Hi

I'm playing with the idea of buying Red Strike by Vulca Simulations, I have friends that would be up for a few games. We all played Axis & Allies before, which is a bit easier than Red Strike as far as I see. I also plan to play it by my self (the scenarios look very interesting).

Any thoughts or experiences?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11992277

European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal::Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all

Hi all, a shy try to awake this community again :)

Whats your daily-routine for privacy, what are you using, what are you not doing?

Short summary of me:

• Phone -> LineageOS
• VPN -> Per perimeter (LAN, Mobile) -> different VPN providers
• Home network (More for security but also helps detecting privacy invasive applications) -> Firewall, IDS and ISP router is bridged
• Payment -> Cash where possible (Saved me some trouble when card machines were offline and most had to go somewhere else to have a meal)
• Browser -> Three to four different ones, per usage I use a different (Media, communication, bank etc)
• Browser extensions -> UblockOrigin, Decentraleyes, User-AGent-Switcher and NoScript
• Browser cache/history -> deleted once a month (I do not use credentials saved inside browsers)
• Online Calls -> Matrix
• OS -> Linux only household
• Mail -> Different providers and own domain with catch-all, so if a company sells my mail I will see it because it is [email protected]

Thats on top of my head, what are your takes?

Dozens of cross-party MPs and peers have joined a campaign for an “immediate stop” to the use of live facial recognition surveillance by police and private companies.

The statement said: “We hold differing views about live facial recognition surveillance, ranging from serious concerns about its incompatibility with human rights, to the potential for discriminatory impact, the lack of safeguards, the lack of an evidence base, an unproven case of necessity or proportionality, the lack of a sufficient legal basis, the lack of parliamentary consideration, and the lack of a democratic mandate.

Today, the Colorado Supreme Court became the first state supreme court in the country to address the constitutionality of a keyword warrant—a digital dragnet tool that allows law enforcement to identify everyone who searched the internet for a specific term or phrase. In a weak and ultimately confusing opinion, the court upheld the warrant, finding the police relied on it in good faith. EFF filed two amicus briefs and was heavily involved in the case.

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Keyword warrants rely on the fact that it is virtually impossible to navigate the modern Internet without entering search queries into a search engine. By some accounts, there are over 1.15 billion websites, and tens of billions of webpages. Google Search processes as many as 100,000 queries every second. Many users have come to rely on search engines to such a degree that they routinely search for the answers to sensitive or unflattering questions that they might never feel comfortable asking a human confidant, even friends, family members, doctors, or clergy. Over the course of months and years, there is little about a user’s life that will not be reflected in their search keywords, from the mundane to the most intimate. The result is a vast record of some of users’ most private and personal thoughts, opinions, and associations.

Excerpt of feed:

Today I found out that google docs infects html exports with spyware, no scripts, but links in your document are replaced with invisible google tracking redirects. I was using their software because a friend wanted me to work with him on a google doc, he is a pretty big fan of their software, but we were both somehow absolutely shocked that they would go that far

Google Docs exports automatically infected with tracking links:

• txt - unaffected
• html + AFFECTED
• odt - unaffected
• pdf - unaffected
• epub + AFFECTED
• rtf - unaffected
• docx - unaffected

Hi all

I decided to add some new post categories because there where some discussion posts where it does not make sense to tag a country. To further organize the community the following tags can now be used:

• [ARTICLE] or [CH], etc: Sharing articles, blog posts etc, as before use country tags, or if not country specifig declare as article.
• [DISCUSSION]: Everything, that as the name suggests, should or will be discussed.
• [SEARCHING]: Looking for activists or supporters for privacy events/initiatives/referendums etc. If country specific combine with country tag.
• [GUIDE]: Explaining processes, laws or other how to's.
• [UPDATE]: News for our community, at the moment only for me as I'm the only moderator.

If there are other categories you would like to see, leave a comment.

The collection of DNA and other biometric idendity data can lead to a scary reach of surveillance.

What are the laws in other (your) countries regarding this? In 2008 the EU court of human rights already mentioned concerns regarding laws:

A summary of the current global situation and issues for debate highlights: (1) a growing global consensus on the need for legislative provisions for the destruction of biological samples and deletion of innocent people’s DNA profiles, following the European Court of Human Rights’ judgement on this issue in 2008; (2) emerging best practice on scientific standards and standards for the use of DNA in court which are necessary to prevent miscarriages of justice; (3) ongoing debate regarding the appropriate safeguards for DNA collection from suspects; restrictions on access, use and data sharing across borders; and data protection standards. Conclusion: There is an ongoing need for greater public and policy d

Source: Forensic DNA databases–Ethical and legal standards: A global review

The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the privacy and security of U.K. residents, but internet users worldwide.

It was clear that the parlament would pass this terrible bill. The only thing to do now, is to hope that the EU does not follow the UK, but I'm rather pessimistic.

Time to prepare fallback technologies in case the now used services are delcared unlawfull and get forbidden or are forces to put backdoors in place.