/tech/ - Technology

I just use librewolf, turn pre-fetching back on in ublock to fix the connectian issues, and mainly use mastodon, neocities and here.

>>26822
Probably best to find ways to reduce it which aren't too much of a hassle. At the minimum its a waste of resources from the user perspective.

Find a balance. Accept that it's impossible or close to to disable everything. You have to pick a level where you just accept what you're given and trust it. Is it the OS? Do you wanna go further and not trust the hardware? The firmware?

You have to stop somewhere, for pragmatic reasons. But never give up on everything.

>>26823
>librewolf
?why

>>27088
Firefox with stricter defaults. Daz it

>>27092
>Firefox with stricter defaults.
Am running one of these at the moment, but considering switching to Linux + Emacs + Nyxt. Either that or trying to fix the Emacs addon for Firefox.

>>27093
>Emacs addon for Firefox
Has that ever worked since quantum? I think you're better off writing an emacs config for vimium.

>>27094
Think it was advertised for 57+ when, if ever, it worked is an open question. Regarding the chromium tweaks suppose that's pretty close.

>>27095
>Regarding the chromium tweaks
Vimium exists for firefox. The latest version is maintained by some chinese guy https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-c

>>27096
Neat!

I think you should never stop caring about your privacy. As it by itself is a form to harm you.

Let's say you comment something controversial or give out personal opinion, people can back trace you and know who you are and use said information against you.
Privacy is your basic right and you should learn to express it!
And no! You don't have to throw away everything. Logically you should do it both ways, if you want to use Facebook? Fine! Twitter? Fine! Instagram? Fine! You want to use social media on your phone? Fine!
Just know about said dangers when sharing information with said or who. The same goes for browsing the internet and certain activities.

If you are wanting to search or find controversial information which is banned lets say in America (Yes Land of the not so free nowadays!). It is always important to have a sense of what you use the technology for. So ordinarily you'd use tor browser or Tails as a disposable operating system for your activities.

TLDR: You can practice opsec as it is a good and healthy technical skill to learn about especially in todays world and it is a necessary skill! But you don't have to give away and sacrifice everything in the name of 'privacy' for a noname or unknown threat.

>>26822
I gave up for the most part. Its impossible now, if you step in a Target and buy something they probably have ai algos identify your face and track ur cc transactions. The best that can be done is harm reduction, just dont leave your name and address on obvious shit like social media or search results. Also you can DMCA any links that out your private info. I spent a day doing that and it paid for itself already as someone who was trying to sue me couldnt find me and gave up

>>26822
Paranoia is based. Just don't overdo it. For starters, try not to constantly check your browser settings like David Hume. Also, compartmentalize your public (WhatsApp, "social" media) and private (private messaging, darknet) life.
>>27107
>you can be identified in public spaces
No shit, Sherlock. That's not an argument against privacy but an argument in favor of compartmentalization.