Gritty 
@gritnot@social.privacytools.io
Privacy-focused computer nerd
Joined Dec 2020
There’s so many #peertube instances. Anyone have some suggestions?
Also, how does mast interact with peertube exactly?
Gritty
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Normie: "Facebook is stealing my data through WhatsApp!"
Me: "How about you switch to a decentralized alternative?"
Normie: "Fuck that! I'll just make a mock account on Facebook!"
Me: "That won't do anything. They'll still know who you are through your phone"
Normie: "Then I will make a WhatsApp mockup account! They won't know it's me!"
Me: "Oh, really? Will you also provide a fake, probably stolen phone number too? Will you use a proxy, TOR, I2P, or at least a VPN to hide your IP address? Will you also route your DNS queries through TOR or at least a safe enough DNS server over HTTPS? Will you also root your device and spoof your MAC address, as well as your IMEI, phone brand, model, serial number, OS version, AND your WLAN SSID? Will also ALL of your contacts do the exact same thing, so that they don't know who is who and who is contacting who? Will you at least give a fake name?"
Normie: "... Fuck that shit! I'm switching to Telegram!"
Me:
Me: "How about you switch to a decentralized alternative?"
Normie: "Fuck that! I'll just make a mock account on Facebook!"
Me: "That won't do anything. They'll still know who you are through your phone"
Normie: "Then I will make a WhatsApp mockup account! They won't know it's me!"
Me: "Oh, really? Will you also provide a fake, probably stolen phone number too? Will you use a proxy, TOR, I2P, or at least a VPN to hide your IP address? Will you also route your DNS queries through TOR or at least a safe enough DNS server over HTTPS? Will you also root your device and spoof your MAC address, as well as your IMEI, phone brand, model, serial number, OS version, AND your WLAN SSID? Will also ALL of your contacts do the exact same thing, so that they don't know who is who and who is contacting who? Will you at least give a fake name?"
Normie: "... Fuck that shit! I'm switching to Telegram!"
Me:
Gritty
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From the "reality vs crypto nerd's imagination" department #android #apple #security
https://www.wired.com/story/smartphone-encryption-law-enforcement-tools/
WhatsApp account officially deleted
@ParmuTownley same here. Easier than i thought
@Wetrix @gudishvibes if someone were so inclined they could Tineye the photos and see which ones don’t hit. But i guess that takes all the fun out of it! :)
@Wetrix it’s used to more safely store cryptocurrency. I’m dabbling in the area and don’t want my money stolen :)
Finally purchased a hardware wallet. Now to wait for the snail mail...
@bazurk@mastodon.online @Wetrix Welcome! I think you'll like it here
@bidetaggle agreed. I think i just needed a push to jump ship. This was it. As far as privacy, I know what you mean...but i still want to limit where i can.
@nikolal @technoprenerd ah good call! I forgot about tails
@technoprenerd thanks. I did look into it a bit but i value the opinions on here a bit more. You can always find articles for and against.
Actively convincing my WhatsApp contacts to move to signal. Non tech savvy family members will be most difficult to convince.
@technoprenerd Is metamask safe, dependable? A lot of sites use it and I’m hesitant to transfer currency to something that sits in my browser. Currently don’t have a hardware wallet.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat that’s fair. I think i was remembering a stack overflow survey a bit ago.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat isn’t it the most popular these days?
Any suggested mapping software instead of google?
Looks like Bitcoin crossed $41k. And just a few years ago i thought $900 was too mich to pay. Dang it.
