Recent comments in /f/Privacy

Rambler OP wrote

/r/privacy on reddit won't allow this post because:

While we (vastly) prefer the Tor Browser over the Brave one, you'll need a better source than the one you found. Can you find something from a more widely recognized NetSec expert? Something along the lines of Bruce Schneier's blog or something at that level of credibility?

Does anyone else wish to replicate this to confirm?

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BlackWinnerYoshi wrote

Actually, e-mail verification is fine for me, as long as it will let me use aliases, like those Riseup has. But yes, I do hate CRAPTCHAs, especially the Goolag one. Sure, I can use Buster (https://github.com/dessant/buster, clear net only), but it doesn't really help when you're continuously using a service that requires it because you're still supporting the cancer.

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mr4channer wrote

email verify is out too, just let users register with username and password, and they have to complete non js 8 or more character image captcha. how hard is it to store usernames and passwords in db, prune old/unused accounts that haven't logged in for a while. no log vpn.

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Rambler wrote

BitWarden seems to be pretty well liked and lately it seems to be more preferred than LastPass, and I assume with LastPass adjusting their tiers that more people will flock to BitWarden. You can self host it, as well. I believe it's all open source, unlike LastPass.

There is also KeyPassX which is pretty popular. It's not an online password manager, however. Still a pretty good option for general password management.

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newhere wrote

Great site! don't let the javascrip bs talk get to you..... i visited your site, it has potential!

most of these people who keep using the same excuse "reguires javascript" doesn't even know what that means...

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BlackWinnerYoshi wrote

Those are the essentials I think that any VPN provider, and any provider of any service, really, should have to be even considered by me:

  • Tor support - that means having an onion mirror for the VPN site itself; Tor with the VPN itself is not necessary, as Tor is kind of easy to set up, at least on Linux
  • If it's paid, Monero acceptance - obviously, one might not want to be using some kind of anonymity-hating VPN, like with the point above
  • No personal data for registrations - that means confirming your phone number is out
  • Compatibility with standards - in the case of VPNs, that's OpenVPN or possibly WireGuard
  • No Cloudflare - MitM, especially Clownflare, likes being a honeypot: https://codeberg.org/baobab/cloudflare-tor (clear net only)
  • not a privacy-related issue, but if the service likes to go down often, it goes out too

Okay, I don't actually pay with Monero or any other cryptocurrency, but other people might, so if I'm going to recommend a service, I want to check that.

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Rambler wrote

Wordpress CORE is relatively secure. They've got a giant team that is always pushing out updates. The trouble usually comes from a variety of plugins and users not updating their Wordpress or not changing default values.

I'm not sure what a good alternative would be unfortunately. I have a HTMLy flat-file blog instance running on I2P that I never update and it's... okay. Pretty simple.

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