"Anonymity on the internet should be banned."
Do we really want to live in a world where every opinion must be permanently tied to our real-world identity, etched in stone for judgment, even as we grow and evolve? Anonymity protects our ability to change, learn, and stay free.
Snowflake proxy update 14.5
Testing this new format. This uses vnstati.
Just a question though for y'all; do I need to add alt-text for each images? I'm kinda.. lazy.. haha
When anonymity is weakened, your messages, finances, and identity are exposed to surveillance and control.
Privacy isn’t negotiable. WireMin is built to resist.
No phone numbers. No emails. Just full anonymity.
The Polish government has suggested new EU rules to ban the #anonymous purchase of #prepaid #SIMcards.
“The main threat associated with prepaid SIM cards is #anonymity,” says a document obtained by @statewatch and one cannot make one's disdain for #humanrights any clearer.
Extensive research has found no evidence that bans on anonymous purchases of SIM cards contribute to reducing #crime.
Ah, here it is, in the text of the report;
"The Bank of England and HM
Treasury note in their 2023 Consultation Paper that a digital pound would not be anonymous
because, 'just like bank accounts, the ability to identify and verify users is necessary to prevent
financial crime'.”
Chapter 2.1, Enhancing the Privacy
of a Digital Pound
https://dci.mit.edu/enhancing-the-privacy-of-a-digital-pound
So what they're contemplating is only as private as a bank transfer, not as private as cash.
Stop Confusing Privacy & Anonymity (and Security) by @privacyguides
Standalone Snowflake proxy update 12
Uptime: 11d 09:26
Total download bandwidth donated: ~1.92 TB
Total upload bandwidth donated: ~2.00 TB
The first 2 terabytes without reboots...
Update. "SAFE-Track: Secure Anonymous Federal Evidence, Data and Analysis Tracking"
https://datafoundation.org/pages/safetrack
"The Data Foundation's SAFE-Track portal provides a secure, encrypted channel for documenting changes to federal evidence and #data activities. As a trusted, non-partisan authority on government data and evidence policy, the #DataFoundation maintains this platform to systematically understand and analyze impacts on America's evidence infrastructure…SAFE-Track enables confidential reporting through:
* Complete #anonymity for submissions
* End-to-end #encryption of all data
* No requirement for email or personal identification
* Option for secure follow-up communication through anonymous conversation codes
* Protections against collection of personally identifiable information."
I now have SimpleX Chat, lol. Idk I was bored so I set one up!
To anyone interested in hitting me up, spam, negative shit or just normal conversations, here's my address (note I won't be online all the time. I'm dealing with something serious right now)
New Privacy Guides video
by @jw
If you've wondered about
the difference between:
Privacy,
Security,
and Anonymity
And why some privacy-focused
services are worth using even when they don't provide perfect anonymity, watch this!
It's truly an amazing short video!
Everyone should watch it
https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/03/14/stop-confusing-privacy-anonymity-and-security/
Standalone Snowflake proxy update 11
Uptime: 6d 01:04
Total download bandwidth donated: ~1.03 TB
Total upload bandwidth donated: ~1.08 TB
Back into terabyte territory, baby!
Standalone Snowflake proxy update 10
Uptime: 5d 01:50
Total download bandwidth donated: ~852 GB
Total upload bandwidth donated: ~885 GB
This week we’re tackling some common misconceptions with privacy, security, and anonymity!
Often privacy and anonymity are used interchangeably. However, there are distinct differences between the two. In our latest video, we aim to explain and discuss the differences, so you can make better decisions on your privacy and security journey.
https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/03/14/stop-confusing-privacy-anonymity-and-security/
From 8.70 TiB total monthly estimated bandwidth donated to 8.90 TiB. 4.36 TiB rx and 4.54 TiB tx, btw
Standalone Snowflake proxy update 9
Uptime: 3d 13:44
Total download bandwidth donated: ~598 GB
Total upload bandwidth donated: ~621 GB
It's 3 days since the last power outage. Yay!
Groups v2: How to upgrade your group chats on #Session
Today is the World Day Against Internet Censorship—promoting free communication. At mailbox.org, we champion data security, anonymity, and digital sovereignty—encrypting, avoiding tracking. Own your data, protect speech!
A quotation from Judith Martin
Miss Manners is amazed at the number of otherwise gentle souls who turn nasty when they are driving. And they all suffer from the wonderful, ostrich-like delusion that they cannot be identified because they are safely inside their cars. It seems silly to her to have to say what good driving manners are. They are the same as the simplest, most obvious of non-driving manners, except that each person is surrounded by thousands of dollars of treacherous metal.
Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1981-03-29)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/75509/
Standalone Snowflake proxy update 8
Uptime: 3d 03:16
Total download bandwidth donated: ~511 GB
Total upload bandwidth donated: ~531 GB