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OK. 
I've been scaring myself with all these books about our data (in and out of school). Please tell, what precautions do you take to guard your data in this surveillance heavy world?
(halp!: devices you use, applications, tactics, tips, etc!)
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@Lindsaythelibrarian
I'm a bit of a tech geek, so while I still use some google things (like an Android smartphone), I also probably overkill it somewhere else.
- Nextcloud instead of Google Drive
- Joplin synced to my Nextcloud instead of Google Keep
- My own VPN and Proxy with DNS filtering (very similar to Pi-hole.net) - for blocking ads, trackers, also some social networks, etc.
- Linux (not instead of Windows, it's just superior to anything else :P )
1/2 ?
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@Lindsaythelibrarian
- Firefox and extra hardening from https://privacytools.io/browsers/#about_config
- Open source Android apps from F-Droid, like Slide for Reddit
- Signal and Telegram (deleting WhatsApp this May, it now only runs in an Android emulator on laptop)
- Protonmail + Anonaddy instead of Gmail
As for tactics, I only keep several websites I trust open in normal tabs daily, all the other things (including googling) happen in private windows, which means no cookies, etc. on my devices.
2/2
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@Lindsaythelibrarian
Telegram is not a great replacement for WhatsApp, but it's the only thing everyone uses in my place.
No, no issues with Signal here, but now when you mention it - no one ever sent me a media 😥
Oh, also:
- Bitwarden to store my passwords and sync across any devices
- Aegis Android app for 2FA
- Imagepipe Android app to strip EXIF data from photos before I share them
And full disk encryption on my personal PC and laptop.
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@m_svo my god. so many steps, my head is spinning. 
I need to get on this
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@Lindsaythelibrarian
Don't stress it, I probably did too much because I enjoy it, but also it took me about 3 years to be here 😀
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@m_svo Thank you for the input btw, I've been feeling very doomsy about my privacy. All these recommendations give me hope & vigor!
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@Lindsaythelibrarian @m_svo i think what signal does differently from whatsapp is not directly downloading on your phone any media you receive
so to avoid all the apps connected to your galleries to access to those media as well (unless you want to)
no idea where they're stored, a signal cloud i guess?
but, if you want, you can just click and download them yourself
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@m_svo I'm interested in Telegram! I'll be poking around in that soon.
Do you have any trouble recieving multimedia messages in signal? I can't figure out why, but signal won't download my media messages