Privacy.sexy is an open-source privacy tool that helps users implement security and privacy best practices on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems[1].
Key features include:
- Hundreds of customizable privacy and security scripts
- Free and transparent codebase
- Reversible changes if issues occur
- Web version requiring no software installation
- Desktop version with additional direct script execution capabilities
- Independent, portable scripts without cross-dependencies
- Extensive testing and community verification[1:1]
The tool comes in two versions:
- An online web version that runs without installing software
- An offline desktop version with expanded functionality for running scripts directly[1:2]
The project is built using TypeScript and Vue.js, with the desktop application created using Electron[2]. All aspects of the application, including infrastructure and deployments, are open-source and automated through a system called “bump-everywhere”[1:3].
This looks shady. Clearing your trash has nothing to do with enhancing your privacy and while some things are useful, like Firefox settings they are mixed with other useless things. And I also wouldn’t recommend running random scripts from the internet.
If you open the page, you can also see and even edit the corresponding script in the window, there is nothing hidden. It’s way more as only clearing trash, but naturally in Linux there isn’t a lot of settings needed, like in Windows or Mac. Made in the UK, FOSS
Just because it has options to clear junk doesn’t mean it has nothing to do with privacy.
In other words: It embraces the Data collection and various security liabilities of these OSs by implying Windows and McOS are viable Operating system for anything other than being spied on.
That at least Windows need to be by default debloated and customized to the root to be an reasonable private OS, is nothing new. It is possible but pretty difficult throug advanced settings, editing of the registry (risky) and diving through infinite menus. This is the reason why there are a lot apps which can do it in the safe way, like this one or others like the Hellzerg Optimizer, Shut-up10, etc… Windows currently is an safe and stable OS, but with big issues in privacy, full of telemetries and bloatware. This in Linux naturally isn’t a big problem and the few things are easy to fix-
