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Old March 24th 19, 10:02 AM posted to comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default More reasons to store NOTHING on the Internet: Facebook exposes hundreds of millions of user login/passwords IN CLEARTEXT since 2012!

On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 08:59:26 +0100 (GMT+01:00), Libor Striz wrote:

Additionally, no storing would mean
no usage of public email system,
including sending or receiving unencrypted emails via SMTP/POP3/IMAP4 protocols,
no social networks,
no communication with people,
no content providing,
limiting oneself to anonymous R/O access to a public content.


Hi Poutnik,
I understand your "just give up" point of view since many people do that.
o For me, what it means is to simply be _intelligent_ about what we do
o and NOT just give up like you do the moment you have to think a bit

Thinking means being intelligent...

What it means is to be intelligent with your private DATA...
o Back up your files to your own hard drives on your own private LAN
o Calendar cross platform importing/exporting iCalendar format files
o Generate & save passwords using standard keepass encrypted files
o Pass private data between devices using encrypted container files

What it means is to be intelligent with your email...
o Delete email before the "Stored Communications Act" deadline
https://reason.com/volokh/2019/03/21/fourth-circuit-deepens-the-split-on-civi

What it means is to be intelligent with your texts...
o Use encrypted systems if you want privacy on SMS/MMS texting

What it means is to be intelligent with your searches...
o Use DuckDuckGo, StartPage.com or any other privacy-based search engine

What it means is to be intelligent with your browsing...
o Use Tor, Epic, or Opera for proxy-based browsing...

What it means is to be intelligent with your Usenet posts...
o Periodically change the headers so that it's essentially random

What it means is to be intelligent when on the network...
o Use VPN when logging into _any_ site or account

What it means is to be intelligent about fingerprinting
o Check panopticlick and other sites for identifying bits

What it means is to be intelligent about app settings
o Turn off all the checks that phone home in the settings

What it means is to be intelligent about Android system setup
o Turn off sending Google your neighbor's SSID & MAC

What it means is to be intelligent about router SSID setup
o Use _nomap and _optout to minimize use on the net

What it means is to use offline map apps whenever possible
o That way your location isn't reported to an Internet source

etc.
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