I'll never understand how some online services think nagging users for having an ad blocker is a good idea. If your business model relies on guilt-tripping people instead of offering real value, your app or service wasn't great to begin with. Everyone should have the right to block the garbage out of their internet - I fully support using ad blockers, because constant tracking, autoplay videos, and noise ruin both the experience and privacy.

I'd happily pay for a clean, ad-free version of any service I find genuinely useful long-term. But shaming me for using a free service while protecting my attention and privacy? That just makes me close the tab. "It's a free service" or "the dev works so hard" aren't winning arguments - they're just moral posturing.

#Ads #OnlinePrivacy #Privacy #Freemium

🔐 Tuta Mail introduces key verification to strengthen end-to-end encryption and defend against MITM attacks 👥
Users can now verify contacts’ public keys via QR code or manual comparison.
If skipped, Tuta defaults to TOFU (Trust On First Use) for seamless encryption 🧩

@Tutanota
🔗 https://tuta.com/blog/key-verification

#Encryption#CyberSecurity#Privacy#Tuta#Tutanota#TutaMail#EmailSecurity#OpenSource#FOSS#E2EE#PGP#Email#Mail#TechNews#DataProtection#Crypto#DigitalRights#OnlinePrivacy

🔐 Tuta Mail introduces key verification to strengthen end-to-end encryption and defend against MITM attacks 👥
Users can now verify contacts’ public keys via QR code or manual comparison.
If skipped, Tuta defaults to TOFU (Trust On First Use) for seamless encryption 🧩

@Tutanota
🔗 https://tuta.com/blog/key-verification

#Encryption#CyberSecurity#Privacy#Tuta#Tutanota#TutaMail#EmailSecurity#OpenSource#FOSS#E2EE#PGP#Email#Mail#TechNews#DataProtection#Crypto#DigitalRights#OnlinePrivacy

Are you interested in - or even, teaching - Usable Security and Privacy? Check out my lectures on YouTube. I have been re-recording and posting these to a playlist. Subscribe! https://youtu.be/O4nz5cyGLtg?si=REgwrbNBuH6g7yqn

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I'm often genuinely scared because I constantly hear people willingly sharing all their details with OpenAI and Meta. I just saw a long post where someone was thankful to ChatGPT for being their therapist. Why do so many think their private details are safe and even worse - that they can somehow control AI and algorithms, believing they're here to serve us and not the other way around? We're in deep trouble.

#Privacy #AI #OpenAI #OnlinePrivacy

Nowadays, the concept of privacy is really distorted. It's strange if you're not online. It's strange if you don't use WhatsApp. It's strange if you're not on Facebook. It's strange if your instant messenger's privacy settings are set up properly and other participant doesn't see your read receipt.

Soon it will be strange if you don't hand over your data to artificial intelligence.

Damn modern times.

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