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Big Tech keeps pushing the same line: "Privacy is dead. Just accept it. Fighting is pointless." It pisses me off because it's not a fact; it's what they want us to believe so we stop resisting. They say it in every interview and sponsored article, hoping we'll back down. But check this: Encrypted messaging apps like @signalapp are growing fast. More people switch to privacy-centric browsers like @brave every year. Courts keep ruling against mass data grabs. Regular people are finally learning what cookies, fingerprinting and telemetry actually do - and they're not happy. Privacy isn't dead. It's just bad for their ad revenue. Don't buy the "it's too late" lie. Install the privacy respecting browser. Use a secure password manager (not LastPass 😆) Pay a few euros for email and cloud storage provider that don't read your stuff. Support the orgs that actually fight their crap in court. We're still in this fight and we are winning. Keep going.

Digital security cannot be achieved without the proper privacy measures in place.

@gnukeith This one is even better

I am coming from my break just to call this guy an idiot. That’s all I have to say, until next time.

@euronewsnext No. Children should be taught how to use the social media platforms responsibly. And at the end of the day it’s up to parents to talk to their children about their presence on social media.

Should social media be banned for children? Euronews asks Europeans l.euronews.com/UvQM

Perplexity's "Incognito mode" sounds like a great way to search privately, but a new lawsuit claims it's basically a sham. According to the complaint, the AI search engine still tracks your queries, saves your data, and even shares them with Google and Meta without your knowledge or consent. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

BrowserGate documented something serious. LinkedIn silently fingerprint installed Chrome/Chromium extensions on page load - using extension probing and DOM-based detection, then send those results through its telemetry pipeline. The scanned list reportedly includes competitor sales tools, job-search extensions, and privacy/security software. Detecting those extensions can reveal political views, religious beliefs, neurodivergence-related usage, or that someone is actively looking for a new job. That matters more on LinkedIn than almost anywhere else, because LinkedIn already knows who you are, where you work, and who your employer is. Brave already blocks the relevant LinkedIn tracking endpoints - including /sensorCollect and the hidden li.protechts.net frame. Open LinkedIn in Brave with DevTools open and check the requests yourself. A Munich case is now on file. This deserves real regulatory scrutiny.

Windows always listens… 😏

@windscribecom Can I pay for my subscription with $FBUX?

For nearly a decade, Windscribe has proudly fought and advocated for online consumer privacy rights. Today, we are sad to announce that we have lost one of those fights.

Do yourself a favor, ditch Gmail entirely and switch to the privacy respecting email provider like @ProtonMail @TutaPrivacy or @MyStartMail

@obscuravpn This is what the overdose of KitKats does to your brain 🤪

I got tired of waiting for Obscura to be on all platforms, so I stole their source code and am launching KeithVPN. Unlike Obscura, it is available on all platforms right now! - Keith

@iAnonymous3000 @T_Q_Gardner Someone here said: I have nothing to hide but a lot to protect. That’s the essence of online privacy for me.

The “nothing to hide” argument fails every single time. It’s not about hiding. It’s about the fact that 1000s of companies you’ve never heard of are making decisions about you based on a profile you never consented to and can’t see. And not everyone building that profile has your best intentions. Privacy should be a baseline for dignity in a free society. The question was never “what are you hiding?” The question is “why does a company you’ve never interacted with have your home address, purchase history, and health searches?”

I recently got a reply to a tech post with an innocent, common idea but a big misconception about the big picture. “But Gardner i dont care about privacy, just don’t do bad things.” He was right, but only partly. Online privacy is not about keeping someone from seeing how long you spent on LonelyFans (that’s for your significant other to find). Think of privacy like being a super hot brunette walking into a bar. Immediately guys start tapping each other on the shoulder “hey look.” People try to figure out if anyone knows her, who is she here with, and let’s get as much information about her as possible. One person goes up to her and asks questions. He strikes out and brings all the information back to everyone else. Now let’s apply the analogy. You are person who at some point in the month have money. Everyone wants to know who’s customer you are, what’s your name, how much do you have, where to shop, what do you like to buy. Google, explorer, bing, windows, facebook, instagram, X. Unlike the bar, it’s you who decides which one will approach you. As soon as you interact, they start sharing everything about you. Security, determines how much they share. More importantly, how much they collect. Some, like windows, is that friend who knows everything about you. Even when you say no, they still collect some. If you don’t turn on, or have security, they are all that mouthy friend who doesn’t know when to stop talking. What if… what if instead of that chatty friend, you had your confidant. That best friend who saw everyone comparing notes, stood behind you and stared them down “don’t even think about it” Think of @brave as that friend. Worse, the apps, adds and trackers from their stores, websites and embedded in their software, like email; while you’re sharing information with your mouthy friend being careful what you do, those other things and shifting through your pocketbook to see what else you have been up to. Some are stalkers. They follow you, what websites do you visit next. Ok, you closed my app, but I’m going to hang out in the back ground and see what app you went to after you left me. If fact I want to know the next 4 apps you open, or the next 13 websites you go to. Most are harmlessly trying to figure out how to sell something to you. Or selling your information to someone else so they can sell you something. Shouldn’t you control what people know about you? Shouldn’t you control who advertises to you? shouldn’t you control who makes money selling your information? Imagine all your emails sitting at a table comparing notes and telling all your apps and web history what everything been sending. If you use visa or Mastercard, if you applied for a loan, how much you tried to borrow, when your family’s birthdays are, who is sick in your family ( “hey pill company, pop some ads on their page and mail them some fliers” Wouldn’t it be nice to have a friend who saw someone reaching for your id and about to go through your pocketbook (or on this case going through your email) slapping their hand “hey that’s none of your business!” That is what @BraveNightly is working on. A none-of-anyone’s business email account. Because, as @iAnonymous3000 points out, “Email is the biggest cross-site identifier most people leak without thinking about it.”

@gnukeith KitKeith 😂

Also we will NOT be calling me KitKat Keith from now on

I DID NOTHING!!!!!

@gnukeith It’s not always about you Keith! Do you suffer from the main character syndrome? 😆

On 29 March 2026, the Dutch cabinet (led by PM Rob Jetten) approved a bill allowing police to monitor public social media, collect names and messages of demonstrators - even if they’ve committed no offence. Reason: better control of protests. Justice Minister David van Weel calls it "21st-century policing". The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) and the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights strongly criticise the proposal for lacking clear boundaries, risking mass tracking, discrimination, and threats to privacy, free speech, and the right to protest. Now heading to Parliament. A dangerous precedent for Europe. I want to bring this to your attention: @EFF @ADFIntl @naomibrockwell @LudlowInstitute @EU_EDPB @EU_EDPS @NOYBeu @cdteu @ReclaimTheNetHQ @EURightsAgency @HumaneTech_ @AmnestyTech Article in Dutch: trouw.nl/binnenland/bur… #Privacy #FreeSpeech #Surveillance #DigitalRights #ProtestRights

Het kabinet-Jetten (ja, die @RobJetten van @D66, ooit de partij van burgerrechten) wil de politie gewoon burgers online mogen bespioneren zonder enige verdenking. Geen misdrijf, geen aanwijzing, gewoon meekijken omdat er misschien een demonstratie komt. Ze noemen het "de politie naar de 21ste eeuw brengen". Nee, dit is een digitale politiestaat in wording. Eerst openbare posts, straks ook besloten groepen, en dan verbieden ze berichten die "orde verstoren". Vrijheid van meningsuiting? Alleen als het kabinet het leuk vindt. Dit kabinet is zenuwachtig voor iedereen die niet braaf meedoet. Resultaat: mensen durven niks meer te zeggen of te doen uit angst in een risicoprofiel te belanden. Kortom: een gevaarlijke, autoritaire rotwet. Kamer, schop dit in de prullenbak! Nu!

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@gnukeith Nope. Not even on a yearly basis. Tried Comet some time ago but couldn’t find any sensible use case for it.

Gen question does anyone use agentic browsing on daily basis? Or at least weekly? Like Atlas, Comet, Brave etc etc I don't know how many browsers have that

@HartOnety @brave It's all about personal taste. Luckily, browsers today are built to be customized (some more than the others) 😉

@rasterized_doom @brave Yeah i feel you. Sometimes i also do the same but i prefer keeping my tabs always open at the right side, it's quicker. 😋

You don't need Chrome to use vertical tabs. Just right-click any tab in Brave to see the option to switch between horizontal and vertical.

@HartOnety @brave I also avoid using full-screen. Instead, I utilize vertical tabs and have the tab bar configured to auto-hide until cursor hover.

@rasterized_doom @brave After seeing your reply, i think it depends. A person like me who has many tabs at front can rarely go full screen (minimalistic). I agree some minds prefer this. But this thing is made purely out of aesthetics not functionally. 🙂