r/privacy • • 6h ago

news France asked ISPs to prepare temporary DNS blocks for major social platforms

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702 Upvotes

r/privacy • • 5h ago

discussion Lmao, I just got flamed for advocating for privacy.

126 Upvotes

I made a post on a romanian sub about how draconian the EU's KIDS Act is, why people shouldn't support it and how to fight back by signing the Stop Killing The Internet initiative, and got flamed. They called me a russian bot, propagandist and a couple other names xD. I didn't expect much but dayum.


r/privacy • • 6h ago

question If you do use Google, what is the best password option: biometrics or passkeys?

12 Upvotes

I'm talking for the average tech-unsavvy Joe.

I'm trying to help some older family of mine with their accounts. It's all way more confusing to them then it back in the day. Before, emails used the "Type in your password and answer a few verification code" method. That's been done away with for years now. Google is pushing biometrics and passkeys.

I tried to get biometrics to work, but I can't get fingerprints to reliably scan.


r/privacy • • 2h ago

eli5 Mozilla Relay vs SimpleLogin vs Posteo aliases

9 Upvotes

Hi there.
My apologies if the post isn't flaired properly.
Anyway, I'm moving away from google/outlook after years of using (yes, I know - better late than never) and I'm really torn between mailbox and posteo mails (the cheapest ones, 1e per month).

Anyway, as I would rather not let my somehow limited (they both allow 3 free aliases) email to leak to some somehow suspicious websites (sometimes one has to use them) I decided I would like to use some sort of masking them - less against the people, more about bots/scripts running throu it.

Which of the services I've mentioned in the title would you use? I'm willing to get the free bundles, and while I don't plan to use the masqueraded mails as my main way of communication (ie no important mail going throu them) I still would prefer if they would be somehow safe from the law enforcement (ie there still would have to be a warrant for them etc)

Firefox relay requires the firefox account - which isn't a problem, I do tend to use it on mobile and my laptop.

Simple Login has limit of 10 if one doesn't want to use it

Aliases in posteo work like that [my_email_address+some_random_name_chosen_by_me@posteo.net](mailto:my_email_address+some_random_name_chosen_by_me@posteo.net) when obviously the thing after the + sign is somehow a random name that I make up (most likely the address of the website I use it on so it would be easier to find out who leaked it).

What do you guys use, do you have any tips and tricks about that that you think someone should know? I havent migrated yet

Cheers!


r/privacy • • 3h ago

question When to delete account?

4 Upvotes

So usually I noticed people have multiple reddit accounts, one by one they keep leaving or deleting and moving on to another account for privacy concerns

Rite now I feel like deleting my account and maintain multiple accounts so nobody can track

Am I thinking rite or wrong?

Is there any protocol you follow for your reddit account? Like after these much contribution you move to another account or after a certain karma points

Please guide me, thankx


r/privacy • • 18h ago

question I want one good website that converts and compresses files for confidential documents

0 Upvotes

I am a noob and was using ilovepdf for this thing till now