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[DISCUSSION] - What are your steps/habits to protect privacy? (feddit.ch)
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Hi all, a shy try to awake this community again :)

Whats your daily-routine for privacy, what are you using, what are you not doing?

Short summary of me:

  • Phone -> LineageOS
  • VPN -> Per perimeter (LAN, Mobile) -> different VPN providers
  • Home network (More for security but also helps detecting privacy invasive applications) -> Firewall, IDS and ISP router is bridged
  • Payment -> Cash where possible (Saved me some trouble when card machines were offline and most had to go somewhere else to have a meal)
  • Browser -> Three to four different ones, per usage I use a different (Media, communication, bank etc)
  • Browser extensions -> UblockOrigin, Decentraleyes, User-AGent-Switcher and NoScript
  • Browser cache/history -> deleted once a month (I do not use credentials saved inside browsers)
  • Online Calls -> Matrix
  • OS -> Linux only household
  • Mail -> Different providers and own domain with catch-all, so if a company sells my mail I will see it because it is COMPANYNAME@MYDOMAIN.COM

Thats on top of my head, what are your takes?

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[–] freedomPusher@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

“phone” is more complicated for me.

  • smartphone → deGoogled Android (because I won’t feed the popular hardware vendors like Samsung which alternative OSs support), no GSM chip, in airplane mode; occasionally wifi
  • phone (for talking) → 20-year old candybar phone
  • VOIP → disaster because the cheap providers do not support basic crypto
  • payment → cash, even when not possible. That is, if a creditor demands electronic payment, I still offer only cash. When they take me to court, I explain cash acceptance is an obligation. And I win. They can fuck right off with their Bill Gates-ian forced-banking agenda. I also keep my eye out for cashless restaurants that collect after dining -- they’re accepting my cash or I’m eating for free.
  • email → no, snail mail. Google and MS broke email.