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>> Seeding change: Supporting Palestinian human rights defenders through digital security

“As the war unfolded, I realised the importance of digital security for protecting our activism and staying safe online,” one of the participants in the digital security training organised by @7amleh said.

On our #SeedingChange column:

apc.org/en/blog/seeding-change

Encrypt Your Cloud Data with Cryptomator: Security 101

youtube.com/watch?v=VBFc4wPBO08

How to make any cloud provider end-to-end-encrypted with Cryptomator, a free and open source E2EE tool. With Cryptomator you can make Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive encrypted for maximum security.

A slightly hectic but very useful introduction to Cryptomator from Techlore, who are well worth following.

Well worth your time.

Cornered by the UK’s Demand for an Encryption Backdoor, Apple Turns Off Its Strongest Security Setting | #ElectronicFrontierFoundation

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/corn

"Today, in response to the U.K.’s demands for a backdoor, Apple has stopped offering users in the U.K. Advanced Data Protection, an optional feature in iCloud that turns on end-to-end encryption for files, backups, and more."

Well... Apple's Advanced Data Protection (E2E encryption on iCloud) is no more in the UK. For once, I'm not blaming Apple for this one.

techradar.com/computing/cyber-

It’s not like there aren't a gazillion open source encryption tools and encrypted backup solutions to pick from, right? So, how are you encrypting your data?

TechRadar · "We will never build a backdoor" – Apple kills its iCloud's end-to-end encryption feature in the UKBy Chiara Castro

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