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🧅 SSH over Tor: from "just curious" to "this is wild"

I walked through setting up a Tor proxy for SSH and traced my session across countries. The result? A cool, if slightly impractical, tool for network testing and anonymity.

💡 Setup steps, config snippets, and real-world results included.

🧠 Read: richard-sebos.github.io/sebost

SSH traffic tunneling through Tor
Sebos Technology · SSH Over Tor Cool, Practical, or Just Tinfoil Hats?Introduction
#Linux#Tor#SSH

Zero-Knowledge Proofs are now open source, because letting everyone see your invisible tech is obviously the best way to keep it secret. 🔐🤫 Meanwhile, #Google wants to know how often you use their AI tools, because apparently they haven't been tracking your every swipe and click already. 📈👀
blog.google/technology/safety- #ZeroKnowledgeProofs #OpenSource #AITools #PrivacyTech #HackerNews #ngated

Google · Opening up ‘Zero-Knowledge Proof’ technology to promote privacy in age assuranceBy Alan Stapelberg

🧅 SSH over Tor: from "just curious" to "this is wild"

I walked through setting up a Tor proxy for SSH and traced my session across countries. The result? A cool, if slightly impractical, tool for network testing and anonymity.

💡 Setup steps, config snippets, and real-world results included.

🧠 Read: richard-sebos.github.io/sebost

Sebos Technology · Monitoring Robot Network Traffic with SuricataIntroduction
#Linux#Tor#SSH

Meta’s latest trick shows that privacy protections aren’t enough. Here’s how to fight back 🔍
EFF researchers uncovered a new tracking method used by Meta: a localhost exploit on Android that breaks sandboxing and identifies users even in incognito or behind VPNs.

💡 Top defense moves:
🛡️ Use privacy-first browsers (Brave, DuckDuckGo), or enable Firefox’s “Strict” mode
🧹 Remove unneeded Meta apps and avoid in‑app browsers
🧩 Install Privacy Badger to block tracking pixels
📢 Push for federal bans on behavioral ad tracking

🔄 This isn’t just a one-off, there’s a pattern. Without structural reform to online ad surveillance, Big Tech will continue undermining privacy. It’s time for laws that protect us by default.
#PrivacyTech #DataProtection #EFF #AdTech #Cybersecurity #DigitalCivilRights
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/prot

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Protect Yourself From Meta’s Latest Attack on PrivacyThe best way to stop this cycle of invasive tracking techniques and patchwork fixes is to ban online behavioral advertising. This would end the practice of targeting ads based on your online activity, removing the primary incentive for companies to track and share your personal data. We need strong federal privacy laws to ensure that you, not Meta, control what information you share online.

🚨 BREAKING: WINDOWS 10 IS "SPYING" ON YOU (again) 🤯 Apparently, 2021 is the year we all discover that our computer's System Settings are being "watched" — someone call Sherlock Holmes! 👀 Meanwhile, Michael Horowitz is still trying to figure out how to print a page without a printer-friendly version. 🖨️🙄
michaelhorowitz.com/Windows10. #Windows10 #Spying #PrivacyTech #SherlockHolmes #PrintProblems #2021TechTrends #HackerNews #ngated

www.michaelhorowitz.comWindows 10 spies on your use of System SettingsWindows 10 spies on your use of System Settings