Privacy settings Puns

Heya

u/MrAvenue made a post about this, but it's getting not enough attention. So I'll just repost, so a few more people read this.

So far I've played 12 games with zero issues. Please spread the word. I want my teams to be filled up with happy players.

Good hunt, Spartans.

Edit: We still need confirmation

There's a few users here for whom it does not seem to work. Please leave feedback, after testing.Worked fine for me (Win11), but there might be other variables in play.

Not the first time but I suspect it had to do with the redesign that came out today. Check your privacy setting because all of mine were set to "On" after I manually turned them all off when I installed the app. Just a heads up!

There are lots of easily found guides on minimizing Win 10’s privacy intrusions, which is why I’m asking for your help — I lack the sophistication and background to choose a respected site to start with. Further, since MS constantly changes things, I have no way of telling whether a guide is active or current (special place in hell for blog sites that randomly change the date on their articles to look like their recent).

I realize that there will still be many leaks and it’s likely a quixotic endeavour, but want to take whatever reasonable steps I can to stem the flow of data.

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The skippable bit: Why I need Windows 10 and can’t switch over entirely to Linux :

I am a writer/editor that collaborates on complex documents that go through several rounds of peer review. Most institutional client contracts specify that workflow must be done in a combination of MS Office products. I have tried several workarounds (e.g. Libre/Open Office, WINE) but the intricacy of comment discussions, tracked changes, etc. create problems. Further, in my off time I like to game with my son, mostly co-op via Steam, so notwithstanding Linux’s rising gaming status a Windows machine is essential.

If it makes a difference, most of my current browsing is done via Linux virtual machines (Vitualbox) through a ___, but I’d like to do most of my main/casual browsing natively. I mostly use Firefox with a suite of privacy-related extension (NoScript, Ublock, EFF’s tools).

Lastly, though I’m significantly motivated to protect privacy, I’m still relatively lax compared to many here; I’m in that middle ground of willing to put in an effort but not that much effort.

Dual booting is a PITA (read: privacy leaks through inaction/complacency), I’m not yet comfortable running a Windows guest as a workaround, and I’m not inclined to switch over to TAILS, etc.

Currently have 10 lines on Verizon. Recently I saw they were selling our data and I had to go on the Verizon app and disable for all 10 lines.

I'd bet my life ATT does the same thing, but before I switch I wanted to see if there was a similar way to disable them selling our data? or do they have a different procedure.

TIA

My partner and I have been together for about a year. We’re both on Facebook so we changed our relationship status to in a relationship a while ago. Pretty normal stuff.

Yesterday I went to post something on her page and I noticed that her relationship status was gone from her intro. I didn’t think much of it at first, but then I started to think about why. I brought it up during a conversation later that day and I asked her if there was a reason why she changed it and she claims that in her words ‘that she hadn’t consciously changed it’ since she first updated it. Weird. Basically we worked out that her privacy setting for her status went from public to friends only all by itself for some reason.

Now I know this all sounds like very trivial/non issue stuff. But now I’m wondering what’s going on. Do peoples Facebook privacy settings accidentally change? Maybe there was a glitch in the system? Maybe she has lied about it and changed it for a reason?

Up until this point there hasn’t been any real trust issues, although I have noticed she seems to keep our relationship very light (almost like she downplays it) on socials, different to IRL.

I know it doesn’t seem like a big deal and I know it’s not a huge thing to lie about (if she is) but why would she?

Thanks

Facebook Messenger on my Android phone doesn't have any special restrictions but I have the Facebook account that they automatically set up running behind Firefox's fence. This is likely the problem. I want to keep my privacy settings and addons in both Firefox and Vivaldi. What I would like is to STAY AWAY from Facebook altogether. I have never used it. Can we do that in a safe-for-kids way on her iPad? I am not well informed about social apps and don't really care to be.

Like the title says, about a week ago I noticed her ‘in a relationship with me’ info was not on the front page of her Facebook profile anymore all of a sudden (not sure when this happened as I don’t go on SM much). I confronted her about it, she said that she hadn’t changed anything and even showed my her phone straight away - indeed it was still visible to her friends, just not on the front of her profile anymore - I worked out that means it would have had to be changed from public to friends only. And this is the part that is confusing/concerning.

I asked her again if she had changed and she continued to tell me she hadn’t changed it and would have no reason to, claiming that she would happily tell the world about us. But on the other hand, Facebook usually doesn’t change things by itself, in other words she is lying or there is more to this than I thought. By this point I’m feeling quite confused and anxious. I decided to drop the subject after the second confrontation but afterwards she seemed a bit upset and told me it feels like I trust her anymore. I asked her if the roles were reversed how would she feel - she said she would be concerned but she would trust me at my word.

The replies to my original post were less than encouraging - basically that she is hiding that we’re in a relationship to explore other avenues, etc. As much as that might make sense, everything else in our relationship to date has said otherwise - she couldn’t be more perfect, loving, committed, etc., absolutely nothing to say that she would be unfaithful. I completely trust her. Now I’m finding it a little difficult.

The last couple days I have felt terrible, anxious and confused. I want to believe her, everything else in the relationship says that she wouldn’t do anything deceitful or unfaithful. But I guess all the comments to the original post are saying the opposite. We have talked about marriage, expressed to each other that we’re in it for the long haul, and we actually have decided to do IVF together (starting next month) as we both want to start a family but she has fertility issues.

I don’t know what to do/what to think or feel. I’ve had relationships before and nothing has ever felt this solid. I want to/have to trust her completely but this has thrown me a little. I’ve already confronted her about it twice, she says she hasn’t done anything. I can’t absolutely prove that she changed her privacy, I feel like I don’t have much ground to prove if she is being d

Hey guys. A few years ago, I had the amazing idea to create a pinterest account with my real name. That means: First, Middle and Surname. Because my name is rather uncommon, my pinterest profile & some of the pins start to pop up as soon as you google my name. To fix this issue, I changed my account name and made all of my boards secret. Now I also activated "Search engine privacy", but it doesn't work. Please please help me. Some of the pins that show up were pinned years ago and are very very embarrassing. I don't want any connections to them :'c

Thanks in advance! <3

After running some updates and rebooting following yesterday's announcement, I scanned over my Firefox about:preferences page to see if there were any changes that stood out. In Privacy & Security > Firefox Data Collection and Use, I saw that the first three were all checked ('Allow Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla', 'Allow Firefox to make personalized extension recommendations', and 'Allow Firefox to install and run studies').

I am 100% certain that I unchecked all of these after being notified of changes to my Firefox settings right after I updated to Mint 20.3. And I'm sure that my recollection of this is correct because I have multiple Firefox profiles and it's the same situation for each one. Oh, and there's no notification of settings changes this time.

I searched up my Xbox Live gamer tag on https://xboxgamertag.com/ and a 59 games I've previously played were listed, even games that I haven't played through the Xbox game store / game pass, this alarmed me - how is Microsoft / Xbox tracking my game history and why is it easily viewable by others if they decide to search up my gamer tag?

I signed into my Privacy & online safety page for my account, scrolled to the "Others can:" section and noticed that a lot of personal settings were on by default, even ones like:

Others can see your friends list

Others can see your game and app history

Real Name - Decide who can see your real name. <- this was defaulted to 'Everyone'

You can share your real name with friends of friends - Decide whether friends of friends can see your name. <- this was defaulted to 'Allow'

If you're conscious about your online privacy, especially in video games, make sure you check to see if those are turned off for you.

I have a fresh install of LTSC 2021. I uninstalled the Edge browser, changed all relevant privacy options in the Windows settings menus, and then set telemetry to "0" in the Group Policy Editor.

Without resorting to third-party software, are there any other privacy-enhancing steps I can take?

Some time ago, I changed my settings so that I have to accept every follower. Now I can't seem to find a way to turn it back to normal. Any ideas where it might be? I think I clicked through everything on the site🤷‍♂️

When I go to settings then wifi in IOS, the wifi I use says this at the top. What does it mean and how could I help stop it?

Privacy Warning

This network is blocking encrypted DNS traffic.

The names of websites and other servers your device accesses on this network may be monitored and recorded by other devices on this network.

I remember seeing a link in a comment to a multipage - around 15 pages - comprehensive guide on essential privacy and security settings plus recommended Software (O&O Shut up was one of them) for a windows 10 fresh install. I can't seem to find it now. The author used a nickname which was also in the title of the guide and the guide was free but offered a paid searchable pdf for download. Can anyone please remember it?

Right now the page doesn’t seem to exist on prepaid account.

- Everyone has right to know buids of the teammates, especially if other players don't mind share this information

- Developers might be interested in improving their product, not in breaking feature, which was working quite well before (with mod)

- Hiding builds won't help in forming good, strong quick play parties, where ALL players:

• Are confident in ability of the group to complete mission
• Are satisfied with builds of their teammates
• Can easily adapt own build according other builds

- Good, strong quick play parties from thesis above are EXTREMELY important when playing on high difficulties. Or, more precisely, when you play on your limit: e. g. on cata with not the best build, testing some stuff. You want to sure your mates will be able to control situation in battle instead of you with meta, and, on the other hand, THEY are interested in knowing what trial they sign up for.

- If you can't make sure you are in good, strong quick play party now, you will just play on lower difficulty than you possibly can. It's not good for you in most cases (if you want to improve skills in game), and, SUDDENLY, it's worse for your mates. You'll just steal all specials/elites, running and cleaning a map like a hero alone ( low difficulty gives you no challenge, is easy and boring). We all have seen that type of players

- Hiding builds won't help with "toxic behaviour" (which is basically a will to play with comfort, but some people express it rudely). Eventually you will know weapons and talents your mates using, it just takes some time. Time you spend in presumably impassable battle. And time you spend in battle with no comfort or fun will OBVIOUSLY result in EVEN MORE toxic behaviour.

- If you want to hide more info because of "toxic behaviour", I recommend you to remove portrait frames, hide level, completely hide ping, remove button which leads to steam profile. Maybe hide some ally buffs on you or make ally weapons invisible. That will be great, I promise

I want a game without this stupid setting, at least with "show for all" mode by default. I don't hope developers will listen to my list of judgements, but I tried.

Hey all. I noticed Chrome is significantly faster to load pages on my PC.

I followed the privacytoolsio guide for hardening Firefox. Been using it like this for months, so I never noticed. Is that the reasony Firefox is so slow?

Does the app have any privacy settings? Like requiring Face ID to open or setting a passcode. I have my planners & journal on a shared iPad and I’ve been trying to see if there’s a way to lock the app.

As the title says. Would love to know how to modify my privacy settings on my business lines, but looks like that's not an option.

When I try to change the name of my land, it keeps saying that I need to change something in my privacy settings but I'm not sure what to change.