privacy

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14131393...

I feel like this may be a bit of a counterintuitive question considering Graphene’s privacy features but, is there a way to remote erase or find my phone with GrapheneOS in the event the phone is lost?

My main laptop is dead, so I’m on a potato laptop with a 6th gen Intel i3 processor and 4GB of RAM. I have IceCat installed, but I really don’t like the defaults it provides....

edit: please see comments for more informed insights....

I wish to mention learnings from the coupious time i spend on learning online privacy ,security and anonymity for my b school (MBA) admissions interview. Can I market is as a cybersecurity internship. But Cyber security has a different meaning altogether. I’m pretty much at the advance stage of the privacy journey( read all...

Is it possivle to debloat a fire tv stick? I.e. remove all amazon related apps and replace the launcher. The info I find online is scattered around and depends on the version.

Recently stumbled upon this note-taking app called SiYuan, but it honestly looks a bit too good to be true(?). Has anyone here used it or got any experience with it? Trying to replace Obsidian is a difficult task, and I’ve been through almost all note-taking apps there are out there, however this one looks fairly similar....

I am not satisfied with Linux’s security and have been researching alternative open source OS for privacy and security So far only thing that’s ready to use is GrapheneOS (Based on Android) but that’s not available on desktop (Though when Android release Desktop mode it may become viable)...

Apparently Apple can end-to-end encrypt your iCloud, but it’s opt in because they still want to profit off your data >_ iCloud -> Advanced Data Protection...

Are comments no longer visible for anyone else using the youtube frontends? I can no longer see comments with either invidious, piped, or viewtube, and I’ve tried several instances of each. With invidious there’s just nothing there below the video description. With viewtube I get an error message. And with piped I see...

I’ve noticed that ads are absolutely everywhere, and wanted to post this to disillusion some of the places we see ads but don’t realize. It would be harder to make a list of places you don’t see ads....

Idk if this is the right instance for this, but how fucking tired of these forced ads at gas pumps is everyone else?...

Folks, I have finally figured it out....

First, let me say that this is the worst phone I’ve ever owned. I don’t have have “fuck it, I’m buying a Pixel” money right now, but I’d like to try un-ruining my phone if possible. And what are the best ways to back up my phone before the switch?

It seems like everywhere is asking for my ID multiple times and there are multiple international companies involved....

I’ve been using SwiftKey for waaaaaaay too long. I shoulda switched when Microsoft bought them out....

I’m looking for an android browser to open webapps isolated from my general browsing...

Today I was watching a few YouTube videos about groundwork with horses. First time I did that. Yes, I was logged in....

edit: thank you all for your replies! They are all very helpful. I am reading through them and will ask follow-up questions if needed....

Now that Apple has been forced to allow alternative App Stores, are there already similar stores like F-Droid emerging for iOS?

I’m thinking of getting a second phone to ease off iOS. It has been good for productivity stuff but the closed off nature of the device keeps disrupting my plans. Everything is either expensive or ad ridden. (Except floccus, floccus is awesome)...

Meta has already announced interopability opportunity since March 6. Has anything been made after that? All I know is that Signal apparently won’t operate with them.

I’m concerned about the privacy implications of DNA testing services like 23andMe or AncestryDNA. What are the potential risks of sharing our genetic data with those companies, and are there any privacy-focused alternatives available?

I am trying to re-adjust how much effort I want to put into privacy concerns. Too much stuff I’m using isn’t working properly or using a lot of my mental resources that I need elsewhere....

I believe that the only two privacy extensions you really need to meet 90% of your privacy goals are uBlock origin + NoScript...