Re:'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of...
by someone321 on Sunday August 13, 2023 @05:20PM
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Can you elaborate what you exactly obfuscate ? Would be interested in learning new privacy things.
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Re:'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of...
by jansan on Sunday August 13, 2023 @05:23PM
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> Can you elaborate what you exactly obfuscate ?
I would be very disappointed by grandparent if he/she actually does that.
Re:'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of...
by alaxapta7 on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:36PM
(#37115323)
Not OP, but one thing I do is having a fake name on my mailbox and doorbell. I figured my neighbours don't need to know, and parcel services don't care. I don't legally live on that address, so that helps.
I also try to keep my browser's headers more generic, especially the Accept-Language header (not applicable or particulary helpful for US residents, though). The rest (VPN, [and therefore] no Google and no social networks) I wouldn't consider an obfuscation.
Re:'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of...
by someone321 on Monday August 14, 2023 @11:07AM
(#37121889)
How do you get (physical) mail?
Yeah, once thing I do for email is use simplelogin, so I basically never give up my real mail to any service.
Re:'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of...
by alaxapta7 on Monday August 14, 2023 @03:20PM
(#37125570)
To my fake name (from family and friends), anything official goes to the mailbox at my real address to which I have access to. But that rarely happens thanks to e-government. Because of presumed delivery, there's no benefit in receiving that kind of mail on paper, so I opted-in.
For e-mail, I use a domain with a catch-all mailbox. I rot13 the service name or whatever in the local-part to identify where the e-mail got leaked/sold from, which I feel like happens more often than not when buying anything from small e-shops.
Re:'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of...
by someone321 on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @08:06AM
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Nice sounds cool. Thanks
Re:'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of...
by someone321 on Monday August 14, 2023 @11:08AM
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Btw, for the browser header there's a nice add-on called Chameleon.