Questions tagged [privacy]
Questions about protecting your privacy on your computer. Questions about privacy in web applications belong in WebApps.
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VPNs don't fully hide your identity? [closed]
Suppose I want to identify the perpetrator (call them X) of some suspicious/illegal activity online, with the help of the authorities.
X uses some legit, short-memoried VPN. But X uses some standard ...
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Is it safe to give my IP address to a website? [closed]
I have been having problems to visit Quora app. So I informed them, although much later, and they said they needed some information. I obliged. Then they asked my IP address. Now I am in hesitation as ...
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How to delete my email account from "activity history" in "Privacy"?
How to delete my email account from "activity history" in "Privacy"?
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Do passkey's support privacy as well as security or just security? [closed]
Do passkey's support privacy as well as security or just security?
Can passkeys be used to identify individuals across websites against the user's wishes and subsequent configuration?
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Effectively hiding IP
Context: Consider the scenario in which you want to hide your ISP IP address from the application service you are accessing/using.
Possible solutions: In general, three scenarios for trying to ...
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Can Microsoft Edge send browsing history to Microsoft for targeted advertising?
In Google Chrome, if you synchronize your browsing history between multiple devices, then Google can use your browsing history for advertising purposes. Unless you disable this in your Google Account ...
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What can the ISP see when using website-based-VPN and not software-based-VPN? [duplicate]
Can ISP see which page I am visiting when using website-based-VPN like https://proxyium.com/ ?
Can they see the title of the page, the meta-data?
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Are cookies in third-party ads now blocked in Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Chrome?
The Storage Access API is relevant to user agents that, by default, block access to third-party cookies to improve privacy (for example, to prevent tracking). There are legitimate uses for third-party ...
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When saving as a PDF document, Excel uses your name as the author for the PDF doc - How to stop it doing this?
I create PDF invoices for my clients from a template I created in Excel. Rather annoyingly, Excel is auto-populating my name in the 'Author' field for the PDF document. The only way to remove it is to ...
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Privacy implications of using OAuth 2 in local Microsoft apps
When setting up OAuth authentication in Microsoft applications, I'm prompted with scary dialogs like the ones below. This example is using Outlook 2016 to configure a GMail account[1], but I've seen ...
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How to remove your name from the title bar of Microsoft Office apps?
Microsoft Office apps display your Microsoft Account name in the title bar:
How to hide/edit/remove it?
People were asking this since showing the name was introduced into Office, and have even come ...
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How do I clear the "recent files" in VLC on Windows 11?
I have VLC pinned to the task-bar. Right clicking on it shows a list of recent files.
I have cleaned out the Windows "Quick Access" history and also cleared the "Recent Media" in ...
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How to use HP M209dw printer on LAN only (disconnect/block it from “phoning home” on the Internet)?
I don't want my HP M209dw printer to chat with its corporate mothership any more. I just want to use the hardware I bought and have it work for me on my local network without complaining about the ...
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Disable Windows 11 data collection across an entire tenant for O365 Enterprise?
I'm at my wit's end with how much Windows 11 is sending back in terms of information used for "personalized ads". The security policy I need to adhere to is very IP protective and basically ...
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Delete selected sites cookies on Firefox automatically
I set the cookie preferences on each site via Super Agent or manually, however I want to always remove the ones that now force us to accept some pages if we don't pay. So what I want is to delete the ...
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Privacy concerns related to OpenPGP (Email Encryption) key being searchable on key servers
I am considering configuring PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) in my Thunderbird email client to enhance the security and privacy of my email communication.
However, I am concerned about potential privacy ...
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How to upgrade SSD with windows 11 without losing offline licence? [duplicate]
I'm planning to buy a laptop with Windows 11 and immediately upgrade SSD. I assume I will be able to use the laptop initially without creating online windows account (and I strongly prefer this for ...
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In mIRC (internet relay chat) and IRcap, hide channels I'm joined to in status windows
I use mIRC and IRcap and I'm interested in not showing the channels I am joined to, to other users in their (mIRC/IRcap) status windows, is there any configuration I can use to accomplish this? Or ...
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IPv6 and Privacy Extensions in Linux not working as expected with dhcpv6
I'm trying to setup my desktop to generate and use temporary address for IPv6, but no matter what I'm doing it is not working.
My internet router is managed by my provider, so I can not influence the ...
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Disable writing to macOS DNS cache
Can writing to the macOS DNS cache be disabled through configuration, so that DNS resolution doesn't leave a mark on the filesystem?
The context is that I want to avoid logging the details of network ...
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Is automatic Bluetooth visibility the new standard?
On most older devices, Bluetooth visibility options may have been enabled by default, but were always able to be controlled by the user.
For example, in Windows 7, you have the following Bluetooth ...
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Where is Activity History Stored on Windows 10?
Under Privacy > Activity History, I have "Store my activity history on this device" checked.
But I can't find anywhere that says where that data is actually stored.
I'm aware I can go to ...
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2-of-3 USB Data Backup
I have 3 usb sticks and have data that needs to be backed up securely.
The 3 USB-Sticks will all be stored in different places and I want NO files to be recoverable from just one stick - I want it to ...
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Is there any residual data from booting from a USB?
I've been getting ready to boot from a Kali Linux Live Boot USB. Is there any way my privacy can be compromised after I remove the USB by going through logs or otherwise hidden data? If so, is there a ...
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What is a software doing when “calling home” or “phoning home”?
I saw “calling home” mentioned in several places but I can't find a clear definition.
References:
Stop Netgear Orbi from calling home (SuperUser)
It's easy to run Windows 10 without any calling home ...
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When exactly do VMs receive the shared clipboard data in VMware/VirtualBox?
For many years, I have been running untrusted programs in VMs.
I have used both Windows and Linux as the host OS, and both (many versions of) VMware Workstation Player and VirtualBox on both OSes. The ...
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How to remove Google Drive folder after uninstalling Google Drive on MacOSX 13.5.1
I've uninstalled Google Drive from my company laptop running MacOSX 13.5.1 (by deleting the application from the Application folder using Finder, and I wanted to delete my Google Drive Data, which do ...
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Why doesn't randomization of HTTP header work with Requestly?
As part of my efforts to thwart fingerprinting, I used Google Bard to tell me how to randomize my HTTP accept headers with Requestly. However, when I go to https://amiunique.org to check my accept ...
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Identifying information contained in Adobe files
For many file formats, there are typical types of metadata that one may want to erase if they do not want personally-identifying information to be associated with the file. EXIF data in image files is ...
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Is there a way to hide as a spoiler some part of sensitive information in files in VS Code, like stars in a password
I share my desktop, so I don't want to overly expose my tokens while I am showing off how I code.
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