Don't Talk about PRIVACY if u have installed Facebook App with all permissions allowed.. 🙄🙄

Privacy in 2018? Don't think so hahaha

i do! @linuxxx

It pains me to hear nontechies bitch about the smart home being a spy tool, yet they walk around with location on 24/7 and give any app permissions it asks for.

Pal you're walking around with a device much much more harmful than your smart home speak you never use.

@Stuxnet lol ya 😂

@8BitOverdose Please elaborate and explain what privacy is, according to you?

And yes I am definitely not part of that mass surveillance network.

@linuxxx 100% privacy or anonymity is not possible in a realistic scenario.

You could get close to 100% tho. By using things like VPN/Proxies, tor, never entering your real personal details, disabling js and blocking all those trackers. Disabling telemetry on everything. VM or live boot things like Qubes OS, ... I almost know certain you know way more about this than I do.

I just try to stay away from Google, MS, WhatsApp and all those big social networks like fb, twitter, ... By just doing that I feel like my privacy is already boosted a lot.

But then again I need Windows, and I have a Gmail so I guess I'm part of that mass surveillance network.

In the end we're nothing more than walking data and I think you can't escape of it anymore. Future will be even worse.

@8BitOverdose I mostly agree with your second comment but "privacy in 2018, I don't think so" and the first sentence of your second comment contradict each other.

And yes I try to completely stay away from any company integrated within the prism mass surveillance network.

@8BitOverdose just like @linuxxx I agree with you on some but not all of what you stated. Privacy and anonymity are two different topics. The more one acts on privacy the less anonymous one is on the internet. As you stated 100% privacy isn't realistic. It is up to every individual to decide what and how much information he / she / ... wants to hand out and where it should land. I don't aim for 100% privacy but I do think critically about my data. In my opinion that should be enough.

@MateTea42 A friend of mine pretends to be a different person online all the time. Isn't this keeping privacy and anonymity at the same time?

I get privacy and anonymity aren't the same thing. Both of them cannot be truly 100%. But how does one become less anonymous when they act more on their privacy?

@8BitOverdose when you use privacy practices your internet usage leaves a fingerprint. For example disabling JavaScript / cookies can be detected by websites. https://panopticlick.eff.org/ shows you how your browser can be fingerprinted. Using a VPN adds privacy the fact that you are using a VPN removes anonymity. What I am trying to say is that even though a single comment or data point you leave on the internet doesn't lead to you, your internet traffic could... if someone makes the effort. To remain completely anonymous your internet traffic should blend in with the average internet user. Unfortunately the average internet user doesn't use privacy best practices.

@8BitOverdose What tools does he use to prevent online tracking and fingerprinting?