James House-Lantto (He/Him)Jul 18, 2024

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/beyond-pride-month-protecting-digital-identities-lgbtq-people

How the LGBTQIA+ community can protect itself online

- Use multiple browsers for different use cases
- use a VPN
- Hide Sensitive apps from the home-screen on your phone
- Separate your digital identities
- Create a security plan
- Backup images & videos
- use Two-Factor EVERYWHERE
- Obscure faces when posting photos
- Check security settings in Zoom
- Tighten security on your social media accounts

More details, explanations & links on all of these

#LGBTQ #privacy

Beyond Pride Month: Protecting Digital Identities For LGBTQ+ People

The internet provides people space to build communities, shed light on injustices, and acquire vital knowledge that might not otherwise be available. And for LGBTQ+ individuals, digital spaces enable people that are not yet out to engage with their gender and sexual orientation. In the age of so...

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Show threadZuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CET
@Theeo123
– Don't use #GoogleChrome
– Don't use Zoom
– Check the #privacy settings in your browser (However, too unusual settings can be used for #digitalFingerprinting)
— Don't use anti-privacy social media
Jul 18, 2024 at 6:59pmWeb
Show threadJames House-Lantto (He/Him)Jul 18, 2024

@shaedrich

While these are all good tips, for some it may not be an option (work/ school settings requiring zoom for example)

To be really safe, live in the forest, and never touch electronics.

Not everyone has the same threat model, not everyone can, or is willing to go to the same extremes.

I'd rather have people make informed decisions about their privacy choices, than just blindly doing whatever some Privacy guru yells at them to do.

Use chrome if you want, but be aware what it costs

Show threadZuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CETJul 18, 2024
@Theeo123 I think, it is very wrong to imply "just ask nicely and then, they won't spy on you". Sure, not everyone has a choice, but that doesn't mean, one can't be realistic and transparent about potential options. And leave it to the individual to decide what they are willing to sacrifice.
Show threadJames House-Lantto (He/Him)Jul 18, 2024

@shaedrich

"Potential options" is where I think we are misunderstanding each other
"dont use zoom" is not a potential option for many people.

Many things mentioned in the article are a lot more effective than "asking nicely"

If you look at my other posts, and those of the EFF, whose article I summarized, both have long been proponents of non-chromium based browsers and other privacy respecting practices.

But this article aims to be a starting point for people wanting to protest safely.

Show threadZuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CETJul 18, 2024

@Theeo123 That's why I ALSO suggested checking the browser's privacy settings (works in Chrome just as well), but also warned about the problem arising from that practice.

However, people might get the wrong assurance that, for example, using private tabs in Chrome might protect their privacy.

Show threadJames House-Lantto (He/Him)Jul 18, 2024

@shaedrich

I don't think I or the article mentioned anything about private tabs, I think most people realize by now that's not private.

However, I do apologize, the phrasing of your original reply, came across more of an "instead of" rather than an "in addition too" for that misunderstanding I'm sorry

Show threadZuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CETJul 18, 2024
@Theeo123 Private tabs were just an example. I didn't take that from your list.
Show threadZuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CETJul 18, 2024
@Theeo123 The problem is, that Google, in many peoples minds is still marketed as "the easiest solution", "just another fancy brother", "so much better looking than Firefox". And that completely misses the point. These two browsers just can't be compared like this, completely leaving out the fact that Chrome's whole main purpose is to spy on every user's entire online activity, and not "oh nice Google gives us the holy grail of browsers"
Show threadJames House-Lantto (He/Him)Jul 18, 2024

@shaedrich

ok you know what fine

Everything you said was right. Everything I said was wrong.

I'm a horrible person for trying to help. I'll never do it again.

Thank you for making mastodon just as unwelcoming & toxic as every other platform for me.

Show threadZuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CETJul 18, 2024

@Theeo123 I just clarified something, you probably already assumed. Just like you did in the reply above mine.

I didn't intend to come off as rude. This topic is just very important to me. Sorry about that

No, you are not wrong, I guess, the main point of disagreement we have is how transparent we want to be about options and which information need to go along with which other information to really have a person informed about said options.

So, after all, we both care about people's privacy 🤝

Show threadJames House-Lantto (He/Him)Jul 19, 2024

@shaedrich

if you look I have hundreds of other posts, talking about exactly, what you say I should be talking about

Sadly, mastodon has a character limit, and I can't fit everything ,into every post, especially after I've already tried to summarize someone else's article.

Show threadZuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CETJul 19, 2024

@Theeo123 Yeah, I also struggle with the character limit a lot.

You sure have some interesting toots. Right down my alley, so to speak 👍🏻

Show threadZuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CETJul 18, 2024

@Theeo123 And it has been proven time and again that companies like Meta and Alphabet can under no circumstances be trusted. It's not just was has already been revealed, but also that more will be revealed, cause they just can't help themselves. Because, nothing there is safe. It's just not yet been proven unsafe

People have a right that this is made absolutely be made clear to them. And then, they can make their choice. Sure, not everyone has other options but they should know what that means

Show threadJames House-Lantto (He/Him)Jul 18, 2024

@shaedrich

You are not incorrect, but I was simply summarizing an article, not attempting to write a "privacy 101 tutorial" within the confines of mastodons character limit.

There are no end of resources out there for people, including those linked within the very article I summarized.