BigTechBlows Jul 8, 2023

What have you done lately to increase your privacy?

https://mander.xyz/post/1054063

What have you done lately to increase your privacy? - Mander

In the last week: I started using Syncthing. I was using cloud storage as a way of copying files from one device to another. Syncthing is so much better. I signed up with Mullvad VPN yesterday. Deleted my Surfshark account today which I signed up with over two years ago when I didn’t care about privacy. Finally convinced my sister to start using Signal.

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  • I switched from Google Photos to Filen. I’ll only be uploading new photos to Filen, since I have about 30GB of stuff on GPhotos, and I’m on the free tier of Filen, but it’s doing the trick!
  • I also switched from Joplin to Cryptee, since it seems more stable and it means I don’t need to risk my (admittedly encrypted) notes being mishandled by Microsoft or Dropbox.
  • I upgraded my BitWarden encryption settings and changed the account’s email address from Gmail to Tutanota.
  • I switched from Element to FluffyChat, as the Apple’s “App Tracking Transparency” box appeared to list a few too many options under “Data Linked to You”.
  • I have followed PrivacyGuides’ recommendations for Linux distros, and I am now running the following on my laptops with full disk encryption:
    • openSUSE Tumbleweed + KDE Plasma (Wayland)
    • Arch Linux with linux-zen + SwayWM
    • Fedora 38 with SELinux + MATE (X11; Wayland support is being worked on)
    • antiX + Awesome (X11)
Jul 8, 2023 at 9:58pmWeb