Best privacy preserving measures


Considering the current intrusive cyber climate, what are the best ways to preserve privacy?

For example, I have been exclusively using a VPN connection network-wide at home setup on OpenWrt, which in turn has a PiHole as its DNS, with the PiHole using Unbound and NextDNS (redundant I know, but I use it to encrypt my requests more than anything else).

I also have Wireguard setup so I can VPN all my devices to my network while I am on the road (also have a NextDNS profile installed. Yes I know, it’s redundant).

I also basically have all my “smart” devices (TV, lightbulbs, air purifier, etc…) at home cutoff from the internet using OpenWrt’s firewall to prevent them from calling home.

I rotate web browsers frequently to try and attempt avoiding getting fingerprinted, not sure how useful that is.

I switched email providers to mailbox.org because f*** Google and Microsoft.

I also am hosting my own cloud drive on Nextcloud to avoid using services like GDrive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc…

I own Apple devices which aren’t the best for privacy but migrating from a whole ecosystem that I have been embedded in for MANY years is easier said than done. Hopefully in the future that’s my next move.

I feel like there is a lot more I can do but I am not sure what else. I would appreciate any and all suggestions ya’ll might have.

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in reply to Theodore John Kaczynski

@Theodore John Kaczynski @Autumn It's the sum total of what was done. And robotics were less a thing in 1969 than 1976. Beyond that I love sci-fi, I've seen lots of it, and 2001 was probably the most technically realistic ever, even so it paled by contrast. I don't think Hollywood was up to the task. By the way, did you know Holly Wood is what witches made their wands out of?
in reply to DominusOfMegadeus

Lol to this, because it's partially true, but also a bit defeatist.

You need to stay on top of berry bushes quarterly in warmer zones, but this person is in Minnesota. I don't think they'll thrive their like they would in warmer zones without harsh winters.

If farms can keep them in check, regular gardeners can as well, it just takes a fair amount of effort.

CIA Finds Ex-Director Brennan at the Center of 2016 Russiagate Fraud eir.news/2025/07/news/cia-find…

The unexplained death of a top Russian oilexecutive on July 4 is fueling renewed scrutiny over the rising number of high-profile Russian officials and businessmen who have died under mysterious circumstances -- specifically, have fallen out of windows.
Andrei Badalov, vice president of Transneft, Russia's largest state-controlled pipeline transport company, died after falling from the window of his apartment in Moscow.
Russian state news agency TASS, citing law enforcement sources, claimed the preliminary cause of death was suicide.
While Russian authorities often label these falls as suicides or accidents, others suggest something more deliberate may be at play
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How brutal is Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’? The answer is in the charts:

📉 Millions lose Medicaid
💸 Student debt payments spike
🌍 Climate investment gutted
📈 $3T deficit explosion
All to shower billionaires in tax cuts. One big, draconian mess 👇 #press

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Which MLB player have I RE-NAMED "KETTLE OF VAGINAL SECRETIONS?"

FIND OUT at @Darren's fantastic RANDUMB THOUGHTS episode:
randumbthoughts.com/2025/07/02…

That Big Bullshit bill, among other horrors, bloats the ICE gestapo budget to a genocidal degree. And here’s why….the first is a history is truly horrible, starting with the vile activities of COINTELPRO.

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There is finally a genuine counter-culture push against this, described adroitly here. The BBC is a complete load of crap.
caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-empire…

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And Chris lays out the vile profiteers who will be behind the coming genocide against the American people. Because genocide is profitable. And bonus! Cruelty is the point for many of these shits. IBM, MIT, Microsoft, Palantir, BP, Chevron, Blackrock, Amazon, “Alphabet” (google), so on ad nauseam.
chrishedges.substack.com/p/pro…

Today is a day of profound mourning.
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Nunca digas que has sido hacker


Nunca digas que has sido hacker, la gente no te preguntará por tus conocimientos o tus hazañas, en vez de eso todo cambiará, te mirarán con desconfianza y te tendrán miedo, te echarán la culpa de los fallos de sus sistemas, y creerán que con el roce de un teclado sabrás su contraseña y que puedes destruir satélites o provocar un caos global, y si eres desarrollador nunca probarán tus aplicaciones por miedo a ser infectados con el virus más sofisticado que puedas imaginar. Entiendo el miedo de la gente que no entiende, pero la vida no es una película, o sí? 🎥

https://blog.manalejandro.com/tag/Nunca

Yesterday, 2/3 of Dutch parliament voted for laws designed by Wilders' PVV to make life for refugees and other asylum seekers in the Netherlands even more miserable. Even giving support (food, shelter) to 'illegal aliens' would become a criminal offence. nos.nl/l/2573574
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Today, the green/social-democrat opposition party started a petition to block these laws in the Senate.
It has 60,000 signatures already:
groenlinkspvda.nl/petitie/stop…

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>Romans 9, Galatians 3, and Revelation 7

Probably the three chapters from which snippets are quoted the most at those who think like me to "prove" what we're saying is false.

It is ironic because those are probably three of the strongest passages stating exactly what we're saying. They're where we even get the idea.

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Land acknowledgements are like this: Your parents give you $100k, you ask where it came from and they say "we stole it from Larry's parents, but they're dead now" and then, instead of giving the money to Larry, you spend the money on yourself, but every time you buy something you say "I feel bad about screwing Larry" like that makes you a good person. If you really believe you’re on stolen land, then give it back or STFU.

So I had an eye appointment today. As I'm waiting , this woman comes in with her husband to pick up her new glasses. Can't have the fit checked properly because that would mean taking off, or at the least moving, her hijab. So the woman serving her does the best she can to fit them and tells her to come back if there are issues so they can try again. Husband is also wearing glasses but since he doesn't have to wear any kind of covering I suspect his were fitted correctly the first time around.