FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Database The case was the first time authorities charged people for alleged “Antifa” activities after President Trump designated the umbrella term a terrorist organization.

New from 404 Media: the FBI was able to extract incoming Signal messages from a phone even though the app was deleted. Why? Because parts of messages were stored in the iPhone's internal notification database. Shows how secure chat data can come from unexpected places www.404media.co/fbi-extracts...

Easter Sunday is #DID Digital Independence Day again. For anyone celebrating with family, this is a great opportunity to move your family WhatsApp chat to a more sustainable provider.
If you need help with reasoning, check out www.sustysubs.net/replace/what...

Linkedin & Persona: In drei Minuten in den Datenschutz-Wahnsinn - Golem.de Ich habe meine Identität auf Linkedin verifiziert. Hier erzähle ich, was ich preisgegeben habe, nur um ein blaues Häkchen zu bekommen.

Du hast deine Identität bei LinkedIn verifizieren lassen für ein blaues Häkchen? Tut mir leid für dich.

Dein Pass, ID und biometrische Daten schlummern jetzt bei Peter Thiels finanziertem "Persona Identitites". And you're screwed. Here is why:

www.golem.de/news/linkedi...

Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance | TechCrunch More than 125,000 Bluesky users have blocked Attie in just a few days, sending a strong message from the user base.

This is very funny but it's also yet another reminder of the fundamental misalignment of this site's leadership and its core user base, which I imagine will cause legitimate and potentially existential problems down the road

Seine Software ist bereits in einigen deutschen Bundesländern bei der Polizei im Einsatz und soll
bundesweit eingesetzt werden.

das alte euro sport mit sky anstatt sport

guten morgen

Schlappe für die Kommission: EU-Abgeordnete lassen Chatkontrolle durchfallen Überraschende Wende im EU-Parlament: Der federführende Innenausschuss verweigert die erneute Verlängerung der freiwilligen Massenüberwachung privater Chats.

Keine Mehrheit: Die Pläne der EU-Kommission für eine erneute Verlängerung der freiwilligen #Chatkontrolle sind vorläufig gescheitert www.heise.de/news/Schlapp...

Many people are put off by the constant scams and therefore categorically reject crypto payments.

In addition, the crypto industry is infiltrated by right-wing, anti-democratic figures and movements, which does not exactly increase its appeal.

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Thanks for the input.

I don't think Bitcoin Lightning will be the solution though. Maybe @matteomaffei.bsky.social can share his opinion. He's already published articles on its limitations.

But imho the crypto industry as a whole has bigger problems that prevent widespread adoption. 1/2

Today I deleted Windows from my laptop. 😌

I finally deleted my PayPal account too. I hope Wero can fill in the gap soon.

#UnplugBigTech #DIDit #DIday

A useful analogy I’ve heard is between cognitive bias and optical illusions. Squares A & B in the famous Adelson Checkerboard Illusion are exactly the same shade of grey. You can confirm this by cutting them away from or covering the surrounding imagery. BUT YOU STILL SEE THE ILLUSION.

Die gefährlichsten Firmen der Welt - Big Tech Google, Meta & Co.: Welche Macht haben globale Digitalkonzerne? Wie verändern die Datenhändler unsere Welt? Und wie schwer sind sie zu kontrollieren?

Sehenswerte Dokumentation - mit klarer Botschaft: Big Tech muss endlich reguliert werden.

Ich finde: Dazu gehört, dass Algorithmen offengelegt und süchtig machende & manipulative Algorithmen verboten werden.

Und Plattformen, die sich daran nicht halten, müssen ihre Betriebserlaubnis verlieren.

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

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#UnplugBigTech:
Search: Qwant (France, privacy-oriented)
Browser: LibreWolf (based on Firefox), Vivaldi (Norway/Iceland)
Email: Proton Mail (Switzerland), Tuta (Berlin, 100% renewable)
Social media: Mastodon (Germany)
AI: Mistral / Le Chat (France)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Browse through All Sustainable Video Conferencing Substitutes and ditch Big Tech Open-source alternatives to Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams which protect your privacy.

Video Konferenzen:
OpenTalk, Wire, Jitsi, Wherby
www.sustysubs.net/alternatives...

Wenn es dir nicht zu umständlich ist, kannst du Kanälen über RSS Feeds folgen. So würds auch ohne Google Account gehen. Hier eine kurze Anleitung, wie man die Feed URL manuell rausfischt: chuck.is/yt-rss/
Gibt aber auch Browser Erweiterungen, die das können, hab aber noch keine ausprobiert.

Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.

“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

Switch to Ethical and Sustainable Alternatives to Spotify Spotify is not a sustainable choice. Read why and check which alternatives are available.

Friendly reminder to move away from Spotify.

More ethical alternatives are available.

#DitchBigTech

www.sustysubs.net/replace/spot...

Great post about how US Democrats could rise to the moment: pluralistic.net/2026/02/10/m...

80er Jahre: Ganz Europa baut Glasfaser aus. Aber ein CDU-Lobbyist namens Christian Schwarz-Schilling baute als Postminister lieber Kupfer.

Die Folgen lähmen uns bis heute, 40 Jahre später.

Bundesministerin Katherina Reiche spielt in derselben Liga.

Browse through All Sustainable Password Management Substitutes and ditch Big Tech Alternatives to LastPass and Big Tech solutions focusing on open-source, privacy-centric apps.

Password Management without Big Tech vendor lock-in.

www.sustysubs.net/alternatives...

#DitchBigTech
#UnplugBigTech
#DIDit

AI Controls (formally 'kill switch') are landing in today's Firefox Nightly, and will land with Firefox 148 later this month.

Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features | TechCrunch Starting with Firefox 148 arriving later this month, users will find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings.

Give the people what they want.

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The Index is 11 away from 4k subscribers. I'm not much of a metrics enjoyer, but it would be nice to hit that milestone for sure.

piccalil.li/the-index/

Browse through All Sustainable Email Substitutes and ditch Big Tech Sustainable alternatives to Gmail and other US-based email services, focusing on privacy and security.

Just in time for the Digital Independence Day #DID I've launched a small side-project: a website suggesting ethical and sustainable alternatives to Big Tech products.

It starts with five categories (more to come):
- Email www.sustysubs.net/alternatives...
- Browsers
- Maps
- Messaging
- Web Search

If Bilbo had Chat GPT

GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

GoFundMe is allowing a fundraising campaign tied to the potential legal defense of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good, to remain online despite what appears to be a breach of the platform’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

www.kojordan.com/blog/feed/

Bericht des STANDARD vom 26.11.2025: "Digitale Auslöschung: Wie US-Sanktionen einen europäischen Richter lahmlegen"

Einer der Artikel, die mich am meisten beschäftigten dieses Jahr. Was passiert, wenn man auf der Liste für US-Sanktionen landet? Man wird defacto digital ausgelöscht. Auch in der EU. Was mit einem Richter gerade geschieht, kann uns alle treffen:

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...