• Hellfire103@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    OS: Five different Linux distributions and a BSD

    Phone: iPhone (hardened; trackers blocked w. NextDNS)

    Browser: Mullvad Browser

    Search engine: Self-hosted SearXNG

    Location: Only for mapping software

    Cookies: Notices blocked by uBO, cleared on restart

    Send optional data to Microsoft: Who?

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      2 months ago

      how can you even harden a proprietary walled garden

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        There are ways. Privacy Guides has a page on it. I also use NextDNS, which has a blocklist for iDevices, so Apple can’t track me (afaik).

        I’d rather have an Android, though. Either DivestOS or /e/. I’m just waiting for my iPhone to burn out first.

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          thats a good thing. if you have it, use it till it explodes