Optery advertises themselves as a privacy oriented service that helps you remove data from data brokers.

In the policy they mention they send your profile data to Advertising Partners with the purpose of

• Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services • Marketing the Services

Isn't this almost opposite of the whole purpose of their service? Or am I reading this wrong and this is just because they have to send your data to the brokers to process deletions?

Are there recommended alternatives?

P.S. I reached out to them about this but they haven't gotten back to me yet

Closed my account and left feedback. They replied: Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your account cancellation. We acknowledge your decision to delete your account and want to address any concerns you have raised.

We understand your questions about privacy, and we want to reassure you that Optery is committed to protecting your personal information. Our core mission is to remove your data from data broker sites, not to exploit or misuse it. Here’s how we prioritize your privacy:

1. We do not sell your personal data. Optery has no involvement with companies that post or sell personal information online. Our sole purpose is to help remove your personal information from people search sites and data brokers. If you see your information online, it is unrelated to Optery's operations.

2. Google Analytics and Advertising. While our privacy policy mentions advertising partnerships, this typically involves anonymized or aggregated data, not personal details. We use tools like Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and improve user experience. Rest assured, personal information is not stored in these tools. Google uses collected data for web analytics, and while this may influence ad targeting, it is not tied to any personal data.

For more on how Google handles data: Google Privacy Terms and Google’s Data Protection.

We also encourage you to explore Google’s privacy practices: Google Analytics Privacy Safeguards.

We aim to follow a privacy-first model, taking inspiration from companies like Proton. Your feedback is invaluable, as it helps us ensure we align with the trust our customers place in us.

You can learn more here - How Optery Secures Your Data

Transparency and user trust are at the heart of everything we do. If you have more questions or need further clarification about our privacy practices, feel free to reach out.

I can technically block every meme community I see, but was wondering if there's a way to filter those out.

Just want to sometimes see some news or discussions without endlessly scrolling memes.

Thanks!

NewPipe, GrayJay, Invidious, all are unable t bypass an age restricted video. Tried the embedded trick, and also through a script extension with the bypass script on github. Non worked, any idea how to bypass without logging in?

E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPi-Xc5MF1I

Noticed two things recently: 1. Watching videos even at 1080p would sometimes takes dozens of seconds to buffer a few video sexonds. 2. The video quality is always on auto if you experience buffering, mid video all of a sudden the video gets pixelated no matter how many times I tell it to load X quality.

Is anyone else experiencing these issues? Their support haven't gotten back to me.

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LINDDUN card deck PDF for reference: https://downloads.linddun.org/linddun-go/default/v240118/go.pdf

As we rushed into the Web 2 era, privacy was left behind. There was a naive view that users could consent to something that was impossible to understand. The result was tracking and monitoring of every activity.

I chatted to Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript, Co-Founder of Brave, and the Co-founder of Mozilla. We talk about how the privacy landscape evolved on the internet, and the future of our technology-driven world.

00:00 The Serfs Have to Band Together! 00:51 Why Privacy Matters 04:30 Privacy Nihilism 06:29 The Rise of Extensions 11:48 Brave and Ads 15:06 Privacy is Now Marketable 16:31 Bridging the Divide Between Users 19:58 They Are Profiling You 21:50 Incentive for Government Control 23:30 Tech Optimism 24:48 Users Matter Most 28:57 Companies Can Make a Big Difference 31:47 UBlock Origin and Google 33:23 There is No End to Security 36:14 Braves Large Movement of Users 37:37 Decentralization Pays Off 38:00 Users Can Tilt Markets 38:55 What the Future Holds 39:39 Privacy Acceleration

We need more tools that make it possible to not only maintain privacy, but to still have a user-friendly experience at the same time. We, as users, need to fight back and demand it.

Brought to you by NBTV team members: Lee Rennie, Will Sandoval and Naomi Brockwell

Odysee link from the comments: https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/BRENDAN-EICH:9

Want to get the DLC and start over but I'm a little afraid to sink in too many hours since there's always improvements to be made

Edit: spelling

Want to share a link to a recent interview with Brave's co founder and which I found interesting. Is that something that fits this group or better posted elsewhere?

Proton has been uploading short 1.5 minute videos on their channel, and I feel like they lack substance and don't go over any of the topics meaningfully. Do you see this format resonating with the public? Should they be making more in-depth videos?

I'm guessing the demographic that follows Naomi Brockwell TV, for example, doesn't intersect much with the ones that might watch those shorts

It obviously protects against sharing data with e.g. your employer, but if a health provider chooses to make your data shareable, there are 2.2M authorized entities that can potentially access the data (identifiable health data).

Excerpt of the video description: Most people think that HIPAA means that their medical records are kept private. But what if I told you that HIPAA doesn’t protect your privacy at all?

This is our first video in a series about medical privacy, specifically looking at legislation that stripped individuals of the right to consent to medical data sharing.

We focus on what HIPAA actually is, how it came to allow our data to be shared without us even knowing, how we’ve been tricked into thinking we have privacy, and steps we can take to reclaim control of our medical data.

00:00 The State of Medical Privacy is a Mess 02:29 What is HIPAA 07:39 How Your Data is Shared 12:10 The Illusion of Privacy 14:48 What Can We Do 22:16 We Deserve Medical Privacy

We deserve privacy in our medical system. Our health information is sensitive, and we should be allowed to protect it. Even while we fight for better medical privacy, please always prioritize your health.

Special Thanks to: Twila Brase, Rob Frommer, and Keith Smith for chatting to us!

List of doctors who have opted out of the surveillance system: https://jointhewedge.com/

Twila's website: https://www.cchfreedom.org/patient-toolbox/

Do you want to fight the system and lead a suit against medical data collection? Contact the Institute for Justice: https://ij.org/

Keith Smith's Surgery Center: https://surgerycenterok.com/

Brought to you by NBTV team members: Lee Rennie, Cube Boy, Sam Ettaro, Will Sandoval and Naomi Brockwell

Edit: changed the title to something that isn't misleading

I keep getting notified that I should upgrade my newpipe apk to a newer version through a url. F-Droid only has up to v0.25.2 but the latest is v0.26.1. It's been like that for >1w (the discrepancy), is this usual for F-Droid repos? Or something with my installation is wrong?

Lyft disabled scheduling rides through ride.lyft.com, I used that quite a bit but now in forced go use the app. The problem however, is that their app just doesn't work. It launches, says the Google API is necessary and then continues to close.

Does anyone know of an app that use their API that doesn't shut itself down without installing Google SDK?

> Advertising Partners. We may also share personal information with third parties who we partner with for advertising campaigns or that collect information about your activity on the Services for the purposes described in the "Interest-Based Advertising" section above.

It's a paid service, wtf is this BS

Their final reply: > I wanted to reach out as a followup to your earlier request. I spoke with some members of our product team, and it would actually appear as though we don't currently support users opting out of that particular clause in our terms of service. I also wanted to let you know that we don’t currently share user info with third parties for advertising, and as far as I can tell, we have no roadmapped plans for doing so in the future.

I saw an article awhile ago that the police just straight up bought ad-network data about someone they were prosecuting without needing a warrant. Is there anyway to know what info ad networks have on me out there?

I know there are databrokers you can query to see what they have kn you, but those are all public records from I could find so far

I noticed quite a bit of people not knowing you can opt out of the dead voice chat recording (where it transmits your mic audio when you die for a couple of seconds).

When I installed the game there was a prompt that asked for an opt-in, that was pretty short to read.

Do you think people automatically click "I consent" or is the prompt not very clear?

A lot of privacy guides suggest avoiding Telegram. I understand that in its default mode there's no E2EE (and no E2EE for groups at all). If people I know don't wanttko use Signal, isn't Telegram the lesser evil given it's nicer privacy policy (than other popular ones)?

Say I use the FOSS version of it.