Tenderizer78

Do VPN’s actually protect against any of that? They’re basically only useful if you want to get around your country’s internet filters, log into a website that has blocked your IP, or hide your traffic from the government (and in the latter’s case, Tor is probably a better pick).

I guess it may help with tracking, but there are so many ways in which your tracked, is your IP even one of them?

I wonder if there’s a security (not privacy) focussed fork of Firefox?

The wikipedia page for Zen Browser, LibreWolf, and GNU Icecat mention security so they’d be a good start. I don’t have the technical knowledge to investigate them. I think I’ll change to a de-googled Chromium browser when visiting shady sites but stick to a Gecko-based browser for anything mainstream (including Lemmy).

I should probably also do all my banking on mobile and make my security settings on Proton Mail stricter.

Just deleted my Facebook account. Now I just need any of my friends to install Threema (or maybe Revolt?).

I just finished my accounting course yesterday, but I’m not sure my assignments met the training guidelines so I’m hesitant to uninstall Windows if I may be asked to come back and redo some assignments (not sure I even need Windows for that though).

Reddit is still an issue, can’t find Twitter manga and de-Americaification advice on Lemmy.

YouTube I’ve reduced my engagement on but haven’t deleted. Discord I’m lurking in some essential group chats. Still on an 10-year old iPhone, gotta get a new open-source one. I’m sticking with Steam for games.

They already mine rare earths in America and Australia, it’s just production’s slow because there’s not much demand for gourmet rare earths.