August 07, 2023 12:00am
1h 17m
Why Linux reigns for privacy; our recommendations for secure tools from chat to DNS.
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- Privacy friendly ESP32 smart doorbell with Home Assistant local integration — This project is aimed at being simple while allowing a ton of customisation and flexibility. To get started, you’ll need an instance of Home Assistant running with the ESPHome add-on as well as the Home Assistant companion app on your mobile phone to receive notifications when someone presses the doorbell button.
- Alex in Chicago, Aug 10, 2023 | Meetup
- The U.K. Government Is Dangerously Close to Eroding Encryption and Normalizing Mass Surveillance — "The U.K. government wants to grant itself the right to scan every message online for content related to child abuse or terrorism—and says it will still, somehow, magically, protect peoples’ privacy. That’s simply impossible. U.K. civil society groups have condemned the bill, as have technical experts and human rights groups around the world."
- U.K. civil society groups
- human rights groups around the world
- WhatsApp, Signal, and the UK-based Element
- Now Apple takes a bite out of encryption-bypassing 'spy clause' in UK internet law — "End-to-end encryption is a critical capability