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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....

digdilem ,

A non technical answer: Don't interact with other players and don't give out any personal information.

Use a unique and non-memorable username in steam and in game. Don't use any of the social functions in steam.

It's often overlooked that the biggest risk to personal information is the person themselves.

(Obviously you need to give some information to Steam for purchasing, and others have shown other methods to limit what information is sold about you as much as you an. It also depends where you reside - the EU has better protections than most)

digdilem ,

Good question, good to see how others do it.

Mine: A well specced debian server in the garage running a crapload of stuff, including arrs and Jellyfin with Jellyseer, all in docker containers. Playback via debian laptop or Windows desktop using the official apps, and the tv paired with an Amazon Fire dongle running the Jellyfin app. All works really well.

The only problem is my wife sometimes deletes an entire series instead of the series somehow. I honestly don't know how but I've had to download Young Sheldon for her four times now...

digdilem ,

Not going to say you're wrong.

OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions (windowsreport.com)

According to the latest reports, Windows 11 has made an independent choice by automatically turning on OneDrive folder backup for Desktop, Pictures, Documents, Music, and Video folders without your permission. This signifies that, whether you approve or not, everything is becoming coordinated with the cloud....

digdilem ,

Remember when Word and Excel Autosave did what you expected it to?

digdilem ,

Agree, and I switched over a couple of years ago. Only yesterday learned about Mermaid graphs and was impressed that Joplin does them natively.

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    digdilem ,

    I don't think Snowden's endorsement is the positive you think it is. Even if you can ignore treason, he's a pretty toxic person, by all accounts.

    DeAmazoning a FireTV

    I never want to get a smart TV, but I found this exact TV (Toshiba FireTV) on the side of the road and decided it would be a fun project to try enhancing its privacy as much as I can. It did not come with the remote or any other accessories besides the TV, so if there is any way to pair an iPhone/Pixel as a remote that would...

    digdilem ,

    Why use kodi *and *jellyfin? Jellyfin is its own thing, and without all the awful cruft that comes with Kodi.

    It also has native apps for windows, linux and... FireTv.

    digdilem ,

    So you're using Kodi as the OS on the TV itself? Not the Kodi App or Kodi backend?

    I'm still struggling to understand how that would work, and still have Jellyfin in the mix - could you please explain exactly what you mean?

    digdilem ,

    One question and some unfollowable advice.

    Question:
    Why not use AppArmor? My understanding is that's what Debian uses by default instead of Selinux which is more native to Enterprise Linux (Fedora, RHEL, Rocky, Alma etc).

    Unfollowable advice:
    As an EL admin where it's the default and very closely integrated, we have a saying; "It's not always dns, mostly it's Selinux". For most distro-sourced software, it's fine. But if you install software from other sources, you're going to hit problems.

    Others have given good reasons to your specific questions, but one tip if you go down this route. We use a redhat tool, "setroubleshoot-server" which helps hugely in both identifying when something isn't working because SELinux has blocked it, but also gives you the commands to add an explicit rule to allow it, so you can view the log, understand why it's blocking, and allow it without needing to get too involved with the complicated file contexts.

    Sadly, it looks like this tool isn't available in Debian, which would seem to make like a lot harder using selinux. Familiar as I am with selinux, I don't run it on my personal servers or this laptop, which are Debian.

    digdilem ,

    Zoneminder

    Indeed. I've been using ZM for personal and commercial camera setups (for up to 32 cameras) since around 2006. Great piece of software - does what it does quietly and without fuss and is completely free.

    digdilem ,

    OP definitely wanted an argument - but it can only have been for imaginary internet points.

    Arguing with an AI is pointless - it's intellectual masturbation - and using biased and weak examples is, if anything, going to train the opponent to be more dumb. (Anyone else remember teaching Megahal to swear on IRC?)

    digdilem ,

    I suspect you haven't worked with governments before.

    Just because something is technically possible, it's no guarantee that it will be the chosen mechanism for something. More likely the contract will be awarded to either the lowest possible bidder, or to a friend of a friend. Cronyism is depressingly common at all levels.

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