Get Tor Browser and/or Tails OS. When privacy is important and you need to be anonymous, use only Tor-friendly instances only via Tor (never once log in showing your real IP - if you accidentally do that, you’ll have to re-create another account as a different person).
When an email address is necessary to sign up, get one anonymously (again using Tor Browser), from a privacy-centric company or group, e.g. Tutanota, Disroot. Needless to say never ever use Gmail. tosdr.org/en/service/217
Wherever I setup a new VM/PC and install FF, I always have to reset so many things:
Standard search SearXNG/DDG
New tab = blank page (privacy, no 3rd party request on new tab opening)
Delete Amazon, Google, etc ( out of spite)
Opt-out of analytics and studies
Change theme to dark
Add shortcut for other searches
Install ublock origin and ublock matrix (apparently redundant now, but I like visiting websites and blocking everything by default. Looking at you google analytics/fonts/etc.)
delete cookies on Exit
HYTPS only enable
add DNS (if not inside my network where it is handled on router level)
I will soon start a new job where I expect to receive significantly more emails than I do currently. So far, I haven’t had a system in place, except for marking emails as unread until I respond and occasionally using flags....
You could try distrosea before committing to an install.
It gives you a VM online to play around in for almost any distro you can think of.
Don’t forget that desktop environment (DE) and distro are decoupled in Linux, so if you didn’t like the feel of Ubuntu (GNOME DE) you can go with Kubuntu (KDE Plasma DE). Both are on DistroSea.
Not OP but: they are apps to schedule automatic downloads. Like Star Trek Strange New Worlds but don't wanna go every week and download it manually? Set it up in Sonarr and when you wake up the new episodes are waiting for you. Radarr is the same for film, prowlarr for aggregating torrent trackers all in 1 spot, bazarr for subtitles, and there's a few others. Can also be set up with usenet in addition to torrents.
My family dropped netflix in Canada as soon as the password sharing change went into effect. I got a radarr + sonarr + jellyfin server all setup and even my parents can very easily find what they want and have it ready to go, they don't miss netflix at all.
I wholeheartedly agree with this blog post. I believe someone on here yesterday was asking about config file locations and setting them manually. This is in the same vein. I can't tell you how many times a command line method for discovering the location of a config file would have saved me 30 minutes of googling.
I don't live in the US, so my ISP doesn't really seem to care what I torrent, but the megathread vehemently recommends to always use one. Since VPNs aren't cheap and I'm on a strict budget (wouldn't pirate otherwise), is it really that dangerous to torrent without one?
It's confusing for new users, and this instance in particular has 7k users but no interactions. It's a bot army, with the top user being called @admin....
see attached image, but basically having the images on the right side makes it so hard to "read" a post with an image, going back and forth with your eyes to "get" the whole post. So much easier to just put the images between the up-/downvote buttons and the text post....
FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users (www.eff.org)
yikes... (lemmy.world)
How do I manage my inbox?
I will soon start a new job where I expect to receive significantly more emails than I do currently. So far, I haven’t had a system in place, except for marking emails as unread until I respond and occasionally using flags....
Google will be deleting inactive google accounts together with all data on them starting December 1, 2023 (support.google.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/545658...
GitHub - pluja/awesome-privacy: Awesome Privacy - A curated list of services and alternatives that respect your privacy because PRIVACY MATTERS. (github.com)
Ernest Appreciation Post
Kbin has seen a staggering amount of growth in the past few weeks, and with it a bunch of discussion about issues and bugs....
OC Creatives of all kinds: check out this delightful list with dozens of FOSS creative tools for artists, photographers, film makers, game devs, musicians, and more! (codeberg.org)
A curated list of delightful tools for digital creatives in a variety of mediums.
GMail is Breaking Email (www.igregious.com)
Email is an open system, right? Anyone can send a message to anyone... unless they are on Gmail! School Interviews uses two email servers t...
A tale of a new Lemmy instance, a bot infestation, the fallout, and how we dealt with it (lemmy.ninja)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ninja/post/30492...
Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud (www.theverge.com)
Are most of you using Torrents or Usenet?
I’m a bit surprised to see so many torrent posts. Are most people still using Torrents? Are most piracy users aware of programs like sonarr or radarr?
Netflix got rid of the $9.99 basic plan in Canada (www.narcity.com)
It's like they are trying to irritate people into canceling their accounts....
All programs should tell you where they store config files (utcc.utoronto.ca)
I wholeheartedly agree with this blog post. I believe someone on here yesterday was asking about config file locations and setting them manually. This is in the same vein. I can't tell you how many times a command line method for discovering the location of a config file would have saved me 30 minutes of googling.
Open source video games
Ive been playing zero-k recently, and wondering what other great open source video games are out there?
Is a VPN necessary for torrenting?
I don't live in the US, so my ISP doesn't really seem to care what I torrent, but the megathread vehemently recommends to always use one. Since VPNs aren't cheap and I'm on a strict budget (wouldn't pirate otherwise), is it really that dangerous to torrent without one?
what imgur alternatives do you use to share images?
drop em here!!!
Someone shouldn't be able to have the @admin username (lemmy.world)
It's confusing for new users, and this instance in particular has 7k users but no interactions. It's a bot army, with the top user being called @admin....
The most commonly posted scams, A-Z
Advance-fee...
What is the most useful website you know?
I'm always eager to find new amazing sites i've never heard of, which ones would you recommend?
images on the left side would make kbin easier to read
see attached image, but basically having the images on the right side makes it so hard to "read" a post with an image, going back and forth with your eyes to "get" the whole post. So much easier to just put the images between the up-/downvote buttons and the text post....
[Tips] Here are some shortcuts for your old reddit habits
Your list of subs, in a grid make sure you set it to private...