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Mail Server on Docker: sanity checks

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Giovanni Giorgi
[UPDATED 21/3/2022] I have a shiny mail server on gioorgi.com. I decided to manage it on first person because it is important to have tight control on your email, in my humble opinion. It is not strictly necessary, but lending … Continue reading →
This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series Privacy
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Mail Server on Docker (UPDATED)

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Giovanni Giorgi
Hosting your own email server is not a mandatory task; it increase your attack surface too. But relaying too much on big emails provider (Gmail, Outlook, Aruba, Fastmail) could be a risk for our democracy. For instance, who decide how … Continue reading →
This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Privacy
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Pi-Hole: per la privacy a casa

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Giovanni Giorgi
Se vi dicessi che il 20% delle comunicazioni che il vostro smartphone attua per consentirvi di usare Whatupp o leggere il giornale è verso i server pubblicitari di google, facebook, amazon, come reagireste? Questo è un articolo divulgativo su uno … Continue reading →
This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Privacy
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The Privacy Tax

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Giovanni Giorgi
In the 1980, privacy was a lot easier to acquire. Banks can harvest information on us, but the limited computer power was a big limiting factor to their analyzing dreams.  For years Banks have computed the best credit options (for … Continue reading →
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Linkedin privacy simpatia

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Giovanni Giorgi
Dovete stare molto attenti alla vostra Privacy. Mi hanno fato notare che LinkedIn ha silenziosamente attivato un checkbox che consente di usare la vostra foto per…farsi pubblicità! Per disattivarlo, andate sulle impostazioni, cliccate su Account poi su “Gestisci Social Advertising” … Continue reading →
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Is Diaspora a Failure? Tech Review

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Giovanni Giorgi
About Diaspora, we read from Ars Technica (underline is our): Diaspora emerged as a response to the privacy concerns raised by mainstream social networking services. The aim of Diaspora is to create an open source social network alternative with decentralized architecture, … Continue reading →
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Why I am starting to avoid Facebook

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Giovanni Giorgi
Privacy is important: in the last days I have read the following on Slashdot: “A Facebook employee has given a tell-all interview with some very interesting things about Facebook's internals. Especially interesting are all the things relating to Facebook privacy. … Continue reading →
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