Yea it's about as good as you can get as a civilian. Linux is a nice touch. If you use your phone a lot without privacy on it and it's getting your gps they might have algos that can piece it all together however.
If it's off it's still working unless the battery is out but I think that's not realistic to control without going full tin foil. I think your setup is as good as you're going to get. If you visit social media sites even without an account they will start collecting IP data on you but the VPN will obfuscate that. They might have algos that can sort of piece that together some anyway.
It won't survive you specifically being targeted by a government level actor, like an alphabet agency. You will be hard to trace if you are diligent with the VPN if they are just parsing databases for outliners in like conservative viewership. Nord could most likely share the data under pressure by globalists of your IP and when it connected but I think Nord is reliable in that regard from what I hear but who knows under total authoritarianism. Even if they did I'm not sure they'd have the records to tell who from a node was accessing what, it's possible though.
Yea exactly, be mindful of digital record, they weaponize this industry with their algos and can extrapolate insane data. For example the GPS movements of your phone through your home for people that walk around the house with it when they are cooking or using the bathroom gets recorded and sent to adware and does give them behavioral/shopping data that actually is predictive.
I'd say what you wrote is the best strat exactly, don't take risks even with full protection. Also avoid anything that is a clear red flag even with full protection. You'll start off just in a database entry that everyone is put into, which is impossible for humans to monitor all the data, if you start setting off flags though you might get escalated to actually having a person looking into you which will make your system much weaker.
Maybe, especially after the shocking totalitarianism we are seeing today. Like normies would think this is crazy so take it with a grain of salt. I think they could easily have an algo that profiles trump supporters just like they profile probability of serial killers. They could have a ratio by scanning internet habits like this person has an 85% chance of being one and cross reference that with the gun registry, charge you with being a felon for inciting violence then legally removing your gun with no 2A violation.
If you want to get really crazy though consider this. They could parse the database for things you aren't doing also, so they could judge by you not going to liberal sites, not having a twitter account, not having pronouns in your twitter profile etc. that you are a trump supporter. So to be ultimately safe you could obfuscate yourself by crafting a fake libtard identity that you engage in liberal viewing habits on line from time to time with, if you are specifically concerned about being targeted for you Patriotism. I had an idea for a program that would sort of automatically do that for you while you sleep you just set it to autorun but I never got around to making it.
Google has these programs called crawl bots they scan the ENTIRE internet over and over and record it, it's how they read websites to put in their search engine. If you posted it at anytime they have it saved and archived.
Maybe, I can't tell you if it's 100%, it's pretty hard core to use. I think you will hit the problem that you have to use the phone otherwise there's no point to have it. When you take it out it will go balls deep gathering data: GPS, gather all it's other random analytics then it will see what other nearby phones it can ping off to pinpoint you further, or pinpoint your neighbors, and do the same with wifis and shit and god knows what else.
This is far out there now but if you are very serious:
I'd say just keep it somewhere stationary, don't bring it with you on a daily routine where it could start making a predictive database on you, like taking it to the kitchen with you every time you go etc. don't ever point either side of the camera towards you when it's just chilling, keep it in a darker place if possible, and don't talk outloud about anything near it that you don't want heard even if it's off. Also if you have a gen4 or gen5 console like PS4/PS5 or any smart devices in your home I'd treat them the same way.
Most likely yes, just keep in mind people are going to start thinking you're crazy at this point if you are cautious of these things around them. It will most likely become a huge problem though. Your smart devices and consoles also. They most likely can escalate based on things, like they most likely just sort of listen and put a little database together if things it recognizes, starts to detect what kind of person you are than starts to listen in for more specific things. It's used for advertisement data but it could easily be used in an authoritarian way as well.
A lap top absolutely will I'd say a desktop will not especially if you build it yourself. If you are running laptop with linux it might not have what's needed to spy on you but it could be on the motherboard itself I can't say for certain.
I just want to say that there is diminishing returns on all this shit, like you could go mad trying to insulate yourself, ultimately it's basically impossible, these devices are actually terrifying in how serious they are at spying on you. They have creative genious ways of spying on you. As an example even if you use a cell VPN and mask your GPS somehow your neighbor next door's wifi or cellphone could ping off your phone and then alert the provider with your GPS so it can then deduce your real location.
So you can go mad trying to seal all the loose ends but ultimately it's impossible and they might get you in new creative ways we aren't predicting, we can't say the limits of what their algos can do. It's best to just stay reasonable but treat these things with a lot of respect if you are going against the grain ideologically in anyway.
From what I gather people use Tails for internet security, but idk. I'm under the impression without having used it myself, that Tails will wipe everything after a system shutdown; you can't save anything.
The following is my opinion as I just finished all the research to get myself off of chrome.
I'm using it because TOR (the absolute last word in browser privacy) is too inconvenient and slow. But it is the best. Firefox and Brave are both good choices. Both require a VPN for true anonymity from your ISP. Even without a VPN though you are NOT having to worry about data collection so these browsers are lightning fast and support all the same plugins, password saving and device syncing that you enjoy on chrome.
Brave is even easier to migrate to as its backend is the same as chrome (chromium) so the migration will pull passwords and even plugins over for you. Even your login with google accounts are seemless. I think Epic Browser (with free built in VPN) will be the same.
If starting from scratch, Firefox is a little more private though. Just not as convenient if coming from chrome. You can migrate bookmarks, but saved/encrypted site passwords will need to be rebuilt along with plugins.
Last Pass is a better idea than allowing the likes of chrome to store encrypted passwords :) Just be sure to get off chrome or MS browsers NOW. Privacy on the web is a balance. If you want 100%, then it is a MASSIVE pain in the ass to use day-to-day (doubt anyone will disagree). Brave / Firefox are great alternatives for everyday use that is about as private as you can get without changing everything you do on the web. There are others too. Firefox is more customizable, btw, but requires a good deal of setup initially to make private and customized.
Yea it's about as good as you can get as a civilian. Linux is a nice touch. If you use your phone a lot without privacy on it and it's getting your gps they might have algos that can piece it all together however.
i keep my phone off most of the time
If it's off it's still working unless the battery is out but I think that's not realistic to control without going full tin foil. I think your setup is as good as you're going to get. If you visit social media sites even without an account they will start collecting IP data on you but the VPN will obfuscate that. They might have algos that can sort of piece that together some anyway.
It won't survive you specifically being targeted by a government level actor, like an alphabet agency. You will be hard to trace if you are diligent with the VPN if they are just parsing databases for outliners in like conservative viewership. Nord could most likely share the data under pressure by globalists of your IP and when it connected but I think Nord is reliable in that regard from what I hear but who knows under total authoritarianism. Even if they did I'm not sure they'd have the records to tell who from a node was accessing what, it's possible though.
so to summarize, get the best protection, but act like you have zero privacy. dont write anything that can get you into trouble, right?
Yea exactly, be mindful of digital record, they weaponize this industry with their algos and can extrapolate insane data. For example the GPS movements of your phone through your home for people that walk around the house with it when they are cooking or using the bathroom gets recorded and sent to adware and does give them behavioral/shopping data that actually is predictive.
I'd say what you wrote is the best strat exactly, don't take risks even with full protection. Also avoid anything that is a clear red flag even with full protection. You'll start off just in a database entry that everyone is put into, which is impossible for humans to monitor all the data, if you start setting off flags though you might get escalated to actually having a person looking into you which will make your system much weaker.
do you think the government will try to red flag every TD user to take away our guns?
Maybe, especially after the shocking totalitarianism we are seeing today. Like normies would think this is crazy so take it with a grain of salt. I think they could easily have an algo that profiles trump supporters just like they profile probability of serial killers. They could have a ratio by scanning internet habits like this person has an 85% chance of being one and cross reference that with the gun registry, charge you with being a felon for inciting violence then legally removing your gun with no 2A violation.
If you want to get really crazy though consider this. They could parse the database for things you aren't doing also, so they could judge by you not going to liberal sites, not having a twitter account, not having pronouns in your twitter profile etc. that you are a trump supporter. So to be ultimately safe you could obfuscate yourself by crafting a fake libtard identity that you engage in liberal viewing habits on line from time to time with, if you are specifically concerned about being targeted for you Patriotism. I had an idea for a program that would sort of automatically do that for you while you sleep you just set it to autorun but I never got around to making it.
you are smart. you work with computers?
i also change my TD account every week
I think you're in great shape. It's always going to be a slight risk but the tradeoff starts getting too high with diminishing returns.
i think TD should delete all posts over a week old to protect our privacy. or give us the option to delete all posts with one click
Google has these programs called crawl bots they scan the ENTIRE internet over and over and record it, it's how they read websites to put in their search engine. If you posted it at anytime they have it saved and archived.
even if i deleted it 10 seconds after posting it?
will a faraday bag keep my phone private even if it is on?
Maybe, I can't tell you if it's 100%, it's pretty hard core to use. I think you will hit the problem that you have to use the phone otherwise there's no point to have it. When you take it out it will go balls deep gathering data: GPS, gather all it's other random analytics then it will see what other nearby phones it can ping off to pinpoint you further, or pinpoint your neighbors, and do the same with wifis and shit and god knows what else.
This is far out there now but if you are very serious: I'd say just keep it somewhere stationary, don't bring it with you on a daily routine where it could start making a predictive database on you, like taking it to the kitchen with you every time you go etc. don't ever point either side of the camera towards you when it's just chilling, keep it in a darker place if possible, and don't talk outloud about anything near it that you don't want heard even if it's off. Also if you have a gen4 or gen5 console like PS4/PS5 or any smart devices in your home I'd treat them the same way.
do our phones and laptops eavesdrop on us all day?
Most likely yes, just keep in mind people are going to start thinking you're crazy at this point if you are cautious of these things around them. It will most likely become a huge problem though. Your smart devices and consoles also. They most likely can escalate based on things, like they most likely just sort of listen and put a little database together if things it recognizes, starts to detect what kind of person you are than starts to listen in for more specific things. It's used for advertisement data but it could easily be used in an authoritarian way as well.
A lap top absolutely will I'd say a desktop will not especially if you build it yourself. If you are running laptop with linux it might not have what's needed to spy on you but it could be on the motherboard itself I can't say for certain.
I just want to say that there is diminishing returns on all this shit, like you could go mad trying to insulate yourself, ultimately it's basically impossible, these devices are actually terrifying in how serious they are at spying on you. They have creative genious ways of spying on you. As an example even if you use a cell VPN and mask your GPS somehow your neighbor next door's wifi or cellphone could ping off your phone and then alert the provider with your GPS so it can then deduce your real location.
So you can go mad trying to seal all the loose ends but ultimately it's impossible and they might get you in new creative ways we aren't predicting, we can't say the limits of what their algos can do. It's best to just stay reasonable but treat these things with a lot of respect if you are going against the grain ideologically in anyway.
From what I gather people use Tails for internet security, but idk. I'm under the impression without having used it myself, that Tails will wipe everything after a system shutdown; you can't save anything.
Is it known by the masses who seek comfort in privacy?
If yes, then no. It isn't.
Privacy is a whisper. Broadcasting in public cannot be private.
what do you use on your computer?
The following is my opinion as I just finished all the research to get myself off of chrome.
I'm using it because TOR (the absolute last word in browser privacy) is too inconvenient and slow. But it is the best. Firefox and Brave are both good choices. Both require a VPN for true anonymity from your ISP. Even without a VPN though you are NOT having to worry about data collection so these browsers are lightning fast and support all the same plugins, password saving and device syncing that you enjoy on chrome.
Brave is even easier to migrate to as its backend is the same as chrome (chromium) so the migration will pull passwords and even plugins over for you. Even your login with google accounts are seemless. I think Epic Browser (with free built in VPN) will be the same.
If starting from scratch, Firefox is a little more private though. Just not as convenient if coming from chrome. You can migrate bookmarks, but saved/encrypted site passwords will need to be rebuilt along with plugins.
i use lastpass with a 13 digit master password
Last Pass is a better idea than allowing the likes of chrome to store encrypted passwords :) Just be sure to get off chrome or MS browsers NOW. Privacy on the web is a balance. If you want 100%, then it is a MASSIVE pain in the ass to use day-to-day (doubt anyone will disagree). Brave / Firefox are great alternatives for everyday use that is about as private as you can get without changing everything you do on the web. There are others too. Firefox is more customizable, btw, but requires a good deal of setup initially to make private and customized.
firefox just attacked trump...... https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/
I just saw that. Definitely off the list. Fuck Firefox. Dam n. More evil out there than we could ever guess
Don't for get to encrypt your drives.