Foliate is a free, open-source eBook reader for Linux with support for EPUB, MOBI, PDF, CBZ, FB2, and more.

It includes dark mode, annotations, dictionary lookup, text-to-speech, bookmarks, and reading progress, all without requiring an account or sending your reading data to the cloud.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=foliate

#OpenSource #Linux #eBooks #Privacy #FOSS #Reading

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Screenshot of the Foliate project page showing the app logo, the tagline "Read books in style," and a preview of its clean eBook reading interface with a table of contents and an open book.

A #PuertoRico Government Agency Exposed 1 Million #SocialSecurityNumbers

The government agency that collects property #taxes in Puerto Rico inadvertently exposed the #SocialSecurity numbers of approximately 1 million people, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and ProPublica learned.

It was the latest #cybersecurity lapse for the Puerto Rico government, which in the past three years has seen technology #breaches interrupt government services, take websites offline and lead to citizens’ personal information being published on the dark web.
#privacy #security #breach #ssn

https://www.propublica.org/article/puerto-rico-crim-data-breach

The more I browse the internet, the more I realize that the new normal is that privacy is the responsibility of the user, that websites, including cybersecurity companies whose professed profession is to protect, have no obligation to serve it to you, meaning that if you don't know better (which is a lot of people and the companies in question are banking on that), your data will be shared and sold, and that's only the tip of the data-peddling iceberg.

We get to the point where you thank your stars that the company in question is actually giving you some sort of notice of data "theft" and a limited option to exercise your rights over data that has already been siphoned. Isn't that what ransomware criminals do, except maybe for the semantics of the extortion part?

Why would you trust any company that has all the tracking and third-party sale and sharing options turned on by default? Have you ever tried to get a look at some of the notorious third-party buyers that some "security" companies are all too happy to do business with? Why would you even call yourselves "cybersecurity" companies instead of "data exfiltration" companies? #privacy #security #tracking

The Register: Moody Bible Institute breach leaves 2.3M accounts needing salvation, says cyber expert. “Data on more than 2.3 million people associated with Moody Bible Institute (MBI) has been exposed online after the Christian college was targeted by ShinyHunters. The attack was first disclosed by MBI in June, and the extortion crew later leaked the stolen data. Have I Been Pwned has since […]

#Matrix v1.19 release

https://matrix.org/blog/2026/07/08/matrix-v1.19-release/

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

Governments aren't trying to break VPN encryption. They're trying to detect that you're using a VPN in the first place. That's why the real battle has shifted from encryption to obfuscation.

In this deep dive, I explain:
• Why age verification laws are putting VPNs in the spotlight
• How Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) actually identifies VPN traffic
• Why WireGuard and OpenVPN are fingerprintable
• How Shadowsocks evolved into VLESS + REALITY + XTLS Vision + uTLS
• Why this protocol stack is becoming the gold standard for censorship resistance

If you've ever wondered how modern VPNs stay one step ahead of DPI, this is for you.

🔗 https://thecybersecguru.com/online-privacy/vpn-detection-reality-vless-age-verification/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#CyberSecurity #VPN #Privacy #Networking #NetSec #Linux #DPI #TLS #InternetFreedom #InfoSec

Watch #YouTube Without Ads on the #DuckDuckGo Browser

https://spreadprivacy.com/youtube-ad-blocking/

#privacy #AdBlocker #AdBlocking #advertising

#privacy #ChatControl @neil @revk 😳

How to stop #Meta from tracking you

https://proton.me/blog/stop-meta-tracking

#privacy #guide

📰 Puerto Rico Agency Denies Data Leak After Exposing 1 Million Social Security Numbers

A Puerto Rico agency (CRIM) inadvertently exposed 1 MILLION Social Security numbers via a vulnerable online map service. 🗺️ Despite being notified by journalists, the agency denies any breach occurred. #DataBreach #Privacy #Government #Security

🌐 cyber[.]netsecops[.]io

🔗 https://cyber.netsecops.io/articles/puerto-rico-agency-denies-data-leak-of-1-million-ssns/?utm_source=mastodon…

Vogue Business: Do Smart Glasses Have a Surveillance Problem?. “Big Tech has been borrowing from fashion’s playbook to improve its image, and the new Kylie partnership and glasses line launch is its biggest pivot to fashion and culture yet. Beneath the question of whether Jenner can finally make Meta’s smart glasses cool, there’s a much more challenging question for Meta and its rivals. […]

For years, Android system backups didn't count against your Google Drive storage allocation.

That has officially changed.

If you want to keep your data safe without feeding corporate cloud servers, our latest guide details open-source local desktop sync strategies like OpenMTP for macOS and direct local MTP file sorting for Windows platforms.

#Android #FOSS #DataHoarder #Privacy #TechGuide

https://thetechnicalmaster.com/how-to-backup-android-phone

Le navigateur DuckDuckGo bloque désormais les publicités YouTube, par défaut https://www.it-connect.fr/duckduckgo-navigateur-bloque-publicites-youtube/ #DuckDuckGo #Privacy #Youtube #Web

A government report claims DOGE didn’t access sensitive systems. It also says the agency deleted records that would show if they had.

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Federal Investigators Say Certain DOGE Records Were Deleted