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I disagree; while Mullvad is very good with their no logs policies and collecting minimal info, it is generally good opsec not to centralize too many assets or data points into one company. Example: using android with chrome and google vpn, all your data is, from start to finish, in the hands of Google. Mullvad is miles better than Google of course, but I believe the same strategy applies

In my opinion it does offer the best in class for anti-fingerprint features out of the box. Personally I don't use it because I need browser addons. Adding addons to mullvad kinda defeats the purpose, as they will make your browser extremely unique. Librewolf + addons is more fingerprintable, but still less so than Mullvad + addons imo. I feel like it is useful to have both; Librewolf + addons for your daily driver, and vanilla Mullvad for extra anonymous browsing, web searches, etc.

As a side note too, I have also heard that using Mullvad browser + Mullvad VPN is a bad idea, because it gives Mullvad as a company more information points that might potentially deanonymize you. Part of the reason why Mullvad is so great is that when an entity subpoenas your info, Mullvad can say "we don't know anything sorry." So the more information points you give, the more that defense weakens, even though Mullvad itself is trustworthy

Calyx recently had some staff problems plus Google started witholding certain aspects of Android on the Pixel that complicated development, (which affected Graphene too). If you're thinking long term, Pixels are becoming another enshittification project by Google.

There are alternatives like the Fairphone, but they are overpriced and a little janky. There are also linux phones like the pine phone or the librem, but those still need polish. Mobile privacy is looking pretty bleak atm, but I'm hoping linux phones take off, and Calyx gets back in the game with CalyxOS eventually

I use an Xbox series controller on Linux, and it works great. I like the ergonomics and stick feel personally. 8bitdo also makes excellent third party controllers

This was never a debate. This is me calling out your hateful behavior. Ad hominem is exactly what I'm doing, because I'm not arguing with you, I'm calling you out on your bad character. This is supposed to be a place for uplifting content, yet all I see you doing is tearing people down

Looking at your mostly downvoted comment history, I can see you're the irrelivant, wrong and off topic one. If you don't relate or care about a post, stay on Reddit with the other bigots and haters. Don't relate to a post? Move on. Don't like religion? Keep the hate to yourself. Simple.

I found the Redditor

Like others have said, this is an age old question. Plato's Cave is my favorite rendition of the question.

The simple solution would be reason. Unless we live in a dystopia in full effect, like in 1984 or Fahrenheit 451, there will usually be multiple sources and perspectives on an issue or event, AI or not. Get info from all sides, and make a well informed personal decision with the info available. Never believe something initially and only do so if it is confirmed by multiple sources. Use logic, science, reason, ethos, or even faith as tools to seek and verify truth

Tempe is probably the 1 place I would want a car. No one wants to walk around in 110°F / 43°C heat. I've traveled there a few times and it's like being cooked in an oven

I feel like stories have never been my go to. I always find myself playing games with excellent gameplay, rather than story (Mindustry, Balatro, Galaga, etc). I love a good story don't get me wrong, but gameplay is my main attraction to games, and I feel thats where games started. If you look at retro games like Dig Dug or Adventure, or even modern indie titles like Balatro the attraction is basically 90% gameplay

I agree, AAA games are long dead. However there was a time where AAA games were amazing, maybe around the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox era. Back when devs were allowed creative freetom to make the games they actually wanted and try new things. I think a lot of people with these complaints miss that level of catered quality from back then

I found that apps and browsers could fingerprint me with aspect ratio alone. For me it was DuckDuckGo giving me localized results; I'm pretty sure both apps and browsers can get this info very easily. I'm sure Tiktok can fingerprint your phone with very few information points, especially if it's an app running on your phone, if not a simple website on your browser.

You might be able to get around fingerprinting if you use a firefox fork like Iceraven or Fennec, install ublock origin and privacy badger, and browse via the website, but even there they may have enough information points to fingerprint you. Megacorps like TikTok and Meta bend over backwards to get your info