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TheIPW

TheIPW@lemmy.ml

<p>Sysadmin and FOSS enthusiast. Self-hosting on Proxmox with a focus on privacy and digital sovereignty. Documenting my experiences with Linux, home labs, and the ongoing fight to keep Big Tech out of our hardware.</p> <p>@unknownuniverse@unkn.uk</p>

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    Which phone and message app are you using? I also don&#39;t see a way to view photos or files and which camera app? Obviously GrapheneOS is the best way to go for privacy but if you do stick to OEM Android then make sure you&#39;re using apps like the Fossify suite. I use their apps with all contacts and calendar synced via davx and self hosted on Nextcloud. What about KeePass, where is that data backed up?

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    Depends! Bazzite on ROG Ally X, Debian for servers, CachyOS for my desktop and laptop and Fedora for my sons PC

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    I think that’s a dangerous assumption to make. If the OS is tied to your physical identity, the &#39;VPN&#39; layer becomes much less of a shield. Once the kernel level is &#39;compliant&#39; with an ID check, the metadata being leaked or even the hardware ID itself makes anonymity a lot harder to maintain. You’re right about the social media risk, but the OS is the foundation. If you give up the keys to the house, it doesn&#39;t matter how many extra locks you put on the individual room doors....

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    User agents are just the tip of the iceberg. Between TCP/IP stack fingerprinting and modern hardware attestation (TPM/Secure Boot), pretending to be a different OS is becoming a lot harder than just changing a string in your browser settings. The &#39;handshake&#39; I mentioned before is at a much deeper level than that.

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    Actually, even without &quot;tracking&quot; individuals, the metadata is still there. I can see from my own anonymous, privacy-respecting server stats exactly how many hits are coming from Android versus GNU/Linux. There is no personal data involved, but the OS &quot;fingerprint&quot; is clear. If a small, self-hosted blog can see that high-level data, then a bank or a government gateway definitely can. The comparison to anti-piracy doesn&#39;t quite work because you don&#39;t have to &quot;log...

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    I agree with you, that&#39;s exactly what my post says. Microsoft is the trap. My point is that &quot;Sanitised Linux&quot; is just Microsoft-style shenanigans being forced onto our ecosystem via regulation. I literally started the post by saying Linux is the only sanctuary left.