I hear that biometrics aren’t that secure, but the SMS method is known as the least secure. It’s not encrypted, so OTP passwords are sent to you in plaintext and a hacker can get it. Not to mention, anyone peeking (like the government) can get a good idea of when youre logging in…

“As much as I can” in digital ways, like de-Googling my phone, using privacy-respecting apps, and using Tor. As I said, I don’t apply that approach to my whole life.

This last bit,

Privacy does not mean stopping the flow of data; it means channeling it wisely and justly to serve societal ends and values and the individuals who are its subjects, particularly the vulnerable and the disadvantaged.

Sounds like a message for companies / developers to use privacy to help society, especially those who need a high level of privacy. Activists, politicians, investigative journalists, etc. Perhaps “justice” suggests that services can be mostly privacy-respecting, but leak some data if law enforcement requests it for a case. My interpretation again leaves me confused about the intended audience of this article.

Though, this part

Privacy does not mean stopping the flow of data; it means channeling it wisely

resonates with me a little. There are some areas where i need to let my data flow and sacrifice privacy, like SMS. In others, I prefer to stop the flow as much as I can.

When I just read the title and description, I got the impression that this article considered using privacy-respecting practices / apps impractical - maybe thats why OP said to read first.

This article actually encourages digital privacy measures and instead critiques more drastic actions, like not living in cities to minimize exposure to cameras.

I think that most people dont have this fantasy or care for it, although they tend not to care much about digital privacy either. I’m not quite sure who the intended audience is for this article, if most people don’t need persuasion on half of its argument. Then again, I skimmed it so I may have missed some key points.

I’ve stopped trying to make a non-unique fingerprint, get the extensions I want, and instead use Tor to look up stuff or login to places not connected to my identity AFAIK. So normal browsing is for specific topics like troubleshooting my devices.

Surveillance scores are already a thing in the US, but protected by the FTC and more hidden than China’s social credit score. Not to mention, the data broker market is poorly regulated and very opaque. I like to minimize how much incriminating or intimate data I reveal, partly because they may very well be considered with my job applications or affect my experience as a customer.

I did, actually. Did English just work out of the box or did you change some settings? Also, my phone is de-Googled so I might be missing something…

There’s some instructions for adding your own English support, but it seems complicated.

Also, the readme makes it clear that this app is mainly for Estonian, not English, so I’m very curious how it seems to work for you without much trouble.

Do you find any need for organizing your files, or is searching that effective?

*oopsie, listing examples of front-ends after suggesting a VPN is confusing. I recommend ProtonVPN - open-source and audited (a few years ago).

But be careful! If you login via a front-end, the site/app is still getting your data. Even if you’re not logged in, they can probably see your IP (the front-end is still requesting data) and associate that with your account. So use a VPN alongside a front-end, such as Infinity or Frost. I also recall reading privacy policies that handle data not officially connected to an account (logged in?) with more opacity and exploitation…

I don’t understand the workings of this all, and this is simply my impression without thorough research. I’m fairly sure my points are true, but please feel free to correct me.

Idk about config files though.

I think protonvpn is opensource and uses openvpn.

That article was from late 2019, so I guess it worked out in thr end.

I might use this to see how compromised my data is.

In my experience, this doesnt support English dictation. I also checked its FAQ (or was it a guide?) the other day and it was all in another language.

Theres also a presentation plugin for Tiddlywiki (a non-linear html file for notes that’s extremely customizable).

This looks pretty interesting. I’ve looked for annotation extensions in the past but they were too inconvenient to use and untrustworthy for privacy.

Edit: I’ve looked at their simplified privacy policy. I really like that they’ve limited how much money investors can make, and funds their company not by selling privacy but through their own revenue, grants, and steward ownership.