LWD

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in How private 1.1.1.1 by cloudfare on ios?

Expounding on previous suggestions...

"On iOS" is rough because you're at the mercy of whatever incredibly limited experience Apple allows. Safari is the only real browser on your phone and it can be subjected to limited ad blocking, followed by your system (phone or tablet) with something like AdGuard.

If you're on a particular home WiFi network, you can also add your own DNS filter using something like PiHole.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Nitter is dead but maybe this is useful ?

It could function as a nicotine patch for people who have a Schüllian obsession with Twitter.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Swiss authorities intervene, Proton Mail not blocked in India

Just the world's biggest election between a popular, incumbent president associated with the color orange and religious nationalism, versus a disorganized opposition. And fake news is a problem.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Safest way of using WeChat on Android?

If you're in the US and mostly worried about one app, you can probably devote a Work folder via an app like Shelter to a GF.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Safest way of using WeChat on Android?

Probably an iPhone user.

Or otherwise concerned about using an app banned by the state.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Quad9 censoring DNS requests?

I can do this in like 5 seconds with my PiHole and not only am I not a network engineer, I would encourage people to never employ me as such.

So for an actual business that has a bigger budget than me ($0) and more hours to devote to it than me (.02), shouldn't it be less of a problem?

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Quad9 censoring DNS requests?

Don't all providers have the ability to filter things?

Personally I have very few problems with DNS providers filtering out malware, that sounds like a benefit to me.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Is it just me or Rob Braxman has lost it lately?

Sometimes it's easier to sell solutions to the problems that you describe versus problems that are real. I've gotten that sense with his videos from the beginning, even the less extreme ones I've been recommended in the past. At some point you need to cut your losses, and at this point I think Braxman is more unhelpful than helpful in the tech space.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Can one use a pre-paid debit card with privacy.com?

Update: especially because, recently, some banks will use your transaction history to advertise to you, I feel even better jumping onto one with stricter rules regarding that

https://www.pcmag.com/news/chase-bank-to-let-advertisers-target-customers-based-on-spending-habits

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Is Mull a good private browser for android?

I'm pretty sure it's the opposite, although it's understandable that it'd give off that illusion.

You might experience a lower framerate in apps because your battery is overheating, but intentionally invoking it (like Mull does) will make your device require less processing power and thus less likely to overheat.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Can one use a pre-paid debit card with privacy.com?

That's a good point. For me, it lets me obscure my real name and real address from some websites, so it's good enough for me.

For everything else, I would probably consider purchasing in person whenever possible, or with cryptocurrency as a last resort.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in HeliBoard Questions

I never installed any dictionaries and it worked fine for me. IIRC.

I installed HeliBoard_1.2-release.apk . I didn’t really know how HeliBoard_1.2-debug.apk and HeliBoard_1.2-nouserlib.apk were different.

They don't really matter to most people.

And, it seems like I can do the equivalent of Shift + key on a standalone keyboard (for example, to get 1 instead of Q), but I don’t know how to, or what that’s even called.

Usually you glide from the ?123 icon towards the top, or long-press the number row.

Gliding from Shift to something else will allow you to capitalize.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Does this exist: Truly anonymous content sharing platform or social network?

That's where the Tor component of TAILS comes in. The documentation here is really valuable:

https://tails.net/doc/anonymous_internet/tor/index.en.html

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Can one use a pre-paid debit card with privacy.com?

In my experience, it does a good job of obscuring my identity from websites with questionable security practices (e.g. ones that rolled their own payment processors and are clearly questionably coded, or just ones that could be).

And it obscures the nature of your purchases from your bank.

LWD , 2 months ago to Privacy in Anyone adding "poison pills" to their images and text to thwart AI tracking?

The root of the problem needs to be solved within the next negative six months, and the millionaires pushing/operating it sure don't seem interested.