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shekau, in In what world does a VPN need access to Camera and Bluetooth?

My eyes… ouch

doctorn, in Meta payment message
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Should have posted that chain-text to my Facebook wall years ago so my profile would be blue and safe…

Please forgive me,… I failed you all… 😭

https://r.nf/pictrs/image/221dd393-7f66-4177-b0b7-1a98202e3a4e.jpeg

RickyRigatoni,
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I swear these specific copypastas are started by grad school sociology students for their thesis research or something.

leraje, in Meta payment message
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“Your info won’t be used for ads”

But we’ll still be tracking everything you do and selling that on to everyone who wants it.

nfsu2, in Meta payment message
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Pixelfed it is then

promitheas,
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Is pixelfed an entirely different platform? Sadly i have many good friends on insta who i talk with, and they wouldnt ever switch to anything else, so because of that im stuck with meta. Otherwise i would 100% leave it

nfsu2,
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It is Instagram but federated in a nutshell. Just like Lemmy is similar to Reddit but federated. Whoah, wait I saw your profile and you do not know about Pixelfed?

promitheas,
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Ahh i see. Im going to edit my post now to specify that Im looking for an alternative frontend to instagram, such as piped is for youtube. Sadly i have friends on insta that I cant stop using it for now because of

Edit: haha ive heard of it, but its not really what im looking for sadly

alt, in windows and privacy

In terms of privacy, I believe Windows collects a ton of data even if all telemetry is disabled; granted this is an older article, so it might have changed since*.

Your best option is probably running Windows inside a qube in Qubes OS and ensuring that the qube doesn’t have direct access to internet. But, at that point, why not consider switching to Linux instead? Because, you’d have to run at least another qube (with either Linux or *BSD on it) to grab the files off the internet from in the first place.


EDIT: lol, I just noticed it said “window” in the post and not “Windows”. I thought the mentions of “blackout curtains” and “storm shutters” was OP either making a joke or some reference I didn’t get. LMFAO, I didn’t even notice the “Thank me in advance”. Guess I should probably go to sleep after this. Good shit-post OP!

OsrsNeedsF2P, in windows and privacy

I’m a big fan of Ameliorated, it lets you turn any existing Windows install to a custom one with this thing called “Playbooks”. Their “Revi OS Playbook” has privacy as a rated feature, and although I haven’t used it, Ameliorated has always worked great for me in the past

alt, in Introducing Badger Swarm: New Project Helps Privacy Badger Block Ever More Trackers

Am I wrong to assume that this doesn’t add anything beyond what uBlock on medium mode does already? Except (perhaps) ease-of-use and the blocking of first-party trackers; if those even exist*.

Don’t get me wrong; I love EFF’s work and their commitment to digital privacy. I just want to understand if I, personally, would need it.

Anamana, in Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism | VPRO Documentary
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Everyone should read it, or at least understand the main points of the book if they are invested in privacy related topics.

online,

Are there any good reading guides online to accompany it? I remember reading books like this in university and the professor would help us with critical reading. I bet there’s something out there like that. 🤔

Nollij, in In what world does a VPN need access to Camera and Bluetooth?

What kind of VPN would need those permissions?

The one that Edward Snowden (yes, that one) publicly and explicitly called out that people shouldn’t use. I won’t rehash it here, but it’s worth reading about.

Anticorp,
nix, in Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private
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Still sucks you will need a phone number to use it though. Hopefully they adopt meshnet type technology similar to berty.tech so people can communicate even when the internet is shut off across all platforms with end to end encryption

butter,

Another day, another chat service.

SecurityPro, in Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private
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Download and installed but it still insists on a phone number. I don’t see a way to bypass.

BobGnarley,

I believe they still require a phone number for the TESTING phase but it can be the same oje you already use for your regular Signal (if im understanding it correctly)

aprnu, in Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private

c’mon Signal, gimme that apk & I give you some logs in return, don’t make it hard on me

aprnu,

Signal team must be following comments on Lemmy, ya’ll check this out, here is the standalone apk for testing

isa, in Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private

omg i’m so excited for this

ErKaf, in Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private

What is this stupid website. Cant open it because they have banned my IP. Why the fuck do they ban MullvadVPN servers?

muhyb,

Surprisingly it’s fine on Tor.

AeroLemming,

Is it even possible to block Tor? You could block specific exit nodes, but not all of them unless you had a way to detect when someone was using Tor.

Omega_Haxors, in In what world does a VPN need access to Camera and Bluetooth?

If handfuls of youtube sponsor callout videos has been proof of, is that you should never use a service advertised on youtube.

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