As always, I got the username wrong…

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  • Very anonymous, it routes all traffic though the tor network and blocks all direct connections except for the unsafe browser.

    Of course tor cannot protect you from bad opsec, the user installing malware on it or a powerful enough opponent that can analyse both entry and exit nodes (or just owns 0 day exploits). But for most common people it’s pretty damn anonymous I would say.




  • I used to upvote anything I agree with or that is somewhat midly interesting, but then I realised that if I do that, then the truly good content gets drowned in a sea of upvotes.

    (For example let’s say I upvote a comment in a thread that I think it’s really good and exceptional, but then I also upvote other comments that ya I kinda support even tho it’s nothing exceptional. Then I’m drowning the exceptionally good comment.)

    Because of that I now tend to limit my upvotes so when I actually vote they weight more.

    As for downvotes I personally think they are rude, and usually try to only downvote when something is factually wrong or downright reactionary.

    Instead I prefer to upvote comments disagreeing instead.

    Sometimes I tend to upvote a comment when I think it was down voted unfairly.

    And also down vote commercial posts of commercial products that I see as nothing but advertisement.










  • if you’re using proper encryption it’s going to be difficult or impossible to decrypt the files on the drive, so the data should be secure even if the drive is stolen, copied, etc.

    Encryption should always be the last line of defence, encryption that is unbreakable today may be trivially broken tomorrow. Which is why I also I still prefer to overwrite drives with random data instead of just trusting the sanitise command (Even though I know that a big chunk of the data stays unoverwritten as part of the drive’s “provisional area”.

    (Which raises another issue that “deleting” a luks keyslot or the whole header doesn’t actually warranty it’s deleted, may have just be moved to the provisional area. So if a key somehow is compromised it becomes nessesary to physically destroy the drive.)

    However, when you’re actively using the drive and have files decrypted, and then you lose physical access to your devices, you have a problem. IIRC that’s how they got Ross Ulbricht’s files - monitored him until he unlocked his laptop in a cafe and then grabbed it (and him). If you’re worried about that specific threat profile it makes a little more sense to have an easily accessible physical DELETE EVERYTHING NOW button that only operates when the drive is running.

    In that case I rather use something that will reboot the computer and shred the ram as it would serve the same purpose with the bonus that contents can’t also be recovered from ram. Something like an usb drive with a string wrapped around the wrist.

    Now, in the situation that the keys have leaked somehow, (like recording the keyboard from afar while the user types the passphrase) then the self-erasing hard drive makes a lot more sense, assuming the user has time to trigger the mechanism.

    Now the issue is, that overwriting even a fast ssd takes time, so I’m assuming the device works by destroying or erasing a security chip that holds the keys for the main storage, however the data is still there if the adversary cuts the power before overwriting the whole drive. Ofc encrypted, but like I said before, encryption may be broken tomorrow. A physical or chemical solution that grinds or dissolves the chip somehow seems to me a better option, with the bonus that it can be made to work without electricity.




  • I tend to abandon all my online accounts from time to time and make new ones for privacy reasons, and IMO everyone should do the same, together with using different names for every website.

    Unfortunately the trend is for people using the same accounts that they made when they were 12 for the rest of their lives.

    If people were more conscious about their privacy and pseudo-anonymity then I think there would be less bias against new accounts.

    I haven’t seen this on lemmy, but on reddit there are whole communities that you can’t post if you don’t have an old account.



  • Always look both sides before crossing the road, if you wear headphones take one phone off before crossing too.

    Crossing red lights is fine, but make sure you have time to safely get to the other side before a car comes, if your tired just play it safe and wait for the light to change.

    When it’s raining try to stay away from poodles on the road, or drivers will just splash you with water.

    Be aware of dog poo on the floor.

    And bikes and electric scooters on the sidewalks, almost got ran over them several times, they are supposed to use the road.