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Are there any guides, tutorials or similar on how to use Steam more privately?

I'm at a point where I'd like to play certain games, but I dislike that they're exclusively available on consoles and Steam for Desktop. Steam's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service raise concerns about my personal security and privacy. I'm looking for advice on how to improve my privacy while using Steam....

Upstream7564 OP ,

  • I actually never heard of Lutris before, could you please provide me some links, etc. so I can get into it?

  • I don't really know what you mean by "other means", let's say Hogwarts Legacy for example. How could I acquire it otherwise, besides buying it for a console?

  • Alright.

Upstream7564 OP ,

Even if this doesn't protect me against Valve itself, this will be very useful. Thank you!

Upstream7564 ,

I think what you really need is threat modeling. It seems like you're currently trying to protect yourself against anything and everything. That's not necessarily wrong, but it stresses you out and overwhelms you. And it's ultimately not really beneficial either. I suggest reading the guide from PrivacyGuides.org and other resources. Ente and Proton also recently wrote a blog post about it.

Upstream7564 ,

It simple depends on your needs.

I personally use Signal, I donated to Signal, and even if it's not perfect, I think it's a great project.

I also have SimpleX installed for "anonymous" conversations with strangers.

And that's it.

Upstream7564 ,

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix-en.html?filter=Session,SimpleX

Upstream7564 ,

Remember, it's Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. Not angels.

Is it impossible to be private online? (yewtu.be)

In sharing this video here I'm preaching to the choir, but I do think it indirectly raised a valuable point which probably doesn't get spoken about enough in privacy communities. That is, in choosing to use even a single product or service that is more privacy-respecting than the equivalent big tech alternative, you are showing...

Upstream7564 ,

I think you haven't understood the difference between privacy, and total anonymity, do you?

Upstream7564 ,

TL;DR: There is nothing like that. Anyone claiming something else is basically lying to u.

Especially when it comes to privacy and security.

Upstream7564 ,

Same. Everything depends on your needs, believes and preferences. Even in terms of privacy and security, there is not on solution for everyone.

Even if Firefox fanboys and Brave lovers and these few Pale moon users.. try to tell xou otherwise.

My advice to you is to do research on your own and find smth which fits best for u and ur threat model.

Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

By the way, the earlier posted article https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain had an update starting at the paragraph with title Update: Statement from Proton and additional commentary

Upstream7564 , (edited )

I think it's not the services fault that people aren't aware of the limits of encrypted services. They are not going to shut everythin' down just for a few people, if you need smth anonymous Proton is not for you.

Also, it's your task to have good opsec. If you give your iCloud email to Proton which has personal information sticked to it, your fault.

Upstream7564 ,

You can't compare Lavabit to Proton.

And you can't compare urself to Edward Snowden.

Upstream7564 ,

https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/10134938

Upstream7564 ,

It won't make any difference. It actually could potentially make you more fingerprintable, since your IP adress is no longer shared with many other people depending on the VPN you're using, etc.

At the end of the day, VPNs are not necessary to be not tracked, since your IP adress changes regulary, but it can be helpful in some scenario's and it's not harmful either, aslong your provider is not a bad actor.

Upstream7564 ,

Oh okay, never heard of this since it's very unsual to give static IPs to people, especially since IPv4 adresses are very limited in their amount.

Upstream7564 ,

https://embed.kumu.io/9ced55e897e74fd807be51990b26b415#vpn-company-relationships/express-vpn

Upstream7564 ,

Both are good, depending on your personal preferences one could fit your work flow better than the other. In terms of privacy I did not recognize any difference.

Upstream7564 ,

I rly don't know what it is ;-;

What are your thoughts on Invizible pro ? (f-droid.org)

The app seems fairly small in size compared to orbot which is really old and also invizible pro seems to do a ton of things that including firewall vpn etc . So does it connect to tor network properly and pass all your traffic through it as good as orbot and completely block internet acces to not whitelisted services as good...

Upstream7564 ,

It's not paid. 🤦‍♂️

Upstream7564 ,

To be fair, Vivaldi selects the worst options by default and when you're not careful and just click continue, it will choose them.

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