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Well, if we can't have privacy, at least lets make it clear that we DO want it and do what we can to have it. Not being able to defend ourselves doesn't mean t

Well, if we can't have privacy, at least lets make it clear that we DO want it and do what we can to have it. Not being able to defend ourselves doesn't mean that we should give up. A crowd can gather in front of a building and demand changes, unarmed and shouting. They may be heard or not, but still they fight. Sometimes the crowd is really huge and the other side has no option but to hear. Use Firefox. Use uBlock Origin. Use uMatrix or NoScript if you can. Use HTTPS Everywhere. Use DecentralEyes and Privacy Settings (an addon to streamline setting the cryptic browser settings in favor of your security and privacy). If you can, edit text fields through an external editor using things like Vimperator/Pentadactyl C-i command or extensions such as Its All Text or Wasavi. Use a firewall. Use a firewall in your phone as well. Search through DuckDuckGo or Startpage. Use F-Droid apps on your Android device, it even has a privacy conscious browser called Privacy Browser, a great and encryption friendly email client called K-9 and key wallet called OpenKeychain. Use Free Software. Drop the use of Google Drive and Dropbox in favor of solutions such as Syncthing. Use a password manager and strong passwords. Fight the good fight. Using this tools you can still enable resources for websites where you need them, literally unblocking the web with each use case. It works if you need to work and learn through browsers. For anything else, use Tor Browser. Maintain an installed version. Open it and update it often. Privacy is a right that we must fight for everyday and, sincerely, its an honor to be part of the resistance in this dark age. User rights actvists know how hard it can be to teach people the importance of this things. Its hard and not always effective and often backfires. If you are a developer, don't put your tail between your legs and accept that you must for monetary reasons circumvent user rights, talk with your team, be the guy with weird thoughts and be proud. You know the importance and they don't. Isn't it like this when a math teacher struggles with his younglings? They just don't know. Be patient. We can BE the change we want. Edit: Use Signal. Support Riot. SUPPORT THE EFF! There are so many beautiful people fighting the fight with us. Thanks to everyone involved in the development of this products and services, often left in the shadows and unpaid. You are love.

eganist 10y ago
Do all of this and you'll be fingerprinted as being in the fringe minority of privacy-craving web users, so for this effort to succeed, it might help for there to be some form of orchestration/automation and education to achieve all of these together with a wide population of people. That'd be a startup or nonprofit project, not necessarily anything any of us can individually do and not stick out like a sore thumb unless somebody capitalizes on anti-privacy revelations which can galvanize the population in favor of self-education on privacy hygiene. Paraphrasing (probably inaccurately) Bruce Schneier's answer to a question of mine on this topic at DEF CON: the best privacy solutions are the ones embraced by many people.
- deltaprotocol 10y ago
  This isn't about being invisible. 99.9% of the people can't, including most of the HN crowd. It has become literally almost impossible. This is about making a statement for what you believe and fighting for digital world we want. You can always use techniques such as blending in if you really must, tools such as Tails or QubesOS. If they want to put a red pin on me with the words activist and "conscious of us", let them while and if they can. Edit: changed the word "secure" to "invisible" because they are different things entangled in this scenario.

eganist 10y ago

Do all of this and you'll be fingerprinted as being in the fringe minority of privacy-craving web users, so for this effort to succeed, it might help for there to be some form of orchestration/automation and education to achieve all of these together with a wide population of people. That'd be a startup or nonprofit project, not necessarily anything any of us can individually do and not stick out like a sore thumb unless somebody capitalizes on anti-privacy revelations which can galvanize the population in favor of self-education on privacy hygiene. Paraphrasing (probably inaccurately) Bruce Schneier's answer to a question of mine on this topic at DEF CON: the best privacy solutions are the ones embraced by many people.

deltaprotocol 10y ago
This isn't about being invisible. 99.9% of the people can't, including most of the HN crowd. It has become literally almost impossible. This is about making a statement for what you believe and fighting for digital world we want. You can always use techniques such as blending in if you really must, tools such as Tails or QubesOS. If they want to put a red pin on me with the words activist and "conscious of us", let them while and if they can. Edit: changed the word "secure" to "invisible" because they are different things entangled in this scenario.