🌐 Still using Chrome in 2026?

Chrome sees EVERYTHING: Every search. Every site. Every click. All sent to Google 24/7. 📡

I tested 4 browsers so you don't have to:

🔴 Chrome — tracks everything. Avoid. 🟡 Vivaldi — better, but not fully open 🟢 Cromite — FOSS, de-Googled Chrome 🦊 IronFox — the privacy king. My daily.

Which one are YOU using?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44753763

Apple Support page

I haven't seen a better community to put this, so I'm putting it here. I've used graphene os before with a pixel 6, and used it for a few months all up until I got an insulin pump, namely an Omnipod. This thing rarely works with current generation phones, and up until recently didn't work with iPhone at all. I tried Graphene OS on an old phone again (7 pro) and tried to connect to the pump but something about it determined it was not Google Android, so it didn't work. I use x drip to connect to my CGM, and never really used the default dexcom app. I'm aware of AndroidAPS, an offshoot of open APS, but I imagine it'll be a long time, if ever, that it works with current generation pumps. And importing one that would work from Korea or the UK doesn't seem to be an option that I can afford. Am I just screwed when Google walls off Android? Is anyone aware of alternative control software for Omnipod pumps? I'd really like to go back to graphene and keep using the other software I use today, but looks like Google is going to put an end to that.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/62353095

Ngl it’s getting pretty ridiculous how often things like this are being implemented into everything we use.

I have been testing Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser using fingerprint.com. I get unique persistent identifiers that are unique per machine and persist over rebooting sessions. Javascript was on during this test.

This could be very dangerous to people using Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser.

For example, if someone visits Rainbow Railroad, an organization for leaving repressive countries with hostile LGBT policies, and then watches a video about the organization on YouTube, and then also does something, like create a Discord Server, and use Tor Browser to get around geoblocking but link it to their personal phone number, then a hostile regime buying data from data brokers could possible determine that user is considering using rainbow railroad. Even if this exact example isn't realistic or plausible (although governments do buy form data brokers), users should be aware that persistent identifiers in Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser allow for continuous tracking of a user using the same machine.

I posted this information on privacyguides forum and they deleted my account after, leading me to wonder if the forum is a giant honeypot that curates acceptable privacy discussions and unacceptable private discussions. I honestly wonder if they are infiltrated by the government. They repeatedly delete the posts of other people as well and the whole thing is starting to not sit well with me.

The right to protest doesn’t mean much if people are afraid to exercise it.

With growing surveillance—facial recognition, phone tracking, social media monitoring—privacy is becoming a key part of protest safety.

Without privacy, dissent becomes risky.

I’ve signed this petition in support.

Reddit CEO says facial verification may be introduced. Ostensibly to prevent bots.

But we all know how dangerous this can be. But most likely Reddit users will just accept it.

Although they have a great free analogue right under their noses - Lemmy. Which is many times better than its competitor.

I wish more people would discover Lemmy, but that's unlikely.

It has been a long journey.

I have been gradually convincing my family, close relatives and friends to make the switch to Signal for over two years. I am already the "tech support guy" in all my circles so most didn't really question it. Most of my friends are quite tech-savvy, and some even did use Signal before I talked to them about it.

This also filtered out some "friends" who were never that close to me to begin with. So, that's a bonus, I guess.

Overall, my recommendation to others interested would be to tell people how much you don't like Meta's business model instead of the privacy aspect. I already ditched Facebook and Instagram many years ago, and this helped defend my point a bit better.

Do you have experience with any of these?

https://github.com/DavidHavoc/ToS-Reader-Summarizer

https://github.com/skamal23/ToS-Summarizer

I'm interested in tools that highlight privacy invasive terms and conditions that are often hidden behind legal jargon or wrapped up in so much text that the end user is discouraged to actually read through the terms of service and/or the privacy policy.

If items in a fireproof safe are purposefully set on fire with a fully closed and locked safe, are contents outside of the safe generally safe from fire?

The safe can be placed in a secluded spot and on stone.

The platform I can trust ? When none of the current platforms I do trust have any cookies at all ? Or analytics?

I’ll stick with the Fediverse k? Thanks !

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44588140

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/49749386

If the video isn't working, try these links:

• https://cdn.videy.co/8f2f25e11.mp4
• https://streamable.com/0xj1ni (slightly better quality but only up for 2 days)

Clipped from full hour long video (around 49 minutes in): https://www.removedute.com/video/jmhFAjqbxnQ

Europol report: https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/The-Unmanned-Future-Report.pdf

Hey everyone, I'm considering moving my cell phone number over to being a VoIP number with JMP.chat. Unfortunately, a lot of my family members are not the most privacy focused people in the world (they're the "they already have my data so it doesn't matter" types). Over the past few years, I've been fighting the good fight and managed to get a few of them over to using Signal and some even on Matrix, but for the vast majority of them, they still only text. They almost all use Apple products, so because I still use iPhone (switching to Graphene with my next phone), most of our conversations are via iMessage. My question is which would be more private/secure? Leaving my number as is with the cell carrier and texting via iMessage or switching my number to JMP and texting via SMS?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44781501

GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone around the world without requiring personal information, identification or an account. GrapheneOS and our services will remain available internationally. If GrapheneOS devices can't be sold in a region due to their regulations, so be it.

Hello,

I use Freetube for youtube and redlib and caprine. Is there a front end for whatsapp?

Even State Department-funded Human Rights Watch admits that authorities combine legal and illegal methods to obtain convictions: https://text.hrw.org/report/2018/01/09/dark-side/secret-origins-evidence-us-criminal-cases

Combining dragnet surveillance with device hacking is intended in the design of both tools. Hence, State Department-funded Signal dupes you into handing over your identity as part of the population-centric mapping. In custody, your phone will be hacked when it is taken away if it's important.

https://xcancel.com/hannahcrileyy/status/2034273723667161480#m

i've just seen a comment in a post, in this very community, saying people trust signal because of missinformation (from what i could undertand).

if this is true, then i have a few questions:

-what menssaging app should i use for secure communications? i need an app that balances simplicity and security.

-how to explain it to my friends who use signal because i recomended?

-what this means for other apps in general?

I'm sorry, this topic is kinda USA centric. At least the details. Maybe not the core idea though. For the non-USA readers, KYC = know your customer.

I am soon to move to a new home for a job xfer. I wish I could do it privately. I had a stalker who broke into my home. I am still apprehensive and tense even though it was years ago. It feels impossible to move privately 😠

I know about Michael Bazzel's Privacy books, and I have read over them. They are good and I follow his advize for some things. I still feel overwhelmed and don't think I can manage it by myself. One problem is, the last edition of the Privacy book was years ago. KYC is in many more places now. Like utilities and services you need when moving to a new home. I run into more things that demand a copy of a gov photo ID or they will not give you a service. This data makes toward the credit bureaus, they always learn. It used to be you could pay for utilities from an LLC, but that often triggers a KYC check now and sometimes they want to copy your ID.

I already try to fight my addy appearing in people search sites but that is hard. There are so many of them. Some outside the USA and do not follow takedown requests.

There must be ways to do this! Maybe they are only available to the rich and famous? I am not rich or famous, lol. But I am middle class and would spend a moderate sum for a service to handle this. I do not feel I can do it on my own. Maybe I could years ago before so many attacks on privacy, but no more.

Has anyone successfully moved AND kept a new home addy private from data brokers? Did you use a service or company to help?

Made a small end-to-end encrypted chat tool. No accounts, no phone numbers, you just self-host an MQTT broker and share a key with someone. The part I think is actually useful: there's a clipboard mode where you type plaintext, it encrypts and copies to clipboard, then you paste the ciphertext into WeChat or email or whatever. The other person does the reverse. You don't even need to be using the same app. ChaCha20-Poly1305, Argon2id, Rust + Tauri, ~5MB exe. I know there are better tools for most threat models (Signal, Briar, SimpleX). This isn't trying to compete with them. It's for situations where you can't install a dedicated messenger or need to smuggle encrypted text through an existing channel. No forward secrecy, no traffic obfuscation, not audited, Windows only. All documented in the README. Unlicense. I won't maintain it. Fork it if it's useful to you.