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Today I've been really busy and I'm exhausted, but I wanted to share the "gem" of the day.
A colleague (whom I've never spoken to before) calls me and explains that they need to connect a client's server with their management system. To communicate, the client's server needs to be reachable via telnet. I explain that I can't open telnet to the world, but if necessary, I can set up a VPN of their choice (Wireguard, OpenVPN, even Zerotier if it's helpful) and grant telnet access through the VPN. Not ideal, but better than nothing...

That said, the colleague attacks me: "Here you are, with these VPNs - don't you understand they're used to spy on us? Governments intercept all VPNs to steal our personal data." I try to clarify that I may not have explained myself well and that I don't mean using the famous commercial VPNs, but a private VPN access to allow the two machines to communicate securely. No luck: "Haven't you realized yet? Every time we open a VPN, they know and intercept us."

Frankly, I was speechless...

#VPN #Privacy #Security #Misconceptions #IT #SysAdmin #ITHorrorStories


#Schrems 2 e mezzo #privacy Non è vero che la commissione UE è suddita degli USA, contro i suoi stessi cittadini: è sottomessa anche a altri stati https://ilmanifesto.it/dati-degli-europei-a-tel-aviv-via-libera-della-commissione


In questa #newsletter parliamo di:
1️⃣ Società 5.0: strumenti e #tecnologie per monitorare il benessere sociale sostenibile
2️⃣ Il paradosso della #privacy dei lavoratori che vengono istruiti per rispettarla mentre la loro viene violata
3️⃣ #Cookie, 9 siti su 10 non sono compliant al #GDPR: ecco perché serve tanta consapevolezza
4️⃣ No al “pay or okay”: dall’#EDPB stretta sul consenso per le grandi piattaforme online
👉 https://bit.ly/3UpEJCl


L'alternativa "paghi o ti profilo" adottata da #Meta per #Facebook non è conforme al #GDPR - lo afferma il #Garante #Privacy #EU

Non viene infatti offerta un'offerta equivalente alla profilazione, come per esempio pubblicità gratuita non targettizzata

Diciamo che si sapeva, ma ora abbiamo uno statement ufficiale dell'autorità europea

La notizia si trova qui: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2024/edpb-consent-or-pay-models-should-offer-real-choice_en


I’m trying @librewolf browser and it might seem like a small thing to you all, but they went out of their way to preserve accessibility features for disabled users like myself, whereas other privacy solutions remove accessibility features completely, and their efforts to make sure disabled users have a private focused but accessible browser is more welcome than you can imagine because disabled people need privacy as well. I would argue that disabled people need privacy more. I wish more #privacy advocates took accessibility and disability into account the way they have currently. I hope this remains a core mission of theirs


Edward #Snowden just tweeted:


The NSA is just 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 from taking over the internet, and it's not on the front page of any newspaper--because no one has noticed.


source: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1779920066840055847

#omg #wtf #law #nsa #problem #usa #privacy #internet #government #politics #fail #media


Piracy Shield, Zanero: "Ecco perché bloccare gli IP è una pessima idea" - Agenda Digitale https://www.agendadigitale.eu/sicurezza/piracy-shield-perche-le-critiche-allanti-pirateria-di-stato-non-sono-fake-news/ #piracyshield #privacy #zanero #AgendaDigitale


«Ma io non ho nulla da nascondere!»

E' stato il leitmotiv di ✨ Privacy night 🛡, un incontro informale tenuto a #Camogli nella serata di venerdì 5 aprile. Abbiamo parlato di #privacy, #dati personali e #GDPR.

Ne è uscito un incontro fuori dagli schemi, partecipato, e con un bel mix di domande, contributi e pensieri.

Crediamo di essere riusciti a portare i partecipanti ad un livello maggiore di #consapevolezza e a porsi sempre le domande giuste durante l'utilizzo quotidiano della #tecnologia.


Question! Why should local governments use taxpayers’ money to buy proprietary, closed software from a single vendor? And what happens to citizens' data? A solution is to move to free and open source software like #Linux and #LibreOffice – which is exactly what Schleswig-Holstein is doing: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #privacy

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