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As a general reminder, following cargocult privacy advice usually makes your browser easier to fingerprint and can break many sites on the Internet (such as blo

As a general reminder, following cargocult privacy advice usually makes your browser easier to fingerprint and can break many sites on the Internet (such as blogs that get posted to HN without https breaking HTTPS Everywhere, or sites whose CSP cannot be patched properly for Decentralize). Apply these proposals at your own risk and do not expect that they will help you remain secret or untracked online.

ignoramous 8y ago
> Apply these proposals at your own risk and do not expect that they will help you remain secret or untracked online. Agree. I think I did mention "some semblance of privacy..." I've pointed to people (who I consider not tech-savvy enough) to install Intra and setup adguard-dns, and they were able to do so. This helps them get around not only internet-censorship, but also thwart ISPs/MNOs from snooping on DNS queries and building a profile on them, or worse, selling it to advertisers. Folks were able to install exodus-privacy and read through the reports, to find out if an app was tracking them mercilessly. They were able to use Glasswire, and firewall apps they thought were going overboard (but couldn't uninstall/disable) from accessing the internet. Its my belief that the steps I listed down are basic enough that it helps folks go a long way in taking back some control of their privacy. Once they are fully committed, of course, they'd know they are better off installing LineageOS with no GoogleApps on them, or buying a Librem phone, or getting burner phones, or not using smart-phones at all and so on... Most aren't there yet. > such as blogs that get posted to HN without https breaking HTTPS Everywhere, or sites whose CSP cannot be patched properly for Decentralize Yes, you're right. More often than not, I simply do not look at websites that break. If I must, then I either use brow.sh, or outline.com, or startpage.com anonymous-proxy.

ignoramous 8y ago

> Apply these proposals at your own risk and do not expect that they will help you remain secret or untracked online. Agree. I think I did mention "some semblance of privacy..." I've pointed to people (who I consider not tech-savvy enough) to install Intra and setup adguard-dns, and they were able to do so. This helps them get around not only internet-censorship, but also thwart ISPs/MNOs from snooping on DNS queries and building a profile on them, or worse, selling it to advertisers. Folks were able to install exodus-privacy and read through the reports, to find out if an app was tracking them mercilessly. They were able to use Glasswire, and firewall apps they thought were going overboard (but couldn't uninstall/disable) from accessing the internet. Its my belief that the steps I listed down are basic enough that it helps folks go a long way in taking back some control of their privacy. Once they are fully committed, of course, they'd know they are better off installing LineageOS with no GoogleApps on them, or buying a Librem phone, or getting burner phones, or not using smart-phones at all and so on... Most aren't there yet. > such as blogs that get posted to HN without https breaking HTTPS Everywhere, or sites whose CSP cannot be patched properly for Decentralize Yes, you're right. More often than not, I simply do not look at websites that break. If I must, then I either use brow.sh, or outline.com, or startpage.com anonymous-proxy.