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@InternationalCyberDigest I will put it in the backlog as it's a really interesting topic, we'll keep in touch for technical analysis in the near future

The CEO of Persona, the company that processes your passport, selfie, and facial geometry so you can get a verified badge on LinkedIn, doesn't have a profile picture on LinkedIn.

I'll let you sit with that.

@Em0nM4stodon Thank you! This means a lot, I received a lot of support, and I guess that people needed to hear these things. Stay tuned for more!

@happysteve Thank you for taking your time to inform yourself, stay tuned for more! Microsoft will surely be in some other posts.

@autiomaa I want to be polite, let's just say that the speakers make noise, which is a good start! But they are bad, I still love my TP, perfection is only reserved for God as they say

Brian Krebs shared my LinkedIn post today.
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Hardware: a ThinkPad T440p from 2014.
Cost: €5/month.
The closet held. The author is still processing.

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@briankrebs
Thank you for sharing this, means a lot coming from you. There's more to dig into on the LinkedIn data chain, this was just the surface.

@aeris @gbt wow that’s impressive, would love to build something like that in the future, keep building and fighting!

@maartenketelaars thanks! This is fuel for my work, appreciate the kind words. Plenty more to come!

@aeris @gbt
Happy to be here! love your approach, I think we have similar values, looking forward to learning from your work, and improving my french

@gbt
Thank you, really appreciate you taking the time to read. And great intro, I'll definitely check out @aeris work.
The low-tech project sounds fun, there's something freeing about constraints. Looking forward to seeing what you build this summer!

@mboelen Thank you, that means a lot for a project that's barely a week old! Stay tuned for more!

@ghrasko Fair point, most people won't self-host, and that's fine. The goal was never "everyone should run a ThinkPad in their closet." But the 1st steps you mention? That's the real 80/20. Better DNS, no password reuse, a decent email provider. No server needed. And yes, we need more ethical providers in the EU. Informed users and good infrastructure actors go hand in hand. Plenty more to come in the blog, I'm going to talk about privacy-focused actors that care about your privacy in the future

@mboelen Good catch, thank you! Fixed

@Skyper Thanks! Just getting started, plenty more fine print to read! The LinkedIn/Persona one is worth a look if you haven't seen it yet.

Hello Mastodon

I'm rogi.
I have a 2014 ThinkPad. I run a blog with €5/month. Zero cloud.

I read privacy policies so you don't have to.

Last month: an AI had a 24KB psychological profile built from my conversations. Last week: my passport went through 17 US companies just to get a LinkedIn badge. Nobody mentioned that.

That's what I write about. Not paranoia, just what's actually in the documents.

https://thelocalstack.eu

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