Why You Have No Privacy, and How to Get It Back. (Mostly.)
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where'd Brian get that shirt?
But not the cia mini softwares in phones
I want them but I know I'll never get them, because that's how TH-cam giveaways work.
Jokes on you Brian I don’t wear clothes
"I typed in Taco Bell and are angry it recommended me a close by Taco Bell"
Lmfao really???
To anyone still in the "well I don't do anything wrong" mindset about privacy:
"Wrong" is relative based on who is in power.
true, and it has been proven historically
Nooo you at 69 likes, I'd hate to ruin it hahaah
Sending nudes to your girlfriend isnt wrong when youre a simpleton.
Its wrong when you become a celebrity or a governor.
And in thirty years of five vastly different people being in power, nothing I do has been considered "wrong."
Look, I know how badly you want the government to be out to get you. I'm sure it would be all kinds of fun if you were under some kind of cartoonishly evil oppressive regime, but I hate to break it to you, you're not. At worst you're living under a bunch of waspy old men who have long since slid into their second infancy and are more interested in their school yard bickering than running a country. They don't know you exist and wouldn't even care if they did.
For fuck's sake I HOPE there's someone out there watching me. I hope they're watching every moment of my disgustingly nerdy chats with friends. They're monitoring me buying clothes off amazon or steel and wood from Jantz. I want them to know all about the pathetically vanilla porn I surf because if there is someone out there more atrociously boring than me, it's THAT motherfucker.
@@JackSilver1410 you okay bud? Wanna talk about something?
A few notes/ additions:
The reason why DuckDuckgo gives good search results is because they still route their requests through Google. The difference is, they mix all of these requests from different users together, so the receiving end cannot distinguish which requests come from which person. Just a heads up for those who didn't know.
Also for file sharing Mega (formerly megauploads) does a very good job. They also encrypt your files before upload them, and you get to keep the actual decryption key. And they give you 50 gb free space, which is enough for me
For messaging Telegram is quite widely used one. Famously, its developer was unwilling to collaborate when his home government requested he create backdoors for them, to the point where he had to flee the country.
For browsing, If you need extra security and are willing to sacrifice speed and convenience, Tor is the way to go. It is basically the nuclear option, it is highly unlikely there will be anything that tops it in the foreseeable future in terms of security. I do not recommend using it as a standalone default browser though, as it is very slow, banned by many websites (gee I wonder why), and doing -some- many things with it, like running website plugins, loading images, watching videos, or using fullscreen (for the same reason Brian and Jason mentioned, about how the resolution of monitor can be tracked) can compromise your identity, ranging from mildly to the point where using Tor is pointless.
If you're using script blocker like adblock, I recommend switching them to NoScript (A very strict one, but you can manage how much is blocked) or uBlock Origin (more convenient, less strict, but with less precise management/control for the user). Both are available as addons for Firefox and Tor.
Also remember that you are the most powerful tool when it comes to anonymity. Common sense is underrated, don't go about spewing compromising/identifiable information. No software will protect you from that
Oh, and VPNs are only as trustworthy as the company behind them is, and the information they re-route is only as private as the servers that hold it are (which are usually not owned by the VPN company and are outsourced to a third party). Although a different service completely, I'd prefer Tor
sir I'd like to thank u personally, this is a good comment with not enough likes
Another good search engine is ecosia.org
They’re a carbon-negative nonprofit who has a very transparent page on their privacy policy. (Not selling data, not creating personal profiles, etc.)
Plus they’re based in Germany and subject to EU privacy laws.
Telegram doesn't provide auto end-to-end encryption, Signal is more private, just correcting that, good comment tho
Thanks
I honestly expected this to just be a privacy.com ad.
VPN advert
Lol it’s always vpn
just like this comment
I miss the the robot voice in the intro.
COS I’M A MODERN ROGUE!!!!!!!
I miss the coss I’m modern rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrogue
Dress Pants Robot Man is up to something
Stephen Hawking has to rest in peace..
"And the very argument 'you can't prove a negative' is, in and of itself, a negative."
Sounds like something Pat Sajak would want you to think.
I want to argue about that. The fact that the statement is a negative doesn't make it any less true. It is a logical conclusion, so I would argue that it doesn't require proof. Perhaps refinement. Maybe a better statement is "it stands to reason that you cannot prove a negative", but still.
And this isn't like the hypocrisy of people who are intolerant of belief-systems they have deemed to be intolerant of other belief-systems due to said intolerance.
'you can't prove a negative' is not a negative statement. it is an affirmation of the idea that it is not possible to prove that something does not exist (or is impossible). if you have no proof that something exists, it may still exist. likewise if you have no proof that something is possible, it may still be possible.
the statement 'you can't prove a negative' means you cannot prove that something is false due to absence of evidence. the reason you can't do that is because we do not have complete information, there are things we do not know. there is always something new to learn, and some of those things prove that you can do something previously you did not know how to do. (or that something exists that we previously did not know whether or not it existed)
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
George Orwell: I told you so. (Totally legitimate quote)
also Geogre Orwell “The Government will illigalise the orgasam”
@@shittedpants3265 I mean didn't England kind of do that?
Totally legitimate quote from a totally legitimate bartender
@@RushGamma They didn't have to.
*William Gibson* : yup Georgie said that.
Brian looked honestly offended by the hair comment 🤣🤣
The best part
that shit was really wild tho
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Understandably
This is the modern rogue that I like.
Not talking about alcohol or food but giving valuable information. I also like when they talk about crimes that have been committed and learn new skills like knife throwing and making smoke bombs.
Well I do enjoy the other videos quite a lot, so I guess the MR has their bases covered.
sooooo...u just want the info and inspiration?
There's a certain level of irony of putting a video like this on TH-cam...
Probably why people are hesitant to smash that "Like" button..
The problem with some ads, especially on TH-cam, is that they are annoying and turn me away from what’s being advertised quite often.
Get vanced
I love how the Modern Rogue teaches you to be a spy, a creep and an insurgent all at the same time hahaha
"The Modern Rogue is a gentleman, scoundrel, and warrior"
@@JEST3R_ yup. All things that we need to be to survive in this world
"For several years you had that hair didn't you?" I'm cracking up!
Straight up murder, how is this permitted on TH-cam???
Jason had that hair burn waiting in the tank. Ready to pounce at the right opportunity.
That Dude He literally waited years. That’s some female level social intelligence!
"The people must not realize they are being manipulated for them to be manipulated effectively" -Jello Biafra
i dont actually think this is true.
People who think they are manipulated are the most prone to be manipulated
I keep seeing the same freaking ads... today's episode is sponsored by Nord VPN
Proton Mail has its own VPN service, Proton VPN, if you wanna dodge the sponsor but not the privacy
_This video is sponsored by rAIDS Shadow Legends_
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Grim tsk tsk tsk havent they told you? R. O. G. U. E friend
I was first
@@ballfspiders1008 Sorry auto correct
Google gets your partial searches regardless. I can't say if they store them (they definitely do), but the fact that they do search suggestions means they send every keypress back to their servers.
Also, I'd like to put librem.one out there. I feel it deserved a mention in this video. Messaging, e-mail, VPN, and "social media." Additionally, check out ublock origin and privacy badger. If you feel it's wrong to block "good" ads, just do privacy badger. It'll block all the ads, because all the ads are indistinguishable from trackers.
If you change default search provider in Firefox, you choose who gets the partial searches, and can opt-out of them entirely if you want
This is a genuinely informative and entertaining video, definitely switching to a couple of those services you guys recommended! Thank you for making this, privacy is so important and it's sad to see some people not care about it. As the NSA myself I cannot comment on what data we have ;)
Have fun getting into proton mail. They'll know it's you, they won't let you register
@@StrokeMahEgo To that I say... bet.
11:30 I've been using Firefox as my primary work browser for over 11 years now (which when I started we were using FreeBSD for our workstations and were running Firefox 3).
The thing is... I do tech support stuff for web sites and the built-in tools that Firefox offers under the development console are quite complete. Press F12, go to the tab for console (which F12 normally goes directly to but if you use inspector after console it'll go to inspector... inspector is great for tracking website problems too though) select the Requests and load whatever web page is broker than fuck... Bam! Firefox tells you every command it runs. Shows your gets and posts. Differentiates between cached and non-cached, etc. It's such a useful tool that I'd literally quit my job if Firefox suddenly became unavailable.
@@nathan5160 That's great and all but Chromium and Chrome are not nearly as verbose in the console tab. So... Firefox it is.
this is a video dedicated to advertising nordvpn, gotta respect the grind
Just scrolled down to make sure I wasn't the only one.
@@supercalafra hidemyass sounds line something completely different hahahaha
Brian: "No, I don't want you to tell me where I am thinking of going"
Brian 5 minutes later: "Hey Boss, I'll take a chalupa cravings box..."
@1:44 "I want to know what fetishes they have"
No Brian; no you don't.
I'm in a whataburger parking lot and no longer feel safe.
Edit: This is my most liked comment. Thank you
You're the one wearing khaki pants and a blue polo? Your fly's down.
Is that you in the silver car?
It's alright Jeremy, you're completely safe.
What's funny is the cameras inside of places like whataburger or your favorite coffee shop can accurately see everything you type on your computer or phone. Lolz no where is safe. 😃
You felt safe in a whataburger parking lot? That mistake will cost you.
Jason: "Pat I'd..."
Pat: "like to buy a vowel?"
Jason: :o
One time I had my laptop stolen, the only reason I was able to recover it was cause I used dropbox and they went to a McDonald's I had been before. My dropbox account connected and I told police where it was. So there are little advantages for them being able to track your device.
It's just not cool when other people can track you too. Especially when you don't want them too.
Android, windows and Apple all have functions for finding your device. I'm not sure if it works with a VPN installed but it's great if you loose your device.
@@bocarlsson3rd I don't know about your run-of-the-mill mainstream VPN, but I believe there are some out there with a "firewall" or "exception" feature, allowing some programs/connections to not be affected. This comes with a huge risk in security though, since it won't be "airtight" per se.
you can set something like this up yourself. just have a script that pings a box you own as soon as it gets network access. aside from that, it sounds like you got lucky with a dumb ass thief because the first thing any competent thief would do is wipe the drive.
Some of the best most useful content I’ve seen about privacy. It’s great to finally see someone talking about not only the issue of Corporations tracking you online But also how to stop them. It’s not often that people provide such concrete solutions when talking about being political issues like this.
As someone who works in the industry: Yes. And they're darn good suggestions too.
I followed all these suggestions and it only took me like 5 minutes to set all of it up. good stuff rogues!
6:39 - actually run my own Email services because I can control everything and as you can imagine the only data kept is error logs.
Kuuul
I need an explanation. I can code in Java if that helps lol
LockedLogic Pick a decent ISP, buy a dedicated server, purchase some rack space in a dc and co locate it or do What I do to overcome CG-Nat and use a VPN and an IP tables rule to forward the port.
@@supercalafra
You know very well that Tor can be tracked, right? I'd rather have both Protonmail and Tor anyway because if I were to assume NSA's tracking capabilities being able to break a VPN level of encryption... they can literally break through anything.
Not to mention that Tor, the absolute most private form of service, has fake end node servers run by government-backed companies all over the world. Tor over VPN partially solves this, but again, you question Protonmail's VPN-level safety and privacy, then you question VPN and Tor.
In the end, the only form of true privacy is to throw out your computer and any other device that uses internet or any radio form of communication, only leave your house with face completely covered and use only cash to buy. Where you get cash without touching any bank account, you may come a long way. Hong Kong protesters knew that a long time ago.
But if you go so far to maintain privacy, some people might suspect you to be a criminal.
2:53 - I feel like that old grandpa right now and I'm in my early 40's. The world is being aggressively shaped way too fast and 'they' even benefit no matter if I'm happy or upset.
Manipulation is everywhere and it's barely good for those being manipulated, so I maintain my awareness but try not to be too cynical but sometimes cynical feels like the norm as you watch everyone around you being pulled by their leash and barking thru their muzzle!
thought this would help me have people stop knocking on the bathroom stall door
Great video guys I recently started using protonmail, been using duck duck go for a little while and it all started these things after you guys started working with nord and I got their vpn but I like that you’ve still after me watching some videos and reading some articles on maintain privacy/ anonymity managed to give me some new stuff to look into.
I may or may not have been rewatching old episodes while being sad that there isn't a new episode... Then all of that sadness was taken away :)
"I have nothing to hide"
"You are wearing clothes!"
*rips off clothes*
.....
And that man was Diogenes.
The fact that this only has 120,000 views is honestly a shame. Everyone needs to get on board with protecting their information and the sooner you do, the better off you'll be in the long-run. Any chance you guys will make a video in the future about hardware privacy, like kill switches for cams/mics, or at least how to disable them? Or even something like how to protect from keylogging.
I thought I'd hate this video from the title, just kind of assumed it'd be an ad. Pleasantly surprised, I actually _love_ the content of this video, I wish everybody in the world saw it.
Aggressive advertising should be illegal.
I just got a new laptop and have been thinking about how to keep my stuff private. Thanks for this video you guys are easily my go-to for videos saved for WWIII
Use Ecosia instead of DuckDuckGo, they use as revenue to plant trees
This is great timing! I just moved everything over to Firefox and started using KeePass, so now I can continue my quest for privacy with these great tips. One thing I will say tho, is, that you might want to consider sacrificing some of your privacy for a good cause (especially when you're otherwise well-protected). For this reason I use Ecosia instead of DuckDuckGo for my everyday searches.
Awesome video! I have two comments:
1- For browser you should check out Vivaldi too. It's based on Chromium, so you can use all the extensions from the Chrome store. I'm not 100% sure Google can't get info on you, since it is based on their software, but they have a ton of settings for privacy (and usability) and their History page gives some interesting statistics too.
2- I worked for a while with digital marketing for the lab I work at and let me leave you with this tidbit:
Google and Facebook don't charge advertisers to show ads, they only charge you when someone clicks on/interacts with your ad. That means that they have to know who to show your ads to, otherwise they don't make any money. That's why they gather so much intel on people.
Isn't instagram also owned by facebook because when u start it up it says "From Facebook"
Yes
and so is WhatsApp, which a lot of people forget.
Off all vpns, they get sponsored by Nord. Ironic
For cloud storage, Mega is also a great alternative, it works with encryption keys as well, and is set up in New Zealand
For browsers, Brave is a popular one but has some weaknesses being built on Chromium, Opera is also another browser that’s dedicated itself to privacy
Thanks alot guys, I appreciate all the great information. I have been running Mozilla already, but had no idea about the proton mail. Proton also has a free VPN as well. Funny thing, after I watched this video, I started getting privacy ads. Thanks again!
I've used Firefox forever, (that's how I'm watching this video!) And I would recommend, glad to see I'm already on the right track according to y'all!
I'm google my activity you can turn off personalized ads
Thank you! This is very valuable information. Thankfully, I've been using a VPN for some time now, but I hadn't yet switched over to using DuckDuckGo and didn't even know about the email and messaging services.
After installing Signal, it was able to completely replace my other SMS app and I love it.
Yoo!!! I love you guys channel and have been watching you guys for a while. Keep up the good work
Also its really creepy how many eyes are on you at once and its scary what they can do
I just got an email this morning from Google Maps showing a compilation of my travel data over the past year (that I never asked for), and now this shows up.
Same for me. Scary shit
The NSA has entered the chat..
@@supercalafra not to split hairs, Tor project was started by U.S. Navy. Soo... Since Prism catches everything anyway. Wtf do I know.
Did they ever leave?
I would also suggest having a “live drive” type setup. I’m sure theres another word for it, but basically it allows you to run a full OS from a flash drive, leaving as close to nothing on the host computer as possible. The linux OS Tails is a really good one for that.
I enjoyed this episode. I've been recently working on my own online presence and privacy by switching to firefox and duckduckgo. And it's fun to see those choices be the right ones. And I'll definitely look into some of the other offered choices you guys provided.
But I feel like for messaging, WhatsApp has very much been the norm in my area, and with my social circles. So trying to convince people to switch to something like signal will probably never happen. Because most people generally don't care enough about their privacy.
Meanwhile during the VPN Section: "Well, I already do everything else, but use ProtonVPN, FROM THE SAME COMPANY AS ProtonMail, and now I can enjoy chuckling as I know that it does everything for free."
BTW, not paid to do this, nor am I a bot. I just felt like saying that.
A very well produced ad targeted at people that don't like targeted ads
I first realized this when I had a conversation about something I’ve never spoken about or looked up on the internet. And a day later it popped up as a recommended search
Great info guys, you're missing a link for panopticlick in the description though.
I use Google for like everything...
I feel like I've betrayed my rogue Lords. I will fix now
That was a seriously good video
A great new feature in Firefox is containers. It's pretty much a way to keep certain websites isolated. There are a couple of plug-ins that use this.
facebook container.
Pages that has things like a Facebook share button is tracked by Facebook if you are logged in. This plugin keeps Facebook isolated so they can't do it.
Multi-account container.
This plugin is letting you customize which websites that is isolated so if you're logged in go Google you can separate the search engine from your account.
These are not foolproof solutions but it helps.
Thanks for teaching us this stuff
Nugget will make do
This video is awesome. I already use everything you talk about you talk about and some browser extensions I would recommend for more serious people ready to compromise some browsing comfort.
I just have a point to add. I know it concerns your revenue so it wont please you but please read it all the way, it comes from a looong time subscriber.
You really should watch the latest video by Tom Scott about VPN sponsorship before doing another video. What you do afterward is your choice, but please have a look at that video.
Whatever you choose to do afterward wil not change my support and viewership of your work, your videos are awesome, but I think you should at least know what you promote in your videos.
Have a nice day,
Mathieu.
Thanks for your concern, Mathieu. I'm glad you're thinking of us. I'm pretty sure we've always been good about not overstating what a VPN can and can't do... but let me know if you catch us over any lines. -Brian
@@ModernRogue cool, lol. -me
good on you for being resonable. I gave it a look and it was really interesting. So basically VPN services dont lie, but some of their benefits are already in browsers without a VPN.
Have a nice day man! :)
Last time in the US we called humans "products" they where slaves.
before i even clicked the video i knew it was a nordVPN ad lmao
Thank you guys! Every time a friend or family member posts this, I always yell, "STOP FEEDING THE AI!"
Stop reminding me of Brian's spiky hair please... I still have nightmares.
#bring it back
I would say we should get Pat Sajak on the show, but for his sake as well as Jason's, it's probably not a good idea.
The great thing about openstreetmap is that its often more detailed than other maps because all the data is provided by local volunteers who, generally, do cartography for fun, so it has all the little tiny details that Google employees aren't paid enough to care about.
thanks for putting links in the desc, you’re the real ogs
"cannot be accessed by rhe NSA" translates to "Owned and ran by the NSA directly to help filter only the most confidential information"
This reminds me of when my uncle was trying to stop drinking and his automatic car wanted to turn into the bar every time he passed it
This video is INCREDIBLY important. Thank you, Modern Rogue!
I didn't even know browser fingerprinting was a thing, and thinking about it, it sounds like one of the things that could get around the mask a VPN provides, I will definitely keep this in mind
3:38 so that’s why TH-cam can’t recommend anyone that watches your vids because everyone has nord vpn
Google: *tracking my serches* "oh he'll love this"
My adblocker: "lmao bet"
Hey guys I really appreciate this video. Really dope. You guys never ceases to surprise me. Every time you get me hyped. You got duds here and there but they are forgiven for the amazing content.
One thing I enjoy is Google News feed is GREAT. Fresh articles tailored to my interests. It's creepy but convenient.
This is when the FBI raid them for figuring out there secrets.
I always to pretend like I'm John Wick and I'm super sneaky everywhere I go.
For my parents that aren't very tech savvy... I installed the Brave web browser for them. They don't have to configure the adblocker or anything, it just works as is. Very handy for people that aren't power users, and handy for those who are the family tech support.
Okay, now I really want them to do an episode on US patent 6506148. What it basically is, is that electromagnetic pulses can control the human nervous system to an extent. It's a really interesting read, and really ties into MK Ultra.
Edit: The pulses can be emitted by phones, computers, and tv. So anything with a screen.
Better: do an episode on MK Ultra, because people don’t know what it it. I first heard of it in Mafia 3 when John makes fast-acting LSD to drug a party so Lincoln can kill a Mob Capo
This is hilarious because this morning my credit card was compromised...
good
@@unoriginalusername4416 that's an Unoriginal Answer
Unoriginal Username jocko? That you?
Bummer. Hope you got it sorted.
All I'm saying is one like for my Unoriginal pun is just not enough
Me: "I dont play facebook quizes
Check mate."
*watches the rest of the video*
😳😳😳😳
when an ad on youtube is playing, there will be a small transparent "!" in a circle. if you click on it you will have the option to "stop seeing this ad" which you can do an unlimited amount of times.
it doesnt stop the tracking and data mining sadly, and only works when you're signed in (from what i've been able to find), but its a nice small victory and middle finger to youtube.
SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE!
Pi-Hole and a good firewall that has content, ad and application filtering helps a lot too.
I’ve said it before with my friends.
As the “suppliers”, we have minimal problem giving up the information.
We just want our cut of the profits too.
>Talks about Privacy
>NordVPN ad
This is the only video of yours I've not liked just because of how much nonsense is in it.
Explain.
@@ModernRogue If you use a VPN such as NordVPN, you're not saving your data, You've just changed who is selling it. I've had pretty much no issues with the other stuff within the video, just the VPN part goes against everything else in the video and is kind of invalidating the rest of the video.
Tom Scott made a really good video on the subject, I'd suggest watching it because he knows more on the topic than I do and he explains things better than I can.
I'm just kind of pissed how every ad read for NordVPN is just misleading. Wish you guys luck either way, I'll be waiting for the next video.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, you guys never even talked about operating systems.
It sounds like you have some very compelling counter-arguments to things that were said by people who are not us. Did you see our most recent NordVPN ad? th-cam.com/video/YWB5HPulcwQ/w-d-xo.html
We try to stay on the right side of this one and not overstate stuff, but if you know something I don't, please share.
@@ModernRogue I agree with @Headless Gorilla. Also, this is a good read: gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29
@@ModernRogue Sorry for the late reply. I've definitely heard you guys talk about people hacking over public WiFi (which is debunked within the video I send) in other ad placements. The ad read you linked is good, but it has little information other than its uses out of context and a bit of fear mongering. As Tom Scott said within his video, VPNs are good for Gay Pirate Assassins and people in countries which censor information.
I agree with a lot of the points made within the video, but you've severely overstate the usefulness and credibility of VPNs both now and in the past. I echo my shadow edit on my reply, you never even mentioned anything about OS', which is another major flaw within in this video.
@Leonardus L linked a very good article on github about the security of VPNs as well.
I understand you guys need to make money to keep the show running however, so no harm meant. I almost always enjoy your content, best of luck on future videos.
I don't know if it was because of my previous comment, but yay L'indécis was credited in this video. Thank you.
Chrome can also have some extensions installed like uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, which blocks pretty much any tracker. uBlock is instant, since it follows a list of registered trackers, but since lists are never up to date, Privacy Badger covers it up with a built-in AI that learns what should be tracked, if anything escapes uBlock's already great eyes. Of course coupling these extensions to Firefox's security and privacy is WAY safer, but the extensions alone already help A LOT. Add Decentraleyes and any cookie autodelete to the mix and you can feel pretty comfortable already (all available for Firefox, too).
Personally, in this era, I think you should of covered a password management solution and haveibeenpwned.
Ah. Great point.
Great idea. I'm using keepass. There are password managers that are a bit easier to use but keepass is open source and has apps for all platforms. The Android app can connect to your cloud accounts so you don't have to download the key file every time you add a new password.
"the best vpn on the planet"
i think you're missing one here, ever heard of the Tor browser and the onion network?
@@dagda1180 it's better then a service were you actively have to tell them who you are
You need to read up on Tor. It is not as secure as you would think.
@@N0chill still more privacy as something that you have to tell your name to in order to use it
I’ve gotten advertisements on things I’ve thought about but never talked about to anyone or looked up or anything and it was so specific
That's partly because if the advertiser knows you like things 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6... it's a safe bet that you're at least thinking of trying 4.
I just signed up with a few of these mentioned. Thanks for terrifying me.
Great tip about DuckDuckGo (you can add it simply as an extension in Chrome).
• I've been using a quality VPN (PIA) for the past year and a firewall for ALL of my browsing. It definitely worth doing some homework on specific VPNs - some are merely fronts for other platforms (like the one Facebook launched a few years ago...).
• Another very simple thing to do is turn off search history collection in Google, TH-cam, etc.
• Adblock also eliminates the temptation to ever click an embedded ad. Seriously - don't click ads. Ever. •
• I also have no social media accounts at all. I know for some people this may be unthinkable, but it's seriously one of the worst things you can do, if you value privacy.
If I go to myactivity.google.com it shows no history whatsoever, and I've been on the Google platform for years.
None of the above achieves total privacy by any means, but if definitely helps.
A computers OS generally isn't secure when it comes to privacy. As you guys have discussed before, TAILS OS is a great choice if you want to give up some convenience
Another tip for cloud storage.
BoxCryptor encrypts/decrypted files before they are uploaded to Dropbox, GDrive, etc.. has a decent android app. And can access cloud storage like an FTP Client
So a freak you out thing as well. I work at a prison and had an officer get bit by an inmate, I had my phone on me (not being used) as I was telling him that even if the inmate had AIDS it is extremely unlikely for him to get it, took him to a regular med facility. I get home and my Facebook app offered adds for where I can go to for AIDS testing! Yep deleted the app the next day!
I remember receiving notifications on my phone that one of my pictures had over 10k likes when I didn't remember posting anything. Turns out they upload pictures without really asking. The picture was taken while I was at work yet posted to the restaurant google review without me even knowing. Pretty cool in a way but also scared the shit out of me with how much tracking they do.
Proton also has a free VPN service for those who don’t need high speed and such
Can you reset the injury counter for that intro? Cause, hoo boy, that was some serious damage.
One of my coworkers got a new pair of running sneakers with xmas designs on them. We talked about them in the office a couple times, but I didn't really care and didn't think about them again. A couple weeks later I have an ad on Instagram pop up for the exact shoes she was talking about. I don't run or care about expensive sneakers and there they were. It was creepy