Hellfire103 @ hellfire103 @lemmy.ca

just an english enby living through the end times...

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Excellent tool. Shame it doesn't have anything on Scottish pubs.

A VPN alone will not do that. It will make it more difficult, as your location and IP address will be changing, but there are still methods.

Cookies, for one thing, are the main way in which you are tracked. In fact, most cookies exist solely for tracking. The solution: clear your cookies regularly, and use private mode when possible.

Browser fingerprinting can also be used. This method takes into account your user agent, screen resolution, installed extensions, hardware info, and also whether or not you have Do Not Track enabled (this had good intentions, but is counter-productive nowadays and should be disabled), and uses this data to single you out among other users. The solution: use a fingerprinting-resistant browser — such as Mullvad, Tor, Cromite, or Brave — never make your browser fullscreen, and don't install any extensions that change the behaviour of a website (uBlock Origin and NoScript are exceptions). If you use Tor, do not sign into anything and try to use onion services when possible. If it's not too inconvenient, also disable JavaScript.

However, you can still be tracked by certain services, regardless of your protections. The solution: Stop using data-hungry services — such as those run by Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc. — and replace them with privacy-respecting alternatives.

Also be mindful of OS-level tracking. In a nutshell, don't use Windows (Linux ftw) and avoid Android. If you have a compatible device, consider using GrapheneOS or LineageOS. Otherwise, it's often possible to block OS-level trackers with an ad-blocking DNS, such as NextDNS.

Here are some further resources:

• Privacy Guides
  • Tor
  • Forum
• Techlore
  • PeerTube
• Naomi Brockwell
  • YouTube
  • LBRY

More email clients:

• Linux/Unix
  • Evolution
  • KMail
  • Geary
• Android
  • Ltt.rs (JMAP Only)
• CLI
  • NeoMutt
  • aerc

Sigmund's mom has got it going on

She's all I want and I've waited for so long

Sigmund, can't you see? You're just not the shrink for me

I know it might be wrong, but I'm in love with Sigmund's mom

Older hardware. I read somewhere it's lighter than Btrfs or XFS, and marginally faster than Ext4. Probably not my smartest move, in hindsight, but the system does fly.

It's a derivative with Xfce and slapt-get pre-installed alongside some themes, software, and extra repos. Far less bloated than I would expect of such a distro, however, and very nice to use.

The tagline is "Linux for the lazy Slacker".

Ya think‽

(Oceania in this case being the USA's domain, not China's. When Nineteen Eighty-Four was written, the area consisting of Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, etc. was more commonly known as Australasia).

Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia.

I'm planning to install Slackel in a few weeks' time. Does that count?

Slackware? In this economy?

It's Slackware

AVIF is rather fantastic.

It's essentially Tor, but system-wide. Not sure why your original IP address is being shown, though. Works fine for me.

Thanks!

How did you make this?

I thought that was purple?

I have Freeview (free terrestrial TV in the UK), and we get Newsmax, but not Fox News. I expect this will also be the case with Freesat (free satellite) and Freely (free IPTV). Not sure about Sky (satellite/IPTV) or Virgin (cable), though.

Whether you call it late December, intermission, or the dead season: it is truly an interesting time.