There are many reasons for choosing #private alternatives to Big Tech. Tracking cookies, targeted ads, and closed source software are just the tip of the iceberg. 🧊
What #privacy concerns are keeping you up at night? 🤔
@Tutanota "we could need this later" approach is widely adopted in mainstream tech which leads to data collection far beyond the scope of the service.
Security implications vary from private data leakage (via breaches or data trading) to government surveillance (as the services are obliged to fulfill government orders).
@Tutanota I worry about the 'back end' software that is used by providers like Tuta.com and Proton.me
Sure, their 'clients' may open source, and they may even publish the code that is purportedly used on their servers. But there's no chance of verifying whether or not that's actually the code that is used on the actual servers.
Not that being given access to the code used on the servers would help me; the last time I wrote a program, it was in BASIC.
Du hast einen Mobilfunkvertrag bei der Deutschen Telekom, Vodafone, Congstar, Fraenk oder O2? Dann solltest du die umstrittene utiq-Plattform (Werbetracking) deaktivieren. 👇
@kuketzblog Also dass ich nur per Browser auf einer technisch schwer erreichbaren Seite Widerspruch einlegen kann, sollte definitiv nicht legal sein. Vielmehr müsste eine Information mit den möglichen Widerspruchsmöglichkeiten allen Nutzern der Anbietern zugestellt werden und ohne Einwilligung gilt eben keine Einwilligung.
An alle: Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica und Vodafone Mobilfunknutzer: Widerspruch bei der Online-Werbeplattform Utiq einlegen - für ein Jahr gültig. 👇
You know who will never mine your private communications to train an LLM?
Better yet, you know whose words you don't need to trust, because you aren't obligated to use any particular server? And the software is open source? And regularly audited by security researchers?
Matrix.
It's not perfect, but no tool is. It's a matter of what trade offs you're willing to accept. Just sayin' ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Slack has always had a horrific privacy policy and default settings that enable workplace surveillance, so it's a good time as ever to share this campaign by @fight - supported by dozens of civil society organizations globally:
"Safety should be an inherent feature of the tech we use in our daily lives and our workplaces. Sign the letter to demand Slack put user privacy and security first."
"To develop AI/ML models, our systems analyse Customer Data (e.g. messages, content and files) submitted to Slack as well as Other Information (including usage information) as defined in our privacy policy and in your customer agreement."
"To opt out, please have your org, workspace owners or primary owner contact our Customer Experience team at feedback@slack.com with your workspace/org URL and the subject line ‘Slack global model opt-out request’. We will process your request and respond once the opt-out has been completed."
#WhatsApp uses the open-source #Signal protocol… However, encryption isn’t the whole story… WhatsApp and, by extension, all #Meta organizations know you sent something, when you sent it, and who you sent it to…
If something is "free" on the Net, not only are you the product, you are the free labor as well.
Whether you are providing the content that allows Facebook to rake in billions in revenue without paying a nickel for that content or all the expertise that was provided on StackOverflow sold off to "AI."