Recent comments in /f/Privacy
not_bob wrote
Why is the hostname not registered? Or, if it is, where?
J0yI9YUX41Wx wrote
I like it!
spc50 wrote (edited )
Thank you Rambler!
May I recommend this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/
Privacy Redirect catches common spy platforms and bounces you to privacy respecting alt wrappers.. This includes Invidious instances for avoiding YouTube (which you can manually plug this new one into).
Same plugin exists for Chrome (die Google!).
Toxicant wrote
Reply to comment by Kalchaya 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'll have to check those out.
alltimelow wrote
This is cool, there's still some bugs with it, but I'd love to see this get more attention, I've never seen anything like it before!!
smartypants wrote
Reply to comment by spc50 in Judge in Google case disturbed that 'incognito' users are tracked by Rambler
Court's own website is bugged with Google tracking bullshit.
In 2015 it was fashionable, because Google also gave your site a slight bump in searches on google lookup priority.
In 2021 its retarded to use Google tracking bullshit.
On my most important sites I lifted from bottom 200 to NUMBER ONE SEARCH ENGINE GOOGLE RESULT (meat space retail), I did NOT use any google web track bugs, just lots and lots of various normal SEO tricks, many of my own design.
The best part? I bragged I could bring the bottom 200 site to the top 10, and after one year and number one spot, the manager called me and complained his phones never ever stop ringing from people all over the world calling him, and is there any way I could make only people from his state or county call him!
HAH!
No need to use google web tracking to uplift a retail web site from bottom 200 to number one search result. NO NEED FOR GOOGLE SPY BUGS
If that court page used a paid web designer in 2014... 80% likely they would have got a google tracker slapped on it so the web designer could study his results.
Everyone should rip out google.
DcscZx5idox wrote
Reply to What's a good search engine? by MrBlack
Search Engines - which one to choose? (onion service mirror) (eepsite mirror) - DigDeeper website
smartypants wrote (edited )
Reply to comment by Kalchaya in What features do you look for in a VPN? by Rambler
WARNING regarding :
"guess it could be pick of the litter"
Spooks claim any VPN that well run, domiciled that close to USA shores, is run by the Chinese military via paid proxies.
That rumor is spread by jew Mossad, US LEA, and others, and its a 10% chance that ExpressVPN makes most of its real money from the pension fund of the Chinese Military... but no proof.
The only proof is:
"Express VPN is just too good"
At least though, for a non-chinese citizen and those not planning to visit China, that 10% chance is not dire.
90% of all legacy VPNs are run by nation states (CIA in the mid 2000s in terror war), just like 90% of high speed Tor exit points are run y nation states.
so 10% chance that ExpressVPN is chinese government is no big shock if true.
Just do not use ExpressVPN to undermine china, and use other vpns if needed, and you are fine.
A new-hire Hong Kong VICE PRESIDENT of ExpressVPN "Harold Li" a famous Freedom Fighter, does speak perfect Chinese and ExpressVPN was third largest VPN in China, but the chinese that run ExpressVPN is not proof that the Chinese government pays to run ExpressVPN
Kalchaya wrote
Reply to comment by smartypants in What features do you look for in a VPN? by Rambler
There are others based outside 14-Eyes, but ExpressVPN ticks more boxes than them, so I guess it could be pick of the litter.
Kalchaya wrote
Reply to comment by spc50 in Phone faraday bags. Anyone use one? What do you use and how/when do you use it? by Rambler
For every rule there is always an exception. Good job! Whenever I go out (seldom lately) I see idiots with pocketphones constantly yapping or texting. Or them that answer a call, put it back in their pocket, a minute later its back in hand, then back in the pocket, then back in hand, over and over. I think it's like smoking pot...some of us can limit use to before bedtime, while addictive personalities have to stay high 24/7.
Kalchaya wrote
Reply to Firefox 86 Introduces Total Cookie Protection by Rambler
Oh joy...Mozilla has figured out how to do what 'Self-Destructing Cookies' addon was brilliantly doing for years, before they sabotaged the addons en masse? Well ain't that special!
Kalchaya 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
Try MX Linux:
https://v2.incogtube.com/watch?v=FFrG7FAeQ-A
I found it to have slightly more intuitive layout than Linux Mint, which required less searching to find what I needed. For example, I was easily able to figure out how to ditch the gawd-awful Firefox, and replace it with Waterfox...I have yet to successfully do the same in Linux Mint.
Kalchaya wrote
Reply to comment by Rambler in Linux devices have a unique identifier called machine-id. Here is how to change it. by Rambler
Kalchaya wrote (edited )
Reply to Mozilla beefs up anti-cross-site tracking in Firefox, as Chrome still lags on privacy by Rambler
All these 'improvements' were done (and done better) via "Self-Destructing Cookies' addon, and 'Flush Flash' app. I don't know if Firefox/Mozilla is any better than Chrome/Google, but if there is a difference, it ain't much of one. Rather like trying to decide which TLA is the least obnoxious. Mozilla has a long and nasty history:
Kalchaya wrote
Reply to Reddit removed privacy OptOut settings "to reduce confusion" (Content as comment within for those who don't want to visit reddit) by Rambler
Considering Reddit is now a den of commies, socialists and leftist-libtards...I applaud any move to make their lives a little more bleak....whether that grief comes from within or without.
spc50 wrote
The nerve of Google (read this carefully):
The judge demanded an explanation “about what exactly Google does,” while voicing concern that visitors to the court’s website are unwittingly disclosing information to the company. “I want a declaration from Google on what information they’re collecting on users to the court’s website, and what that’s used for,” Koh told the company’s lawyers. The case is Brown v. Google, 20-cv-03664, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose).
---> cause the Court's own website is bugged with Google tracking bullshit.
spc50 wrote
Reply to comment by Kalchaya in Phone faraday bags. Anyone use one? What do you use and how/when do you use it? by Rambler
I have one... and not real thrilled that I do. Smartyfone that is.
I mainly have it just for text / secure messaging and keeping track of of things (read monitoring, security, shipments, etc.).
It mainly lives on wifi only.
More and more I am dividing into two devices though. One that does the internet connecting and 4G... and one that is free of the overt spyware and only wifi... Might opt for something like a rooted Asus Transformer model tablet for this.
Only time I am face glued is in limited sips in the day... infrequent... Winding down pre sleep, yeah, transition from workstation to putzing around via phone.
I really try to use the portable devices for productive things. I swear.
Kalchaya wrote
With all the easily available info floating around on all the ways pocketphones invade your privacy (and basically violate your rights), I'm at a loss to explain why nearly everybody has one superglued to his/her paw....an adult pacifier for Peter Pans?
I have never had one; don't expect I ever will. Not being on a short leash when I leave home is no big detriment, but not having a answering machine to screen calls would be. Having to wait til I get home to make calls or return call is no inconvenience. I guess from what I've seen, its an effective little pocket-toy to waste time with, but given the high price (money, privacy, and nuisance of constantly being yapped at) I'd say the cost far outweighs the benefit.
spc50 wrote
So incognito still tracks everything.
Google says they tell you that in voluminous Terms that no one reads and most are incapable of understanding.
How about simplifying this. Law... Precedent...
Terms of Service --- must declare everything. If Terms are longer than one page in length, they are undecipherable and therefore illegal.
You can't claim contract or agreement through deception.
Saying people knowing agreed is utter tripe. They and the brethren in Silly-con Valley have created this low IQ, inability to focus and unwillingness to read form of blind trust.
Time we declare the Trust illegally formed, the contracts done under deception, and hold these people liable for damages.
We want our reparations. Time for victims of the tech slave plantation to revolt.
BlackWinnerYoshi wrote
Reply to comment by smartypants in Phone faraday bags. Anyone use one? What do you use and how/when do you use it? by Rambler
...I think you forgot that we're on Ramble. We don't search for Amazon links or whatever to then slap the arses of the original post.
smartypants wrote
Reply to comment by BlackWinnerYoshi in Phone faraday bags. Anyone use one? What do you use and how/when do you use it? by Rambler
https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Darkness-Non-Window-Faraday-Phones/dp/B01A7MACL2/
to not get marked as a spam bot, but there link is anyways, for people using handheld glass devices
BlackWinnerYoshi wrote
Reply to comment by smartypants in Phone faraday bags. Anyone use one? What do you use and how/when do you use it? by Rambler
I'm sorry, but why did you censor the Amazon link? Is it because it's Amazon?
Also, if you really want to defang it, I recommend doing it like this:
hxxps[://]www[.]amazon[.]com/Mission-Darkness-Non-Window-Faraday-Phones/dp/B01A7MACL2/
That way, it doesn't even get interpreted as an URL, which would look weird. By the way, to make it faster, you can use CyberChef (clear net only).
Also, no, I don't have Alexa or Siri. Fuck home assistants.
spc50 wrote
This is that corporate partnership with government to run around your rights.
Remember, governments are corporations too. Nevermind they are special status of and issue corporate permissions for their servant corporations (the business versions).
Our laws are failing to deal with this bullshit. Failing to deal with privacy. Failing to deal with dumb clicked on walls of words where they tell you to pound salt and get AIDS, we rape you and you approved it agreements. You consented, so they claim.
It's time to chuck the phone. Sorry but 85% of apps are useless. Any app that requires any permissions beyond what is obviously needed, should be uninstalled.
I am very much into flip burner phones. Cash and carry. But good luck following that rabbit trail. But need to have real discipline about that phone never coming on anywhere except in designated neutral safe place.
Also have to be diligent about dropping them and moving on. Zero attachment to. Short term handling.
Faraday bags are mandatory for storing. Battery removed.
spc50 wrote
Good time to promote the organization mentioned start of the article: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/projects
They seem to be a worthy one fighting digital tech tyranny in various foms.
I will say the whole camera all over thing is getting out of control. 16 cameras they said in and around vehicle? Armored trucks don't even go that nutty on security.
I do a lot of road cycling. 10's of thousands of miles a year. Many places where traffic is rude, dangerous and downright out to inflict harm. I have one camera on loop during trips through questionable areas. Ideally should have two- one front, one facing rear.
When I have just the one, I am stopped by inquisitive people. I can tell people are worried about their privacy and realizing implications of such potentially.
Additionally, I am very much into core strength and weighted pack hiking - urban environments mostly. My pack has a breast pocket loop with a bodycam on it. Similar reason and intent. That too, every time I am out, it gets noticed and someone inquires.
Now I am not using the data or doing anything with it. It's insurance just in case of incident of road rage, escalated loud mouth, etc.
Amazon in contrast is sending all this data to their cloud, making intelligence of, storing it.
Look at Google imagery for maps. Piling up. Used by investigators routinely.
Rambler OP wrote
Reply to comment by not_bob in New Invidious (YouTube front end) instance for clearnet, I2P and Tor. by Rambler
For tube.i2p?
I did at stats.i2p and reg.i2p and.. something else, I think. It's in the skank.i2p subscription list as well. I'll add it to your tracker site once I get back on I2P later, I couldn't access it the other day for whatever reason.