#trust

wist@diasp.org

A quotation by Billings, Josh

The truly innosent are thoze who not only are guiltless themselfes, but who think others are.

[The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves, but who think others are.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]

Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, “Plum Pits” (1874)

#quote #quotation #guilt #innocent #naivete #trust

More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/billings-josh/50654/

florida_ted@diasp.org

A crisis of TRUST

Setting the stage for many of our current social problems is the dishonest and irresponsible behavior of many in positions of power who have betrayed the #trust given to them by society. When leaders in government, industry, academia, and elsewhere display hypocrisy, dishonesty, and contempt for ethical behavior is it any wonder that so many in the general public reject the messages we get from "official" sources? More details can be found here.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/collapsing-levels-trust-are-devastating-america/616581/

temp@sysad.org

#Operation #Trust

(is exactly what Q-Anon was; and what the "John Durham will get them" crowd was)

Q-Anon’ Bears Striking Resemblance to Bolshevik Psy-Op From 1920s Known As ‘Operation Trust
https://www.sgtreport.com/2021/01/q-anon-bears-striking-resemblance-to-bolshevik-psy-op-from-1920s-known-as-operation-trust/

And here is the particularly hilarious part of that one link ^

The Sgt. Report guy was ALL IN on Q.
He would give breathless reports of Q's latest "drops" in every report.

The Sgt. Report is/was part of it.
That is -- part of the disinformation side.
They goal was mostly to just keep everyone at home (that is, fat & happy) knowing that someone else was doing the dirty work of cleaning up "the swamp".

And I think the link above is their effort to save face or to pretend that they were Not In-with-Q at the time.

The moral of the story? Don't be fooled next time.

anonymiss@despora.de

#NitroPC - Powerful and Secure Mini #PC

Source: https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2021/nitropc-powerful-and-secure-mini-pc

The #firmware ("BIOS") consists of the open source systems Coreboot and Tianocore #UEFI. This enables independent security audits of the firmware and prevents undetected backdoors. In addition, the PC boots quickly and future enhancements are possible.

#security #software #privacy #hardware #trust #freedom #bios

bkoehn@diaspora.koehn.com

VPNs and Trust

Jun 16, 2021 at 6:17 AM

TorrentFreak surveyed nineteen VPN providers, asking them questions about their privacy practices: what data they keep, how they respond to court order, what country they are incorporated in, and so on.

Most interesting to me is the home countries of these companies. Express VPN is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. NordVPN is incorporated in Panama. There are VPNs from the Seychelles, Malaysia, and Bulgaria. There are VPNs from more traditional companies like the U.S., Switzerland, Canada, and Sweden. Presumably all of those companies follow the laws on their home country.

And it matters. I’ve been thinking about this since Trojan Shield was made public. This is the joint US/Australia-run encrypted messaging service that lured criminals to use it, and then spied on everything they did. Or, at least, Australian law enforcement spied on everyone. The FBI wasn’t able to because the US has better privacy laws.

We don’t talk about it a lot, but VPNs are entirely based on trust. As a consumer, you have no idea which company will best protect your privacy. You don’t know the data protection laws of the Seychelles or Panama. You don’t know which countries can put extra-legal pressure on companies operating within their jurisdiction. You don’t know who actually owns and runs the VPNs. You don’t even know which foreign companies the NSA has targeted for mass surveillance. All you can do is make your best guess, and hope you guessed well.

#schneier #security #vpn #trust