Post #1084720

2026-04-05 16:25 UTC

It sucks, there's inherently a trade-off between anonymity and participating on the Internet. Here's my step-by-step plan to staying anonymous on the Internet: - Acquire a Thinkpad T480 with cash. Meet somewhere without cameras. Don't drive past traffic or Flock or Ring cameras on the way. Leave your phone at home. - Flash libreboot, install Qubes OS - Spoof your Wi-Fi adapter MAC address - Crack your neighbor's Wi-Fi password - Operate over TOR to exploit machines and build a botnet around the world under different jurisdictions - Be active during set hours to appear as if you operate in a different region - Build proxychains across your botnet - Don't do anything at all on the Internet because everything now requires an account and identity - Go outside and touch grass Edit: I don't know how to format.

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@Specter@piefed.social 2026-04-05 19:10

Man I don’t know if this is a parody but you’re inconveniencing yourself to an extreme that doesn’t make any sense especially when the EU is in negotiations to [happily hand out all our biometric data to the US](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/negotiating-an-eu-us-biometric-information-sharing-agreement/) anyway. I am all for privacy but let’s be honest it is a total sham nowadays. Go de-google to your hearts content, i did the same and I couldn’t be happier (you just get treated better when you’re not the product, funnily enough), just understand you’re not really protecting yourself from anything when governments can, and do, just negotiate your data behind your back anyway.

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