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A few question from a noob (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by Username85920@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I recently tried to clean up my digital life. I switched to Linux and switched to GrapheneOS and made more use of my proton subscription to replace google. But I have a few questions :

I tried https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ on Librewolf on my PC and Vanadium on my phone and it say I have a nearly unique fingerprint. Is the benefit of using a privacy focused browser neglected by the low userbase and unique fingerprint ?

I did not have a great digital hygiene before so I have a google account, meta... How do I clean this up ? Are services like Incogni any good or is it just marketing ?

Finally I wanted to use tails with persistent storage to use as a live system if I ever need to use a PC that is not my own to connect to my accounts. However, I don't want the ISP to know I use Tor. I see it as a big "I have something to hide" flag for the ISP. But my understanding is if I install a VPN on tails it will be Tor over VPN (bad if I understand correctly) instead of VPN over Tor. Should I use something else than tails since I only want/need always on VPN with kill switch.

Thanks a lot for your help. I want to say the journey is much easier than what I anticipated. The hardest part is making people switch around me. The lobbying has started.

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[–] voxel@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Is very inaccurate and misleading. It is a shame that EFF is still promoting it; I would recommend looking up the videos from Techlore and PrivacyGuides about fingerprinting; they explain it very well without any misleading or highly inaccurate information. You can find them on YouTube and PeerTube.

Regarding cleaning up your stuff, in what jurisdiction do you live in? Under the EU you can make use of your rights as seen in the GDPR. Noyb.eu is a good resource for learning how to excersise your rights as an EU citizen.

Tails is by design not made to be used with a VPN service of any kind, if you want to hide your Tor usage, use the built-in Bridges instead.

If you need further advice, feel free to contact me, I would love to point you into the right direction rather than leaving you in the dark.