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Jean_le_Flambeur , (edited )

If you want to be sure you cant be tracked, monitored, spyed on, and calls can't be intersepted:

Don't ever connect it to WiFi and don't insert a sim card.

Graphene or not, your ISP can still share your position or other meta data with government and stuff (in the us they can also be forced to not tell you) - in some countries they legally sell to third party's, in some probably illegaly

Calls are normally not encrypted so the os doesn't matter as much if its the government who can force your ISP or if someone is skilled enough for a Man in the middle attack.

Android is a highly complex system, it will never be 100% safe.

If you just want to decrease spying by companies and less powerful people:

Use neo store or fdroid (no google play or aurora) as all apps there are Foss

Don't install gapps or any other google services/packages

Use shelter for less trusted apps

Use netguard to block apps from accessing the internet

Physically block your cameras

If you want to be absolutely sure no one is recording audio: destroy mics with a needle and connect headset only when you need it

To only use communication apps which are encrypted and you hold the keys should be not needed to be said: matrix, signal, element, xmpp are good, (telegram (normal chats), Facebook, WhatsApp etc is a no go)

Jean_le_Flambeur , (edited )

Plus: its google/us hardware. They could always hide something in lower level software like drivers or bios.

(Cant find the arricle i was thinking of, maybe false): It was recently discovered that snapdragons pinged their home server when turning on, which was not noticeable in android as it was on a deeper software level

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

To be honest, if kyc means what I think it does (I am not from the states) so that your provider knows your real identity, this phone with this sim will not be private, especially not when constantly connected to cell service.

With a warrant the local police could force your provider to tell them to which cell phone tower you are connected to, effectively giving them live position data. They can also read all unencrypted trafic this way (calls, SMS, telegram, http traffic etc.)

If your thread level is the police, you already f'd up, sry :/

Jean_le_Flambeur , (edited )

You always need to ask: which data do you want to protect.

If its position data and calls: nothing, it really doesn't matter what phone you use if the connection is not secure.

If its communication via messenger like matrix: you are already quite good protected with graphene os and matrix from a safe source.

If its Trojans from the police: don't download any software/apps/services that are not open source and widely reputable. (Most rich western states can probably still get full control if they want to because of zerodays)

If you want privacy for calls: get a simcard without your name/Iban/PayPal/creditcard etc attached to it in any way (prepaid with cash), Reset the phone, drive somewhere where you don't work or live with phone off
Insert simcard and turn on phone.
Wait
Turn off phone and disable sim card
Use only WiFi until you really need sim service (best not at your home or work).

If you want to protect data on phone: don't have biometric login (you can be forced to put your finger on the sensor, you can't be forced to type in a password as easily)

Netguard, shelter, only FOSS software, regular updates, no cloud, no google is never a bad idea, also only communicate via safe encrypted protocols (matrix, xmpp, pgp, https, etc., NOT WhatsApp, Facebook, unencrypted mail, http, SMS, calls)

EDIT: people here mentioned that graphene has a build in firewall, which you can use instead of netguard.
I have netguard running though as I know the interface and options, have separate profiles for shelter and normal and don't use a VPN anyway.

Jean_le_Flambeur , (edited )

Exactly. If you want to be 100℅ sure you don't get tracked AT ALL you can't use the internet.

The second you connect metadata is gained by ISP and all the servers which get called.
This can be enough to track you down for powerful entities like the government.

If only your aunt may with a evening school IT course is your threat, a pin and graphene os is probably enough

Also OP mentioned his sim card is registered on his real life name, so having that connected to cellphones is enough to track you if you have a warrant to force your internet service provider to share the information

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Good question. Tried to find it but couldn't. Think I saw a post linking to an article somewhere here on Lemmy, but can't find it anymore. So take it with a grain of salt

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

But: every non Foss app you download runs code you can't control and could potentially compromise security. So caution is advised.

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

No guilt for own mistakes? Dunno bout that

Jean_le_Flambeur OP ,

Any suggestions about checking leaks etc? I have done this one check, but I'm not that deep in the matter to know if its enough.

So you say to keep it running - any (technical) reasoning or just that you think my YouTube connection exiting the vpn and the connection to the website the government doesn't like exiting the VPN can not be correlated that easy?

Jean_le_Flambeur OP ,

Thanks for the detailed response. I'm sure my IP is most relevant in tracking me, but if I'm tracked while visiting Lemmy/YouTube it would do no harm, while correlating my YouTube activity with my e.g. me reading websites the government doesn't like would do harm.

I use mullvad, and previously read using tor through a VPN doesn't really make sense. I have Firefox set to not save cookies, but I have made an exception for YouTube as it is to troublesome to log in with 2fa all the time.

My thought was that it may be easier to match up the fingerprint of @somelemmyuser accessing lemmy with the fingerprint of @somelemmyuser downloading capitalist propaganda while living in China if they come from the same VPN in a similar timeframe, while it would be harder to match the fingerprint of @somelemmyuser acsessing Lemmy from an normal ISP to the fingerprint of @somelemmyuser accsessing capitalist propaganda from a VPN, as you would need both datasets to find matches.

And since me accessing Lemmy is not a problem but my lemmy account could be tracked back to me as a physical person, it could be smart to not do it with the same VPN.

Jean_le_Flambeur OP ,

It was, that was the kind of information I needed, as it helps to differentiate what kind/level of privacy I have and what kind/level of privacy different actors can circumvent etc.

As I am mostly looking at not generating useful data for shitcompanies like amazon, google, Microsoft etc. The always onvpn and no cookies except YouTube should be more than sufficient. If my country decides that my political opinion is no longer permitted I should nevertheless be using Tor and check if I'm unique (fingerprint wise).

Jean_le_Flambeur OP ,

Thanks, that makes sense.

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

You throw the best friend of Marx who founded and conducted all the empirical research marx theories are build on aside? Why?

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Was zum fick ist ein biben böbermanm?!

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Architechtects

Motionless in white (especially the last Album)

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Tell me in the correct scientific terms why the two Party system in america is a democracy

Jean_le_Flambeur , (edited )

Non native here understanding non of the above xD

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Ah okay, then i just didnt get the joke XD (propably because i find Worcestershire sauce quite easy to pronounce and couldnt find no connection of the second two with the first one) thanks for explaining though

Jean_le_Flambeur OP ,

Okay that makes sense. But which are the ones actually apllying?

E.g: exodus says the app can see my position
System settings say they can't see my position, as its disabled.

So: is bike Computer capable of seing my position at the moment?

Jean_le_Flambeur OP ,

Okay, that's the information I needed. Ty :)

Jean_le_Flambeur OP ,

Okay. That was my question.

Firefox failing several privacy tests out-of-the-box, according to Brave article (lemmy.world)

I understand firefox is free software and greatly customisable. I think forks like LibreWolf are fantastic. But I believe the FOSS community needs to be more critical of mozilla. They haven't been the sharpest tool in the drawer for a while......

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Imagine trusting a sharepic made by the company itself.

For real though - its a chromium, those are there as long as google let's them (still provides the source code for the newest version). There are obvious concerns regarding manifest v3 and the possibility (being discussed/implemented right now) to remove of adblockers, tracking blockers etc. In the matter of one update - the company deciding to roll out the update being the same making most money from advertising with google AdSense.

Also they build a monopoly and will slowly transform it I to a cash cow once all competition is whipped (same what is happening with YouTube at the moment).

Don't use chrome or chrome clones boys.

As a wise german saying goes:
Egal ob die tütensuppe von Maggi oder die tütensuppe von Knorr, am Ende is eh alles nestle

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

American with two Party system and no real choice trying ro rationalize HM?

Jean_le_Flambeur , (edited )

Fight for a real democratic system now? Unionize? Abolish capitalism?

Lots of constructive things to say out there, doesn't mean you can't make a joke about your opressors

P.S:
Also raising awareness about a problem (2-party system) is constructive even in a satirical way imho

Jean_le_Flambeur , (edited )

Is 196 now a serious comment only community? Didn't notice can you show me where the new rule is stated?

Also since when are satire and trolling the same thing?

Its not like i m trying to derail an argument by saying democrats and reps are equally bad or something like that, I'm pointing out the false dilemma you make with a (in all all honesty kinda edgy) joke. That has nothing to do with trolling.

One could argue your butthurt response tells I have hit a nerve there.

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Don't feed the trolls ;)

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

When hes a white male and doesnt understand the repression he faces isn't the only important.

For real though, repressing minorities is a tool which at the moment capitalists use to get days of unemployed, wage slaves or to split the working class. By fighting the capitalists you can help minorities, but you dont nessescarily do so.

It's important to remember, that discrimination predates capitalism and won't automatically perish by fighting the class war but by fighting it in solidarity and activley addressing all kinds of unfair and unethical behaviour together.

If you make that face when a women talks about being denied an abortion or a subaltern not able to participate in discourse, you haven't understood solidarity and won't get very far.

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

You all need to read gramsci.

If you think racism is an issue of "whites vs blacks" you either have never seen racism (good for you) or never really heard the people affected.

Hegemonial culture is a thing, and it plays a major role in keeping modern systems afloat.

Can't fight capitalism without addressing inequalities and fighting for a just society for everyone.

This is the literal concept of solidarity: also fighting for causes you are not personally affected by.

Jean_le_Flambeur , (edited )

Because you think we end capitalism an poof, all other problems are gone?

Sure, can't overcome e.g. racism without overcoming capitalism, but also can't really have a better society without addressing the discrimination in the system.

If some other working class member tells you about the discrimination he receives, and you make the face in the meme, you're helping capitalists by splitting the working class.

The fights are interwoven guys, can't do "this first" or "that first"

You need to address the problems (yes that means also cultural ones) and stand together in solidarity to have a chance of building a better system.

Splitting the working class by making this face when people talk about how they are discriminated just because your not affected is only helping capitalists

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

I also was on this track for a while, but the more you actually take part in the movements, the more you see realistic opportunities, the more you understand how damn interwoven all these issues are.

Its not about "this first" or "that first" its about working towards a better world TOGETHER AND IN SOLIDARITY.

Its not even that you should overcome one or the other first, its that its onlz possible to address one issue by also addressing the other. We can't have a (real and good) socialist society without overcoming racism, sexism etc, and we can't (really) overcome racism sexism etc without overcoming capitalism.

Realising this means fighting together on solidarity, not downplaying the discrimination others must live through.

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Okay okay okay. You talk about class inequality but say you like capitalism?
What classes are you talking about?

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

Okay, I think we have different definitions of socialism. In my book that's a fair society where everyone gets the stuff he needs and gives the stuff he can. Can't really make this work fairly with racism and sexism can you?

Sure you can change the political system (from unbound parliament to bound council) but that not a society changed from capitalism to socialism.

But I think this is a question of definition, more important is the question of "can you have capitalism without discrimination" and I really don't think so. You need the army of unemployed so your system doesn't collapse and you can't have an army of unemployed if you don't have some reason why they should suffer.

Also capitalism literally works in the way, that you get played as low as possible, so discriminating people to pay them less is so encouraged by the system, that it is practically build into the system .

On everything you said after that: "amen"!

Jean_le_Flambeur ,

I dont even know the word

After Google: no i dont like stalin

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    Jean_le_Flambeur ,

    What numbers? There are only colorful circles

    Jean_le_Flambeur ,

    This butthurt post was brought to you by an american (propapbly)

    Jean_le_Flambeur ,

    Haha lul
    clueless americans thinks loving your imperialistic homeland is normal.

    Germany is a fckin shithole, but at least I don't pretend it is not.

    Jean_le_Flambeur ,

    Europe has been the worst, us is currently the worst. That's exactly my point.

    With Imperialism and colonialism on this scale, everything is interwoven with the ideology.

    What to love about the country? The cultural tradition with its slavery and natives abuse?

    The present state with mass homelessness, that CIA who breaks every human right I'm the book?
    The propaganda, war and regime changes?

    You can't decouple something in the country from the rest.

    Maybe you like Meaningless feel good pop songs, but they exist and are popular because of the above.
    Maybe you like some food, but you can't divide that from the fact that Americans die from obesity while in the rest of the world people starve.

    Imperialism has swallowed everything and integrated it into the system, that's how it works.

    Loving a national state can't be pure, because national Staates cant be pure

    Jean_le_Flambeur ,

    If its got an interesting turn I don't mind it.
    But sure, reposts are annoying.

    Funny thing is other Americans already picked up the talking point ^^^

    Jean_le_Flambeur ,

    The painter didnt und erstand the purpose of a bong.
    It needs to BUBBLE THROUGH THE WATER to get cold and (in this case not really) clean.

    If you tunnel through the water with a hose, you have made an toilet-water-tank-pipe with extra steps - neglecting the whole point of having a toilet

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