Black belt in Mikado, Photo model, for the photos where they put under ‘BEFORE’
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On mobile I use Vivaldi, it’s a good privacy browser (0 trackers), a lot of features similar to the Desktop Browser, inbuild ad/trackerblocker and sync e2ee with the Desktop version.
9·2 days agoCertainly there are some mistakes to fix, but anyway the EU is doing something to make a more private and better web, in the US they do way less, converging to zero. The results are there
Eg Microsoft US
vs EU
Lightyears, failures aside, they are doing something right in the EU. Because of this it’s always advisable to use preferably EU soft and services related to privacy and user rights.
Yes, you can easily block the tracking crap being downloaded to your HD and added to your browser, almost everyone do it, but you can’t blck the logging of websites which use the Google (mostly) and other APIs. They store your PC and browser data in their server, which you can’t access. The only possibility is using a VPN and other which spoof or fake your data, so that is don’t have a real value. To use a mail which permits to mask your real mail direction, because your mail is an unique identifier which can be tracked all over the web. Using Image share which delete the EXIF data (vgy.me eg., Read always PP to see with which companies are shared your data, and some protections more to patch the worst privacy holes, but forget 100% privacy in the moment you goes online, it’s only a myth to calm the people which intent to stay private with their shitty PC against the tech of the big ones.
Google is only one of a advertising and tech conglomerate, Alphabet Inc, which is the owner of Google and a lot of other companies which use your data for their and related advertisings. They control almost everything in the web.
For example
The worse, it does not only using Google Apps or Services, but more than the half of existing webpages use one or another Google API (at least googleanalytigs and google-tagmanager.which log and spy the visitors and users.
Hard, very hard to avoid it, Googles eyes are everywhere, even in FOSS.
Whoogle also use the Google search API, like Startpage. But Whoogle is FOSS, you can selfhost it, or use one of it’s open instances. But this you must see by yoursel which works best for you.
For other search engines, you can look in the Vivaldi Forum, there is maybe the most complete list of search engines you can find, complete with insert code, made by an user
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/46609/guide-vivaldi-search-engines-collection
I use Andi as main search by default, but naturally I use also others, eg. Startpage for images, also Mojeek among others, apart some specific ones for Forums, Pixabay, Wikies, etc… I always find what I search
I use Andi since almost 2 years now as main search, it was the first AI search ever, long before all other introduce it. It’s from a small Startup of 2 Devs, which also hate Google and the surveillance crap used by it and other Big Brother companies. Centering the LLM less in the capability to be a Chatbot like others, but be able for a good summarize and explain the articles from reliable sources. It don’t invent nothing when it don’t find the answer, in this case it offers a traditional websearch.
For images I use Startpage, sane result as with Google, but without it’s tracking and logging. For al other the best results give me Andisearch, which is apart one of the most private search out there.
Not only the sidebar, you can tweak almost everything to your like.
With Vivaldi
Now you need even an AI to saying what you see on a Photo?
Not only Headphones with cable, a good Gaming mouse with cable is a good idea. Bluetooth only if you trust your neighbour or the black van parking since time nearby.
3·19 days agoSeems so. Always search, compare and if you find which best fits your needs, use it.
You can and it is also done as in any fraudulent contract. This is independent if it is FOSS or not. Do you trust FOSS made by Google or M$ (a huge part of the catalogue) respect privacy? They aren’t private, but they especific in their Tos exactly what they do with your data, not their fault if you don’t read it. Same with FOSS which use APIs from these data hogs (also a lot). FOSS is more secure and private as proprietary is often correct, but you have to take it with a grain of salt, it’s not a synonym and also often wrong.
Going back to the roots with the Finger Protocol.
ToS always work, it is a legally binding document, a contract which, if not respected, can be reported in court. These can be just as abusive in FOSS, even more so, than in FOSS. In terms of security and privacy, FOSS is no guarantee, it depends solely on the dev and his ethics regarding the user, not on anything else. Proprietary products from small companies or private developers may have better conditions and privacy than others that are OpenSource.
Example
https://www.ssuitesoft.com/privacypolicy.htm
On OpenSource it depends on the license it has ( a lot diferent ones) and the one of third party API’s they use. https://opensource.org/licenses
Well, any Chromium, for Geckos it’s still in development. You can register your mail here to stay informed https://tally.so/r/wa2AMq