Easy Practical Privacy Tips for Everyone

A simple blog about privacy, security, open source, software engineering, and tech in general.

Temporary Related Announcement:

If you are currently having difficulties accessing my blog website from a ProtonVPN server, you can keep your VPN on but disable ProtonVPN's NetShield option temporarily. Also adding "www." sometimes helps.

I am currently in communication with Proton to resolve this issue promptly.

Update!
I just had an email from ProtonVPN and this issue seems now resolved! You can now surf my blog while on NetShield 🛡🏄‍♀️
Yay! I am a happy Proton customer 😊💜
@Em0nM4stodon
That is incredible news ! Did they explain what the issue was in the end ?
@Em0nM4stodon So netshield seems to be part of the issue? Strange, and interesting. I do not use netshield but I use my own DNS resolver (pihole then 9.9.9.9, which is the only one the website should "see"). Did they give you any information you are at liberty to relay ?
@Em0nM4stodon you are positive and prolific presence and I appreciate you.
@Em0nM4stodon it's a very interesting feeling when you want to read an article in a language you don't know, and the translator gives some kind of delusion
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@Em0nM4stodon I really want to give up Google completely and delete the data (but I will never believe that they delete it), but at the university they force me to use Class Room and Mit (
@Em0nM4stodon
I forgot to ask. Why is Firefox Focus recommended, and not regular Firefox or its forks, which are considered more private?
@Em0nM4stodon I glanced through your "Easy Privacy Tips" blog. I thouroughly enjoyed it! I would recommend Raivo (iOS) and Aegis (Android) instead of Authy for 2FA alternatives. They are both open source and feature packed and put privacy first! Authy is closed-source, has leaked secrets in the past and isn't very privacy focused.
@Em0nM4stodon Hey, whenever I try to access your blog from behind a VPN (proton), I get a 403 or a redirect error. I tend to get this whenever servers try to ban shared VPN IP blocks. Is this the intent?