I have a list of vpn sites, browsers, etc. I’ve jotted down from other member posts, BUT I was wondering if someone more tech savvy could post a list of “suggested vpn’s” and the like that you know are decent?
I think the forum will get way too hard to navigate if everything is under “General” or “Vote with Your Wallet”.
Maybe a new forum called “Internet Resources” or “Revamp your tech” or similar.
One thread for “VPN”, one for “Browsers”, one for “alt Social media”, etc.
And we can update the doc or thread as we hear of sites that go down, etc.
Thanks!
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I listened to a couple interviews of Edward Snowden and he basically says there is no true security. He pointed out VPN’s and 3 letter agencies easily tapping into those.
But we can limit the devices we have “on” that are continually monitoring everything we do, saving the info., then using it against us. IMO
Well, I’m usually stoned to point out simple truisms, but following TANSTAAFL there is no such thing as suggested VPN list. When it comes to trust, you need to have a good reason to trust the other party — in this context it is really hard to find any. Back in 90’s Bruce Schneier said that most “anonymizer” sites are directly run by the FBI or a similar 3-letter agency. What makes perfect sense, if I was doing those agencies’ job, I’d certainly run them as honeypots.
As you can’t see inside, you can’t tell if the operator stores the information or not, all the clients can tell if the performance an reliability is good.
For software the landscape is better, as plenty of open-source stuff around and plenty of eyes on the projects.
My practical advice is more going the opposite direction: just treat everything you do on the internet as completely public activity that is recorded and stored by multiple dozen companies moments after the bits left your box. (That’s probaby close to reality too.) So just do stuff with that in mind and refrain from what you want to keep to yourself.
If some big player is interested in your secret they will get it. The survelience tech is just way too good for ages, you can listen to conversations by observing vibrations of the window glass. And most people’s home is full with gizmos that have sensors AND some wifi/BT connection already. You don’t need open agents like siri and alexa — your tv set or vacuum cleaner or fridge or lightbulb may have a mic and voice processor. Waiting to exploit. And when evry random phone has 3 cameras, how hard do you think it is to conceal a mic or camera in your home dedicated to the task.
Everyone should know that that smartphones expose your location kinda all the time in several different ways, but beyond them you probably carry a number of radio or rfid devices that also can be tracked. TLDR; privacy is not really a thing these days in the “modern” part of the world.
Just before seeing this post I sent Scott a suggestion for a “Personal Security” forum on the new member forum. (Suggested to me by Edward Smith.) We could talk online tech or even offline security.
De, I created a General Forum Topic based on your request — “Technology and Privacy“.
Let me know when you have other ideas. Thank you.
Good idea!