Tenderizer78

I can’t believe Javascript on PDF’s is enabled on default on Firefox. NOBODY wants that.

I meant more on the security front than UI, but Librewolf does mention “security” 5 times on their page so I guess they are probably more secure than base FireFox.

Specifically the CEO of Proton thinks the Republicans were more responsive to his concerns about privacy, if I remember correctly.

I changed to Proton, but I don’t want to spend money on Proton Drive because if I do and my payment lapses then I’ll be unable to receive emails. FFS, why are they giving paying customers a less reliable service. Considered getting the lifetime Proton Pass offer but since I’ll never use it it’s too much to spend just on priority customer service and ensuring my account won’t get deleted if I end up in a coma.

Anyone know of a desktop equivalent to IronFox?

I don’t. I just hope for the best and try to install as few things as possible.

I’m focussing on disaster recovery now, more than prevention. Prevention seems like it’s almost impossible in this age.

EDIT: I mistakenly answered based on security, not privacy.

I considered switching from Proton to Fastmail, because Proton seems to run slow in Australia. Immediately stopped considering once I realized they delete your account if you don’t pay for 6 months (and by extension, you’ll lose all your connected accounts).

So if you’re homeless, arrested, deported, or in a coma and come out of it you’ll end up losing your entire digital life.

Do your own research. This is supposed to be a starting point.

Tried looking up how to bake wholemeal bread with just plain wholemeal flour and white bread flour (I can’t buy wholemeal bread flour at my supermarket). AI really is everywhere and it’s making the internet useless.

Guess I could’ve done the before:202X trick.

Haven’t switched from YouTube, but I’ve blocked recommendations (and auto-muted ads) with a browser extension for I think a few years now. I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily made my life better, but it has made my engagement with YouTube better.

I’ve been deleting my subscriptions one by one, if the channels don’t consistently post stuff I find valuable with the hopes of eventually removing YouTube from my life entirely.

Do VPN’s actually protect against any of that? They’re basically only useful if you want to get around your country’s internet filters, log into a website that has blocked your IP, or hide your traffic from the government (and in the latter’s case, Tor is probably a better pick).

I guess it may help with tracking, but there are so many ways in which your tracked, is your IP even one of them?

I wonder if there’s a security (not privacy) focussed fork of Firefox?

The wikipedia page for Zen Browser, LibreWolf, and GNU Icecat mention security so they’d be a good start. I don’t have the technical knowledge to investigate them. I think I’ll change to a de-googled Chromium browser when visiting shady sites but stick to a Gecko-based browser for anything mainstream (including Lemmy).

I should probably also do all my banking on mobile and make my security settings on Proton Mail stricter.

Unfortunately Qwant is free. I really want to pay a one-off fee to remove ads but that’s not an option. It’s also less feature-rich than Kagi (can’t hide certain domains from search, for example). Also, it blocks me from using it whenever I set my VPN to singapore because they haven’t set up ads there yet.

What makes Qwant noteworthy is that it uses it’s own web-crawler. And unlike Mojeek this web-crawler is half-way decent, although it is weirdly common for pornography to come up. Most other search engines are based on either Google or Bing.

Needs Qwant search.

Just deleted my Facebook account. Now I just need any of my friends to install Threema (or maybe Revolt?).

I just finished my accounting course yesterday, but I’m not sure my assignments met the training guidelines so I’m hesitant to uninstall Windows if I may be asked to come back and redo some assignments (not sure I even need Windows for that though).

Reddit is still an issue, can’t find Twitter manga and de-Americaification advice on Lemmy.

YouTube I’ve reduced my engagement on but haven’t deleted. Discord I’m lurking in some essential group chats. Still on an 10-year old iPhone, gotta get a new open-source one. I’m sticking with Steam for games.