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Once more, with passion: Fingerprints suck as passwords
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Biometric data is identity (public), never authentication (secret). You leave a copy of your fingerprints literally on everything you touch.
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Yet this happens:
US internet providers pledge to not sell customer data after controversial rule change
US internet providers pledge to not sell customer data after controversial rule change
The three major US Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Comcast Corp, Verizon Communications Inc, and AT&T Inc have pledged to protect the private data of US citizens in solidarity against the latest internet bill passed by Congress.
The Internet Health Report

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Welcome to Mozilla’s new open source initiative to document and explain what’s happening to the health of the Internet. Combining research from multiple sources, we collect data on five key topics and offer a brief overview of each.
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I tend to disagree about mixed mode messaging. We need a range of communication tools, from hush-hush ultra top secret to public and open. Both ends of the spectrum have problems. That's why you need privacy.
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We use #Hubzilla at my workplace so our data remains our data!
I'm also considering introducing the team to Riot/matrix for a Slack/IRC like experience.
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I'm also considering introducing the team to Riot/matrix for a Slack/IRC like experience.
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Problem with SpiderOak products is that while are nice in theory, no source is avaiable... so you must trust their words...
Not at all. That's a pretty sensible approach. I wasn't aware that FB had an onion friendly service, so thanks for that bit of knowledge.
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You may call it Onion friendly, I call it a trap, cause you have to authenticate. And FB offers saml based Single Sign on.
Your activities in tor may be tracked. Please don't forget they work together with lots of US agencies and you are they product not the customer. It might be possible that your data are more worth when you use tor.
I just can make some guesses, don't know what really happens in the background. But usage of Facebook through tor might harm your privacy even when you use the tor browser. So be careful, think about it and make your decision.
Your activities in tor may be tracked. Please don't forget they work together with lots of US agencies and you are they product not the customer. It might be possible that your data are more worth when you use tor.
I just can make some guesses, don't know what really happens in the background. But usage of Facebook through tor might harm your privacy even when you use the tor browser. So be careful, think about it and make your decision.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/10/stealing_finger.html
and 10 years ago CCC showed how to fake a fingerprint with superglue and wood glue easily:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPtzRQNHzl0 sorry video is in german.