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A few question from a noob (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Username85920@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I recently tried to clean up my digital life. I switched to Linux and switched to GrapheneOS and made more use of my proton subscription to replace google. But I have a few questions :

I tried https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ on Librewolf on my PC and Vanadium on my phone and it say I have a nearly unique fingerprint. Is the benefit of using a privacy focused browser neglected by the low userbase and unique fingerprint ?

I did not have a great digital hygiene before so I have a google account, meta... How do I clean this up ? Are services like Incogni any good or is it just marketing ?

Finally I wanted to use tails with persistent storage to use as a live system if I ever need to use a PC that is not my own to connect to my accounts. However, I don't want the ISP to know I use Tor. I see it as a big "I have something to hide" flag for the ISP. But my understanding is if I install a VPN on tails it will be Tor over VPN (bad if I understand correctly) instead of VPN over Tor. Should I use something else than tails since I only want/need always on VPN with kill switch.

Thanks a lot for your help. I want to say the journey is much easier than what I anticipated. The hardest part is making people switch around me. The lobbying has started.

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[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Their website (https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/learn) do mention the concern you have; Blocking trackers means you are a user with a very specific privacy settings. I suppose it would be like going around with a full face mask; You are technically private, but you are uniquely identifiable unless someone else does that. I also get "Uniquely Identifiable" on my personalised browser, but nothing like it when I try it out on newly installed Mullvad browser with no changes.

Not that I know much about how Tor traffic is identified, but Tor bridges seems like a potential solution? I would dig into that a bit more.

[–] Username85920@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I did not tinker a lot with LibreWolf, it only has protonpass and ublock origin (it came with it).

I did not change anything on Vanadium but I understand Vanadium is security over privacy.

Is there really a way to avoid both trackers and fingerprinting ? I'll look into mullvad to see how it fares.