chappedafloat @ chappedafloat @lemmy.wtf

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You have to negotiate.

They: Do you have whatsapp?

You: No i hate that app but we can use Rehnijobuboba, heard of that?

They: No and there's no way I'm installing something I can't even speak.

You: Ok, you dont want to install that and I don't want whatsapp, lets meet halfway and use Signal together!

They: Fine.

If they don't want to use private communication then just leave it. If you want privacy you have to get used to having a less social life, at least online. That's the key really, if you want a social life, you have to start going offline, out into the real world and meet people. Get to know your neighborhood a bit or join some outdoor activity or club or something. I know it's weird at first about going outside because we're all basement computer nerds but you will find freedom without all the online surveillance when you leave your home.

JK, because next challenge is to convince everyone you meet that they should leave their phones are home and if you thought getting people to use Signal is hard you have no idea because that's just step 1.

Problem is first party tracking. Blocking is just against third parties. For first party tracking you are just going to have to use tor browser.

I learned about Cloudflare mitm quickly because when you use Tor browser you will see how many websites use cloudflare because you can't access all those sites. So I did a little research about this problem about cloudflare and found out how serious and huge problem it is.

That doesnt delete your data. Now they have right to keep it forever for their "legitimate" reasons to protect them from a user who break their ToS. All you accomplish is give up the little rights you have.

Corporations could actually do this anyway because there are so many vague rules in ToS and they can bend them however they want and without any user knowing you could all be flagged as a malicious users just so they have "legitimate" reason to do lots of nasty things with your data such as sharing them with networks who work together to prevent "malicious" users and "russian troll farms" etc. The whole system is rigged and just an illusion of protections for consumers/people.

It's normal but people don't like it. Just ask the people you know if they are ok with all the mass surveillance, they don't like it. But it's just too difficult for them to do anything about it. They don't like this "small beginner steps" approach to privacy. They want complete privacy without effort or nothing at all and they don't want to pay for it. It's laughable and sad but that's my experience talking about privacy with people. But the point here i guess is that mass surveillance has been forced on us all. They create a new wonderful technology with lots of use case but then they also add in some mass surveillance on it as well as a bonus.

privacy is about making effort to protect it. With your logic you should just use google chrome browser and be signed in to google because it makes an easier experience. Then install alexa in your home and make it a smart home, it also makes life easier.

whonix docs is very good to learn about this stuff

Do you think it's better to use a VPN if you aren't using TOR Browser?

You can copy the part of the url watch?v=4sfIBRTcRpU and use it in the frontend you prefer.