I’ve checked out PrivacyGuides itself, the new oil and SSD. These all seem a bit too advanced/complex to me, I want something simple and secure, preferably open-source too. Any help would be appreciated.

  • Sonalder
    link
    fedilink
    917 days ago

    What are your needs ? What are the services/software you want to ditch ? What are the threats you want to protect from ?

    There is no universal privacy guides.

  • @themurphy@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    7
    edit-2
    17 days ago

    Some simple things to look into:

    • Change your DNS resolver on all devices to something privacy friendly
    • Use a search engine with less tracking
    • Ublock, Privacy Badger etc for browser extensions
    • Firefox with disabled tracking (look into forks like Librewolf)
    • Change your keyboard on your phone to something local with no tracking (FUTO Keyboard)
    • This for Windows, just use normal settings if you dont know what you’re doing
    • Install Fdroid for open source apps. Many privacy friendly options.
    • Look into how to disable telemitry on all the devices you use. Some of the above will already help you with that.

    And in general, try to use services from the EU, as its privacy laws are much stronger than other alternatives.

    Good luck, let me know if you need something more advanced.

  • Autonomous User
    link
    fedilink
    English
    1
    edit-2
    16 days ago
    1. Pick one user downloaded app from your device.
    2. Check it has a libre software license text file, like GPL, to check we control it.
    3. If not, remove it (optional: replace it).
    4. Repeat the above for every other app.

    This makes privacy easy, stopping apps blocking our privacy, by putting us in control.

    You did not say which part of those guides is the issue, so here is the most simple and important part.