Anonymity is part of fighting censorship. State actors will try to undermine that.

That’s North Korean levels of spyware, jfc

Maybe masking VPNs ? Is that even a possibility? Like how people can mask something as Chrome already.

Russia annexed Crimea, has military operations in other countries, is currently invading Ukraine with the goal of conquering it, and has Belarus and Transnistria as puppet states, as well as Ossetia and Abchazia. And not to mention, it’s spreading its poison of fascism abroad to Hungary (yet another puppet state) and Trump is bootlicking Putler’s shrimp dick.

You can deny what you want, but the harsh truth doesn’t care.

The only good fascist is a dead one, point said.

Yes, and the jurisdiction counts too. I still don’t understand for example, why Wikipedia still is based in the US, when there are much freer options.

And… even with surveillance, I think police needs a reform. Right now cops are biased in favour of repressive forces, to dismantle liberty and order, in favour of chaotic surveillance.

There are no good reasons for pervasive government surveillance. Especially not without a warrant. Fuck that shit. It’s all about control.

Depends on your threat model. Generally, whichever country can harm you most, (eg. your residence country, or a privacy-disrespecting one like the USA and China), are to watch out for. Remove those.

And in case you’re forced to still pick one of either… have burner phones, focused each on a different country. So if your threat is the US, go for China, and vice versa. After all, the US hates China, and vice versa. So if you’re looking up stuff that would be illegal in the US but legal in China, that would best be done on a burner for China; after all, China supports enemies of the USA. And vice versa.

Personally I’d say the following ones would be (relatively) good. Good as well is to reduce dependency on a single country, and to compartmentalise your searches. Use a paid VPN and a privacy-respecting browser like LibreWolf.

• Anything obscure that isn’t ultimately owned/followed by the US or China.
• YaCy
• Qwant
• Ecosia
• Mojeek
• Exalead
• Presearch

The more you spread it, the better. Also a good tip, be active at different hours. Not always afternoon, or whatever. Watch your user agent and try to combat deep packet inspection.

And the CLOUD act then? Doesn’t the US require a backdoor for a lot of stuff?

I’m paranoid of the fascists.

Mojeek is British, not EU. But it’s good privacy wise.

For a Startpage alternative, Qwant exists (which is very good). But it’s not as good for privacy.

Yandex is supported by the fascist, imperialist Russian mafia state.

I’d recommend self-hosted SearXNG instead.

For Amazon the best replacement would be Bol.com if you’re in the Benelux. If not, shop locally (except for malls).

Some people don’t realise it immediately, though. What would you say for that one?

Good move of Nepal to ban Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Whatsapp, VK, WeChat, Threads, as well as Facebook, LinkedIn, Facebook Messenger, Pinterest, and Discord.

That said, Mastodon and Signal also being included, is dumb. What Nepal could do better, is that upon visiting one of the banned sites, users are advised to download another, decentralised medium.

So, what you’re saying, is that one would have to use an e-sim rather than physical sim? To avoid a zero-day exploit? I find that hard to believe.

That’s fucking scary. Trump, Thiel, and every single fascist ally of him needs to get a treatment of eternal sleep.

Everyone’s*.

When Trump does something, the rest of the world experiences the antisocial oligarch pedo’s ruffles.

Hold up, accessing Signal?

Thiel is scum and needs to pass away for his crimes instigating a fascist police state.

Ooo, a GrapheneOS phone would be awesome.

Remember when someone posted Musk’s (public) flight data? When Musk said anything could be public?

And then Musk removed the flight data.

Rules for thee but not for me. They’re bloody hypocrites.