I've got really good scores. I'm grading a bit on a curve due to mitigations/spoofs already in place for both browsers that fool the scripts effectively.
4.45 bits from Firefox. ["System Fonts" is the worst score]
4.47 bits from LibreWolf. ["AudioContext Fingerprint" is the worst score
Asking this question on a privacy community really doesn't look good on you.
We shouldn't have to go to these extremes to protect ourselves... But at the same time if we don't do this and defend our rights to do so...there will be attempts to legislate against it and make modifying your tech to protect your privacy illegal!
I genuinely don't care what the slang is today. It's their right to use whatever slang works for them.
What I do care about is when my Gen-Z friends/Peers use that slang at or around me. Then; all I ask is that they have the infinite patience needed to put up with me going "WAT?" every once in a while as my slightly slower millennial brain fails to decode that slang fast enough to stop myself from asking "what the hell do they mean exactly?" and enough patience to slow their lingo down and explain what they mean If the message was intended for me.
They've already screwed up. This is another way they're trying to sneak unwanted bullshit into the fabric of the internet.
Next I want you to look closely at this author.
Jana Iyengar
VP, Product, Infrastructure Services
Uhuh. First problem is he's a VP. This man's job demands that what he sells makes MONEY first.
Next let's have a look at the mini bio. (Emphasis added)
Jana Iyengar is VP of Product for Infrastructure Services at Fastly, where he is responsible for the core hardware, software, and networking systems that constitute Fastly’s platform. Prior to this, he was a Distinguished Engineer at Fastly, where he worked on transport and networking performance, building and deploying QUIC and HTTP/3, and serving as editor of the IETF’s QUIC specifications. He chairs the IRTF’s Internet Congestion Control Research Group (ICCRG). Prior to Fastly, he worked on QUIC and other networking projects at Google, before which he was an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Franklin & Marshall College.”
It's easy to miss because they LITERALLY gloss right over it. This dude is an ex-Googler.
Hell. To. The. No. No. No. No. No!
This is Telemetry, analytic and tracking crap BUILT RIGHT IN AT THE FUCKING PROTOCOL LEVEL
NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! FUCK NOPE!
Today's unreadable hashes are tomorrow's GUUIDs with Quantum Computing right around the fucking corner.
What is confirmed as cryptographically sound for now, may not be for even the remainder of the decade.
This. They detail perfectly how you can properly harden Firefox with whichever settings you think fit your privacy needs best and even discuss the tradeoffs for each setting.
You should NOT trust Brave to not play fast and loose with your privacy. They already operate an advertising network (it operates on those stupid little BAT tokens) and they DO inject ads and affiliate links.
I strongly recommend Firefox1 or Librewolf.
1 - You must install plugins and apply user.js fixes yourself to properly harden Firefox completely against tracking; but this is doable.
I would say that second restriction is actually not necessary if the phone is factory reset when you arrive back home.
Although I do understand the strategy behind it; and it does provide an air-gap so that in the case the device is deeply compromised that it cannot compromise other things.
Yes. Both countries have highly invasive laws and will demand access to many things.
DO Bring a completely clean and clear Burner Phone. Do not log into anything on it, do not download any apps, or sideload necessary apps when you can, do not do anything besides basic activation.
DO invest in personal private cloud storage but make sure it's hosted somewhere SAFE and that you won't have issues getting through the Great Firewall (China) to it. Make sure you paid up to host it for the duration of your stay BEFORE you leave your home country.
You are not freaking out! It's perfectly fine to protect your privacy and it is NOT illegal. You cannot predict when or if you will have a run-in with local authorities in some countries. It's best if those authorities have nothing to hold you on.
Having a clean, secure, and private device which does not leak any unnecessary information about you when seized is ideal.
Personally I agree with the OP; and I refuse to use Brave. This isn't based in dislike of cryptocurrency in general; but I DESPISE both ADVERTISING AND SHITCOINS (Basically any token or sub-token of a main standalone blockchain that has no real, significant, usable real world value).
Therefore Brave DOES NOT reflect my values. I don't care if advertising networks make any money, I actively hate them enough I want to deprive them due to their behaviors anyway for being so violently anti-user.
I don't use Chrome or Brave because they DO NOT reflect my beliefs regarding web standards either, and I refuse to allow Google and the Chromium and Chrome project to dictate standards either. Particularly of note is their utter failure with both FLOC and WEB-INTEGRITY; both of which are stupidly retarded anti-user and anti-privacy features which are horrible.
Minaj fans are also mostly children and teenagers. They have no sense of proportional response when upset by something.
It is still however wrong when fans of something swat people, and yes; Nicki Minaj should be held accountable if it happens more than once.
Swatting someone is wrong in general, I don't care how evil or wrong you think a person online is. This also goes for doxxing as well as threats or other forms of harassment.
I think someone needs to get this group of wing nuts taken down.
Anytime a group like this on social media pops up; people should immediately start reporting them for "Encouraging or Inciting Violence" immediately after anyone starts hearing about such a group being the cause of Doxxing, Swatting or Bomb Threats in general.
If you're a libertarian yourself you should shun extremist behavior. Violence does not help your cause.
Yeah it's most likely she didn't know they would fire her if they found out she was also an adult entertainer.
Even if it's buried in her contract; it isn't something that's typically discussed; and I doubt that they even so much as warned her once they found out. Literally she has the grounds for a lawsuit, but probably could care less as she makes better bank on OF anyways.
I've got really good scores. I'm grading a bit on a curve due to mitigations/spoofs already in place for both browsers that fool the scripts effectively.
4.45 bits from Firefox. ["System Fonts" is the worst score]
4.47 bits from LibreWolf. ["AudioContext Fingerprint" is the worst score