(self)-education for political activists about security vis-a-vis increasing goverment repression [closed]

I’m living in a state which has been gradually becoming repressive, with more legislation allowing for mass surveillance (and its increased use in practice); curtailment of the space for public expression; mass arrests and indictments over… Continue reading (self)-education for political activists about security vis-a-vis increasing goverment repression [closed]

Have gotten a blackmail email with a password of mine – what to do? [duplicate]

I’ve gotten the following email today (the password has been changed; and the Greek characters are reproduced verbatim):

Your ρasswοrd is REPLACED. Ι kηow α lot more τhngs about you τhaη τhαt.

How?

I ρlaced α malwαre on τhe ρ… Continue reading Have gotten a blackmail email with a password of mine – what to do? [duplicate]

Have gotten a blackmail email with a password of mine – what to do? [duplicate]

I’ve gotten the following email today (the password has been changed; and the Greek characters are reproduced verbatim):

Your ρasswοrd is REPLACED. Ι kηow α lot more τhngs about you τhaη τhαt.

How?

I ρlaced α malwαre on τhe ρ… Continue reading Have gotten a blackmail email with a password of mine – what to do? [duplicate]

Firefox switches charset encoding, brings up request to install extensin. Is this a "browser virus"?

I use Devuan ASCII (~= Debian Stretch) on my desktop, with Firefox and Chromium as my browsers. As I came back to my computer today after a few hours of non-use, and loaded a new browser frame, suddenly I got an overlay with … Continue reading Firefox switches charset encoding, brings up request to install extensin. Is this a "browser virus"?