Privacy

Currently using IVPN, but considering switching and I want to see what this subreddit community thinks.

i dont wanna give my address ((

ive heard proton is good but its weird it doesn:t work with private browsers i turned on javascript and webgl aand it still doesnt work tuta just doesnt let me in bc of the browser its tor and up to date

Apologies if this has been posted here before (rule 4), but my search turned out empty, hence I felt it was okay to ask.

My school has provided us some emails with a custom domain (not @gmail.com but @myschool.smth) and we as students are only able to login via gmail, however i obviously do not want that. What can i do to prevent that? I tried logging into the email via Thunderbird but i get blocked because my administrator doesn’t allow that.

I’m fed up with websites that by default give priority to big tech platforms, like when did all of humanity agree that; Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Twitter, Reddit, Twitch, Goodreads are the websites that everyone is expected to have an account on?!

I’m using lunar client and its pretty decent but im kinda worried about data collection. It’s probably not horrible but still, i want to be pretty sure that it doesn’t collect any data, or atleast not a lot. I want something like lunar just more private and maybe foss as well? Also it needs to work on linux

I already escaped everything big tech related except for my iPhone, but i will get myself a GrapheneOS pixel at some point. My biggest problem right now is my photos being stored on icloud. What can i do to prevent that?

its in most firefox based browser but i dont see it in tor (videos are blocked at school even on tor with bridge)

Hey everyone, can you please help me what to do- I don’t have and don’t use anything from Google. Now for school I am asked to provide Gmail. Is there way out ? What else, maybe some other email provider is compatible with school emailing system, because now teacher must use her personal email to email me and she is not happy at all…

im tryna get a mini pc and make it a streaming box, but i of course need a remote but the ones that actually look comfortable seem to have microphones in them, and i don’t think that i will take it apart to remove the microphone. So should i just not care since im gonna use it on linux or is there an easier way to remove/break the microphone?

I got a pretty great openwrt router, I want to set it up as privacy respecting as possible.

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Why does bitlocker password only need a recovery key?

Edit -> putting link here instead of in post URL to avoid auto-embed of YT vid.

Honestly, probably only need one app for piracy and streaming.

every site wants it but it can easily fingerprint you

my home network isnt trustworthy and i cant change anything about it becuase its not mine. my mom has a virus on her computer and she doesnt let me do anything about it (she says im trying to spy on her and ill mess with her stuff even though the virus is spyware lol)

A general question on the efficacy of Duck Duck Go in blocking trackers.

asking for the kind that vpn hides tor and not the other way

I’ve recently put LineageOS on my phone. Two things I really miss from the stock ROM are low battery notifications starting at 10% and powering off at 3% with a loud noise 30 seconds prior so I can rush to charge the phone before it shuts down. Currently with Lneage it just silently dies at 0%.

Im going to be going on vacation and travel in November, and honestly, this is needed. I’m on the lookout for a secondary phone that i can degoogle real quick, put the neccessary apps that i need and just call it a day. I’m already prepping my family and stating that im not gonna bring my primary phone. I was wondering what do you guys use, if any of yall bring a secondary phone. (FYI: I am in the US and will be traveling internationally)

I’ve heard a lot about AirVPN, but it doesn’t have an app on Fdroid or anything. Yes you can download it directly from their site, but that is a little cumbersome.

This long-form series of special reports, investigations, and shorter format feature updates goes deep with the privacy violations and overreach of modern consumer electronics, including Smart TVs and other devices. We’ll explore LG’s WebOS, LG Smart TV vulnerabilities and exploits, first-party ACR (automated content recognition) behaviors, and other concerns. Alongside that, we’ll dive deeper into ALPRs and Flock cameras as we fight their rollout in at least one small town. We’re also digging deep into the data exchange practices between large AI companies, looking into how data sucked into data centers can be exploited for training and profit.

Been looking into Posteo and I saw the price for additional storage is 0.25/GB/month with a cap of 75GB. I calculated this to seem to be 18.75 (including the initial 4GB) per month. When looking at Proton, Tuta, and Startmail, this feels very expensive compared to their competitors. Is there something I’m missing here? Does Posteo do a bunch of stuff that warrants a high rate for the higher end compared to the very affordable low end?

Hi everyone,

By admin console, I mean a blank profile with nothing but stock Graphene apps on it. No Gplay store, no F droid, nothing. Its main job is to control esim, profile creation, duress pass, wifi..etc.

I am on one ui right now, I dont know if they collect any telemetry. Will it help to pick a minimal one from fdroid?

What kind of pre-enshittification tech do you all use? Stuff where ppl look at you like you’re an alien b/c nobody does it that any more.

We all read about the attempts to charge a US Citizen for destruction of evidence for using the distress pin on his GOS phone. So what is safe to do if you know you will be traveling internationally? Are people getting a burner phone and leaving their normal phone at home? What’s to stop you from saying you dont have a phone if you are stopped at a border crossing?

I’m considering changing from mullvad to nym. (Let me know if this is a good idea in general). But I’ve seen in some forums for nym that it doesn’t work for some streaming websites.

There are many repositories of privacy tools, but none of them makes it easy to find forks, for example if I want to know the existence of a fork for Telegram, I don’t know where I can look for it or how to do it, not even AI is good for it. Luckily I know Forkgram (although only available for Android), but the Telegram fork is just one example. If anyone knows about any fork discovery repositories, I would greatly appreciate it if you could show me. Thanks u!

I cant use mullvad and netguard same time, I am using mullvad for a year, and only turn it off when some local websites block vpn.

I have adhd and lose my keys and phone all the time. My old tile died, it’s been a life saver in terms of helping me find my things but I also know it’s an absolute trash company that sells my data. Looking for a better alternative, help!

Flock, and other ALPR companies like Axon, Motorola, and Verkada have been adding capabilities to gather signals from airpods, smart watches, fitness trackers, even toll lane passes.

that would be good. wanted to talk about this for awareness

Couple days ago. Hanging out with a few friends, burgers and beers at a sit down place. Not high end, but not McDs either. Normal place.

any advice will help even generic stuff since other people also poballey have the same problem and would like some advice

The "enhanced Easy mode" of uBlock Origin consists of the “Easy mode” together with blocking all 3rd-party iframes, and blocking a list of 3rd-party resources from "ubiquitous sites".