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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Note: This setup is both for my android and pc Edit: For those recommending paid services and selfhosting, I don't have the money nor resources for either. Also it seams some people are confusing my android setup with my PC setup so I'll write it down. Android: Brave(movies) + Ironfox, Search: Brave + DDG, VPN: Proton ( not always on), GPay = Cash, Auth= Aegis Auth, Pass: KeepassDX, PC: Firefox= Librewolf, VPN = No VPN (VERY slow internet), Search: Searxng + DDG, Pass: KeepassXC,
I don't trust any listical with brave browser in it claiming it's for privacy.
What privacy concerns are there with using your ISP DNS? (honest question, not judging)
Depends where you are, and what laws your ISP is required to follow with regards to blocking/tracking. Personally I like Quad9.
dns requests flowing through your ISP means they know where you (want to) go and 3rd parties can potentially determine identity based on certain aspects (date time of request, how many, etc) can matter to law enforcement, surveillance/state efforts, hackers and beyond) because ISP may not govern well or, hell, wven sell those requests or just 3rs party manages it without your knowledge etc )
it's better to have a known good dns provider that can offer a little trust but realistically nothing is 100%...
Any chance you found a way to encrypt local app caches?
Check out ente as an alternative to Google Photos. I've been using them since 2023 when Google announced they own your photos and they were going to be ~~instead~~ ingested into AI.
Edit: typo. Looks great BTW. Good progress.
I'm not using ente because they have a cloud storage, the only safe storage is the one you have
How about Immich then?
Fair! I could be held hostage in that way, but as a paying user, I (so far) trust them to use my subscription fees to pay for servers. I really like that all the ML processing happens locally, and they have no insight into any of my photos. I did look into Immich, but at the time, self-hosting was not an option as I was living in a developing country.
Edit: I was mostly looking at how a gallery app (which is also the one I use) isn't a replacement for gPhotos.
this is not good. stuff like google calendar and photos are cloud service, a local app isn't a replacement and there's so many good ones. brave stuff just injects their affiliates and ads and has paid models, plus is led by someone with very questionable views. arch linux as windows replacement is objectively a bad choice as first linux distro. keepass is great but again offline.
yeah, if you want privacy, de-cloud. even google photos is private if you never connect to the internet. we should recommend less bad alternatives with comparable features, talk about compromises and use cases, and generally avoid making such eye catchy "privacy packs" which don't work for most and are honestly a circle jerk for who already solved their privacy needs
also there's no private AI. your local model is built on stolen data, so if you care about our privacy and not just your own stop using ai crap or kindly fuck off back to your favorite techbro