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

  6. Comment on Delete the workforce in ~tech

    freddy
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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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  10. Comment on Anonymity for everyone: Why you need Tor in ~tech

    freddy
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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...

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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 disparaging or dismissive at all ;P

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  11. Comment on Anonymity for everyone: Why you need Tor in ~tech

    freddy
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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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  18. Comment on Tips for increasing online privacy (without going insane)? in ~tech

    freddy
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    Rather late to this but thanks for sharing the site!

    Rather late to this but thanks for sharing the site!

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Is the .io top level domain headed for extinction? in ~tech

    freddy
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    Somehow missed this! Thanks for sharing

    Somehow missed this! Thanks for sharing

    2 votes