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With a VPN it's the VPN that has access to the list of domain you visit instead of your ISP. Whether you should put your trust in your ISP or a VPN is another question.

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

...and if you use DoH, they won't even see DNS.

I would argue that you don't need a VPN. It's just another entity that can see your traffic, and there's no reason to trust them over your ISP. They're all for-profit companies.

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[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

https://www.pcmag.com/news/mullvad-vpn-hit-with-search-warrant-in-attempted-police-raid

Yeah you're right man the VPN that got raided and proven to keep no logs is the exact same as ATT that helped the NSA spy on everyone in the USA and has your credit card and address on file.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-att-helped-the-nsa-spy-on-millions/

Sure something like NordVPN wouldn't be trustworthy but come on, saying all VPNs are just as trustworthy as ISPs is absolutely insane

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[–] ivn@jlai.lu 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

But they'll still see the SNI.

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

Not for long. That's about to get fixed with encrypted client hello.

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[–] ivn@jlai.lu 1 point 11 months ago

Yes but ECH/ESNI have been around for some time now, even if the official spec is recent, but adoption is stil l very low.

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[+] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml [S] 4 points 11 months ago* (7 children)

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[–] nkk@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If you're really crazy about your privacy I'd recommend getting rid of any extensions you don't 100% need (keep ublock origin though) as not only can they stalk you themselves but it can also help websites fingerprint you. Keeping your extensions to a minimum will help you blend in with the crowd, especially if you use a hardened browser like LibreWolf and/or Mullvad Browser

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[+] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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[–] nkk@programming.dev 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

I've never used AdGuard but you can customize uBlock Origin to fit your needs and block specific things for specific websites. uBlock Origin is commonly used as a default in hardened browsers which would help you fit in with the crowd even more (although I realize you said you weren't going for anti-fingerprinting, just something to consider)

I switched to using Grayjay Desktop rather than my browser for YouTube

If you need a userscript manager, Violentmonkey is an open source alternative

Proton Pass has an app, yes less convenient without the autofill but better for privacy not to have the extension

Personally, I would just sail the seven seas

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[+] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

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[–] nkk@programming.dev 1 point 11 months ago

If you want maximum privacy, Grayjay and Freetube don't link to accounts so Google doesn't know what you're doing (especially if you're on a VPN) but again, it's understandable if you don't feel that's worth it.

Ah got it, didn't realize you were using passkeys.

If you're willing to do a bit of setup, Stremio + RealDebrid ($40 a year) + Torrentio/AIOStreams is pretty much perfect to me (although if you watch a lot of super obscure shows maybe not the way to go as RealDebrid doesn't cache everything)

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[–] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 1 point 11 months ago

Do any extensions have permission to view your browsing data? You can check by opening the extension manager, clicking the extension and clicking the 'permissions and data' tab. I would suspect 5 and 6 the most, 1 might be suspect too. Those extensions by nature would need such permissions to some extent.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Microsoft serves ads through duckduckgo that could connect the search to your IP perhaps if you clicked one

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[+] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

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[–] ivn@jlai.lu 4 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

It doesn't matter if you click on it. The ad space auction is already done.

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[+] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

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[–] lefthandeddude@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago*

If you do searches on DDG, which is powered by Bing, you get responses that are relevant to your IP-based location, which means something about your IP is being passed to Bing aka Microsoft. That's how.