As the title says, what do you do for online privacy? Obviously, most of us aren't on air-gapped servers and avoiding all forms of online interactions. To what extent do you go to protect your privacy online? What are some of the steps you currently take for privacy?
Let's not confuse anonymity vs privacy vs tin-foil hat level paranoid. I'm hoping to have some conversation going here on the various levels of privacy and steps folks at HN take to increase their privacy online. If you don't take steps -- then what are your reasonings why? (Beyond the staple excuse of "I have nothing to hide").
I understand defining your threat model, and I don't think most of us have a specific threat model more than being your average technophile would.
### Applications, Operating Systems
Do you run specific browsers, and why? Do you have specific applications that you use to protect your privacy? Do you engage in any kind of hardening?
Do you run any specific kind of operating system (say, Windows, Mac, etc) and why? Does it matter to you personally whether you are tracked?
### Online Storage
For example, do you store files on cloud storage as-is? If so, what kind of criteria do you have for that? Do you encrypt all files before they go anywhere? Does AES128 or AES256 encryption provide reasonable protections?
### Social Media
Do you avoid or block social media? If so or if not, why?
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33558737
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Let's not confuse anonymity vs privacy vs tin-foil hat level paranoid. I'm hoping to have some conversation going here on the various levels of privacy and steps folks at HN take to increase their privacy online. If you don't take steps -- then what are your reasonings why? (Beyond the staple excuse of "I have nothing to hide").
I understand defining your threat model, and I don't think most of us have a specific threat model more than being your average technophile would.
### Applications, Operating Systems
Do you run specific browsers, and why? Do you have specific applications that you use to protect your privacy? Do you engage in any kind of hardening?
Do you run any specific kind of operating system (say, Windows, Mac, etc) and why? Does it matter to you personally whether you are tracked?
### Online Storage
For example, do you store files on cloud storage as-is? If so, what kind of criteria do you have for that? Do you encrypt all files before they go anywhere? Does AES128 or AES256 encryption provide reasonable protections?
### Social Media
Do you avoid or block social media? If so or if not, why?
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33558737
Points: 6
# Comments: 1
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