887 sats \ 8 replies \ @WaraiOtoko 14 Sep 2022 \ on: Ask SN: How to be more private on the Internet? How to do 2nd Identities? bitcoin
A resource that I found useful would be Privacy tools and if you have the technical skills self hosting apps is powerful. A good thing to get started with is obviously a bitcoin node :-) a good second would be something like a private Nextcloud on a VPS so you don't have to rely on Google/Apple cloud.
My experience so far has been that there is not a singular thing you can turn on for privacy. It's more of an awareness of how we are exploited and mass surveilled by big tech/government in a digital society. There are always things to improve for anyone that cares about privacy, and many things come down to trade offs.
For anyone interested in learning more about self-hosting privately, this YouTube channel has some great tutorials: https://youtube.com/c/402PaymentRequired
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402PaymentRequired is fucking awesome!
100% recommended!
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Great post thank you.
I will add that data is the biggest business on earth so there are not many interests aligned with "privacy", it is a trigger word. By definition you are demonetizing the S&P 500. Better to use victim language in the current climate. The best language is used by the radical left "this is not safe for me because i am in [protected group]". Or play up the victim card even more "i have a stalker" "I am involved in a lot of social justice charity work" etc. And if you don't think that works, look at all the legit criminals still getting away with wearing masks in public, LOL.
There is so much money and effort spent on activism I think we just need to direct a little bit of the messaging toward our own goals.
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good advice but a bitcoin node will do nothing for you. It is no real improvement over SPV
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not leaking your addresses and balances to a strangers node is something
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Unless you are very careful to run your node over tor, you are going to leak your address whenever you emit a transaction.
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most bitcoin node packages are currently tor by default, masking your IP and you also use a VPN to mask TOR use to your ISP
you will leak your transaction's address(es) when transacting, but not all your addresses to obtain your overall wallet balance. using samourai wallet's toolkit can help for transacting privately.
mutinywallet.com looks promising for private lightning network transactions
godspeed
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