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    1. private, secure dns, so they don’t know the domains you’re visiting
    2. https everywhere, so they can’t see any of the data you’re sending or receiving

    All that’s left is what ip’s you’re connecting to. Which is useless half the time, especially since most websites are behind cloudflare or some other anti-ddos proxy already.

    Also, don’t use the web browser that came with your phone. Some manufacturers and isp’s might enjoy adding tracking into those. Some, like Apple, even got caught not encrypting amy of that.

    Side note:

    • https everywhere is pretty much the standard in modern web browsers
    • an adblocker can still help a lot in blocking trackers
    • a secure dns you can find in your browser settings




  • Someone didn’t actually read the article, dang op. You can do better.

    It’s not that the power plant depended on the weather, but rather that the river life depended on not being boiled alive. Just like a coal or gas power plant, water is needed for cooling, which means the waste heats ends up in a nearby river.

    But unlike coal or gas, nuclear doesn’t also produce a tonne of carbon dioxide. And oddly enough, a coal power plant would be more radioactive than a nuclear plant.








  • Windows 11 has the option to protect parts of your filesystem. You may want to enable that.

    Why? Because otherwise, pretty much any app with the exception of those locked in a web browser can read anything in userspace on your pc. Which is basically everything unless you’ve taken extra steps.

    That’s been the norm for quite a while, and unlike android, microsoft is hesitant to ditch the old thing and add in a prompt “app x is asking for file permission (yes/no)” because they want old software to work with new things.

    On for linux, you’ll have to make an extra user, install acl support and pray it doesn’t accidentally get written incorrectly by some random app. That is, if you get something like hexos for example. You can roll your own as well.

    On mac, don’t bother. Apple has been caught routinely lying about their security and just straight up not fixing major security flaws. Dump your stuff on an external drive and unplug it when you’re done. That goes for their desktops and phones.

    edit: inb4 “whats on your iphone stays on your iphone”