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A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

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[–] durduramayacaklar@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

How can I "protect" myself while keeping my identity? Like, people who doesn't wanna sell their personal info to big companies?

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For basic shit use a paid VPN like Mullvad or IVPN. Pay in crypto if you can. Don't use Google stuff. Not even a keyboard. Have Gboard on an android phone? It's keylogging everything you type. Basically all keyboard are. The really best thing you can do is have two separate devices and use one exclusively for shit you can do without needing any identification. No buying shit. Use a proton mail without actually tying personal information to it. Get a fake phone number if you need oem but those are kind of hard to do. Say goodbye to telegram. It's actually harder to stay anonymous there then discord.

[–] durduramayacaklar@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not a techy guy do I have a more lightweight option?

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago

No. Modern technology and internet for the average person is DESIGNED to track you. Your options are

  1. Become techy
  2. Stop using technology