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  2. Comment on What steps can the average user do to secure their data privacy? in ~tech

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    The key thing is to not give up! Privacy Guides (an organisation that, full discourse, I co-founded) published an article about this. It sounds like you're already on the right track - but if you...

    There’s probably a great many people out there that feel like it’s hopeless to try to do anything because it won’t matter as there’s such a heavy push to invade, restrict, and monetize our digital lives. What can the average person do to take control of our devices and data?

    The key thing is to not give up! Privacy Guides (an organisation that, full discourse, I co-founded) published an article about this. It sounds like you're already on the right track - but if you need some help or advice feel free to visit our website: Privacy Guides (hope this isn't too much self promotion!)

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  5. Comment on I am a graphenOS user and am considering getting a secondary iPhone, but I need more perspectives on how to set it up in ~tech

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    Thanks once again for the kind words!

    Thanks once again for the kind words!

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  12. Comment on Megathread: April Fools' Day 2025 on the internet in ~talk

  13. Comment on Delete the workforce in ~tech

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    If you read the London Review of Books expecting a news report you may be disappointed. What they do offer, however, is the most superb review essays - and this is a pretty good example.

    If you read the London Review of Books expecting a news report you may be disappointed. What they do offer, however, is the most superb review essays - and this is a pretty good example.

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  17. Comment on Anonymity for everyone: why you need Tor in ~tech

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    Shit, my privacy efforts must be failing /s In all seriousness, thanks for the kind words. It's always nice to see one's projects being appreciated! And don't worry, your comment didn't seem...

    I know who you are

    Shit, my privacy efforts must be failing /s

    In all seriousness, thanks for the kind words. It's always nice to see one's projects being appreciated! And don't worry, your comment didn't seem disparaging or dismissive at all ;P

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  18. Comment on Anonymity for everyone: why you need Tor in ~tech

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    Absolutely right - and the video mentions this! Tor's anonymity requires every user to be identical, which creates a monoculture (the same bugs are present across all Tor Browser users)....

    Worth mentioning is that Tor isn't entirely bulletproof so it's worth still being cautious when using it

    Absolutely right - and the video mentions this! Tor's anonymity requires every user to be identical, which creates a monoculture (the same bugs are present across all Tor Browser users). Additionally, Tor Browser is based on Firefox's Extended Support Release builds, which only receives patches for vulnerabilities considered Critical and High (as opposed to Medium and Low).

    Use a reputable VPN in addition to Tor for an extra layer of encryption.

    A great piece of advice that is often ignored. Connecting directly to Tor will make your connection stand out to any local network administrators or your ISP. Detecting and correlating this traffic has been done in the past by network administrators to identify and deanonymize specific Tor users on their network. On the other hand, connecting to a VPN is almost always less suspicious, because commercial VPN providers are used by everyday consumers for a variety of mundane tasks like bypassing geo-restrictions, even in countries with heavy internet restrictions.

    Privacy Guides (full disclosure: I'm a team member) has a great overview page that covers all of these points in detail.

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