I think we all draw a line between privacy and convenience and I think I found mine and settled into a comfort zone of sorts. I use Fedora 38. My browser is Mozilla Firefox with it’s “strict” setting. uBlock origin and uMatrix. When I need/want to use a site that doesn’t work due to blocked connections I relax the restrictions in uMatrix or temporarily disable it entirely if I get frustrated or I’m in a hurry. I watch videos on YouTube. Don’t use social media, but I do use Facebook messenger (although I prefer to use Signal with the handful of people I can). I use a Xiaomi phone with custom ad blocking DNS (I’d like to get a Pixel with GrapheneOS someday). I look for an app on F-Droid first, but install it through Google Play if I can’t find what I need there. I use Qwant and DuckDuckGo. I use ReVanced. I do not use a VPN. I think that’s all the relevant information. My question is: how easy do you think it still is for big tech to track me? Are there any suggestions you would have for a person like me that wouldn’t sacrifice too much convenience?

  • Illecors@lemmy.cafe
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    1 year ago

    What you’re saying here is very different from what you’re saying in the OP.

    How private am I?

    how easy do you think it still is for big tech to track me?

    most websites don’t do a lot of “first party” tracking.

    These are all very different questions. I guess my bad for only answering the second one.

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      1 year ago

      I sorry if I came off confusing, I’m not a native English speaker so putting my thoughts into English writing is a bit of a barrier for me. I guess I’m just looking for people to point out flaws in my setup and have a discussion on best practices while keeping the comfort factor in mind.

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        1 year ago

        In short.

        • You’re fairly private, I don’t see maths just getting broken - i.e. the stuff you do is not visible to the outside.
        • You’re very easy for big tech to track. They don’t know what you’re doing directly, but inference engines are very powerful nowadays.
        • Most websites do not, indeed, do first party tracking.