Comments by "Товарищ Камрадов, Социалист Коммунистович" (@user-od4gs3iu4t) on "Rob Braxman Tech" channel.

  1. if you know how to spoof your location without vpn, then why do you need vpn at all
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  2. these days you can get human identifier any step you do. Register a new account, access web site, whatever. This is made to prevent from bot/automatized activities first of all, not to get your unique fingerprint
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  3. indeed if you are going the way of security and privacy, make sure you first have an OS that supports this way ) like linux )
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  4. there is always space for more privacy, and it can be less imaging a world in which some strange people watch where you put your fingerprint. They immediately look at it, add it to a database or check if you are already there. You are not informed how this information is used. In real world this happens only when some kind of crime is commited. In web world such fingerprint collection is a never ending process. Since this is considered like a kind of a new normality, you might want to ware gloves. Just to keep your privacy
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  5. yeah I wonder how it's better to describe my cat to avoid shadw ban May be afroamerican cat?
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  6. you can't avoid important talks altogether. This might be in school, in high school, in your job, with a girl/boy friend. If you avoid it at all cost, then you probably don't live your life. The more helpful rule I think is to avoid political, religion, and very personal talks. Unless you know the person very well, or obviously share similar point of view or belief. Like he/she is the member of the same party ) Or you visit the same church )
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  7. lets go, brendon )
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  8. but they take into account not only port, it's a more complex data harvesting
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  9. it's still much more safer than opening files right in your windows. There might be some vulnerability in any software. Even in xz linux utility
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  10. you can simply randomize mac address. A standard security/privacy feature nowadays in many gadgets
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  11. of course not. just a core unit which is specially design for a certain purpose. Like nowadays some processors have dedicated units for video and audio processing, this one might be capable of image or voice recognition
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  12. while theoretically this is a correct statement, the difference between FOSS and proprietary was seen again. And again it was against proprietary. Even MS employee try the best to improve FOSS )
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  13. why mess with linux, why not to use it?
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  14. AI is just a trademark. The reason behind is much more pragmatic, like watching and reporting about the user. Just like Rob said, making screenshots and sending it to the M$ HQ is too intrusive and directly contradicts the laws. So big tech (and probably the Government behind their backs) invented a new way to legally spy
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  15. most traffic these days is encrypted anyway. Using unknown wifi is not safe for a number of reasons, and encryption is not the first one if you use any modern browser and avoid some old style plain text mail sending. VPN, and it is not a secret info, is used mostly for geolocation obfuscation, and hiding your IP
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  16. VirtualBox isn't proprietary
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  17. I added fb to the block list in portmaster. Now personally for me fb does not exist any more. Niiiiice
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  18. 10:00 or Gnome Disks for many distros with Gnome GUI, Ubuntu among them. KDE partition manager is for KDE respectively ) This is the case when GUI is more practical than command line. And I absolutely agree that many operations including changing system settings should be carefully done by users themselves, not like copy paste. Search only basic info like what is the command name is. Then check using man, info , or - - help if this is the right things you need, and learn with the similar commands which arguments and parameters you need for your task
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  19. linux is certainly better, but you can just block in windows everything that you find unnecessary with a help from 3rd party utilities liker portmaster
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  20. yeah good point ) fstab should be edited with an especial care And btw if you don't know some command or parameters, you don't have to search an online help for it. Try using man, info commands, or typing - -help after any command you really don't have to remember all these parameters or arguments
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  21. it looks to me just like a half of a way. You need anyway to check if you are trackable (and how efficiently) by using something like browserleaks And let me guess that regardless of how many vivaldies or braves you use it's just simply not enough. If for any reason you need an ultimate privacy, you should rather use tor or mullvad it will probably be inconvenient and might even be unusable for many websites, but it's like it is
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  22. I'm afraid that even mass wearing of masks like it was a few years ago will result just into better AI training. I guess you need to wear a helmet with a guard to prevent from face/hair/ears/shapes recognition
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  23. 18:56 and later on )
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  24. italians posted a parody to the us president. And it's a very popular video, has a lot of reaction to it
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  25. it's not even a VPN, cause it provides just a browser traffic redirection. The right name for it is a proxy. It's a scam even in the title
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  26.  @terrydaktyllus1320  jeez message is gone . thanks yt for your censorship
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  27. alright. Have you destroyed your computer after writing your message?
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  28. that looks like a good extension, but I had no experience with it. If it works like declared, it's a good thing to have
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  29. if you require even more stable system. But for most people linux is stable enough ) Stability of FreeBSD comes at the price of limited amount of applications. It's normally use in servers or network devices, including routers
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  30. Living in countries like North Korea might be much more private these days. They probably still use the old dated back to the stone age epoch face recognition technique. There are many places in Mother Russia where having Iphone or android is no different than having a space ship, nobody had any, just heard about them
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  31. Daisyviluck, privacy is your personal choice to avoid feeding the big techs with your personal or private information There are many misinterpreting of privacy but it's the main purpose. Anonymity and attempt to be "invisible" is a totally different story. Avoiding placing your photos and personal data, avoiding using social networks, or using nicknames instead of real name are all the contribution factors for the purpose. Not less important is using a proper browser with privacy oriented settings, and a good firewall. The result of some moderate privacy settings can be clearly seen: you surf the web and see no suggestion to log in with FB or any other social network account, there are no intrusive suggestions to buy or to try something etc
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  32. being anonymous not equal to privacy privacy is not equal to security And as a rule, the title of the video is 4 clicks, not for "invisibility" ))
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  33.  @Consultant-qk7eo  uhu. But why then white are always shown at the bottom?
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  34. you know that knocking at the door and loud shouts like "Police open the door" is the best de-virtualization
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  35. with a mobile it's a more complex to stay incognito these days. Ironically you can go to some African or Asia mobile call center and get a SIM with no ID. I hope they know what they are doing
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  36. in your case it's a bank account, and in case of US presidents it's about the big red button the more time senior people spend at the beach, the better
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  37. no surprise. Thousands of people with the same IP. How can web site recognize you're not a robot?
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  38. get FOSS Sandboxie Plus
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  39. giving advice stop visiting shady web and stop using AV is like giving advice drive carefully, and at the same time stop using seat belts. it's better use all good advices, not just some of them
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  40. I don't get what's getting worse. the amount of win platform users is under 30% with a trend to decrease. Simply saying, people prefer to use smartphones, those have a good security right from the box. A simple normy should forget about any privacy. Big brother is always watching you
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  41. not instead. Just activate all the Defender features and this is a good enough protection, which include firewall (not great, but something), antivirus (not bad), HIPS (not the best, but better than nothing), and some other features. In addition to this you can indeed use a secure encrypted DNS request. There are many settings in your system where you can configure it, individually or for your system-wide usage. Another good utility is a filter list like ublock origin. You might want to get a VPN if you connect from untrusted internet provider (like in hotel or any public hot spot), or you want to pretend that you are from another country, to avoid some limitations of service based on your location. All these useful stuff can be installed, activated and properly working altogether, increasing your overall security and adding a bit of privacy as well
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  42. dual boot is not that popular because you just using 1 OS when another one is idling. If you have enough ram (main criterion) and not the slowest cpu in the world, running VM is normally OK. It's useful for certain purposes, like discussed in this video. Other reasons could be learning the new OS, testing it, trying it before switching to it, or installing it on another PC
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  43.  @korndogz69  nope, not half right. Rather totally. Any good modern AV is in fact a pack of utilities, including HIPS the rare case when all these measures are not really effective and the AV starts to act reactively is a case of a major security breach which in fact is a rare situation
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  44.  @duplicake4054  totally right. any good modern AV is in fact a big pack of different utilities and services that try the best to prevent an intrusion
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  45. nope. I trust only my old good soviet calculator
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  46. I think the term "scan" is not the best for characterization of the activity. They don't scan you from internet. But your system - and highly likely irrelevant if this is a host or a virtual machine, run their own processes that collect, pack, and send some info to the HQ. If you don't trust your Mac OS, then the best deal is probably just stop using it ) my old Mac book now happily running ubuntu, old Mac OS is completely wiped out. And no regrets )
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  47. yes. Browser - free secure DNS with or without filters - free VPN - paid, but anonymously
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  48. how would you then watch this video? simply admit that you want to watch it so man up and continue using these gadgets )))
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  49.  @WagonLoads asking such questions means that you mix physical, infrastructure and software layers of communications. Simply saying, using VPN protects you from easy fingerprinting based on your IP. However there are many more )) if you want to move from just discussing to practical means, you should rather go to browserleaks or similar sites and check how effectively you can be tracked. You might be surprised how many fingerprints you make simply by clicking a website. If for any reason you need a good privacy, you indeed should use a worth-of-trust VPN, as well as tor or mullvad browser. IMEI as well as your real IP might be anyway available to big tech and three letter agencies, cause they have access literally to anything. Legally or not. Just ask Assange or Snowden
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  50.  @WagonLoads  and if you are not that interested in digging that ground, a bunch of simple advices: 1. VPN I consider firstly as a security feature, not privacy. And you need it when you travel a lot and need to connect to internet using available free wifi and similar. Then it is a must. You need VPN if you need really a higher privacy/security, because you are an activist, politician, pop star, or just a target for some (cyber)criminals. 2. If you have iphone/android phone, then google/apple may have all information about you. You don't want it - don't use any of them ) 3. There is always a tradeoff between privacy and convenience. It's you and only you who knows what you need. People may give you advices, but all is up to you
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  51. only in a limited way. Because many web sites that you visit have fb/meta as a "partner" site or another excuse to share your data with big techs. The only way is direct ban fb/meta from your side. You can choose the way you can do this, depending on your infrastructure or preferences. It can be router settings, firewall block list, ad block, special extension in your browser, secure DNS with social network blocking - many DNS services offer this now ) You can choose whatever suits you well or even get them all )
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  52. I think that you miss the concept of VM state saving. By default you can either shut down, or save state. But you can also revert to the last system saved state which can be... fresh installation, or just space allocation. So if you configure your VM the right way, this should work
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  53. here I would suggest that the term "captured" lead us to an easy and straightforward way to withstand it. Simply add fb/meta to the block list. Regardless how you do it, this might be your router, your firewall, your browser, if you would be happy with that. An easy way might be installing "Portmaster", it has a checkbox to add fb/meta to a block list ) it's simple and it works )
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  54. I wouldn't recommend using keyboard when banking or dealing with particularly sensitive information. Touchscreen or mouse
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  55. if you mention this, it's worth to say the protection against digital fingerprinting. It's using less scripts (blocking them), apply strict rules in browsers (especially good Librewolf, Mullvad) or ultimately using special tool like TOR browser for this. TOR is like 2 in 1, it's a good private browser and TOR network to make it difficult to watch the network traffic
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  56. if you want to wipe it out completely then you need a firewall. Add fb/meta ip or names to a block list. Another great option is configuring secure DNS. Many offer an option to block (actually not to resolve) social networks. Partial solution might be something like adding blocking in your browser. So look into your browser options or extensions, there is a bunch of good filtering extensions like u6lock, noscript, ad blockers etc. You might want to get all of them, they don't push each other, rather help each other
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  57.  @BorisaComputers  no problem, I don't ask you to agree with me. I just put my arguments why it's better not to do like you said
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  58. disabling network will be the best. If you need network, see the description of these modes and pick up the one you need. I prefer NAT mode
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  59.  @GTSongwriter  welcome to the party
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  60. if something bad starts to happen, adding or changing hardware is a no-no. Removing might be helpful. Windows starts or not? not even in safe mode? if your recovery partition is somehow broken or doesn't work, then you need a rescue flash. Make it on another computer. Or ask someone to help and make it for you. Your tech savvy neighbors, friends. Load with flash and try to recover with saving the user files. If not available then you need first to decide what to do with your data. Something useful or just format the drive? This is no turn back decision, so consider carefully about the data
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  61. some questions under this video raise another one big question: do people really care so much about security or they rather become a bit paranoid ?
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  62. if you are so attached to np++, get a bottles or wine or any other emulator. I use wine to run Total commander in linux, cause I don't find double commander or any similar app as good as total commander
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  63.  @BillAnt  they could be tracked, but it's another layer of defense. In many cases you can move, zoom your keyboard, make some "fake" clicks and so on. This significantly complicates any readout, even if you have some keyboard/mouse tracking software. Unless of course your system is completely compromised, but then any efforts would be in vain. Another reason not to use keyboard is they send a quite strong electromagnetic wave to the outer space, which can be read out with certain equipment
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  64. virtual box will work. The question is will win7 work in a right way. It's EOL product
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  65. you mean in this video? timestamp?
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  66. Pros: Debian-based native hypervisor. Runs fast and smooth. Cons: you need to have certain sysadmin skills to make it run. You cannot install it just like VirtualBox in your windows. It's quite the opposite, first install and configure Proxmox, then add your OS images
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  67. cr4p. yt censorship
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  68. i just want to say about "wlne"
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  69. not about 4lco|-|oi, about software emulator
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  70. ok google?
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  71.  @Chris-op7yt  it won't work as fast as you would like it to be. I haven't used Proxmox yet, but I trust people who say it's a good tool
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  72. this web site doesn't seem to make a really deep fingerprint analysis. I would recommend using browserleaks. It might be not that intuitive from beginnging, but it has a bunch of tests
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  73. before you do this, make sure that you learned well what is Streisand effect
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  74.  @utube7917  how can you possibly know that? Do you have understanding that nobody will go crazy just because they have some contradictory info? The reality is that they collect your digital fingerprints, and your cookies help them to identify that it is you again. Regardless that you changed your VPN location or whatever else you tried to do
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  75.  @utube7917  I understand clearly your message, but you just don't listen to my argue. Everything will be collected. The more fake or real information you send, the larger will be the collection. Next time you log in with another device, this information will be collected as well. Your geolocation, your OS, your browser, other fingerprints etc. You just need to understand that the real info collected in this process is not your fake photo, but rather your digital fingerprints and your cookies
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  76.  @tacticalcenter8658  trust is a personal choice. I may rather trust FOSS VirtualBox, than trusting your comments
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  77. make your own phone company and don't track yourself ) easy
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  78. this software emulated type of VM is not responsible for connection to internet. You need to configure your private/secure connection with your VPN in case you use it. Otherwise you will be seen from outside according to your ISP and router settings
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  79.  @terrydaktyllus1320  one more try ) fb is a very intrusive company. you may encounter it when you least expect ) they will get your fingerprints and cookies )
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  80.  @terrydaktyllus1320  whenever you see suggestion from some website to log in with your fb/goole or other social network account that's it, they got you )
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  81. it's more like a system administrator skills. yeah we have to learn something to protect our privacy and security. Neither Zuck nor Gates will care about it much
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  82. if this is just about privacy, not about privacy+security+testing, then these days it's easier to use additionally installed librewolf/mullvad/tor, depending on the privacy level you need. In everyday life most people would be content with firefox/brave or similar browser with ad blocker + "noscript" extension
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  83. yeah, many WiFi adapters have proprietary soft. You can install it separately after installing Linux, or just try some distribution that already have 3rd party proprietary soft, like Ubuntu. When you use VirtualBox or any other type 2 hosted hypervisor, you don't have to configure much, so it should work smoothly, if you already configured it in your host OS
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  84.  @tacticalcenter8658  no, it's not THAT bad ) because if you find it's that bad, then first thing you do is stop using windows and migrate to linux, bsd or whatever you consider your safe environment ) for normal user it's quite OK, and it allows you to make some simple tasks like testing, running some isolated apps etc and Xen still doesn't run for Windows )
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  85. Terry, you miss one more important function of VM, that the image can not only be saved, saved incrementally etc , but also reverted to the last saved state. Good if you need to test something or use internet session without any change on your pc
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  86.  @terrydaktyllus1320  I'm not a big fan to read a comment which looks rather like a manual. And I try to be concise, and express my opinion. If you don't like that style you don't have to read or respond my comments. Now back to topic ) You don't have to use all the hardware/software the way which they were designed. If you find some feature that suit you well then why not to use it? I see a point of using some OS in VM in "revert back" mode. Just like I described before, it's an easy way to test or use internet. It also starts quick without need to restart your PC. So if you don't have a spare computer with a separate linux installed, why not?
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  87.  @terrydaktyllus1320  if you are such in expert in this topic, how possibly could you forgot to mention about reverting the last saved state? well you might be right that if government will get access to your pc then they might restore your data and you will be busted, but do we really discuss this, and not privacy and security? who's changing the topic then? or looking for an excuse?
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  88.  @terrydaktyllus1320  heh you're not attentive enough ) I said about your comments which sometimes look like manuals I didn't say about manuals. I actually like reading sources, manuals, documents, manuscripts, specification etc ) You don't pretend that you write here manuals, don't you? It would be too egoistic ) You can sure give any advises that you like, but I don't have to follow them, so I will answer or won't do that according to my own desire have a good day too
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  89. my comments are much shorter than yours, and you still wasn't able to read them carefully enough. And you talk that other people are not attentive ) narcissism?
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  90. oh come on. It's not THAT bad and Xen doesn't work for Windows
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  91. certainly it will
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  92. or just install a few privacy/security tools and make browsing great again )
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  93.  @uk7769  I don't offer you to go from one proprietary cr4p to another. There are many good useful FOSS. Even for windows. So if you are not ready to admit the WORD OF LINUX, you can start doing some small good deals by moving AWAY from proprietary money-oriented software. Zucenberg will tease you, but ignore him by installing secure DNS. Get Portmaster to regain control of your words ports. Install free AD blocker to go directly to your DESTINY
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  94. might be, but I prefer to ban fb/meta completely. It can be done in a many ways, in router configuration, blocking by firewall, blocking by secure DNS resolver, or adding an ad/block list, or installing browser extensions
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  95. regardless of your point of view, Portmaster from Safing is a good firewall ) with many useful options
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  96. "man" said it should not be disclosed, it's a unique randomly generated identifier used in a local machine. Some problems may encounter if system is cloned, but this problem seems to be solved
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  97. that looks like a good choice! haven't used it yet though, I don't use VM that much
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  98. so you can go shopping and get a new pc. Even if you are glad with your current one. high chance that you also pay for one more windows
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  99. in fact, an average user will hardly notice any "spyware". It's less privacy oriented, to be more precise. A huge leap in direction of privacy if compared to windows though ) Less privacy comes with some advantage, like Ubuntu is very good for updates, security patches. It's most likely that if some vulnerability will be found, it first will be patched in Ubuntu. And finally linux is configurable. If you don't like snap , you can remove it from completely
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  100. yeah the Matrix rules the World
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  101. if you talk about browser, windows search, or some other programs it's probably prediction engine or search engine that slows down your PC. They might indeed send your info to the web. If you're concerned about it, most of these functions can be turned off
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  102. sure thing you can install a hypervisor, if you wish so. But many users already have a win installed, and they don't want to make its image, then install a new system and all other things which may require quite a bit of sysadmin skills
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  103.  @stephenbaldassarre2289  this most probably means that the company had a corporate AV or security pack. It just simply doesn't report to a PC user, instead sends a message to sysadmin. Absolutely good and normal approach for business, not only for IT company
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  104. this is called filter list ) it does not lock anything, just doesn't let you visit a site that is known for a malware, has a bad reputation, and similar You should never rely completely on such a filter list. The host-based security and your common sense is always a primary defense, and the filter list is an additional barrier for malware, viruses, scams, phishing
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  105. the question is then safer for what? with which purpose? why do you install linux and use win in VM? depending on the answers it may be safer, may be the same, or might be even more compromised (but it's luckily not very likely unless you make some bad settings in your linux). The short answer might be: if you install linux AND USE it for MANY of your tasks, and use windows ONLY for applications that aren't available in linux, then it looks like a good plan
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  106.  @ΠάνοςΒασιλειάδης-ω7φ  yeah, you can run many linux distros from flash, some might be better than others for this purpose. This is still a boot process, not a VM. Boot from flash may be the most suitable for sysadmin and for testing, but not for everyone
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  107.  @anthonychurch1567  that's a big question that you ask. The short answer is use a good browser, like Mullvad with installed and activated security features when you visit shady zones. Or better stay away from it
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  108. just like believing that cops are not corrupted. Sometimes not, sometimes yes
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  109. Same here ) if something wrong happens, then the user of av needs to improve defense the question is: what will av deniers do? change his/her mind or ? )))
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  110. will your book be free or for $$$$
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  111. the REAL problem that people just don't know what level of privacy they need, and make mistakes. There are different levels, from "normy" zero privacy to Snowden level. There are many stops in between. So let's consider those you described ) 1. OS. ArchLInux is probably better than win platform, but it's not the most stable linux version. Wouldn't recommend it as a replacement for win 2. VPN vs ISP. VPN may add extra privacy or security level, but not always. I wouldn't recommend any from countries like Panama. It's quite possible that these countries are used by different 3 letter agencies for their purposes. It's preferable to use services provided by companies with HQ in Switzerland, or EU countries. At least you will be protected by Law. 3. Browser and screen resolution is just a part of a digital fingerprint. There are different ways to protect from it, but for many reasonable tasks it's just a question to pick up Librewolf/Mullvad/Tor depending on your requested level of privacy. Tor should be the most private, but the most slow, inconvenient and it may display incorrectly or incompletely some sites. For the sake of convenience none of these should be your main browser. Main browser could be any good enough mainstream browser like Firefox or Brave. It's advisable to install "noscript" and some ad blocker for extra protection and convenience. Most web sites will work correctly, and those which require scripts you better avoid unless you know exactly that you need them. That's it ) It's not a way to Snowden level of privacy, but this will suit well for many users
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  112.  @jim8790  it seems easier to configure just once your router, however it may depends. Some routers don't even have such an option (if they are cheap and have less functionality) you may want also to have your devices to configure individually, if these are mobile devices like smartphone or a laptop and you use them somewhere else away from home. I personally prefer installing Portmaster, it has many security utilities, including filter list and secure DNS, thought it's main function is a firewall (and a nice one). Some secure DNS providers give you options for additional filters. For example, Mullvad that I'm using now as a main DNS (quad9 is a backup) there are five options, the most secure blocks even social media )) Just try what suits you best, and don't forget to check that your DNS test doesn't have any leaks. This can be done from the web page of a DNS provider
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  113.  @anthonychurch1567  anti spam, malware, phishing and other types of blocks are also available in different filter packages (like, ublock origin). It's good that your antivirus worked nicely, but you could just get a simple message from your browser that you try to take a wrong way
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  114. don't install key loggers, and don't allow these someones to install it )
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  115. who knows. If they would have an AV they might be still infected, but at least informed about if without any AV they might be just happily unaware of any undermined security and bad guys might be just waiting for a time to strike, when kids grow up and start to make online banking and like this
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  116.  @Ash_G  I dunno honestly. I just use it, and it seems fine. Comodo and MJRegWatcher didn't show any suspicious behavior. If you use it intensively, it might give you a notification that you will get sometimes pop up message, unless you pay or donate. It's free but with a pop up annoyance
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  117. you need your VM in sandboxing mode or simply a sandbox application for such purpose. some VM even give you a notification that they have a full access to your hardware/network, so using it for a test purpose is a risky deal Some viruses or malware might be advance enough to detect that they are run in virtual machine, and they won't act suspiciously. this should be also taken into account if you want to test some weird stuff
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  118. uhu. I compare an advice of handling your computer with a care and precautions, and at the same time uninstalling an AV with another hypothetical advice to drive safe and stop using seat-belts. Which is no way recommended of course, and hopefully doesn't need explanation )
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  119. "survivorship bias"
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  120. nice comparison. There are many buts though.. Tests show that 30 kmh or about 19 mph might be dangerous if collision happens. Reckless can be not just you, but someone else, and for physical laws it doesn't matter. If some racer hits your car, the results are almost identical if you collide someone else. And guess what - many electronic system won't work properly cause you didn't drive fast. The only defense that you have is just your passive defense like seat belts and good car build quality Just like with a good enought PC security pack - if antivirus doesn't work, then HIPS, sandboxing, antimalware, and other stuff like this start to play a role you indeed might be just fine if you don't speed and stop before the line. But if sometimes you aren't careful enough or someone else has some plans about your computer and your money ...
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  121. nice example of a survivorship bias. Let me guess, you don't even scan your computer ) You might be just happily unaware that your computer is infected It's like "I visited a clinic and they told me about my health issues. Now I don't visit them, so I'm healthy"
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  122. the good advice to avoid some shady web zone, and at the same time disable AV is like an advice to drive safe and stop using your seat belts, cause you are not going to crash )))
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  123. whether using a third-party AV is a disputable question, disabling antivirus completely is not a good idea just like saying that you are not going to use seatbelts because you don''t plan to crash
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  124. just Comodo AV, without its Firewall, HIPS and other security pack? you miss a lot
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  125. reboot restore, and any kind of sandboxing cannot undo stealing of your passwords, credit card numbers and so on. It's just a protection of your OS, like a virtualization, or a reserve copy. Good but not all the protection that you might need
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  126. just don't switch off your windows defender, and it will make the job for you. Not the best way possible, but for most people that'll just be enough. You want more - look for a better HIPS (intrusion prevention) utility. Like COMODO, ZoneAlarm. And yeah. You don't need an antivirus. Cause you already have it. Called MS defender. Just better not disable it
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  127. independent tests demonstrated that KAV is good, but not among the very best. It even allowed to encrypt some files on the drive. Not from protected folders, but still...
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  128. thanks. I so much agree with you. can you recommend any HIPS utility, desirably good and user-friendly
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  129. security updates are usually patches against backdoor and vulnerability attack. So it's better not to ignore them
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  130. An example of "I don't do anything bad, what could go wrong?" is a bunch of blackmail letters sent out to many people, with a content like "we know what you are doing, and even more", your real name, some photo of you (if you aren't careful enough to put them in your social networks) or your residential place from ggl map. This might look scary for unprepared person, but this is just a result of data harvesting with maybe even ZERO human involvement, made totally by AI. So better worry about privacy
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  131. this sounds like a fledgling to me
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  132. three layers don't help to block the signal for key-less auto locks! You literally have to make a multiple layers. Or switch it off with a switch, if your car manufacturer cares about your protection. You can also buy special bags made from some microwave absorbing materials, I guess similar used in stealth technologies. So just an Alu foil on the head doesn't help much
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  133. I think that you need a consultant level of expertise like Snowden level )
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  134. is there any reason to use ggl these days? DDG, startpage, searx, opensearch, brave ...
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  135.  @BlueFrank82  soon, but in some distros sooner than another. Everyone could decide personally what is the best for them. One of the reason for me was that Ubuntu was the only one distro for me that installed proprietary WiFi drivers. How do you think is this a good enough reason for some beginner to have a functional OS that can connect to internet?
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  136. and they call it democracy. Here should be a smiling Kim Jong Un
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  137. voting in US looks like the rules in casino. Whatever the votes are, the only winner is the deep state
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  138. it's so strange when someone is so concerned about security/privacy and so naive and blindly believing in this so-called crisis The government does not deserve full trust. Needless to say that it started when the 45th president was in charge. So the person who does not trust the government can be anyone, "Trumpian" or "Bidenian"
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  139.  @BlueFrank82  I agree that Mint is great. Which doesn't mean that Ubuntu should be removed from recommendation list
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  140. yeah this gentleman has a nice sense of humor. However it might be a scary movie for those who treat it seriously
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  141. "If you use a VPN, they cannot read anything because it is encrypted." this scheme doesn't work for any modern browser, because it has CA info. You simply won't get a secure connection establishment. Most browsers will notify you if only insecure connection is possible. It's better to block it completely, cause 99.9% web sites these days have secure connection. Secure DNS (also called encrypted DNS) is also helpful to get rid of this security breach. So for security reason VPN is an overkill in many cases. A free option of commercial VPN is usually sluggish, and doesn't have many options
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  142. where it doesn't work? it works perfectly
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  143. TOR is an open source project. Words against it look rather like an anti-TOR propaganda. Secret services might certainly make a boom out of a li ion battery like recently reported speculations (or preliminary data), but this just reveal there capability and make many countries and governments invest in their own electronics and software. The end of M$ and US monopoly might be much sooner then ) Same about Pegasus
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  144. Rob already talked about privacy of the phone number. You want to keep privacy, use one of your SIMs only for your own deals. Don't give your number to anyone
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  145.  @terrydaktyllus1320  I don't trust Win platform completely, so I never do anything like banking on it. But I use it for many other purposes. And nope, new update does not reset a 3rd party firewall settings ) So I don't really care when edge gets an update and changes settings cause it's not my main browser
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  146. "Captchas are made to train AI. " Even if so, it's highly likely has a purpose to improve captchas. Captchas in fact are examples of asymmetric encryption. Machine can still solve captchas, but the amount of efforts and power spent for this task makes this cost ineffective
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  147. a man chooses, a slave obeys @TM
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  148. I wouldn't recommend using it. You would be among 27k users (as of now), an easy target
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  149. you can be right about these projects, but some of them like TOR, are free open source. So you need a lot of efforts, mental power, resources etc to make it run how you want it to be, and not like the community/enthusiasts will decide. Many VPNs on the other hand look like it could be a catch
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  150. this video was likely recorded some time before that happened
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  151. you can never be sure that they really stick to the privacy, but at least it's much less intrusive. it's also totally fine with no-script browsing which is a good sign to me
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  152. but even a conformist should know that if you let big techs collect data about you, it can be in internet forever. You might some day regret that you let them know about you more than you want. Some days even a big company might become a corrupted monster who sells or simply doesn't care if data leaks. Imagine some bad guys got all the info about you and they can do whatever they want
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  153.  @terrydaktyllus1320  and this happens very often, they are almost everywhere. You don't like it - you have to block your access to their HQ
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