How do you manage your online data/privacy?

6 points by pioc 6y ago ↗ HN

Hi everyone,

I'm more and more concerned about my online privacy and more generally on all aspects of the "internet/computer" life. Until now I was using software like Chrome or "free" services like Facebook or Gmail.

I already switch to a personal email account hosted on a french host (OVH), and enabled PGP encryption on it. I'm using Cloudfare DNS resolver, until I've time to install DNS resolver on my own server. Firefox is now my default web browser, and I tweak all parameters on cookies. It is just a matter of time before I leave OSX for a GNU/Linux distrib (mostly because of the free software way of thinking).

How do you manage it ? Have got any good tools I can use ?

Thx guuys !

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tas_es 6y ago ↗

I don't recommend using a Cloudflare DNS resolver, I would use something like AdGuard. Also using either TOR browser or Firefox with super hardened settings (changing about:config, NoScript). One of the more important things is not using something like Whatsapp or Telegram, but something more like Signal or Keybase, or Rocketchat, or riot.im. Also don't use Dropbox, iCloud, etc. but something like Nextcloud or KBFS(not so sure about this one). If you have an Android or an iPhone, use it rarely or close to never and use your computer instead as you can do all the things on a computer.

pioc 6y ago ↗

Thank you.

Why wouldn't you use CLoudflare DNS ?

nikonyrh 6y ago ↗

I run two browsers: Chrome which is logged into Facebook, Youtube (thus Google) and any other such service and I don't use it for browsing random websites. Then I have Firefox with NoScript to do the actual browsing with exceptions on a few sites.

I'm quite sure ISPs in Finland aren't allowed to track people's internet traffic but who knows.

helph67 6y ago ↗

Don't use Google! There are plenty of search engines that respect your privacy. Here's some... https://www.ecosia.org/ https://www.qwant.com/ https://www.startpage.com/ Use Firefox with uBlock Origin AND Privacy Badger ad blocking extensions.

pioc 6y ago ↗

Thx, I'll have a look on them

alexhuyen 6y ago ↗

I also use Firefox, and I've installed some extensions that are focused on privacy (uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere, Decentraleyes, Privacy Badger). Some of these extensions are from the EFF. I use https://www.privacytools.io/ to find in-depth breakdowns of stuff like good VPN services, search engines, encrypted DNS, browser extensions, and other privacy tools. I check back once in a while to see what's new.