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I browse in permanent private mode, so I've been using Mull with uBlock Origin for quite some time now and really liked it. It even blocked cookie consent dialogs....

We encourage all users to immediately update their devices....

Recently a story published Financial Times revealed that India is installing spyware tools sourced from Israel at the level of subsea cable stations. Considering that all data to and from the country flows through them, I just wanted to know what are possible ways to prevent or reduce snooping in such cases? Are VPNs a good...

What’s the efficacy of compartmentalizing proprietary services to different devices?...

I know it’s not exactly hot news, but I entirely missed the article, so here you go.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2383777...

Does anyone know good scripts for use on your browser to enhance privacy or offer convenient tools?

I think everyone here should watch this…

I’m not sure whether this is the right channel to ask. Please let me know where to direct my question if you think of one more appropriate....

Libretube and some Piped frontends are currently down as Google is reportedly “rate limiting” (aka IP banning) these instances according to the Piped Matrix group. A workaround is being implemented, but if you are on Android and are in desperate need of Youtube audio during work like me Newpipe is still running.

Invidious seems to only go up to 720p, and Piped seems to be down. Would be willing to learn to self host if that solves these issues. thanks :)

Pulse Browser is a firefox fork that includes ublock origin, a sidebar, and a minimalist new tab page and nothing else. Its my daily driver and i wish more people knew about it so the developer could get some help

Yesterday a new version of cwtch was released with some improvements

I'm looking for alternatives to the Office suite (including OneDrive), and was curious what you all are using. I'm generally looking to get away from it due to privacy issues with Microsoft. OneDrive is really the biggest issue for me, as I really like the way it integrates with Windows. I'm sort of in the process of switching...

I’ve been using mat2, which is the first recommended option on PrivacyGuides.com, to remove metadata. Is there any drawback to this compared to ExifTool, which is at the bottom of the page? mat2 relies on ExifTool, but only for removing metadata that isn’t a PDF, audio file, image, svg, or video. I usually use mat2 for...

Go to Njalla and create your dynamic DNS record. Once you do that It should show you something like this:...

I’ve been tooling around with this for a few days now and I think I stumbled into a couple pretty useful things....

I am wondering if koel for android has the following features:...

...but I apparently had opted to receive payment through Venmo. Now Venmo wants me to set up a business account. Any idea what's up with that?