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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

  • Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn’t great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
  • Don’t promote proprietary software
  • Try to keep things on topic
  • If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
  • Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
  • Be nice :)

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    Question about network security

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    I have one of their travel routers. Is there an alternative that ships with vanilla openwrt out-of-the-box?
  • birdcat@lemmy.mlB

    how bad are text expanders? (textpand)

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    flagstaff@programming.devF
    Your Android device doesn't have a personal dictionary section in the Language & Input page? What phone do you have?
  • steve@communick.newsS

    So get a warrant.

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    Does Betterbird collect user data?

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    I don't know if it was you, but thanks for the initiative.
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    Your mobile device NEEDS different firewall profiles

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    Android firefox security without JavaScript?

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    Well, first off, seems like you're mixing software-security (Phone not updated anymore) and privacy (security as in a threat model) together. Secondly, yes, disabling JS helps with both. To do that, either use uBlock Origin and check the mark in settings or google the about:confg key to do the same natively.
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    Is Thunderbird Mail safe to use privacywise?

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    jjlinux@lemmy.mlJ
    You're absolutely right. Chrome is the worst offender, no question about that. I'm guessing that the requirements for a PR job with Mozilla say "removed people preferred".
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    How to block Mozilla telemetry/spying using pihole?

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    engineergaming@feddit.nlE
    Yeah. Can't imagine I used to see not having a unified method to update everything as normal...
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    DuckDuckGo Gone Rogue

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    I really worry about places that claim that AI access is anonymous. The models they're using aren't super cheap to run and they don't get a lot cheaper with scale. When you are the product, and the anonymize the data that they sell to people, They still have your correlations there somewhere. If they get hacked, or sold, with a simply change their business model you are at risk.
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    Is private Internet access (PIA) still a good privacy option,

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    Good enough to keep your ISP at bay. Good enough to keep you from getting on a list from passive checking. Not good enough to stop a state agency that wants to go after you legally. They do support port forwarding which makes warranting much nicer.
  • zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.mlZ

    How important is it to verify a signature (of say Mullvad Browser)?

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    communism@lemmy.mlC
    What's your OS and how are you installing it? It'd be normal for a package manager to check this for you.
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    That's in line with being from Switzerland.

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    jagged_circle@feddit.nlJ
    Proton has an API for getting the PGP keys of all their users. I can send any proton user an encrypted email, and I attach my public key to the email (Thunderbird does this by default). Then the user only has to click the "trust key" button and all their future emails will be encrypted to my PGP key. It's 1 click for them. Tutanota has no way to do this. I read why, but its nonsense. PGP for e2ee is better than no e2ee. Tuta is naked and not a replacement for proton.
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    The question of browsers

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    flagstaff@programming.devF
    Out of curiosity, what can N++ do that VSCodium can't? That's what I've been using and it's been mostly fantastic. Wow, thanks for sharing Scoop; I had no idea of this software, and dang, that is one huge games bucket... I'm gonna have to crawl through this sometime. I'll check out XnView as well!
  • makan@lemmygrad.mlM

    What's with all the hatred that Firefox has been getting lately?

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    makan@lemmygrad.mlM
    Yeah, seems like dog-piling while trying to push an anti-DEI agenda.
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    Small frame phone, privacy respecting

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    Is it an Unihertz in your pocket or are you just excited to see me?
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    I’m also trying to avoid as much American tech as possible.

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    Well, Proton became a full suit. I need a replacement for ProtonPass and ProtonCalendar. I believe KeePassXC with Plugin support might help. But all I need is a pretty good Calendar app. There is literally none I believe. But I am unsure.
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    What are your thoughts about Privado VPN?

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    Might as call it CIA Honeypot VPN.
  • zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.mlZ

    Which is best at mitigating browser fingerprinting? Firefox (with or without arkenfox)? Librewolf? Mullvad browser?

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    No, the point is... It might be obvious you're using that specific browser, since it'd be very niche, and combined with something like your IP and maybe something like browsing patterns that might be enough to identify you. It doesn't matter how much fingerprinting information you hide if you replace it with new information that's just as useful.
  • zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.mlZ

    Ironfox doesn't have privacy.resistfingerprinting set to true in about:config?

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    templa@beehaw.orgT
    Thank you for getting out of your way and explaining it here.
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    I would like an Instagram alternative or something akin to freetube

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    I agree! Instander APK is a great choice for those who want more features, privacy, and an ad-free Instagram experience.