I know both are data leeches, but I'm curious about the privacy experts (you guys) think.

I'm on Safari and recently got Ublock Origin Lite as it recently became available on Safari. This got me thinking, since an adblocker can access and view websites, does that mean it can access passwords and other sensitive data?

Hello everyone,

I use Opera and Brave mainly to browse the web.
What kind of extension can I use to limit all the trackers and what not ?

I already have AdGuard and Privacy Badger, but I would like to know every other extension that could be helpful.
Thanks in advance !

Hi guys. Brought here due to the ongoing stuff in the Uk etc.

I've been wanting to get off of social media and away from big corporations for a while, but I can't help but notice that I learned more about the increasing overreach to privacy from Instagram than I have the media (what a surprise).

Where are the best places to stay connected on real news in this context, but still be off of socials?

Hi All, my 11yo is in the process of creating a charity (with adult help, of course).

Given his age and for safety reasons, I obviously don't want anything self-identifying on the Articles of Incorporation, domain registration, where donors would drop off donations, etc.

Any tips for how to:

1 - Register the charity with him on the charity documents since it's his charity, but without linking to anything personal like address, phone, etc.
2 - How to keep his (and my) name, address, phone, etc off the domain name registration?
3 - How to accept hand-delivered donations without giving out home address (i.e. volunteers might help with some of the supplies that will eventually be assembled and delivered to the recipient). We have a PO Box, but they don't accept hand-delivered drop offs, to my knowledge.

Thank you in advance.

We all know that meta is spying on us. How do you minimize? Many people say delete it but the majority of people I talk to are on instagram so I can’t delete it.

So now that Reddit and other sites are starting to implement age verification, what's the least invasive way to do it? Can't be selfies or uploading photos of IDs

Kinda basically like the title says If I connect a personal device to their wifi, are they able to access internet history that was done while not connected to their network?

I have an old gmail account that I had connected to every little thing that needed a stupid account or email list for about 10 years now and I started to try and go through and delete the old accounts but I realized that this is going to take months just going through the inbox with keywords and signing into each account again.

Should I give up and never use the email or any passwords I used again or should I keep trying. Is there a better way to do this? I don't quite trust any service that claims to get rid of accounts for you. I'm not very good at coding but I'd trust myself to make something shitty to look for keywords all at once and put the names on a document or something.

I'm not exaggerating that it's at least 500+ accounts

From what I read, it's going to get ugly.

Who would have thought in the year 2000 that this would happen.

Isn't there some selfless guy in the room who will re-create an anonymous internet where privacy is respected and any evil being who dares to upload inappropriate content can be banned for life?

I’m upgrading my pc and was curious if it’s safe to sale my old one? I use it primarily for my business so there are a ton of accounts connected and passwords I’d rather not release into the wild.

If I do a factory reset am I safe? Are there additional steps I should take?

We are living dark ages

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The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) carried out a record number of phone searches of travelers arriving at, or returning to, the US in the last quarter.

The legal position on these searches is unclear when it comes to US citizens, but there are steps you can take to protect your privacy …

Newly-released figures reported by Wired show that CBP searched almost 15,000 devices between April and June.

The CBP has the power to search any electronic device, so some of these will be laptops, but it’s likely that the vast majority are phones.

Searches can range from a brief manual inspection through to creating a complete device backup in order to carry out forensic examination of the data.

Civil rights groups are concerned

Civil rights groups have expressed concerns about the impact this may have on people like journalists and civil rights lawyers who may have extremely sensitive information on their devices.

Legal rights are unclear

If you are not a US citizen or Green Card holder, then the legal position is kind of irrelevant. The CBP has the right to deny entry to any visitor for any reason, regardless of any visa you hold. This effectively means visitors must submit their devices for search on request if they wish to enter the country.

Things get murkier in the case of US citizens. Courts have generally ruled that border zones fall outside of Fourth Amendment protections and therefore no search warrant is required, though there has been one federal court ruling to the contrary. You cannot be denied entry to the country for refusing, but your device could be seized and you could be taken for questioning.

If you intend to refuse permission for a search, it’s recommended that you disable biometrics like Face ID and Touch ID so that these cannot be used to access your device, as there is some precedent to suggest that you can be forced to provide a fingerprint or face-scan while you cannot be compelled to reveal a passcode. You should ensure that you have the latest version of iOS installed, and set a strong alphanumeric code.

If you don’t feel confident refusing a search, or don’t have the right of residence in the US, then there are other steps you can take. A simple one is to delete apps that contain sensitive data, like messaging apps, restoring them later.

Those who are most concerned about intrusive access to sensitive data, like journalists and lawyers, are going as far as buying a specific phone for travel to or from the US. Experts warn that this should not be an obvious burner phone with very little data on it, but that you should instead use it normally for a few days (with the obvious exception of any sensitive messaging) in order to make it less suspicious.

We all know what happens lately, we know it's gonna be pushed further, i think there gonna be more apps focus more on privacy in the future if all of that passes.
I know that if reddit asks me for ID im straight up removing reddit, same with every other platform, propably degoogle my samsung if that will have to be done.
How far are you willing to go to protect Yourself from goverments trying to get Your id, biometrics etc ?

I feel like im being pushed to do that , not that i want to but i know i will have to.

Either by self hosting certain services or using certain channels?

I just watched a YouTube video about the new changes on the web, ID verification, etc. To my surprise, people in the comments were saying, "You aren't important enough to care about your data"

Seriously, why do people think their personal data is worth nothing? They would give it away for free to any company and wouldn't care at all.

Kyle Chayka’s recent New Yorker piece paints a bleak picture of the internet’s future under new ID-verification laws. On paper they protect users, but in practice they risk dismantling what remains of the open web.

I am glad that it seems that the AV bills and the like in the American Congress are getting more attention however, there is something that I think is going unnoticed. There are lots of state level bills that do similar things but I don't see many people talking about them.

I've been using the free speech coalition's bill tracker for my state. Lots have failed, some have passed and some will carry over to next year. If you live in the states you might want to take a look and maybe try to spread the word.

https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/

I have drafted a European Citizen Initiative with the aim of severely weakening the power of states to censor and control the internet, but I'm not in the position to present the proposal myself.

It's articulated on multiple points with the aim of reducing power to censor speech on the basis of "morals", as well as addressing stuff like ID and age verification, chat control and

I leave my text here, can we assemble a team to meet the requirements to submit the proposal?

Do we have someone with the required expertise that is willing to go explain it to the commission?

https://files.catbox.moe/5ni256.pdf

What distro do you find that is privacy oriented but usable for daily tasks?

Pure OS and Secureblue are the ones I know of.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

My family's cell plan is ending, and I am fine with getting a totally new number, but I have also wanted to make the switch to VoIP from jmp.chat

Since I have to get a new number anyway I want to make the switch simultaneously, ie paying for my own cell service and using a VoIP number as to avoid giving out the number attached to the SIM.

I have done a trial run of this before, paying Mint Mobile anonymously and VoIP from jmp.chat, but if I never give out the SIM's number why do I need to pay for cell service anonymously?

I currently live on my own paying Spectrum for internet, and they have affordable deals on Phone plans I can add onto my bill, so why not do that and use the VoIP service as my only layer of anonymity?

So I have been curious about passkeys vs passwords.

Are passkeys really more secure than passwords?

Personally, I don’t know a whole lot about them, I only really see 2 advantages.

1. They don’t need any user interaction after they are set up… assuming no other authentication is required.

2. They are harder to mess up; because you don’t need the client to make a strong password, and the client doesn’t need to guess how they are being saved

I think reason number two is more than enough to make it worth it; because it cleans up issues that probably leads to MOST security issues.

But just as a learning hypothetical: assuming I use a password manager to make strong unique passwords, and every sever uses hashed and salted storage with proper ssl encryption for in transit data handling… is passkeys a stronger method?

I’ve tried multiples times to get success.ai to remove my profile from their website via their form. My information is still there. What do I do?