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What is spying? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by sag@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

Sorry to post my shitty neofetch to this community

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[-] WhateverWorks@lemmy.world 91 points 1 year ago

some people think switching to the brave browser will solve the whole spying problem

[-] leavemealone@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Lol nobody can spy me, I put tape on the camera". Quote from my mother...

[-] Sharkwellington@lemmy.one 30 points 1 year ago

I wish my only privacy concern was stolen nudes. Ignorance can be bliss.

[-] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I signed up for a credit card once, in person on paper. Never heard back, discovered tears later several cards had been opened kn my name and left delinquent. Fuck me for trying to apply for my frost credit card, apparently.

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I'm way more concerned about my microphone than my camera

[-] cake@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Well… at least she won’t be deepfaked. So there’s that.

[-] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I hope she actually said lol.

[-] Stach@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

reminder to use firefox with privacy extensions

[-] gloriousPingu@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Or use librewolf whoch is a foek of firefox just with all the privacy related stuff preinstalled like ublock.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

But can it group tabs on Android?

[-] magikmw@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Afaik yes. I don't use that feature tho.

[-] TheMadnessKing@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I have started to hate Brave with how much of their BS that they have added in the browser. Things like VPN, Rewards , Wallet, News and more. Heck, Chrome now seems better to me bcoz of all these ~~features~~ (bloat) they have managed to add. Same with Edge.

[-] SimonSaysStuff@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Brave solves one set of problems... And replaces them with an entirely different set of problems. I'll stick with Firefox.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

Firefox is not safer. It’s just a different browser for people who don’t like to say ‘chrome’ in their mouths . It’s not really any different in the safety. It’s like how people think private browsing is private but it’s not. It’s just a comfort label.

[-] Fireplant@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Do you KNOW anything about online privacy?

Not using Chrome is a great first step since your browsing data isn't directly fed to Gogle. Not using Gogle as your search engine is just the next step. Just by doing this you have mostly ridden G*ogle of the ability to know what you've been searching, but they can still get around.

This is where using stuff like Firefox and Brave is important. Because these browsers come with built-in protection against trackers. But that's not just it. You want MORE. Next up is installing uBlock Origin. Set it up properly and congratulations you just became essentially invisible on the web. If that isn't enough then you're welcome to use TOR or a VPN to completely demolish all good attempts at tracking and spying. In fact, TOR alone would be enough for most users.

You fuckers always act like having privacy online is impossible or something when it's really not. All it comes down to is user tech literacy and knowing what do to. I don't want a browser that straight up listens on the mic to everything I say. NOBODY who knows shit thinks that "private browsing" is safe. NOBODY. That's why using Firefox is just one step and not all of them.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You fuckers always act like having privacy online is impossible or something when it’s really not. All it comes down to is user tech literacy and knowing what do to.

And you elitist fuckers love to shame others when it should be made easier for users. Shame on you.

[-] flamingarms@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

That's a fairly simplified look at the whole picture though. Fingerprinting is a whole other beast, and Brave and Firefox and associated forks have varying and incomplete protections. For instance, only the Firefox-forked browser called Mull seems to effectively randomize data for canvas fingerprinting, whereas Firefox and Brave don't have protections against it at all. Saying you're essentially invisible on the Internet following your steps is pretty inaccurate. There's way too much money in this shit; web services are fingerprinting on everything they can.

[-] Fireplant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was talking about PC, it's just cherrypicking to assume anyone who mentions Firefox as a private browser doesn't refer to hardened Firefox. And for the record, I use Mull. Like I said, you just need to know your shit.

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