Privacy

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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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submitted 3 weeks ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But if you're not running multiple tabs, or in private tab view, and you're not allowing most or any cookies, then they're going to have a harder time following what you do and where you go.

Use a solid VPN
Use Firefox derivative (Waterfox and Libre Wolf, feel free to use multiple to separate tracking)
Use pivate tab mode
Use Privacy Badger (EFF)
Use Port Authority (highly rated port scan blocker to block network port scanning from LexisNexis)
Close unused tabs
Clear cache and cookies on exit
Disable unused network stuff (WiFi and/or data, GPS, BT, NFC, anything that's not required that could be used for location scanning)
On Android 15+ iirc, disabled mic and/or camera permissions until necessary. Most people don't talk on the phone anymore so it's rare you need the mic (unblock for camera)

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I shouldn't need a 9 point checklist to browse the internet. I'd rather there be proper user protections in place.

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh for sure! I agree! But I do the following, mostly automated through settings, to either poison the data or avoid them from getting it at all.