Qubes is the gold standard
Network namespaces also work
Portmaster is a good gui for this approach
More rarely: some poorly configured USB controllers can actually provide enough backwash power to the motherboard that some LEDs still blink, like the Ethernet indicators.
I ran into this myself, I notice the lights being on, and they stayed on when I unplugged the computer. Took me a good 5m of debugging to figure it out.
this 100% factually incorrect.
I just finished this, yes it took me a month.
I found his literary style, very compelling, it was a fun read.
I found his predictions while interesting, not very clairvoyant. BeOS is sadly no longer with us.
I did like his tie-in to the Church of the simulation at the end, though this predates the official organization of such an church.
I think it was a thought-provoking essay, I disagreed with some aspects of this predictions, especially around what a monopoly is. It’s thought-provoking. It’s a good read. It is not gospel
He did talk about hacker culture, and anybody being able to fix anything, but was not able to make the connection between BeOS and proprietary license and Linux with an open license. The death of BOS followed one year from the creation of this essay
fdroid does not require you to sign in
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/hardware/?h=networking#secure-your-network
Really you need to first define your threat model, the EFF has a good guide on that.
Maximum paranoia would be Wi-Fi only connects to a restricted VLAN that can only talk to a VPN server. You must use a VPN to access your network over wireless. That’s probably too much work for most people. But it would be the most compartmentalized, not trusting Wi-Fi encryption, which really isn’t that strong
Super basic data hygiene means you only use WPA2 and above security for your Wi-Fi network.
Depending on your actual threat model, what you choose to do will probably be between those two points.
If you want a hands off linux experience
Ditto
k8s cluster + nix flakes
having a stalker, makes privacy very important
Having identity theft, makes privacy even more important
Being pigeonholed, makes privacy important
I was about to make a comment about waffle House, or diners, but I see their methodology requires the restaurant to accept reservations.
And if your waffle House accepts a reservation, you are living in a rare place indeed
Sounds like want a pbx with extensions, like astrix. You could program it twilio too
But… sms verification systems won’t honor extensions
I appreciate your frustration, but systems run by humans run at human speeds.
Public forums always have issues with trolls.
Matrix really is the kind and fluffy version of IRC.
The best solution is to spend time in spaces where you know the people, or the culture, already.
Linux with packages, specifically debian with packages. It’s fine and I’m happy it exists,
but… if your a security researcher, political dissident, hacker, etc you should be using Qubes inside of which you can run this debian distro if you want. you could even run Kali, and parrot at the same time!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_OS
Parrot OS is a Linux distribution based on Debian with a focus on security, privacy, and development
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/os/android-overview/#choosing-an-android-distribution
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/distributions/
https://share.privacyguides.org/tools/grapheneos/
There you go. Everything you wanted to know and more about Android security and trade-offs
yes. mail
or crypto like monero
or prepaid credit cards
or voucher resellers, etc