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Cryptosquid 1 year ago
Esta novedad es el fin de la privacidad en las comunicaciones. Ni siquiera usando SimpleX en tu GrapheneOS estás a salvo. Atiende que es un canteo. image Hasta ahora, podías confiar en que tus conversaciones eran 100% privadas utilizando programas de mensajería como Signal. SimpleX, Threema, Session o Briar. Estos programas utilizan un cifrado de punto a punto, que las mantenía a salvo de ojos indiscretos. Eso acaba de cambiar. Apple, Microsoft y Google han metido un nuevo spyware en sus nuevos dispositivos: “Client Side Scanning”. Este espía potenciado con IA puede ver tu pantalla y lo que tecleas en todo momento, antes de que se aplique cualquier protocolo de cifrado. ¿Qué dispositivos se ven afectados? Por ahora, este spyware masivo solo se ha implementado en los últimos iPhone 16, ordenadores con MacOS (Chip M2), Google Pixel 9 y PCs con Windows 11. ¿Y si usas un teléfono Pixel con GrapheneOS y un ordenador con Linux, estás a salvo? Tampoco te libras. Porque no importa lo segura que sea tu configuración si las personas con las que te comunicas tienen este “espía” en sus dispositivos. Tu privacidad queda igualmente comprometida. Porque al final, sólo somos tan fuertes como el eslabón más débil. Con este nuevo cambio, el usuario medio de dispositivos electrónicos se ha convertido, sin saberlo, en un caballo de Troya para la privacidad de las comunicaciones. Por eso, para los que las conocemos, difundir el uso de estas herramientas de libertad y privacidad, se ha convertido en una obligación moral. No es una tarea fácil, pero es la única manera de mantener este último bastión que nos queda de libertad.
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Cryptosquid 2 years ago
What is privacy? Privacy has many meanings and connotations depending on who you ask and how far along the path to liberty and self sovereignty they are. The dictionary defines it as “someone’s right to keep their personal matters and relationships secret”, but it goes a lot deeper than that. A great example that will make even the most ardent pro surveillance advocate think twice is, imagine that while you are having a conversation with a family member or friend in your living room you have a government employee sitting right there with a notepad taking notes of everything you say. Even though you are not saying anything that might be considered illegal you would feel like this is an invasion and an overreach that will make you uncomfortable. Usually people’s reaction to the lack of privacy is that if you have nothing to hide, then you shouldn’t care. This completely misses the point and justifies both governments and private corporations to poke into your life with no repercussions. It is very interesting how you see new laws being passed that claim to protect consumer rights to privacy, only to then turn around and attempt to ban encryption which is one of the main tools that can be used to protect yourself. Fear is a great weapon when injected into people’s minds, it will grow like an out of control wildfire and will keep people cheering any measures which are implemented to “keep them safe”. There is a great quote from Benjamin Franklin that says: “Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety”. It is interesting how this applies so well to today where people are told that only criminals hide their activities and that any “good” citizen should follow the narrative and not only allow but encourage further attacks on personal liberties. Society has become soft, there is no sense of personal responsibility. This manifests itself when any unplanned issue arises and people want someone else to fix their problems. “Self responsibility is the core quality of the fully mature, fully functioning, self actualizing individual” (Brian Tracy). It is sad when you see people blaming their problems on anything but themselves, which is the only real way to really get a grip and advance in life. Privacy can and should be thought of as a natural human right which must be defended at all costs. #privacy #asknostr #surveillance #freedom #cypherpunk image
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Cryptosquid 2 years ago
image We have won this battle but the war is far from over. The judge who ordered Telegram's shutdown in Spain backs off. On Saturday, he gave all telecommunication providers 3 hours to shut down all connections to protect the IP rights of the media companies (in theory). Today he "suspends" the order until he gets additional information from the police authorities on the characteristics of the app and the effects its suspension could have on its millions of users in Spain. 🤔 Was this because of the massive reaction of people raising concerns of censorship and dictatorship? Was it because he realized the measure was going to be pointless because of all the posts teaching users how to use proxies and vpns? Was it something else? In any case, the direction we are heading worldwide is clear. Privacy and censorship resistant tools and protocols are crucial to fight for the freedom they are obsessed with ripping away from us. #becomeungovernable #freedom #privacy #censorship #nostr #freedomofspeech #freespeech #spain #telegram
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Cryptosquid 2 years ago
For those of you unaware of the issue, at this moment there is a judge in #Spain who has ordered the closing of Telegram for the whole country. This measure is happening at the same time as a huge corruption case affecting the whole government has come to light. They are losing control of the narrative and they are scared, specially with the EU elections right around the corner. If this does happen, it will mean Spain will join the illustrious list of countries that have banned Telegram at one point or another: China, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan and Thailand. ---------------- Si al final sale adelante el cierre de Telegram en España por parte del juez Santiago Pedraz estaremos siendo testigos de como nuestro país entra a formar parte del selecto grupo de países que prohíben Telegram: China, Corea del Norte, Cuba, Irán, Pakistan y Tailandia. La verdad es que mas que nada da una mezcla de asco y pena. #telegram #dictatorship #dictadura #freedomofspeech
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Cryptosquid 2 years ago
Breathtaking (in every sense of the word) hike on the PR1 Vereda do Areeiro Trail on the island of #Madeira. This is a 10.8km out and back route which will challenge your resilience with seemingly never ending climbs and descents. All of this is truly worth it for the jawdropping scenery you will find along the way. Will give you a chance to relax after attending the @Bitcoin Atlantis conference. That is If you find hard work relaxing. image
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Cryptosquid 2 years ago
Incredibly eye opening discussion on the philosophy of #Bitcoin, #privacy and the importance of self sovereignty in this increasingly distopian world we all live in. With @Erik Cason @Javier Bastardo Angelo Morgan-Sommers Izzy Mccoy image
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Cryptosquid 2 years ago
Great talk on how "well intentioned" regulations in the EU can have unintended and in some cases dire consequences for human rights activists. @Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bota Jardemalie (@jardemalie ) showing how #Bitcoin can be a life boat. #BitcoinAtlantis image
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Cryptosquid 2 years ago
One of the most important talks during @Bitcoin Atlantis on #Bitcoin Core development. If your foundation fails, the whole building will collapse. With @Peter Todd @Carman @jb55 npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc Antoine Poinsot image
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Cryptosquid 2 years ago
Looks like its time for the 🐻 to run and hide under a rock. Guess who's knocking down the door.
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