philip jenks

Bisexual, anarchist, cat lover, author, worker among workers, activist, civil rights advocate. my blog link below is mildly nsfw.

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

Pay attention

[owlylly𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 @owlylly]

the beasts come out for autumn

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

Whack-a-mole was never a winning strategy. Happy Day of the Programmer!

[✨💀🦋helene🦋💀✨ @hvayou925]

Good morning ☀️

[Qwant @Qwant_FR]

🇪🇺 Qwant is now the default search engine of the European Parliament 🇪🇺

We have been informed that our search engine, Qwant, will be configured as the default search engine on the European Parliament's internal computers, including searches performed from the address bar of Firefox and Edge browsers, starting today, Thursday June 4, 2026.

We welcome this news as confirmation of the relevance of an industrial project we have been committed to for several years: building, in Europe, a search alternative aligned with the rights, interests and values of European users.

This choice is an important recognition and a simple, clear message sent to businesses and institutions alike: Switch to Europe. Digital sovereignty is no longer a vague concept, it is a concrete criterion in the technological choices of individuals and organizations of all sizes.

This is also an additional responsibility for Qwant and its teams - to prove that a European, sovereign, credible and trustworthy path is possible.

Switch to Europe. Now.

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Hackers have reportedly hijacked several high-profile Instagram accounts using Meta’s own AI chatbot

Attackers were able to access accounts, including Sephora’s, by asking the AI Support Assistant to change the email address linked to the profile

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

A reminder.

[Chetuya Chinagolum @Chetuyachinago]

A must read for every revolutionary thinker.

[Anastasis Vasileiadis @Anastasis_King]

💻Here are 7 sites to practice ethical hacking

🎮 Hack The Box: Platform for practicing hands-on hacking challenges and improving cybersecurity skills.

🕵️ TryHackMe: Provides interactive hacking labs, CTFs (Capture The Flags), and training materials for learning cybersecurity concepts.

🔓 OverTheWire: Offers a variety of war games and challenges to develop hacking skills, including basic to advanced levels.

🌐 PentesterLab: Provides web application security labs and exercises for learning and practicing hacking techniques.

🔍 Hack This Site: Offers a range of hacking challenges and missions to test and improve penetration testing skills.

🔒 Root Me: Platform for practicing hacking challenges in various categories, including web, network, and cryptography.

📶 VulnHub: Repository of vulnerable virtual machines for practicing penetration testing and ethical hacking techniques.

[Stark @StarkPrivacy]

📩Proton Mail permite ahora conectar cuentas de Gmail directamente a su plataforma.

ProtonMail, el famoso servicio enfocado en la privacidad de tu email, ha activado una función que facilita a los usuarios vincular su cuenta de Gmail dentro del servicio de Proton.

Esto permite gestionar los mensajes, enviar correos usando la dirección de Gmail y recibir automáticamente los nuevos mensajes de esa cuenta en la bandeja de entrada de Proton Mail.

Esta opción resulta interesante para quienes quieren empezar a usar un servicio más respetuoso con la privacidad sin abandonar de golpe su dirección de Gmail, por necesidad o cualquier otro motivo.

Los correos se limpian de rastreadores, anuncios y spam, y cuando se envían a otros usuarios de Proton quedan protegidos de accesos externos.

Además, permite tener todo centralizado en un solo lugar mientras se realiza el cambio poco a poco.

La conexión se realiza desde la configuración de la cuenta y la función se está activando de manera gradual para todos los usuarios.

Es una solución interesante para la transición de algunas personas, aunque Google sigue revisando los correos que llegan a la cuenta original de Gmail, por lo que no elimina los problemas de privacidad de ese servicio.

Antes Proton ya permitía vincular o importar correos de Gmail a través de sus herramientas de migración, pero solo se traían los mensajes que ya existían, de forma manual o en lotes. Además se puede enviar correos usando la dirección de Gmail directamente desde la interfaz de Proton.

[Proton Pass @Proton_Pass]

If you understand this meme, congrats; your main email is protected by an army of aliases 😉

[philip jenks @Philip_Jenks]

@Proton_Pass I used to teach a college course "Freedom, Privacy, and Technology". It was very rewarding and the students brought a diversity of perspectives to the classroom. Don't know if I taught anything, but I learned a lot.

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️🚨 ALARMING: Google now treats privacy as suspicious behavior by default. Users of GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, /e/OS, and other deGoogled Android phones are being locked out of millions of websites unless they install the exact Google Play Services software they deliberately removed.

GrapheneOS is recommended by the EFF and used by journalists, lawyers, and activists in high-risk environments. The audience most likely to read Google's data practices and refuse its terms is now flagged as fraudulent for that exact decision.

What happened?:
▪️ Google announced "Cloud Fraud Defense" at Cloud Next on April 22-23, 2026, branding it "the next evolution of reCAPTCHA." Existing reCAPTCHA customers were auto-migrated.
▪️ When the system flags traffic as suspicious, the old click-the-bus puzzle is gone. Users get a QR code instead.
▪️ Scanning the QR code requires Google Play Services running on the device. Internet Archive snapshots show this requirement has been live since at least October 2025, silently rolled out for 7 months before anyone noticed.
▪️ No Play Services = no QR scan = locked out.

The bigger picture:
▪️ Google already tried this in 2023. It was called Web Environment Integrity (WEI), and it would have let Google decide which devices were "real enough" to access the web. Standards bodies and the public pushed back hard, and Google killed it. Three years later, the same idea is back, just hidden behind a QR code instead of a browser feature.
▪️ reCAPTCHA runs on millions of websites. Every developer who keeps using it is now, by default, telling deGoogled Android users they're not welcome...

[Proton Pass @Proton_Pass]

"Honey, I'm..."

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Meta says it may have to shut down Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp for everyone in New Mexico.

The company issued this warning in a court document as part of an ongoing lawsuit that New Mexico started in 2023.

The state claims Meta let kids see harmful and addictive content, including messages from predators, and did not tell families the truth about the risks.

In March 2026, a jury agreed with the state and ordered Meta to pay a $375 million fine.
The state now wants major changes including:

-stronger age verification checks
-safety-first content suggestions
-private accounts by default for kids
-easier ways to report and block users.

Meta says these rules are too difficult and too expensive and would need to create separate versions of its apps just for New Mexico

The company adds that it does not want to shut down service in the state but may have no other choice if the court orders full compliance.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez called the warning a pressure tactic. He said the real issue is protecting children, not company profits.

[philip jenks @Philip_Jenks]

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