Recent comments in /f/Privacy
Rambler OP wrote
Reply to comment by Wahaha in Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it. by Rambler
Furthermore, I just tested Tails and they DO change the machine-id after every reboot. I'm downloading Whonix right now as well to test, but I've got shit rural internet so that'll take some time.
I'll update the blog with my finding when I do.
The fact Tails randomizes it after each reboot should be enough to hint that it's likely a good idea to not have any identifying ID tied to your system...
Wahaha wrote
Reply to comment by BlackWinnerYoshi in Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it. by Rambler
Good to know. I'm planning to switch over to Artix anyway. But for now I'm going to apply the suggested fix.
Wahaha wrote
Reply to comment by Rambler in RIP Internet Privacy. In effort to combat "disinformation", your digital finger print may be tagged to every image you create or share in the near future. by Rambler
I think at the time MSN and ICQ were a thing that existed, Win98 was already obsolete. But I could remember wrong.
As far as I remember, Win98 wasn't even capable of connecting to the Internet out of the box.
Rambler OP wrote
Reply to comment by Wahaha in RIP Internet Privacy. In effort to combat "disinformation", your digital finger print may be tagged to every image you create or share in the near future. by Rambler
I was young and was probably running Win98 with the Yahoo! and Ask! toolbars, with a cool Comet Cursor so I could update my Angelfire site while downloading over Napster. Using Yahoo, MSN and ICQ messengers to connect with my friends from school.
But I could play Age Of Empires and Quake, so that's all I really cared about.
BlackWinnerYoshi wrote
Reply to comment by Wahaha in Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it. by Rambler
I don't know why machine-id exists, but what I do know is that this only exists on Linux operating systems that use systemd, based on this command:
sudo systemd-machine-id-setup
So the way to avoid it entirely is by switching to a systemd-less Linux, such as Salix OS (clear net only). Actually, systemd has a lot of problems (clear net only), so you should avoid it anyway.
And as to what is it good for besides compromising privacy... I also have no idea. I guess Lennart Poettering Red Hat wanted to do something with it, but they didn't know what to do with it, so they left it as a privacy compromising thing of however many Linux users are being used by systemd.
Rambler OP wrote
Reply to comment by Wahaha in Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it. by Rambler
Honesty, I'm not certain, but it appears in every mainstream distro that uses systemd.
Most people are aware of MAC addresses, but if you search the web for machine-ID being seen as a privacy concern, you'll find nothing.
No need to have a constant, unchanging value that exists from the moment a system is installed.
I'll research it more and update the blog post if I find anything noteworthy.
Wahaha wrote
Reply to RIP Internet Privacy. In effort to combat "disinformation", your digital finger print may be tagged to every image you create or share in the near future. by Rambler
If you use Adobe anything you have only yourself to blame. It's a contender for worst software creator in all of human history.
Wahaha wrote
Reply to comment by Rambler in RIP Internet Privacy. In effort to combat "disinformation", your digital finger print may be tagged to every image you create or share in the near future. by Rambler
Did you skip Win98 or how did that abomination not manage to push you away to Linux?
Wahaha wrote
Reply to Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it. by Rambler
Why does this machine-id exist in the first place? What is it good for other than compromising privacy?
spc50 wrote
Reply to RIP Internet Privacy. In effort to combat "disinformation", your digital finger print may be tagged to every image you create or share in the near future. by Rambler
Microsoft talking about disinformation?????? What do we have here...
We have a once monopoly company, plus a 'creative' company that is so far up average internet users a$$ with ads and profiling, then the mouthpiece of MI-6.
Blah blah blah.
Anti fake news.
When did Microsoft ever care about open source and standards? Had to reverse engineer much of their stuff to have Open Source alternatives and viewers.
Fuck these companies. Fuck their founders. Fuck that fake organization too.
Rambler OP wrote
Reply to comment by Toxicant in RIP Internet Privacy. In effort to combat "disinformation", your digital finger print may be tagged to every image you create or share in the near future. by Rambler
Never too late to adopt. Widows XP sp3 was the last Windows OS I've ran, and haven't looked back since. Though I'll admit that I like simple desktop environments like MATE and XFCE to replicate the classic and familiar navigation that I grew used to from Windows NT 3.1, 95, 98, 2000 and XP.
For newcomers you can't really go wrong with something like Pop_OS, Ubuntu or Mint. They seem to have good support and are really new-user friendly communities behind them.
Wingless wrote
Reply to RIP Internet Privacy. In effort to combat "disinformation", your digital finger print may be tagged to every image you create or share in the near future. by Rambler
I've already lost track of how many spy codes are in images. There are so many ways of burying "metadata" in those formats - it's what they were MADE for - and programs that claim to "strip" it are probably "accidentally" forgetting something.
This looks like one more whack at it - I'm not sure from reading that it is a tremendously NEW thing - I'm not sure how they plan to change, say, a .GIF file (not that that didn't have open-ended spy data storage protocols built in already). Are they doing so?
Toxicant wrote
Reply to RIP Internet Privacy. In effort to combat "disinformation", your digital finger print may be tagged to every image you create or share in the near future. by Rambler
That will be my final push to switch to linux
smartypants wrote
Reply to comment by div1337 in Why are normies like that? by Wahaha
Apple has a falwless securty record on contents of your iPhone.
They enhance that part every year, annoying FBI. Read all the court battles in the news of FBI vs Apple regarding getting into iPhones and getting into iCloud
In fact , they even now in 2021 suddenly map EVERY attempt to have google "safe browsing" go through a single apple proxy that uses a second layer of obfuscation and hash on that to make no ones browsing ever trackable by Google.
smartypants wrote
Reply to comment by boobs in Why are normies like that? by Wahaha
you are probably right :apple now has spy circuits built into their chips for audio to text, and circuits to do face identification built into chip, and this month apple big sur OS on m1 macs is VERY HARD to run older unsigned code and very very hard to turn off "SIP" elements to modify kernel files, or even use a debugger, and if you do turn off SIP, you must perform an action from the spy software inside the m1 mac that makes machine never load the new iOS compatibility engine code.
apple iCloud might be safe from FBI, but soon Apple china will maybe own all of you.
smartypants wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by dandrews in Why are normies like that? by Wahaha
I never once typed a single word discussing "tor" network.
tor is NOT the tor browser, fool.
Do you know a single thing about crypto?
dandrews wrote
Reply to comment by smartypants in Why are normies like that? by Wahaha
You are saying that Tor is an honeypot for the most various 3-letter agencies around the world while Apple has unhackable cloud technologies... Sure thing man, you are believable as hell!
dandrews wrote
Reply to comment by smartypants in Brave Browser, look under the hood or is it a hood... by spc50
if a program is Free... then YOU are the Product
please stop saying that fucking quote inappropriately. fuck brave, but at least is open source goddamnit. fuck brave for being a crypto and privacy scam.
Kalchaya wrote
Don't like the way WhatsApp, Fakebook, Twitter, etc. are screwing you? Stop bending over! Send Will Cathcart, Zucky Zoidberg, and Lil Jackie Dorsey the FU....find alternatives! Otherwise quit yer whining, keep your poohole greased, and take it like a prison bitch.
Kalchaya wrote
Zucky Zoidberg likely uses that much cash as toilet paper over the course of a year...but I guess Italy has to keep up appearances, and make it look like they are doing something to rein in Fakebook.
Kalchaya wrote
If you are using Self-Destructing Cookies (or similar addon) in conjunction with BleachBit, the agreement is worthless, since all or most cookies you agreed to host are wiped away in the end.
Kalchaya wrote
Reply to Why are normies like that? by Wahaha
Probably because they are just too busy servicing their 5,938 faux friendsies on Fakebook, 8,938 fellow twits on Twitter, making Reddit safe for commiekind, playing stoopid video games, bragging about how privacy is dead, and ranting about how the only people who want privacy is them with something to hide.....to actually become informed on this (or pretty much any other topic).
They much prefer to careen through their pathetic little lives, running on what Gurdjieff called 'autopilot', and either regurgitating the thoughts and opinions of others...or basing their thoughts and opinions on feelings, childish assumptions, idealistic fallacies, etc. Anything to embrace intellectual sloth, or avoid original thought.
div1337 wrote
Reply to Why are normies like that? by Wahaha
Apple has a terrible track record on these things.
Apple is great at marketing and make people trust them, then baam, exploit after exploit for taking over iPhone.
Wahaha wrote
Reply to comment by Rambler in Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it. by Rambler
That's true. I've set a cronjob to change it every 2hours. Even more reasons to finally move to Artix.