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[Deleted member 648895]

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I saw what you sent me and it is very helpful, thanks for that!!! Last month I used chrome and I think it was not a good choice, even using a vpn, the worst part is that I was logged in with my gmail account. I cleaned up the browser completely, but I still have doubts about privacy, even though I only use the forum to download some content from the models and save it in the cloud and a porn torrent site. I don't know if there is any danger of something other than being hacked.

 

[Darudestorm]

Hey sorry if it's been asked already but if I scrape some content from an OF feed and wanna share it, could the metadata be traced back to me or something?

 

[jodops]

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So I was considering this, based on the fact that MYM (OF competitor) already watermarks all images with both username and a userID (number), and while MYM is doing it very visibly (partially to the detriment of the images),

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So while it might not be in use yet (or we would see many more bans), it seems to me like it's more a question of when they realise this potential?

 

[huelian2]

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That sounds like regular metadata. As you said it yourself, you found it. Before finding it, you detected it. If it is instead a subtle part of the content itself, the only way for you to even realise you are being traced at all is if you can compare it in detail to multiple files of other users of the same source.

 

[hanumania]

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Duckduckgo has a good mobile browser. When in doubt use firefox. ProtonVPN for mobile is also very good and you can use their free service until you decide to pay. Don't trust any big profit vpns that don't have an open source model, I don't care how many "audits" they pay for. Audits should be conductable by the userbase.

If you have your own router and you use your mobile devices through it, try to VLAN your IoT and mobile stuff outside of the WLAN to prevent VLAN hopping and other issues.

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is indispensable.

 

[hanumania]

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not tinfoil at all, it's common sense, and even if you don't care about privacy, what right do all these trackers and background processes have to use your device CPU and net bandwidth? if you are forced to use an iphone, use ProtonVPN, turn bluetooth OFF, use one of the aforementioned browsers, hopefully you have access to the router, but if not, a functional vpn is minimum.

 

[Crocop]

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DNS:

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I recommend using a good DNS like

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or CloudFlare (1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1)
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Best Browsers:

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FireFox (configured), LibreWolf, Mullvad are some good recommendations.
TOR

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VPN:
ProtonVPN
MullvadVPN
IVPN

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Password Manager:
Bitwarden
1Password
ProtonPass

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Bonus - Good Guides:

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[Deleted member 648895]

Guys, I'm new to the forum and would like to ask some questions. do you recommend which VPN and browser to access the forum?

The second question is: is there any danger to enter the forum with a regular browser and without vpn? What are the dangers? Can I suffer something other than a hacker attack, can the police come to my house? 😂

Thank you!!

 

[recoveringcoomer]

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I personally use mullvad, it's recommended a lot for these

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. The only "danger" is the website seeing your ip which can be traced back to your location. Absolute worst case scenario you leak a girl's onlyfans and she really doesn't like and and gets lawyers to specifically to try to sue you along with the site but that's very improbable to say the least lol. I still would recommend one to pirate anything you want without getting copyright notices from your isp like I did with movies and a extra barrier between you and a site seeing who you are. It doesn't necessarily provide

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however.

 

[recoveringcoomer]

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No you're not going to get hacked either as long as you make sure what you download is safe. You got nothing else to worry about. If you want to learn more about privacy watch

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his channel is amazing with that kind of stuff

 

[AnonmiseR]

So, I'm dumb and i've been wondering about metadata. How does it work exactly because i'm having dyslexia while trying to understand it.
i'm assuming it's only used if a content was found being distributed and used to track back the user IP?
does it matter if it was not redistributed and just stored? I guess lastly does the site notify the CC if it was taken from their site?

 

[rasengandx]

What VPN would you recommend? Is Norton any good?

 

[rasengandx]

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How much faith/ trust do you have in these more fringe companies? A Norton etc. has the advantage of reputation and is well known in the industry which gives greater assurances that their systems, controls etc. (i.e. that they don't abuse the data you disclose to them- however minimal that is) are of a certain level because they can be sued and reputational risk is greater... etc.?

 

[rasengandx]

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thanks a lot and for the time to write this. very insightful

 

[ausugnd]

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I had a similar worry, however unless it is hidden deep in the pixels or something in a way that I have no idea how it would be done, I can't find it.

The downloaders I use anyway, don't have much in the EXIF metadata, and nothing that would be identifiable. I ran a simple program:

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For a while, you drag and drop the images in, and then it scrapes away any EXIF metadata. Most pics I ran it on had 5 items, and came back with 0 at the end. But the 5 pieces of info it deleted were just generic system info.
Works on videos too, but it doesn't return a 0 remaining result as some of the encoding and resolution data always stays. Nothing identifiable.

 

[huelian2]

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Paying by mail only works in some countries. And it seems to be a trap in those countries:

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That thread on reddit is old, so I don't know if atomic swaps between bitcoin and monero were available back then, but, as far as I know, now they are. So now anything you can buy with bitcoin you can buy anonymously anywhere in the world, but it will cost you about 20% more in total due to slippage.

 

[STONE FREE]

Greetings. Any advice for usage on mobile devices? Browser-wise, custom apks and such?

 

[STONE FREE]

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I was thinking more of a day to day use, being bombarded with ads and discovering that apps know my location even know I did not allow such things infuriates me. It's almost a tinfoil mentality, but I was wondering if there are safer measures for it

 

[rvlnnb]

I would recommend this also for Firefox:

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[xavicor69]

Great general CyberSecurity tips. Thanks.

And if I may add,
- Prepaid Credit Cards
- A burner, secondary phone number
- A paid VPN service, do not trust any Free VPNs, well worth the purchase