For hundreds of years, paper and printing techniques are the foundation for distribution of information. Thereby, physical documents enjoy high confidence. To have something in „black and white“ carries significance. But forgery or alteration of documents are nearly as old as the history of writing. Hence the question for the originator is important. Nowadays, because of continual technological development, even individuals can print high-quality documents and duplicates. This can be done with cheap and customary devices. In addition image processing software, like gimp or photoshop, allows to manipulate documents and images easily. Therefore printed documents are often an issue in crimes, e.g. faked proof of identity, copyright theft, or as exhibit in a criminal case. In all this cases it could be useful for law enforcement agencies to, e.g., identify the device or model which was used to print the questionable document.

This plugin switches off the 'viminfo', 'backup', 'writebackup', 'swapfile', and 'undofile' options globally when editing a password in pass(1)

Balancing security, privacy, and usability is one of the first and most difficult tasks you'll face on your privacy journey.

The psychological effects of constant surveillance extend to our very ability to express ourselves freely and creatively. When we feel like we’re always under scrutiny, we tend to play it safe, sticking to conventional thoughts and behaviors rather than taking risks or thinking outside the box. This self-censorship can stifle innovation and personal growth, leading to a society that’s less diverse, less dynamic, and ultimately less human

Everything You Need To Know To Start Using GnuPG with Mutt 

I recently developed Pokerware, an offline passphrase generator that operates in the same spirit as Diceware. The primary difference is that it uses a shuffled deck of playing cards as its entropy source rather than dice.

If you feel you are being watched, you change your behavior.
Big Data is supercharging this effect.

How Google's browser became a threat to privacy and democracy

Anonymous peer-to-peer distributed communication layer built with open source tools and designed to run any traditional Internet service such as email, IRC or web hosting.

The NoScript Security Suite is a free extensions for Firefox, Chrome and other browsers, preemptively blocks malicious scripts and allows JavaScript and other potentially dangerous content only from sites you trust.