At this point it not about passive collection, corporations are going to extreme ends to get our data.
https://www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-tracking-explained-it-could
I am interested in what people are doing to enforce their privacy while using the web.
I have some things in place, looking to compare with the community.
(btw, I am new here, this is my first post. So uh… Hi )
Meta: Deleted and blocked on my network for 10 years running!
I’ve been subtly trying to get my wife off of it for ages but at least with pihole clients and groups I can block it off everything on my network that she doesn’t use
This is the way
I visited Facebook to see their policy yesterday and that’s what I saw. Glad that I deleted my Facebook many years ago.
enforce their privacy while using the web.
Welcome, so I can recommend
- actually using the Web, not apps, namely Meta control the content sure but not the browser and browser vendors are trying their best to make the experience safe
- not using a browser made by a vendor that is in fact an ad company
- using a browser with privacy measures, e.g Enhanced Tracking Protection
- use 3rd party extensions, e.g. uBlock Origin, AdBlock Plus, DeArrow, Ghostery, JS Shelter
- use containers or private mode when browsing doubtful content
For Android:
- Use ADB (or similar tools) to remove Facebook, Meta, Twatter, Instagram, etc., from all your Android devices.
- Use a tool like RethinkDNS or other firewall to block block block. If using RethinkDNS, apply good blockers too.
- If using a firewall that uses your VPN slot, setup wireguard to use your VPN host
- Have different browsers on your device e.g. Brave, IronFox, Cromite. Follow online guides to set up.
- Use DuckDuckGo, SearXNG or Mullvadleta to search
- Never access Facebook, Insta, Twitter etc. from your mobile device. In fact, if you have the right firewall / blocking set up, you simply cannot.
- Do as much online shopping from a laptop / PC with a secure browser. Also, have about 3 different browsers there too.
- If you MUST use Facebook etc., only do it from a browser on your laptop / PC.
Just my personal strategy. My firewall logs show its quite effective but not fully impervious.
Checking out RethinkDNS right now, this looks great! Thanks. Was tracking most of the other stuff, that stuff holds true on computers as well, but on mobile I was kinda drawing a blank.
A bit generic perhaps, but… Before I dumped the Zuck, + Reddit, twatter and other Western for profit propaganda outlets, I left him a gift of 12 years of posts exclusively about anti-elite, anti-Zuck, anti-capitalist and anti-west topics. I kind of hope they use it now they are data-hungry and may not be censoring effectively anymore.
Saltman/OAI, Google and others 'free AI’s they use to train their models on, are used exclusively for research about western psychopathy, the ‘Blue Church’ Market ideology, and how AGI in the hands of private ***chopath techlords and a fanatical blue Church is an absolute recipe for disaster.
So, I hide what I can, buy from need instead of Ads (I consequently boy-cut all corporations/products that go through), use FLOSS p2p tools, std blockers/filters, and only use corporate/church services now when either absolutely necessary, or to let them train on/learn what I want them to learn. Let them re-analyze important critical papers, websites, collections, etc. Not ideal or easy, but better than nothing.
I am currently planning AI agentic tools to protect me/others from the corporate/blue-church’s sphere of propaganda/manipulation. It will constantly research and fight back on my behalf. It will be an adaptive smart filter between me and the nasty market ***chopathy.
Interesting in learning more about that. I do a lot of dev work with AI, agentic and otherwise. Did a proof of concept for quick fact finding but of course you run into “where do you source the truth” and the more I looked the harder it was.
Meta? You mean the holding company that owns that social media site I never use? Good luck getting it.
