this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
7 points (100.0% liked)

Privacy

32039 readers
1533 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

Chat rooms

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

My privacy journey started with a YouTube video by SomeOrdinaryGamers about the Club Penguin Online doxing situation in 2020. Then, through Techlore and other YouTubers, I learned about private browsers, VPNs, password managers, Linux, FOSS, and more. What made you start?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There were some small things that I can't remember very well (like looking in to lineageOS), but I think the first wake up call to how deep I was in to the google ecosystem was when I stopped my youtube premium account and started looking for alternatives. I found newpipe and got hooked on privacy respecting software like it was a drug. Techlore was a big part from that point on. I watched through go incognito one video at a time while I was at my night job.

[–] ellioswa@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, Techlore was huge for me too. His site helped me find a lot of privacy-respecting alternatives. Mr. Robot was also a great show to watch at the time!

[–] paradox2011@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I know the name but haven't seen the show, I'll have to check it out. Its funny, years ago I watched the movie Antitrust but it all went over my head. Recently I watched it again and nerded out to the linux/Foss ideaology in it.

[–] nus@mstdn.social 2 points 1 year ago

@paradox2011 @ellioswa Mr. Robot is both timeless and emblematic of the time it was made. Despite how is starts, it spends a lot of time not being a Hackerman show

[–] FarLine99@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Techlore Resources site is awesome, thank you, Henry and team!