We know they're watching--the government, the corporations, the international spies, and the advertisers. What privacy tools do you recommend?
A few to get the ball rolling.
- Signal
- Proton Mail
- Camera covers for laptops, phones, etc.
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I use Firefox with 3 adblockers(AdBlockPlus/AdBlocker ultimate/uBlock Ultimate) and noScript.
Most sites that detect adblockers won't detect all 3 so you just leave on the ones that isn't an issue and you learn to recognize the naming of servers & scripts that provide necessary content and which servers are nothing but tracking/advertising and nefarious crap, the naming tends to be fairly consistent for example servers that have 'CDN' in the name are usually content delivery servers.
Makes browsing very serene(ZERO advertising on reddit is one example...) and all in all it makes tracking me somewhat more... difficult....
The 'Epic Privacy Browser' has canned/built in VPN's sorted by geo-location and is another quick and easy way of ensuring a measure of privacy, especially since these VPN's are built into a free browser so there is no payment/CreditCard record connecting you to a paid VPN service...
Great recs. Thanks for taking the time. I've got a few of these in use myself but will have to look into others!
Androids with DeGoogled and debloated Open source OS. Only a few Open source apps. 99% is via Firefox browser, with the normal privacy addons and some hardening. Some user agents that will show my devices being everything from a Nokia to an iPhone 25.
100% trustable Android Firewall. Works with allowing whitelists only. Open source VPN.
These devices go through a pfSense box, with good ip and geo blockers including Telemetry blocking.
Bonuses is no Covid framework. No Google, no Facebook. And of course the phones have removable batteries. When I'm offline. I'm offline.
I am a big fan of Robolinux. It has a feature where it spoofs your mac address as well as your wifi pci address when you boot up. I use Brave in private mode and Private Internet Access VPN. The Robolinux is programmed by the developer specifically for your computer and the cost is $27. Nominal in my book for such a good feature. I use old Dell business laptops that are cheap to get and throw in an SSD add Linux and use them for web browsing only.
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Ar15 rifle
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That's for when your privacy protocol fails! LOL
FWIW, you won't find a a lot of inteligence people using Iphones, they all use Android phone.
Granted their Android has been tweaked and they have app's that most people don't but if you look around there are access management and privacy apps available for android while Iphone is Apple and 'what you get is what you get and believe us about what we tell you that you get'...
Like it or not android is open source so something can be done to tweak things with it where as with iphone, not so much...
Great advice!
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Do you use windows, mac, android or apple operating systems? If so then any privacy tools you use are pointless
What do you recommend?
It's a valid point if you are asking in the context of internet usage. It goes deeper than your OS. Thanks to Intel Management Engine and AMD Platform Security, it doesn't really matter what you use. Backdoors are an integral feature of all new processors.
Go back in time to the Core2 Duo before IME was fully integrated into processors. Look for processors that support libreboot. Most every chip will be vulnerable to spectre and meltdown though, try not to give physical access to advertising companies or law enforcement in the event you fear repercussion.
Never use Wi-Fi, shield your network cables from RF leakage. Ground all your window screens to Faraday cage your living room. Tempest protocols outline some basic protection for the home office of the paranoid.
Once your packets hit the line between your modem and your ISP, all bets are off.
Okay, that's fascinating. The operating system isn't surprising to me. I knew switching to Linux was a good long term strategy. However, I had no idea the processors had these vulnerabilities.
No, your wrong. Sorry being so blatant.
Android it self can be very privacy minded. Have a look at for example GrapheneOS. And there are dusins good Open source verified Android OSes.
Windows, it exists some very good debloaters, telemtri removing scripts, and Group policy scripts. Combine them with disable Defender and install SimpleWall. It's never going to be 100% with MS, that's true. But with Android you can.
I use custom os on my android phones as well, but Normie's have no idea what that is so its easier to explain
The comprehension that the world wide web is a mass population control device of the military industrial complex.