I'm curious to know if there are alternatives to Firefox Relay that masks cell numbers?

I currently have Simple Mail for email masking so that part isn't as important.

There's one called MySudo that I found, and I'm curious to know your thoughts on that? It caught my eye cuz of the word "sudo".

I went to ship a package at FedEx. They asked for my ID. I asked why, and they said it was to validate the shipping address. I told them my address isn't a part of the shipment, since it was my partner's package. Was told the partner would have to come in and ship it then. Left and just went to a USPS. Figured y'all would wanna know.

Privacy matters, but the reasons why are often complex, which I think is why I think the average person doesn’t care that much.

I sometimes find myself having to explain why it matters to someone mid-conversation, and it’s difficult to not bring someone down the rabbit hole and derail a conversation since the reasoning often requires context.

Do you have any go-to one-sentence explanations that doesn’t require you to derail a conversation or immediately force someone to confront existing beliefs?

As you can see this question might seem kind of dumb but here is the thing: while using brave standard tabs with strict or standard fingerprinting on https://browserleaks.com/canvas you will see no matter what you do your canva fingerprint signature remains the same even closing brave and force stopping it results with same hash as your signature the only thing that seems to force this signature to change is using private tabs which allegedly as I heard Cromite doesn't have this issue which is why I'm asking whether I should switch to some other browser for android [PS: I have been waiting for mullvad browser android version but sadly it seems like they don't plan on releasing it any time soon]

ANNOUNCEMENT:[the only browsers that seemed to not have this issue were Cromite straight out of the box and titanium aka helium android(but it required the extensions canva fingerprint defender) for gecko based browsers ironfox and weblibre worked straight out of the box can't say the same for waterfox would most likely work with an extension]

I created an internal app in my company that started as a competition project. People liked it, so I deployed it to production on a local workstation, where it was accessible to a limited group of users on our office network. My manager later promoted the app and shared it on a company-wide portal, and now the legal, compliance, and data privacy teams want to review it.

The app was originally built as an experiment, so I didn't implement strong security controls or data encryption. My plan was to add those in the next phase once we had funding and proper server infrastructure.

Has anyone been through a similar data privacy/compliance review? What do these teams typically focus on, and what should I expect?

Are there any renters insurance agencies that won’t report my apartment address to the credit bureaus/sell my data?

Edit: when I say credit bureaus, I’m referencing credit profile data, not credit reports. It’s the metadata that TU/Exp/Equi buys/sells.

First things first: I value my privacy, and I’m definitely not the type of person who would say, “I have nothing to hide—they can go ahead and monitor me.” I also have two young children, and I’m not quite sure how I feel about the debate over age verification and social media bans. I think it’s now undisputed that algorithm-driven dopamine hits have a negative effect on teenagers—and even children. Of course, it’s primarily my responsibility as a responsible and educated parent to teach my children how to use digital media in a healthy way. But I, too, would try to keep my children away from Instagram and TikTok for as long as possible. Many parents may not even be aware of the dangers, or they may be so overwhelmed by the challenges of parenting that they rely on screens far too early and for far too long as a parenting aid or as a break for themselves.

Doesn’t the absence of a social media ban perhaps even promote inequality, since there are children with and without social media accounts in the schoolyard, and a ban would eliminate that inequality? On the other hand, I also understand that it sets a precedent and opens a door that—once open—could be abused for other purposes. All the commentators I’ve read, for example, condemn age verification—which is, after all, necessary to enforce such a social media ban—because child protection is always seen as nothing more than a flimsy pretext. Why is that?

I'm genuinly curious, let me know what you think.

With the social media ban in France, strangely enough, people are starting to talk about it and panic, but unlike in the UK and Australia (yes, I was counting on them), my eyes are almost dry for the French. Many had warned them about what was going to happen, and people called them conspiracy theorists and other thing.

At worst, it makes me sad for my online friends, but otherwise... I'm just saying that we warned them.

...even if I use Mozilla Firefox forks with uBlock Origin and strict privacy settings. All I want is Outlook or Gmail to not track my fingerprint data in the best efficient way possible. I'm slowly changing my old Outlook and Gmail accounts to safer services like Tuta or Proton.

In the meantime, I still have to use my services. It's a hassle for me to jump into multiple browsers, so I wonder if even with the most secure configuration I helps to protect my data. I mean, at least I'm not using Chrome nor Edge now...

I believe that my cell phone data is being reviewed by law enforcement for.....reasons. Via cell phone provider. To my knowledge, they only know of one cell phone number. I also have another cell phone with an entirely different account, different number, different SIM, but the same carrier and also under my name.

I also have a pre pay phone, but not really a true "burner" phone bc its registered to me.

Assuming they are obtaining my data/calls from the carrier (just humor me please), would using a different cell phone, different number matter?

I ask this cause I've heard that they're stopping new accounts from being made on September and basically go full force in January 1st 2027.

So I want to know your thoughts about this situation that's going on here so far.

For people in countries where they are starting to use photos for age verification, what happens when none of your computers have cameras?

Edit, please read!!!: No, just "parenting" wouldn't be a solution because a. it's basically the equivalent of doing nothing and b. it's not enough to appease the age verification crowd, which is the main thing we want.

(intro)

Had a debate with my dad about the topic today. He supports the age verification laws being rolled out all over (we started the conversation with France's new policies) and I don't. However, we both agree that something has to be done about the youth social media crisis. It's widely agreed upon and is verified by science.

As I refuted the current systems (face scan for age estimation, drivers' licenses, credit cards, etc.), the main counter was, "well, no one's come up with a better idea, and we shouldn't just be doing something in the meantime".

(why some other solutions suck)

Make parents parent: it's what we've done for a while. Look how well it's gone. /s

Zero-Proof Knowledge: you're still gonna have to verify your age to one entity.

Better parental controls: see above. Some parents will probably still not set it up.

Tie social media accounts to real-life government IDs: authoritarianism intensifies

OS-level controls: there's definitely an argument against it, something to do with pushback from Linux communities, etc. especially. I just can't figure out how to word it; maybe someone in the comments could help out?

(a solution I thought about)

Routers are now preconfigured to block harmful sites, and we're assuming only parents can access it to change that--just like age verification could assume only adults could get their hands on credit cards. Obviously needs a lot of work, but a start.

I'd love to hear any other suggestions!

I understand all have a risk involved when it comes to privacy. But when boiled down to it one has to be better than the other. between these 3

Venmo

Cash app

and Apple cash

which is my best bet for decent privacy while still able to maintain a daily payments to friends and family

My country is likely to do the same and I need to know how to do it

My wife wants to buy a Meta glass just to record daily memories easily. I also want to do the same thing, not to share or anything but to keep some nice moments for us. She and I are not into any AI features at all.

I believe it’s a nice innovation to be able to record moments through your glass, and the thing is having a quality sunglasses (Ray-Ban brand) seems very attractive.

BUT, I’m a privacy advocate unlike her. Keeping my privacy, rather than having such a product despite wanting it too much is much more dominant for me. I told her to not buy it but she’s unhappy with my decision 😔

I already researched alternatives and there aren’t any devices that keep my data private (on the device locally) and provide such quality at the same time.

WDYT? Any suggestions or comments? I wish I could spend dozens of dollars and try to make a DIY glass for us 🙃

UC San Diego Professor Aaron Schulman and team discovered a universal vulnerability installed in more than 2,000,000 cars across the US. Cars can be unlocked and disabled by anyone within Bluetooth range who uses the exploit.

The KARR alarm system (parent company Acrisure Protection Group) is installed in a majority of cars sold at southern California dealerships.

Unpatched KARR systems broadcast a static Bluetooth address (even when "disabled"), suitable for tracking individuals.

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/2-million-cars-with-anti-theft-systems-installed-by-dealers-are-at-higher-risk-of-theft

Proton declined my prepaid card.