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  • a keyword warrant has been upheld

    From August Abolins@618:500/23.10 to All on Sun Oct 22 19:12:00 2023
    Seems like a search for anything will now lead to suspicion for
    anything convenient.

    "Today, the Colorado Supreme Court became the first state
    supreme court in the country to address the constitutionality
    of a keyword warrant-a digital dragnet tool that allows law
    enforcement to identify everyone who searched the internet for
    a specific term or phrase. In a weak and ultimately confusing
    opinion, the court upheld the warrant, finding the police
    relied on it in good faith. EFF filed two amicus briefs and was
    heavily involved in the case.

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/10/colorado-supreme-court-upholds-keyword-search-warrant

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    ../|ug

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  • From Digimaus@618:618/1 to August Abolins on Mon Oct 23 00:37:12 2023
    Seems like a search for anything will now lead to suspicion for
    anything convenient.

    It's called using a good VPN and not using Google or Bing.

    -- Sean

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  • From August Abolins@618:250/1.9 to Digimaus on Thu Nov 2 20:13:00 2023
    Hello Digimaus!

    ** On Monday 23.10.23 - 00:37, Digimaus wrote to August Abolins:

    Seems like a search for anything will now lead to suspicion for
    anything convenient.

    It's called using a good VPN and not using Google or Bing.

    Well.. with a VPN in place, Google or Bing ought not be an
    issue then, right?

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.57
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointface (618:250/1.9)
  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to August Abolins on Thu Nov 2 22:35:04 2023
    Well.. with a VPN in place, Google or Bing ought not be an
    issue then, right?

    Not always. You never have one level of security. Multiple layers. Duck Duck Go is bad because it was caught selling information to Microsoft and DDG's CEO outright lied about doing that. I'd use Startpage since they keep no traffic logs nor user information.

    Speaking of logs, almost all of the big VPN providers keep traffic logs and are notorious for turning over logs to the US government (NordVPN, I'm looking at you). I use Private Internet Access that doesn't keep any logs at all about what you do on the Internet.

    No matter how careful you are, you leave a trail of information behind you on the Internet.

    I use a VPN mainly to keep some sort of sanity and privacy on the Internet though it's not a lot.

    -- Sean

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  • From Martin Kazmaier@618:300/50 to August Abolins on Thu Nov 2 20:50:00 2023
    Hello Digimaus!

    ** On Monday 23.10.23 - 00:37, Digimaus wrote to August Abolins:

    Seems like a search for anything will now lead to suspicion for
    anything convenient.

    It's called using a good VPN and not using Google or Bing.

    Well.. with a VPN in place, Google or Bing ought not be an issue
    then, right?

    Maybe Google Incognito with a VPN?

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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to Martin Kazmaier on Fri Nov 3 01:16:10 2023
    Maybe Google Incognito with a VPN?

    You kow that Google just got slapped with a lawsuit because even in incognito mode, they were still collecting information they supposedly weren't supposed to?

    Don't trust Google with anything if you expect a modicum of privacy.

    When I need to communicate sensitive information, it's either via Signal or GPG-encrypted mail.

    -- Sean

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  • From August Abolins@618:250/1.9 to Martin Kazmaier on Fri Nov 3 19:15:00 2023
    Hello Martin!

    Maybe Google Incognito with a VPN?

    https://proton.me/blog/google-incognito-lawsuit

    Apprently, even in Incognito mode the problem seems to be "the
    company stores people's browsing data in the same logs, whether
    they're in regular or private mode."

    :(

    But.. although,

    "the splash page of a new private tab lets you know that Chrome
    won't see your browsing history, cookies, site data, or
    information entered in forms. This means Chrome won't save any
    of this data locally on your device" ...

    ... this "does not mean that other websites or even Google
    itself can't see and log your data. Other websites will still
    be able to see that you've visited their page. Although they
    can't see any tracking cookies previously associated with you,
    they can still see your IP address, what browser you're using,
    and what device you're using, among other potentially
    personally identifying data. Google Analytics and Google's ad
    network will still see you.

    So, yeah.. a VPN would seem to be an absolute minimum layer
    even with so-called privacy modes.

    --
    ../|ug

    --- OpenXP 5.0.57
    * Origin: (} Pointy McPointface (618:250/1.9)
  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to August Abolins on Sat Nov 11 17:16:13 2023
    Hello August,

    Friday November 03 2023 19:15, you wrote to Martin Kazmaier:

    So, yeah.. a VPN would seem to be an absolute minimum layer
    even with so-called privacy modes.

    If one expects complete privacy when on the Internet, one doesn't know how the Internet works...

    -- Sean

    ... Kitman's Law: pure drivel tends to drive away ordinary drivel.
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