This is my main and active account at the moment. Other inactive accounts: pir8t0x@sh.itjust.works , pir8t0x@ani.social

I’m new to Lemmy and therefore exploring different instances, you could say. I myself am a pirate and I do it for watching purposes (this much is pretty obvious from my username). I’m also an otaku and somewhat of a privacy consious user.

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Joined 30 days ago
Cake day: January 24th, 2026
  • pir8t0x@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Need a solid daily driver browser that’s good for most things
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    19 hours ago

    If you want a privacy-focused Chromium browser with no Google stuff and also one that has extensions then, check out Cromite.

    If you want a privacy focused browser which runs the most smoothly out of all privacy focused browsers and is the best one for simple people, I suggest Brave. (sadly it’s a US product)

    And there’s always the Firefox forks, I would recommend these: Iceraven Browser, Fennec, WebLibre, IronFox. I would suggest IronFox and the most here since it’s the best one for privacy and doesn’t need any more hardening since it’s mostly fully hardened out-of-the-box. This is specifically for Android. If on desktop, you can check out LibreWolf, Mullvad Browser, Zen Browser etc. I recommend LibreWolf the most here.

    Main advice: Every browser has pros and cons. You have to use each one and figure out the best browser for yourself. For example, Brave is greatly hardened out-of-the-box and every site runs very smoothly. So, great convenience. But sadly, it’s a US product! Cromite has no Google stuff and runs smoothly too, but it’s not hardened out-of-the-box. You have to manually add filter lists to improve your experience. IronFox is greatly hardened out-of-the-box, but it’s sometimes too hardened that sites break or behave weirdly. And sites also don’t run as smoothly as it runs on Chromium browsers (this happens for any Firefox browser at all, especially on Android)

    Optional but recommended tip: Check out Celenity and his guides. You can also check out his Recommendations for services you use

  • pir8t0x@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Real name online?
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    2 days ago

    I used to do it before but not anymore. I use pseudonyms nearly 100% of the time whenever I make an account for anything.

    In case of the comments, I used to use Instagram at a time, and my Instagram has my real name, bio, and information. And as you know, there’s a lot of racism and toxicism on the platform’s comment sections so I have faced racism a bit. Aside from that, nothing much.

  • pir8t0x@lemmy.mltoPrivacy on Android@lemmy.ml•final steps for privacy. trackers in apps. options?
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    4 days ago

    As far as I know, Sentry is not harmful. If you wanna get rid of Mozilla Telemetry, use Brave (chromium) or IronFox (Firefox fork) instead of Firefox or you could also manually turn the telemetry off in Firefox settings. Get rid of the apps with Google trackers. And if you can’t get rid of the apps with the Google trackers, last resort is to use those apps in a work profile using Island, Shelter etc. I personally don’t like and use Rethink DNS because it reduces my internet speed a lot. I would rather suggest NextDNS and this NextDNS setup guide. In the case of ACRA, I’m less familiar with it, so I looked it up and apparently, ACRA itself is not inherently invasive, but its use in apps without proper transparency or user consent can lead to privacy-invasive behavior.

    And enlighten me on what app you’re using to see those trackers. As for me, I use Warden