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I've recently been looking into just how much data is actually being collected by various companies, and thought I would like to share what I have learned in the hopes that someone else can find it useful.

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Internet Privacy

The Tor network and the dark web

This will probably be a short one.   So there are a lot of mysteries and misdirection offered about the dark web, today I'm going to shed as much light as I can on the subject. The onion router(Tor) network is a series of volunteer run nodes(or computers) that allows people to route their browser traffic through them to avoid things like government surveillance and censorship. How it works is that your method of accessing the TOR network(which I recommend only using the Tor browse
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Using permissions and privacy settings

This honestly should have been one of my first entries, but better late than never. Permissions in their most basic form are the ways that your devices manage what apps can access what sorts of information. Managing what applications have access to that information is necessary for any sort of privacy. The exact permissions your device recognizes depends on your OS, but generally they have the following SMS Contacts Photos and Videos Nearby Devices Camera
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VPNs the fact from fiction

Before we begin I would like to thank today's sponsor Nord VPN! Okay, jokes aside it's been a second since I did one of these, and in part it was me looking into more information, and just dealing with life things. Please forgive me.   Now I need to address some misconceptions. VPNs do not enhance your cybersecurity, your browser should automatically update your http connections to https connections. If not, I can walk you through the steps to configure that. A VPN cannot keep you
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Digital Ecosystems, Degoogle and Alternatives

This will probably be the largest of all of my entries here, but here we go. Digital ecosystems just like real ecosystems are interconnected applications that share data and accounts between them. On an initial look this can seem very positive, however it also means that if that account is compromised then everything associated with it is as well. It also means that if the company that owns it doesn't respect your privacy they have access to everything. The largest digital ecosystem is
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Web Browsers and Search Engines

Well I'm back again. This is where my guide stops being theory and starts becoming practice. It's also the first one where I hope everyone who reads this gets to the end not only more imformed, but also with easy steps to impliment in their day to day lives. First up are the very tools we use to access the internet. Web Browsers and Search Engines. If any of you are like me you've heard those terms before but don't know the difference between them. Don't worry, the two are meant to wor
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The Basics of Security and Privacy

Well I have another entry for you here on my journey to internet privacy, though this one will focus a bit more on security. As this is also the basics, I think it's something that everyone should know. Therefore it is the only time in this blog where I will ask you to share this information with everyone. The more people who know the better. Factors of Authentication The number one priority both with cybersecurity and privacy is that only the intended individuals have access to certai
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Why Privacy

So this is kind of documenting my journey down the internet privacy rabbit hole. I'll kind of share what I've learned as I go hoping that others can gain something from it.   First off "Why Privacy?" Perhaps the reason I hear most often against maximizing online privacy is that you don't need it. This can be summarized in the philosophy of "I'm doing nothing wrong, so I have nothing to hide." I personally think that most people who fall in this camp don't have the faintest id
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