Posts by gunther@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #AJZPtSn563NpJdEbAW by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-05-18T07:57:40Z
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@thenewoil Great video. Have you ever looked into Posteo? I haven't tried it yet, but it seems like an encrypted email provider that checks most of the boxes and is reasonably priced. Would be happy to hear your thoughts.
(DIR) Post #AL9Pk7TzJh9xbH0Gno by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-07-04T14:37:39Z
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@digdeeper @Sprinklednights What about something like Codeberg Pages?
(DIR) Post #ALv1TAOdFUhV7ouq1o by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-07-27T13:51:50Z
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@thenewoil Honestly would have expected it to be more
(DIR) Post #AMa81pWl8JITRZyHy4 by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-08-16T09:48:29Z
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@thenewoil Enjoyed the episode. Just a quick note: WhatsApp *does* offer end-to-end encrypted backups on, but they are opt-in (and also of course come with all the usual disclaimers when dealing with proprietary software from Meta). https://faq.whatsapp.com/1192377921246090
(DIR) Post #AMpaZAmiWkldfT9wMS by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-08-23T19:45:30Z
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Published my guide for "10 Basic Steps to Digital Privacy". I'm pretty proud of this one and would welcome feedback! https://gunther.link/posts/privacy-basics/
(DIR) Post #AMpaZBStzuVlmItd7A by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-08-23T20:44:25Z
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Since @bitwarden recently followed me, perhaps I should mention that they get a shout-out in this blog post!
(DIR) Post #AMqMGqYzlabLXX4HwW by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-08-24T05:43:27Z
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@fatboy Thanks for the feedback! uBlock Origin does get a shoutout in step 5, though I could probably write a whole post on browser hardening, though it would require a bit more research on my end.
(DIR) Post #AMrI54weGVwg0fDzxQ by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-08-24T05:47:25Z
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@fatboy uBlock Origin now offers the basic parameter stripping feature of ClearURLs so I don't know how necessary both are. I have my browser set to clear cookies on exit, is there an advantage to the cookie auto-delete extension? I don't care about cookies is nice if you're clearing cookies anyway, but more about convenience than privacy if I'm not mistaken.
(DIR) Post #AMrI59ieVyikohiOKu by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-08-24T05:48:14Z
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@fatboy Privacy Possum looks like a better version of Privacy Badger, which is cool, though I'm not sure how much benefit it offers beyond uBlock Origin and hardened browser settings, I''d have to look into it. But thanks for all the suggestions!
(DIR) Post #ANafBKcuVTD6bp8rWS by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-09-15T13:52:07Z
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@Mirk0dex I'm going to assume this was an invitation to link it https://gunther.link/
(DIR) Post #APKsPtrAn4wboI9Nia by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-11-06T17:15:46Z
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#Newpipe v0.24.1 just dropped. Seems to fix the bug of channel pages/subscriptions not loading, but the release notes imply there may be more to it. Regardless, kudos to the devs for their hard work! https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases/tag/v0.24.1
(DIR) Post #AR6v7dNrqJlTWwbZwm by gunther@fosstodon.org
2022-12-29T20:57:40Z
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@thenewoil I think it's important that pro-privacy folk read articles like this as well. We don't want to get caught in our own groupthink.
(DIR) Post #AS2tEkADEfywbirrDE by gunther@fosstodon.org
2023-01-26T20:09:53Z
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@thenewoil Fun fact: I'm cited in this article as the "poster on Bitwarden's community forum".
(DIR) Post #AS3RByvNIQmfxYmXzs by gunther@fosstodon.org
2023-01-26T20:13:26Z
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@thenewoil
(DIR) Post #ASy92lMyjEHzI3bxEe by gunther@fosstodon.org
2023-02-23T11:02:42Z
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I used to unironically use the 🙂 emoji until a few years ago when an ex sent me this meme in response. Was this just me? Did everyone else know that 🙂 doesn't express sincere happiness?
(DIR) Post #AVFuL51STPvdJnjRnk by gunther@fosstodon.org
2023-05-02T20:29:49Z
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@tilvids Better than pushing all new users to mastodon.social would be to have a random selection from a pool of open, general servers that the new account is created on. This would ease sign-up while also promoting decentralization.
(DIR) Post #AYQc3Ycfawy1BhxmAS by gunther@fosstodon.org
2023-08-05T18:03:05Z
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@thenewoil I switched away from Brave as my default search engine, partially because I hated being sent to Google or Bing for the image search results. Maybe I'll try it out again.
(DIR) Post #AZVBvesBMvQxm3hPnc by gunther@fosstodon.org
2023-09-05T15:34:48Z
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#Telegram is a poor choice of you're looking for a private messenger. This video does a pretty good job of explaining why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtRQKQkvUfE&t=537
(DIR) Post #AbV3DXnFkdksCBlMtU by gunther@fosstodon.org
2023-11-05T14:14:57Z
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It's amazing how much blind loyalty people have to #GoogleChrome. I was attending a lecture the other day where the lecturer clicked on a YouTube link from their presentation and when they realized the computer has automatically opened it in #MicrosoftEdge, they closed the window and reopened it in Chrome! Why?!
(DIR) Post #AbV3DbxKH8Bn6aVT9M by gunther@fosstodon.org
2023-11-05T14:17:57Z
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Personally, I'm not crazy about either browser, but there's literally no difference in this context. Edge and Chrome are both Chromium-based and are functionally identical for the purposes of playing a YouTube video. It's crazy how much the "uninstall Internet Explorer and use Chrome instead" mentality from 1-2 decades ago (back when it made some sense) persists into 2023 when it really doesn't.