Message from @seapea
Discord ID: 327844389428920331
Advertisers can:
Collect information when you login to them.
Track you across different websites you visit without logging into them.
Track you via GPS on your phone.
Track you online via WiFi on your phone.
Track you offline via WiFi on your phone.
Track you offline via credit/debit cards.
Track you offline via reward/membership cards.
Some of the security (or privacy) threats with advertisers are opt-in (i.e. you accepted it) and generally advertiser tracking isn't going to mess up your day. Problems arise when advertisers sell your information on to third parties (who in turn sell it to other third parties), go broke and auction off your data, get hacked or are victims of mass surveillance.
It's worth noting that their revenue models would be colossally damaged if everyone ran adblocking software.
In response you can:
Not create social media accounts, or create accounts with false information (although you'll still have the same friends, so are still opting in big time).
Disable third party cookies in your browsers.
Turn off GPS on your phone, or use a custom rom to limit which apps have access to your GPS.
Turn off WiFi on your phone, or use a custom rom to limit which apps have access to WiFi.
Turn off WiFi when you're out and about, especially in malls/shopping centres.
Use cash.
Debit cards tell your bank what you're buying and who from and where, and they sell that.
Credit cards tell VISA/Mastercard/etc what you're buying and who from and where.
Don't use reward cards. Most people never use the "rewards" and your privacy is worth more.
Wow, I feel bad because my computer is unsecured.
So you've already given Facebook your phone number and address and date of birth? They already know your schools and job and hobbies? Why close the gate when the horse has bolted?
You'll change jobs.
You'll move house.
Your interests will change.
Your friends will change.
You'll get married/divorced/have children.
You could even change your name or get married and change your surname.
Sure, the data they have today will still be valid in a week. But in six months? A year? Five years? The sooner you cut off advertisers from up to date information, the sooner it'll be out of date. Their databases will say you still like Linkin Park and Jackass unless you tell them otherwise. They'll also miss out on your patterns over time, not knowing the path of your history and making their future predictions inaccurate.
Your cell phone service provider can:
See what cell tower you are connected to whenever your phone is on.
See when your phone is switched off or out of coverage (they can't tell which).
See who you call and text, when and where, and for how long.
See who calls and texts you, when where you are, and for how long.
See your data usage metadata and perhaps "full take" data.
Sell you a phone preloaded with their applications, which have all kinds of permissions granted.
Cell phones are a big problem when trying to avoid location tracking. Without the cell tower your phone is only a phone when you have WiFi access, or not at all.
In response you can:
Use OTR in any instant messaging conversations. Install Pidgin and the OTR plugin for PC, and Xabber or ChatSecure for Android.
Use VoIP and data messaging instead of traditional calls and texts. Encrypted VoIP and messaging exists.
Convince your contacts to use VoIP and data messaging.
Install a firewall to restrict which apps have access to the data connection, or turn your data connection off completely.
Uninstall preloaded apps, flash a custom ROM or buy a standalone phone unlocked from any provider.
Leave your phone at home when you're going out.
Keep airplane mode turned on when you don't use your phone (you can have it automatically turn on whenever the screen is off).
While your ISP is able to collect your metadata and block access to websites, these are generally because of Government Policy. Some ISPs will offer a "family friendly" site blocking option which you can turn off. Remember that while ISPs can most certainly be nefarious, usually it's the laws that compel them to give up your data to security agencies that can do you in, as the ISPs really can't do anything about it, but comply.
Your home or business ISP can:
Provide you with an email service which they control (e.g. [email protected]).
Force you to use a modem which they retain root access to, which may also contain serious bugs.
Send you a modem that is configured by default to use their DNS, allowing easy logging of your traffic.
In response you can:
Use an alternative email service and/or use PGP.
Use OTR in any instant messaging conversations. Install Pidgin and the OTR plugin for PC, and Xabber or ChatSecure for Android.
Bridge your ISP modem to a router which you control (or just ditch your ISP modem for one you bought personally, if possible). $50 will buy you an OpenWRT compatible router.
Buy a cisco ios router.
Use Palemoon as default browser btw if not running TOR
Firefox sold out last year
I have to go now, please DM anything important guys!
http://browserspy.dk/
https://www.howsmyssl.com/
https://www.dnsleaktest.com
http://www.whatismyreferer.com/
https://panopticlick.eff.org/
https://securityinabox.org/en
https://myshadow.org/
https://ssd.eff.org/
https://thetinhat.com/
http://login2.me/
http://bugmenot.com/
https://alternativeto.net/software/bugmenot/
https://alternativeto.net/software/fake-mail-generator/
For those who use android, (my fav part of tech is building up security on a phone OS)
Android replacements
Replicant: A project to completely replace all proprietary components of Android;
Custom ROMs;
CopperheadOS: a hardened fork of Android with PaX kernel patches and more.
Firefox OS: An alternative operating system by Mozilla that runs on some Android devices.
This chat has gone full autism. Time for some new rules.
this chat hasn't gone full autism, just one individual.
True. We'll get this cleaned up...
That's why we have admins 😃
Sorry for the autism goys.
maybe we should have a separate channel for cyber security?
"sickburns"
sickburns?
Et Tu, Judea?
@Wehrmacht @Fluxis go clean your shit up in <#301521248481968128>
"laughs in internet"
@Fluxis you live in my town and I know your name... just let that sink in for a minute.
Oh wow
Want me to bake you a cake?
If anyone around here doesn't know my name then their probably a liberal pussy
they're*
And sorry, I didn't know you owned Eugene
I'll own you, autistic faggot
Do it
Come buy me with some of your money
you're new name that only me and nitro dubs will call you will be Moonman. you're super secret new name that no one will call you: David Duke.
Which one of us
No shekels for you, christ-cucked Antifa reject
Damn