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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