PublicLewdness
@PublicLewdness@burggit.moe
I have been gaming since 1992 and building PCs since 2003. I enjoy Linux, supporting FOSS projects and am a tinfoil hat connoisseur. Gaming is my achilles heel in that regard.
- Comment on Our digital world is a privacy nightmare (2021) 8 months ago:
I take it not as a nightmare but a challenge.
- Comment on Mullvad slowing down internet 8 months ago:
I’ve never used a VPN where I didn’t get a big drop in speed. Privacy and security don’t mesh well with speed in most cases.
- Comment on 8 months ago:
But who monitors the monitors ?
- Comment on Reddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment program 8 months ago:
Sounds like more reasons to not use Reddit. No sympathy for those this effects.
- Comment on Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online – report 8 months ago:
I use uBlock Origin; Jshelter; and Privacy Badger. I don’t even see ads.
- Comment on Which one do you trust the most for your privacy? 8 months ago:
Neither really. Telegram is closed source on the servers and is known to cooperate with governments and law enforcement. Signal is the better option but I refuse to use an app that requires my phone number when alternatives like Matrix; XMPP; and Session exist. My phone number is tied to my name; address; and payment methods. It’s not a small ask of Signal in my opinion.
- Comment on From FaceID to Amazon One, should you share biometric data online? 9 months ago:
Biometrics is a terrible idea all around.
- Comment on Google's trying to DRM the internet, and we have to make sure they fail 9 months ago:
On my desktop/laptop I use Abrowser. On mobile I use Mull. You could say I have been doing my part for years but thanks for joining me.
- Comment on What are the best zoom alternatives? 9 months ago:
Jitsi would be my choice.
- Comment on Signal is Flawed, Why XMPP is Amazing! (new animated video) 9 months ago:
Signal requires a phone number which is a non starter for me. I refuse to bend to that. I’ll stick with Session; XMPP; Matrix; etc.
- Comment on Is iOS apparently more private than stock Android? 9 months ago:
My question regarding stuff like this is how do they know ? iOS is totally closed source. Even if Androidf isn’t perfect it has some open parts to it. Also you can use a DeGoogled OS which you have zero options for something similar on iOS. No closed source OS should be considered private or secure in my books.
- Comment on What are your opinions on Matrix? 11 months ago:
You can say how FOSS programs don’t equate to privacy because people may not catch things or be watching but with closed source options nobody gets to audit the code at all outside the project. How is that better for privacy ? FOSS at least gives us a chance at privacy.
- Comment on How safe is Bitwarden? 11 months ago:
I use an unnoficial Bitwarden app on Ubuntu Touch. I would prefer KeePassXC or KeePassDX as my go to password managers but have found no reason to distrust Bitwarden thus far.
- Comment on Should it really be Telegram? 11 months ago:
Telegram is closed source on the server side. I don’t trust it. Lots of better options:
- Comment on Threads Is the Perfect Twitter Alternative, Just Not for You 11 months ago:
I don’t use software made by the likes of Meta. I have plenty of better Twitter alternatives that I trust more.
- Comment on What are your opinions on Matrix? 11 months ago:
I use Matrix; XMPP; Session; Jami; and am looking into Briar. Some of what the article says is valid but other parts are weird such as when they list Riot as “the Matrix client”. Matrix has many clients. I don’t use Riot at all. I use Fluffy Chat and Cinny Mainly. A lot of their list of issues don’t apply to me. For instance my phone number isn’t tied to my Matrix account and while they may get my IP I am usually on a VPN so that limits what they get. They talk of Matrix being centralized but that only really applies if you use the Matrix home server, there are many alternatives.
In the end they have some valid concerns but it really depends on what Matrix is being compared to. Even with these issues is it betetr than Discord for privacy and security ? Yes it is. Discord is clsoed source so nobody knows what it gives up or does in the background. No closed source program can be trusted over a FOSS option. If you want to trust any of the options I mentioned over Matrix then feel free to but don’t trust Discord over it.
- Comment on Tutanota vs Proton Mail 11 months ago:
I use both Tutanota and Protonmail and love both. Protonmail is based out of Switzerland where Tutanota is based out of Germany. Germany is part of fourteen eyes so I give the win to Proton there. Tutanota has lower prices. Tutanota has apps available in App Image and Flatpak for Linux where Proton is only in the AUR and as a .deb. Tutanota has an Android app on F-Droid where Protonmail you have to navigate their site to find a standalone apk. Both are on the Fediverse but Proton did leave for a while where Tutanota stayed and was more active. Overall both are good choices.
- Comment on Google's trying to DRM the internet, and we have to make sure they fail 11 months ago:
I don’t use Youtube; Chrome; or Google Search. I use Abrowser which doesn’t play with DRM so I don’t visit those sites. I use Ublock origin; Jshelter; Privacy Badger; and LibReDirect. I did this for years before even coming to this thread. It’s as simple as making choices which support your values. Google and the like will never change to support your values. Just ditch them and change your behavior.