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For what? What would I use it for? Practically everything I do on the web involves authentication and a login and an identity. They're all US-based services. I
by NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
For what? What would I use it for?
Practically everything I do on the web involves authentication and a login and an identity. They're all US-based services. It's stuff that I use to manage my household, and finances. It's also social media stuff; some of it's pseudonymous, but I've got Facebook too.
These services factor in security hints such as device fingerprinting, and a consistent local IP address that belongs to an ISP account I pay for. That's as safe as it gets in this modern digital jungle.
I also use Chrome. I don't use Firefox. Don't try to get me using Firefox; it's incompatible with my workflow. I don't even have it installed to debug website errors. I also own a Chromebook and I do a lot on the Chromebook. 100% of my employment relies on it, and 20% of my personal use is there, too. TOR isn't compatible with ChromeOS (prove me wrong.)
The #1 error of TOR users is that they eventually reveal themselves online, by authenticating to some service, or by going to haunt specific websites or URLs they like. This is similar to people in Witness Protection or abuse victims who run away: they eventually contact family or friends and reveal personal details, and then they're re-victimized.
Sorry TOR, you're not for me.
- ipaddr 3y agohttps://www.google.com/amp/s/beebom.com/how-install-tor-browser-chromebook/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/beebom.com/how-install-tor-brow... If you reveal yourself by logging today none of your other sessions from yesterday or tomorrow will be revealed or connected.
- andrewfurey2003 3y agoPls dont use chrome, theyre pushing drm on the internet
- rightbyte 3y ago> TOR isn't compatible with ChromeOS (prove me wrong.) It seems futile to use Tor when the OS itself is made by a notorious spyware vendor. But there are Tor browsers for Android that should work.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago> notorious spyware vendor So, like, Windows 10?
- fsflover 3y agoYes, there is little difference from Windows.
- trolan 3y agoNot trying to prove you wrong on this one, just a Chromebook fan myself. Have you tried/do you consider app support on Crostini/Linux? I haven't tested it, so unsure if it works, but all of the Linux programs I've installed have ran fine on a Chromebook.
- zetta0 3y agoA simple article on Chrome Unboxed suggests you can install Tor browser and have it work. I think there is less issues with TOR and more issues with you fundamentally not caring about privacy. Like most of the internet.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoI care about privacy quite a bit, and I exercise good privacy practices, just not the same ones you seem to care about. Why judge me like that?
- whelp_24 3y agoCan a Chromebook be private? What are the good practices you follow?
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoWhat do you consider as "privacy"?
- whelp_24 3y agoNot being tracked? Like my activities ideally should only be know by me and those directly involved. Even better if only i know but that's impossible.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoThat's it? Privacy is just the lack of tracking? There are no other components to a private life? Tracked by whom? Anyone? Is it OK if your parents track you? Does your government have a direct involvement in, say, public city streets? Is this about technological tracking? What if you walk through a forest, and some stranger comes up behind your path, and uses natural evidence to find out something about you, and which way you went? How would you prevent that?
- jakubwojciech 3y agowhat does it mean that Firefox is incompatibile with your workflow? I am really curious about it
- nottorp 3y ago> Don't try to get me using Firefox; it's incompatible with my workflow. I don't even have it installed to debug website errors. Please tell us what sites you worked on so we Firefox users can avoid using them :) Or they're so bad they wouldn't even load the entry page in FF?
- Ycdr4thfdd 3y agoSure, it's easiest if you stay on the happy path. You'll only regret that if you or what you want to do online falls out of favor of whomever is in power.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoWhy do you judge me so? What do you know of my regrets? The only One who is in power will judge me justly, and I eagerly anticipate that with joy and thanksgiving.
- fsflover 3y ago> Practically everything I do on the web involves authentication and a login and an identity. How about using HN to make this comment? Even if you use your real name for it, you add some traffic to Tor, which helps.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoIt's just amazing to see the tech support bros come out and I've got at least six replies telling me how I can use Tor when my OP listed fewer than half the reasons I won't use it, but tech support comes out and asks me if I tried rebooting my ideology and upgrading my politics to the latest.
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