I'm not going to watch a video on some premise that is disconnected from any practical use in everyday life.
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2024
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This is such a weird thing I’ve noticed on this community. There was a guy not too long ago that would make new accounts like daily so he wasn’t posting under the same username and it’s like… why?
I get you want privacy, but there’s a line where it just stops making sense, and your personal info isn’t that valuable. Anyway
I get you want privacy, but there’s a line where it just stops making sense, and your personal info isn’t that valuable. Anyway
Actually, you don't need perfect privacy. You just need good enough privacy, and here's why:
If you're a low-value target - i.e. a random internet user, that's you and me - always remember that your value is low: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook... expend a certain amount of resources to fish for enough of your data to earn them a return on their investment. We're low-value targets, so they first and foremost go for the low hanging fruits: the people who don't know, don't care, wallow in social media without any restraint and make it particularly easy to gather data from.
All you have to do is make it hard enough and expensive enough for the corporate surveillance collective to lose money on you: create accounts full of fake data and don't post personal information - or make up fake personal information in your posts - to poison their wells. Don't post photos of you or your family. Use throwaway email addresses. Use a deGoogled phone. Don't browse without an ad blocker set on reasonably high. Use a browser with anti-fingerprinting. Don't fill out Costco membership cards. Pay with cash stuff that you don't want anybody to know about. Etc etc.
In other words, adopt a reasonable-enough privacy hygiene so that you're not part of the low hanging fruits. It doesn't have to be drastic, just good enough to make you not worth the sonsabitches' time and effort.
If you're a high-value target however, a Snowden or an Assange, that's a different proposition. But for the rest of us, private enough is good enough.
That depends, tho. I personally don't make much phone calls so it would work just fine... If I lived in USA, that is.
Also, that depends on the phone: one of the main concerns of the video is that gapps can bypass the vpn... And, well, I have no gapps 🤷
GApps definitely bypass VPN, I've seen it on a phone I can't root.
Pretty interesting to see first hand.
And, of course they can, they're system apps.
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Cell phone tracking is common place. If you carry one, you're being tracked, profiled and having your data correlated with others. The question is whether you support living in a surveillance society. If you do, grab a cell phone and be happy. If not, get rid of it and use alternative communication methods. It's a simple choice. In my experience, most people choose convenience over privacy.
Not if you don't use sim, Bluetooth, NFC, WiFi, hotspot, microphone and stand perfectly still in a bunker 4 kilometers under ground
I do want to not use my Sim for internet but I dont know what to use. I know there are small devices you can pop Sim into but couldn't find any decent. I think it would also stop drawing your battery, does anyone got any tips for a good manufacturer?
I do this all the time, you just need two phones. It's not inconvenient if your going to carry two phones anyway. Saves on cell phone charges. So I do it for money reasons, but still the same net benefit.