What have you done lately to increase your privacy?

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.

at_an_angle,
@at_an_angle@lemmy.one avatar

Tended to my garden. Hard to get info if you don’t post info.

Zoidsberg,
@Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca avatar

Jokes on you. Now I know you have a garden.

NightOwl,

I started using freetube on the desktop. It’s like newpipe with how you have local subscriptions and feed without an account. I like it a lot.

theceoofanarchism,
@theceoofanarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Deleted my windows partition I’ve been dual booting for a year and finally deleted my google account.

Evkob,
@Evkob@lemmy.ca avatar

Finally switched from from Windows to Linux (specifically EndeavourOS, an Arch-based distro with a GUI installer).

I also bought a new phone, on which I intend to install GrapheneOS and distance myself from Google’s ecosystem.

I signed up for Proton Mail.

LibRedirect browser addon to switch to privacy-respecting frontends for popular websites.

vgpunks,

I just did too but I went with manjaro. After getting it all set up I’m thinking of jumping to endeavor but I’m not sure I want to go through the entire setup again.

dasprii,
@dasprii@lemmy.froztbyte.dev avatar

Manjaro will break on you a lot more often than EndeavorOS will because of their release schedule. Should be ok if you stay away from the AUR but that kinda defeats the biggest selling point of using an Arch-based distro in the first place. Manjaro is the one and only distro that I actively ward people away from.

PrivateOnions,

I deleted Whatsapp but created a photoshopped screenshot of Whatsapp banning my account so that everybody around me thinks it is involuntary, going to try to get them to switch to Signal soon. Wish me luck

BigTechBlows,
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    PrivateOnions,

    I will find out in a few days if it will work. I am unfortunately in the US so most people just use SMS/iMessage but within my social circle most used Whatsapp. Hopefully they install Signal instead of just texting via SMS

    anon_water,
    @anon_water@lemmy.ml avatar

    Lmao I think you might be needing new friends.

    PrivateOnions,

    Update: it worked

    Orokos,

    @PrivateOnions @BigTechBlows Holy fuck, this is the most funny and genius tactic i've seen. questionable? sure, but hey, still funny. I'd probably do the same, just to bypass "the persuasion phase".

    has the same ingenuity as "have a screenshot of messages as your lockscreen wallpaper, that way you can sneak out of any social situation imaginable."

    PrivateOnions,

    Nobody has questioned it yet. Here is the screenshot if you were curious:

    https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/1b59e8af-1c45-4af9-aac9-8dd5df32c110.jpeg

    I photoshopped the top menu and the bottom and also made the picture the same as my phones resolution so there is no room for doubt 😎.

    nemesis_aorta,

    I need this made for iOS 💀

    PrivateOnions,

    It was a successful attempt I got them to switch

    Coeus,

    Trying to get people to use signal is like pulling teeth

    neuromancer,
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    Mane25,

    Was that a privacy concern?

    I mean fuck Reddit, but with tracking blocked was it ever more of a concern than other websites?

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