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    Super interesting. I hadn't heard for a while about those experiments. The experiment I new best was the Libet experiment, where participants were looking at a clock and they would remember when...

    Super interesting. I hadn't heard for a while about those experiments. The experiment I new best was the Libet experiment, where participants were looking at a clock and they would remember when they chose to move their arm. And an electrode would be measuring the activity in the brain part related to those muscles. And the found out the brain started preparing the muscles before the person decided to move. wiki page on the subject.

    I'll take a look at Moran Cerf. Thank you!

    I've read an re-read the cypherpunk's manifesto. Definitely something everyone who cares about privacy should read (1 page long)

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    I wouldn't feel so secure. Well, controlling such a large portion of the network, it is possible for them to do traffic correlation attacks which can even defeat anonymity networks like tor -- it...

    I wouldn't feel so secure. Well, controlling such a large portion of the network, it is possible for them to do traffic correlation attacks which can even defeat anonymity networks like tor -- it is actually one of the few attack that tor's architecture can't protect against.
    And 2FA only protects you from hackers and alike. Your government can easily put a gag order (NSL for examle) and request the data. Or they could be filtering the data from within the company's servers, thus bypassing any encryption or 2FA.
    So NO, it is not the 2FA that will save you from mass surveillance, although things like that can help you be safe from weaker adversaries.

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  4. Comment on The Data Detox Kit- An 8 day challenge to clean up your online data. in ~tech

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    Privacy is like a rabbit hole. Once you get started you can always go deeper. I would recommend you to make yourself a threat model to know who you want to be protected from. Have you checked...

    Privacy is like a rabbit hole. Once you get started you can always go deeper. I would recommend you to make yourself a threat model to know who you want to be protected from.
    Have you checked https://privacytools.io/? Or reddit's r/privacy?

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    I am not as pessimistic as yourself. Most of the privacy tools recommended in forums like reddit's r/privacy are free in software and in price. These organizations can function with the support of...

    I am not as pessimistic as yourself. Most of the privacy tools recommended in forums like reddit's r/privacy are free in software and in price. These organizations can function with the support of a community and donations to their parent non-profit ( Tildes is doing it! )

    And company that wants to do privacy right will have to

    • open source the software (although might not free it)
    • offer a free alternative (as in the freemium model).

    The first point has to do with security: security through obscurity isn't a good practice in most cases. And the second one with privacy directly because online payments are completely tracked.
    Companies like Protonmail or Wire are already doing this business model.

    There will of course be people looking for an opportunity to capitalize on privacy (and there is certainly a market for it). But privacy is a human right and must be made available to everyone. And I am faithful that there will always be contributions to privacy-related free software as long as there are people who care about privacy and have the technical skill to make such software.

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  7. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    In a great sense we are what we read, watch and talk about. Think about all of the things you've ever read. If one were to look at that, it would be pretty easy I think know a bit of what you...

    What's that even supposed to mean? I can have a free mind even without privacy

    In a great sense we are what we read, watch and talk about. Think about all of the things you've ever read. If one were to look at that, it would be pretty easy I think know a bit of what you think about the world.

    Predicting one's behavior is what surveillance capitalism is all about. And behavior is the direct consequence of what you think.

    Therefore, knowing what you do is a "window into the soul" (stealing Gary T. Marx's book title).

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  8. Comment on Terrorist attacks are quietly declining around the world in ~news

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    Yup, I noticed that after I posted the comment. Cool trick. Thanks :)

    Yup, I noticed that after I posted the comment. Cool trick. Thanks :)

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  9. Comment on Terrorist attacks are quietly declining around the world in ~news

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    For those of you who can't read the article due to the paywall, search the title on a search engine and click on the article. It is likely you won't get blocked that way.

    For those of you who can't read the article due to the paywall, search the title on a search engine and click on the article. It is likely you won't get blocked that way.

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