get to the fun part where I reconstruct the whole layout -- but not to scale because I am incompetent when it comes to these things and will not be able to fix that on this fine Saturday afternoon:

15 and 19 are a different color because they are temporary (while Stormfront was there). 21 and 23 are also a different color because they were moved in for the lunch with Deep. Everything else is more or less permanent even if it gets moved around occasionally.

And that's it. That's the post.

#homelander's penthouse #homelander's apartment #homelander's bedroom #no this guy has no concept of privacy whatsoever #homelander #the boys #homelander analysis #part 2 #my mental illness shows #I have no concept of space/scale #forgive me #homelander resources #I forgot to add the globe (27) in the room sketch and am too lazy to fix it now

[laurelins-light]

If you are looking for an abortion take a look at this tweet and guide. Image blown up below

Full instructions can be found at

#abortion #access #resources #privacy #safety

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

y'all if you want references for different bondage ties i'd recommend this website (clothed models)

#i've always used this one as a ref #i actually forgor about it until like yesterday #oops. kinda late for preparing for kinktober but still #i think it's cool! it's useful!! #they have simple ties and complex ones #i think there are also videos on how to do the ties if you give them your info #but like. i'm not a fan of their privacy policy so idk if i'd recc it #but youtube is good for finding step-by-step instructions imo #resource

[spineconsumer]

The amount of teachers posting like things from their classrooms and commenting on their students posts on social media is so weird bc is there not any like, moral implications to that?

#i dont mean using it for personal use or using it like between teachers to get resources n stuff #i mean like when they use it to interact with students or post those like in classroom vlog things on tiktok #or like complain about their students publically on social media #surely there's moral implications to that under some like privacy clause or something

[syekick-powers]

one of my favorite things in fantasy and sci fi is when the setting of the work is in some ways absolutely better than our current setup which makes you go "god i wish i lived in this world" but as the story progresses you realize that the setting is also shittier than our current world in another, highly specific way that then makes you have to go "well maybe i can deal with this if it means not having to work to survive" or something similar

#sye's babbles #my current project ive been working on is like #in the setting magic can be used to infinitely produce and destroy any physical resource #so there's no food/water/shelter/medical scarcity driving up prices #BUT #since the internet and tv and shit is still a thing #and since the economy is driven by labor instead of scarcity #that means that the social media panopticon and celebrity culture is so much fuckign worse there than it is in our world #people's lives are commodified for social media and fame CONSTANTLY #it is INESCAPABLE #you can instantly generate yourself a whole meal at the press of a button! #you can get absolutely free healthcare! #you can pay very little to get access to shelter! #but gods fucking help you if you want some fucking privacy

[obsidianmama]

As a parent whose child is my whole world, I do NOT support so-called "parents' rights." I support CHILDREN'S rights. Children deserve physical, emotional and psychological safety, they deserve respect, they deserve privacy and they deserve autonomy. If you can't parent without giving your child these things, you need to learn how.

#im feeling spicy with this one cause even a lot of liberal parents are going to see the autonomy part and panic #but if you read some of the books in my resources masterlist #and others i need to read and review still like hunt gather parent #youll see what i mean #you can teach and enforce boundaries and safety without infringing on a child's dignity privacy or autonomy

[plinkcat-gif]

bro literally i want to interact w online friends more but i simply cannot

#like i want to partake in fun things but i don’t have like. the resources‚ time‚ or privacy to do it :( #it’s really frustrating djskdjkdjdkdfj #like watching streams drawing together doing discord chats #i can’t do any of themmmmmm #well i can watch streams that’s a lie i’m just also scared

[eveningclouds]

i’ve been having sm irrelvant opinions lately sorry but i don’t think of myself as physically disabled or chronically ill even tho i haev chronic bronchitis, but when my sibling’s friend said it’s easier for ppl w physical disabilities 2 have their needs accommodated by schools (compared to like, ppl w ‘high functioning’ anxiety such as herself) it’s like...okay basically every school ik has dropped the mask mandate even tho if i even get a ‘mild’ case of covid i would 90% have to go to the hospital. like...i get winded after one flight of stairs but there r literally buildings on campus with like eight floors without a single elevator. i couldn’t schedule an appt to get an inhaler refill prescription for nearly a whole semester even tho i rly need one. & by comparison it took me no more than two months 2 get extended time for tests like...do u rly think institutions care abt physically disabled ppl’s lives...or do u just not see how inaccessible the world is for physically idsabled ppl bcz the world is, in some ways, more accessible for u + u are not forcibly isolated by like, literally the infrastructure...

#& w the 'high functioning' thing i def sympathize w ppl's disabilities being dismissed/invalidated due 2 how they look/perform/etc #but also like...getting dx'ed earlier often means u Can't mask imo (tho it is bc of $$$ as well) & like #when ur dx'ed as a kid u have way less agency abt the meds u take the privacy ur allowed the decisions abt ur education etc! #which doesn't mean tht if u have 'high functioning' anxiety/wtvr u Aren't struggling or that u Don't face ableism #just that 'low functioning' (idk a better term for tags) ppl ALSO don't have the agency/access to resources/respect/etc #that u think they do

[tech-romancy]

Privacy Guides!

Worried about the state of the world? Worried about prying eyes in the digital age? Got Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" stuck in your head? Here are some beginning privacy guides I found useful for laptops of various operating systems: Linux: https://medium.com/duckduckgo-blog/linux-privacy-tips-1dc956657357 Windows 7: https://medium.com/duckduckgo-privacy-blog/windows-7-privacy-tips-b5dd62ffcd37 Windows 10: https://medium.com/duckduckgo-privacy-blog/windows-10-privacy-tips-4f1e73c1987d

Mac: https://medium.com/duckduckgo-privacy-blog/mac-privacy-tips-13395592a9b4

#resources #privacy

[scarletanpan]

I haven't started extensive research on Google bc I know if I do I'll get stuck for a while but after seeing the protesters get fired and the CEO's little message I'm just so done with everything they're involved with. I have years of writing and files in my drives so I downloaded all of it and deleted it permanently. Figured out how to make firefox automatically open alternate web searches, so I can use Presearch for everything which seems decent so far. Google also allows you to download the personal data they have saved and request to delete so I did and hopefully it's 'actually' deleted. They have 22 GB worth of stuff on me somehow so I'm gonna go through it to see why

#text #google swears up and down their tech isnt used for weapons or anything yet they service the israeli military like. really #even just providing cloud computing you are giving them the resources to more efficiently commit genocide #and in general i dont trust their transparency w data usage i read the whole privacy policy and its not specific enough #tbf all policies are written that way but who knows what the fuck theyre doing. half the stuff we all use involves google #like the one issue is youtube is owned by google. so i cant escape that but i can minimize usage. might get me to do other things #in general im trying to rely less on services where i give them my data. mines not important but im tired of this shit #im tired of every action i take being transformed into algorithmic information so they can sell it and fill every site w specialized ads #like fuck you. fuck everybody. what happened to making technology to make ppls lives easier. why are we inventing ways to exploit ppl

[ironmanrecords]

Save Acocks Green Library

Libraries are great for many reasons, and the importance of Acocks Green Library extends far beyond just being a repository of books. The Library was built in 1932, so it’s nearly 100 years old. Acocks Green Library was built in modernised Georgian style, in sandstone bricks and Grinshill stone. The City’s Coat of Arms is over the main door. The internal joinery is of oak, including substantial…

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#2024 #23rd march #2pm #Acocks Green #Acocks Green Library Read In #B27 7XH #birmingham #books #community connectivity #cultural #culture #economic #Education #entrepreneurship #history #information #intellectual freedom #knowledge #learning #Library #literacy #Read a book #reading #resources #right to privacy #right to read #Saturday #Save Acocks Green LIbrary #Shirley Road #Show Solidarity

[felizamethyst]

This is probably the most comprehensive and accessible guide that I have found regarding cybersecurity. Even if you are not a victim of DV or stalking (more links below covering this), these are still really great reads to educate yourself on what information you are sharing online. Just as you deserve privacy in your day-to-day life, you also deserve privacy in digital spaces.

Additionally, here are some other great resources about cybersecurity and (more specifically) keeping yourself safe against cyberstalking. (Please only view these links if you are on a safe computer.)

#cybersecurity #resources #tutorial #digital privacy #education #privacy #internet literacy #cyberstalking