arkenfox vs LibreWolf, what's the different and which is better?

What's the difference between arkenfox and LibreWolf? Also, which gives better privacy?

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Is using Ubuntu Remix flavor distros bad for your privacy

Is it safe to use unofficial Ubuntu based distros that include a different desktop environment like UbuntuDDE, Ubuntu Unity (distro) and Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix.

https://redd.it/sqnih0
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Is using Ubuntu Remix flavor distros bad for your privacy

Is it safe to use unofficial Ubuntu based distros that include a different desktop environment like UbuntuDDE, Ubuntu Unity (distro) and Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix.

https://redd.it/sqnih0
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Removing/deleting my existence from Facebook: how can I efficiently minimize my trace?


Hello all. I am in the process of catching up on learning about protecting my privacy and I want to take this issue seriously. I hope I am posting the right topic and hoping this post won't be removed as I am posting this question as a genuine inquiry to an aspect that I am not completely versed with.

That's being said, I have finally decided to take my first step by contemplating on removing myself from Facebook. I've been using Facebook since 2009, I was not even 18 at that time. Recently, I have slowed down using Facebook, especially when the pandemic started. I rarely interact with posts and people, such that my last activities were mostly from early 2020. Since then, I only browse it for 5 to 10 minutes per 3 to 7 days, only to catch up with some important updates from the Facebook group of my professional affiliations. I have been recently been reading a lot about privacy issues and concerns on Facebook and I realized how alarming this could be. Moreover, this platform have become from being a social media to a vehicle that propagate toxicity, black propaganda, and served as a breeding ground for many absurdities such as fake news and unintelligible contents.

I started assessing my Facebook activities, specifically starting from older messages in Messenger dating back as early as 2009. There I have seen, as my gullible teenager-self who wasn't aware of what data privacy and security was, how I have carelessly sent a couple of personal information, e-mail, even my own home address, and contact numbers to people I realize I don't actually know, or at least I don't recognize anymore. At this point, I am not completely sure how many more of the same instances I have done in those years of life, and even those that I might have sent in my later years which I don't realize can breach my data or privacy. Facebook did not give the users the function to retract those info from years— or decade+—worth of Facebook messages and because of that, those info, some of which are still active (particularly my email and home address), have been sitting in chat exchanges with people that I don't even recognize now.

Growing up, I finally realized the importance of protecting myself and my privacy in many digital platforms. I want to take steps by starting on Facebook and especially efficient ways to retract the messages now that Facebook finally released the Unsend function. I maybe too late now but I guess it's better than never.

I'm planning a slow walkthrough removing or lessening my digital footprint on Facebook by:

1) Firstly, take back all my interactions or comments to other user's posts;
2) next, I will unfriend all of my Facebook friends (Will update my closest friends about my decision of moving away from the platform;
3) then, I would be retracting all my Facebook messages from Messenger from the people I have exchanged messages with using Unsend feature;
4) and after that, I would start removing contents from my profile and activity logs;
5) and finally, delete my existence from Facebook by deleting my profile permanently.

With this in mind, it leads me to think of these questions:

- Has anyone here, who was like me, wanted to remove their Facebook footprints and have succeeded in doing so? If yes, how did you do it efficiently or in what particular way did you do it? Is there anything that I can improve in my planned process?

- Is there any important thing or crucial tip or information that I need to know before doing so? Is this the logical way to do it? I would appreciate if anyone can lead me into finally taking my digital privacy seriously.

- Any helpful tools that are safe to use that I can use to aid me in removing my existence from Facebook?

Thank you very much for those who took time to read my wall-of-text post. I look forward to hearing many of your helpful tips.

Best regards,

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Is anyone been using Cryptee for long time?

I'm planning to move from Standard Notes to Cryptee and have few questions.

Use case : I needed a Document editor for journals and personal notes which I can access from anywhere app or no app.

1. Is it still snappy if you have 100+ notes and is offline mode reliable?
2. Is there any roadmap of upcoming changes and improvements because it has stellar document editor while photo manager is clunky with no folder or auto upload.

https://redd.it/sqq84y
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Mail tips

I m having problems with apple mail. Is there any suggestion for me as mail app, guys?

https://redd.it/sqr46t
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Open-source e-mail client for iOS? Is there any?

Hi guys

Which email app you could recommend for iOS?

Thanks

https://redd.it/sqrwm0
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icloud 3rd party encryption?

I noticed that there is a market for 3rd party services that will encrypt your data on the fly from your iphone to icloud. I don't use icloud but there are a couple apps that I wouldn't mind if they were synced across multiple devices. Has anyone had an experience with these 3rd party services that do it?

https://redd.it/sqfki2
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Why does PrivacyGuides direct people on their site to services that they recommend against using

Why does PrivacyGuides tell people to check them out on Reddit or Twitter even though they recommend against using these sites

https://redd.it/sqdo7y
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Any good anti-virus software for Mac?

Is there such a thing, not necessarily open source but at least a trustworthy recommendation? Thanks so much in advance.

https://redd.it/sqv82u
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On a it's foss news found a new cloud storage that seems to be google drive replacement

https://news.itsfoss.com/linshare-beta/

has anyone used it? what can you say about? seem pretty interesting

https://redd.it/sqv5cv
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WebDAV and 2FA

I would like to access my cloud storage via WebDAV but also keep 2FA switched on. Nextcloud implements this via a device passcode that I understood serves as a client specific password. Is this actually as safe / secure as using the “global” password plus a TOTP? Thanks for your advice!

https://redd.it/sqyaet
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Is Intel IME worth worrying about?

was looking to get a laptop and was wondering what vulnerabilities having IME would open a user up to.

https://redd.it/sr007z
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Google recognizes a person's passing away?

I recently lost my uncle. There were lot of exchanged photos, messages, Whatsapp statuses, Facebook statuses around this event by various family members.

However, a day after his passing away, my Google Photos shows a spotlight of my uncle! (Spotlight is a feature where photos of a person/pet are auto-clubbed in a 'story' format and presented for viewing/saving)

I know all of these tech companies are really creepy, but how did Google 'recognize' that an important event surrounding my uncle has occurred? Because neither Whatsapp nor Facebook are owned by Google. No emails (Gmail or otherwise) were sent amongst the large family.

This is creepy max pro.

https://redd.it/sqzvj5
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Redact and other similar scripts to delete Facebook content

Following this post, does anyone have experience with Redact.dev? I keep finding conflicting feedback and could use some guidance. Also read that one could just use their own script to do something similar; anyone has experience with this?

XS

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Redact and other similar scripts to delete Facebook content

Following this post, does anyone have experience with Redact.dev? I keep finding conflicting feedback and could use some guidance. Also read that one could just use their own script to do something similar; anyone has experience with this?

XS

https://redd.it/sr0qjz
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Numerous Advanced GrapheneOS Questions

1. Is there technically any way to verify that WiFi, Bluetooth, LTE, etc. won't ever leak or even flash for a second when in airplane mode? Specifically the MAC addresses or unique identifiers. I'm sure any such verification would involve auditing millions of lines of code but still just asking.


2. How possible is it that any MAC addresses or unique identifiers leak/flash briefly upon the very first part of startup or very last part of shutdown when still in airplane mode?


3. Is it plausible that Google could or has a backdoor on the actual Pixel hardware or lowest firmware levels of the Pixel? Or baked in zero days? Is all such firmware code verifiable or audit-able?


4. How possible would it be for a nation state or rogue carrier to use its infrastructure/towers to passively locate the phone via the LTE hardware or another way if it's always on airplane mode and only ever connected to the internet via WiFi mode, assuming the attacker had learned unique identifiers about the phone? (Could a carrier track a WiFi-only GrapheneOS if the Pixel was never signed up for cell service or has since abandoned the previous owner's cell service if the carrier still knew the IMEI, etc.?)


5. When WiFi is enabled, is Bluetooth always enabled and on at the same time? (On a software level or hardware level?)


6. Is having an isolated guest profile for potentially malicious apps the same level of protection that VM software such as VirtualBox provides? How is it different?


7. Would an attacker need an actual Android exploit to break out of a guest profile and onto the main host software or another user profile?


8. Assume you're connecting to a malicious WiFi router or portal which an attacker owns and intends to exploit and infect your phone in some way via the JavaScript being enabled in the WiFi portal page. What protections prevent this or could prevent it?


9. Is there a Live mode of GrapheneOS? For example a guest profile where you can make it persistent or non-persistent?


10. Is there a way to randomize the Bluetooth MAC address?

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Redact and other similar scripts to delete Facebook content

Following this post, does anyone have experience with Redact.dev? I keep finding conflicting feedback and could use some guidance. Also read that one could just use their own script to do something similar; anyone has experience with this?

XS

https://redd.it/sr0qjz
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Are Old iPods in Airplane Mode Secure?

I located and found a few old iPods from 2008ish. Some don't even have cameras. If I keep them in airplane mode and don't ever plug them into any computer, assuming there's no malware on the iPods, will they stay secure from exploit, tracking, etc.?

For example, I've heard Apple has features that detect other Apple devices, even if they're turned off, and report their locations to other Apple devices near them. Are my iPods able to be tracked by this while in airplane mode?

What about when they are first fired up or lastly shut down; does the MAC of the WiFi or the Bluetooth flash at all to any devices?

Are they vulnerable to Bluetooth bugs and exploits if they stay in airplane mode forever, despite no updates? For example, there was a Bluetooth bug that allowed anyone to take over "billions" of devices some recent years back and despite a fix, "billions" of older devices remained permanently vulnerable to it. Does this apply if they're always in airplane mode?

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I would like to automatically replace/redirect youtube links with links to a privacy respecting alternative front-end

I would like to automatically replace/redirect youtube links with links to a privacy respecting alternative front-end. What would be the best way to accomplish this in Firefox.

For instance, a youtube video at the URL: youtube[dot\]comwatch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

With an invidious link ot the same video: yewtu[dot\]bewatch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

There is an extension "privacy redirect" that accomplishes this, but I try to minimize the number of extensions I install on my system, I wonder if there is a way to do this without the need for an additional extension (maybe using firefox itself, or uBlock Origin?)

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edit 1: video links appear not to be allowed which is fine, the links are for example only to show the URL pattern.

edit 2: looks like it is probably not possible to accomplish this using uBlock Origin.

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Does it matter what Linux distro I use if I only want privacy on the web and from the os itself

The title

I just visited the PrivacyGuides site to find out alternatives to software I use I never visited it to find out what OS is the best for privacy and security

Also I don't care about the best security as long as the distro releases some sort of updates once in while to fix security vulnerabilities and the distro's community is helpful and the distro itself doesn't track me I'll be fine

Also I'm not a target for hackers or the government or anybody malicious so I mostly don't need to protect against those

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