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Vexz, to privacy in iPhone is listening

The first thing that pops up in my mind is your public IPv4. You see, in your home LAN every device uses the same public IPv4 to communicate in the internet. So if one device browses for something like an iPhone and you're being tracked then those ad brokers deliver iPhone ads to this public IPv4 and every device behind this public IPv4 will see those ads. Nobody on the internet knows whether behind this public IPv4 is a single device or a LAN with many devices.

Vexz, to privacy in Plex Discover Together shares a bit too much. ...

Imo only in terms of privacy. I tried it a few times over like two to three days but I always went back to Plex. Jellyfin is a nice piece of software though. I can imagine my switch will happen in a few years.

Vexz, (edited ) to privacy in Time to ditch #duckduckgo

Me too. I was so reluctant to pay for a search engine at first since there are good alternatives out there I don't have to pay for. But I just at least wanted to try the first 100 free searches and was blown away by how great it is. It has some unique features like prioritizing or blocking specific domains, lenses and custom bangs. I payed the $10 the same day for Pro tier and 5 days later (yesterday) I even upgraded to Ultimate tier with ChatGPT-4 (called Kagi Assistant). I really, really enjoy Kagi so far. Most probably it's gonna be my one and only search engine for the next years to come.

Vexz, to privacyguides in Looking for a website like tracker control app

Ooh, gotcha! Maybe this one then? I think they recently changed their design.

Vexz, to privacy in Unblocking User Freedom: the right to use adblockers - FSFE

Gotta wait till augmented reality becomes a common thing like smartphones so you can use an adblocker software to hide ads to your eyes in public, haha.

Vexz, to privacyguides in Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives

Either they're okay with a switch and it's easy or they are not open for that and it's impossible to change their mind.

Pretty much nobody I know wants to switch to Signal or any other messaging app. So it's SMS communication with them because I definitely won't install WhatsApp.

Vexz, to privacyguides in Recommended DNS provider for use in Australia?

I doubt you'll notice a difference with a different DNS provider. There are 5 of NextDNS's DNS servers in Australia. As long as you use anycast you should always have good speeds and reliability.

Vexz, to privacyguides in Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives

Not even gonna name the source where you got that from? :P

Vexz, to privacyguides in What do you use for cloud storage and why?

I use a Synology NAS which I can access from everywhere as long as I have internet connection.

Vexz, to privacyguides in Looking for a website like tracker control app

RethinkDNS maybe? Or maybe NextDNS?

Vexz, to privacyguides in Google Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 - Chrome for Developers

Why would they want to stop? This is their fight against adblockers and on Chromium based browsers it's an effective way so of course they keep pushing. ;)

Vexz, to privacy in Redirect Youtube.com to Freetube desktop app?

Do you know any minimal Invidious UI you can run from a Podman/Docker container? Like just the frontend, so that I can use Firefox instead of that. I think having that as a base and adding the freetube features would be great.

Use your favorite search engine and you'll probably find something. Or self host a Piped instance. It's very similar to Invidious but imo even better.

Vexz, to privacyguides in German court declares “Do Not Track” to be legally binding

The title is misleading. The article only talks about LinkedIn.

Vexz, to privacyguides in Recommended DNS provider for use in Australia?

Yes. Your DNS queries will be sent to a group of DNS servers instead of just one and they all can respond. This helps lowering the latency and improves the reliability since not just one DNS server can respond to your DNS queries. The installation page of NextDNS uses the anycast IP addressess.

Vexz, (edited ) to privacy in Time to ditch #duckduckgo

Yes, you can. You can block any domain you want to appear in your search results. Here's the documentation for this feature.

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