PSA WHEN SHARING LINKS: Please remove anything that comes after a `?` in the url. It is a tracker and puts any Pede that clicks the link at risk of being doxxed by big tech.
Not quite. See mod comment.
Please be careful out there Pedes. ALWAYS check and clean your links before sharing.
EDIT:
Getting a lot of comments about valid use of query parameters (parts with the ? in a url).
It is true, not every query param needs to be removed from a url.
But if you are sharing anything from twitter, fb etc, please remove it (feel free to test the link before hand to make sure it is working)
? is a query param and may or may not be used for tracking. Usually news sites will use them to track referral campaigns (e.g. ref= twitter; fb-post, etc). They generally cannot be used for doxxing purposes. They CAN be used to exploit sites with XSS vulnerabilities.
However it is almost always safe to remove for the majority of sites in use.
HOWEVER, most people do not utilize marketing script / cookie tracking blockers (ublock, ghostery, brave browser) near enough. This CAN result in tracking and subsequent doxxing via 1 by 1px "beacons" loaded from Facebook, Google, and other 3rd party integrations on websites and emails.
Always use a VPN and/or TOR.
Use a spam or 10 min email for anon activities.
DO NOT use Google.
DO NOT use Gmail.
DO NOT use Facebook.
DO NOT USE ALEXA / GOOGLE HOME / GOOGLE ASSISTANT / CHROMECAST !!
Block all trackers, ads, pop-ups.
Safest thing to do is copy + paste links without the ? and following text in the URL instead of clicking on it.
Anything after "ref" on an Amazon link tracks you too, fyi.
We also need to be using Nitter instead of Twitter. Even if you have to reload the page a few times when its messing up.
No one does this, and I feel like I'm nagging everyone when I point it out.
And....there is an extension to Brave called 'Nitter Redirect' that automagically goes to the Nitter link of a Twitter link.
Does this work on mobile?
Not that I'm opposed, but I really don't see a reason why people cant take less than 10 seconds to edit their URLs prior to sharing.
Especially because if it saves someone who doesn't know Nitter or about the extension, from being tracked.
I have found the nitter.it mirror is generally faster and less popular if that helps
Good to know. Thank you
Many places, big ones especially, will not accept a ten minute email for exactly this reason.
There is nothing stopping you from using a spam account for those cases.
E.g. [email protected]
What's a 10 min email? Is there a way to only use a VPN when browsing the web without having to turn it on/off? (Sometimes I play video games and don't want the lag due to routing through a VPN.)
I think he is referring to the email address generation sites that are active for 10 minutes so you can register something before they expire and there is nothing to link it back to you
Ooo what would be some other sites that people could make use of? A list would be awesome (not just from yourself)
There is a privacy community on here at https://communities.win/c/Privacy which has some links. I wish it was more active so maybe this post might encourage people to engage in this more.
One way is to create a virtual machine (VM). You can connect to your VPN from inside the VM and do all your anon browsing from inside of it.
Also, many VPNs provide access to SOCKS5 proxy servers. If your provider does, you can also open a SSH SOCKS tunnel and route your browser traffic through said tunnel.
Here's some tutorials and more information on that-
https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-setup-ssh-socks-tunnel-for-private-browsing/
https://nordvpn.com/blog/socks5-proxy/
SOCKS5 isn't as secure as a VPN (packets aren't encrypted so ISP can perform deep packet inspection) but for simple browsing, it works nearly the same as long as you set up a tunnel.
And for your purposes, doesn't slow down your gaming.
thanks mate
If your VPN supports split tunneling technically this can be done but you would need to record what network requests your games make and add those to the list not going through VPN.
I like to change the referral campaigns especially on Amazon to 'trump hats' or some other silliness. My hope is someone somewhere is wondering how I got from trump hats to light bulbs or whatever
What would be good alternatives or ways to use things that require Gmail? What is a 10 min email?
https://www.sharklasers.com/
I use a combination of protonmail (not saying this is the best, I am wary about CERN connections) + a standing spam only email account
https://10minutemail.com/