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The Really Dark Truth About Bots – YouTube<\/a> via rg4w (@FourthWorld@mastodon.online) – Mastodon<\/a> is a tangled web indeed. Worth a listen unless you are overwhelmed by recent news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apple is removing iCloud end-to-encryption features from the UK after government compelled it to add backdoors – 9to5Mac<\/a> from Ian Betteridge (@ianb@well.com) – Mastodon<\/a> who wrote on his own blog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n And it’s worth saying again: what Apple is offering is still<\/em> as good as Google, Microsoft, etc, none of which offer zero-access encryption for file storage. There are remarkably few companies that do: the only one I’ve come across is Proton<\/a>, whose Proton Drive is hosted in Switzerland, subject to Swiss privacy laws, and zero-access encrypted by default. If you\u2019re currently using Advanced Data Protection for file storage, they are worth a look.<\/p>\nfrom: Apple\u2019s Advanced Data Protection: what\u2019s going on in the UK?<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I am not a user of Apple Advanced Data Protection myself. But this is interesting from the tech\/politics pov. And we don’t know when we might need a bit more encryption & privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FastScripts 3.3.5: Live Script Progress and Other Fixes \u2013<\/a> from the horses mouth: Daniel Jalkut (@danielpunkass@mastodon.social) – Mastodon<\/a>. FastScript is one of my very favourite mac application. It allows me to do lots of things fast. 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