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coveryourtracks.eff.org Wanted to share this awesome tool to test your browser, also please do share your results in the comments.

This is probably not the right community but I haven’t found a better one....

I’m using multiple browsers, so for each browser I use different VPN connection, but mullvad doesn’t let me.

I have been pro privacy and anti data harvesting for many years now, however it is becoming increasingly more difficult staying off some platforms. Mostly Meta....

Google’s AI model will potentially listen in on all your phone calls — or at least ones it suspects are coming from a fraudster....

Hello, with the new AI features being added into Googles services I was thinking of maybe starting a thread about how to remove data from the affected services. I feel like simply deleting my photos from Google Photos most likely wouldn’t be enough of a measure to ensure my images does not get affected or used in these AI...

When I announced I would be closing my communities earlier this year, a curious thing happened: a surprising number of regulars replied with some variation of “I think this is my exit.” While some were specifically talking about Matrix, claiming that mine was the only room they were really active in and therefore they saw no...

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Hello, whenever I try to download the Windows.iso from Microsoft, it blocks me because I’m using a VPN. I don’t really want to buy proxies or anything for this. I tried to download it off public WiFi but it was way too slow. I only need Windows for updating the EC firmware on one of my older laptops....

Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com...

The House Judiciary Committee advanced the bill 30-0....

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/939198...

Hi, I was planning to encrypt my files with GPG for safety before uploading them to the cloud. However, from what I understand GPG doesn’t pad files/do much to prevent file fingerprinting. I was looking around for a way to reliably pad files and encrypt metadata for them but couldn’t find anything. Haven’t found any...

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/21465918...

Visa is rolling out new technology that will allow the payments giant to share more information about customers’ preferences [non-paywalled source] based on their shopping history with retailers as it seeks to remain a top player in the competitive e-commerce space. From a report:...

I didn’t know my city was cool enough to put signal flyers.

It’s not quite enough for me, personally, but this is a small step in the right direction....

Does 4chan respects user privacy? How much data are they collecting? Are they selling/sharing it with 3rd parties? I’m asking because it’s not possible to post anonymously (each individual post being anonymous without your username visible) on lemmy, and users here told me I could check out 4chan for this feature....

Here’s what he said in a post on his telegram channel:...