Privacy in the digital age

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/wewewawa on 2024-11-10 01:38:54.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/marshmellowsfields on 2024-11-10 01:34:33.

I recently was in a car accident. Today I randomly decided to search my name and about 6 results down the police report with ALL my sensitive info like address, DOB even license number appears. I know it’s technically public records but it’s still my personal info. How do I get this removed and not be easily found on sites like google.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/SupermanKal718 on 2024-11-09 23:31:04.

Edit- I was originally told it was Windows 11 but it actually windows 8.1

My Uncle lost his fight to cancer two days ago. My Aunt and two cousins don’t know the password for his laptop and pc which had a ton of family pictures and other information they need. They have access to his phone and unfortunately the password isn’t the same. I also am and admin on his synology nas and unfortunately there was no notes for passwords or anything else that was helpful to access his pc and laptop.

Is there anyway of being to access his windows 8.1 laptop and pc without knowing the password? He is also the only user on those two computers.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Long_Bed_4568 on 2024-11-09 21:57:03.

Only way to upload a file on there, without exposing your username, is to upload it as a guest with expiration. Unfortunately you lose complete control of the file. I followed this link, and same thing:

https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/16wqasb/best_pastebin_alternative/

Don't want to register on 10 different sites only to get the same results. Sheesh louish.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/mm27r on 2024-11-09 21:44:18.

I’m looking for an email client to help manage my 15+ emails. They are a mix of personal and business and I would like to know if there is a tool/software that could help and that takes privacy seriously and is safe/secure. I am on macOS and before anyone says to use the built in Apple mail app, it’s really resource intensive and also lack features like attachments for example. Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I would also prefer something sleek looking and overall pretty simple.

EDIT: I mean I get issues when sending attachments as do a lot of people.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/n00namer on 2024-11-09 20:36:37.

Hey folks,

I'm considering to move away from Proton Unlimited to Apple iCloud+. I'm using my custom domain so moving mail is not the issue.

But, I'm fully dependant on the SimpleLogin, for which Proton recently increased the price (so not sure how much it does make sense to pay separately for SimpleLogin). I'm not using ProtonPass and not sure I'm going to start doing this.

So, I'm curious how good/bad is Addy.io nowadays? When I subscribed to SL it was out of the competition, but 36 (Premium) vs 12 (Lite) is quite a decent difference. Considering, my aliases on Custom domain so bulk import could be quite easy.

Thanks

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/MyDogNewt on 2024-11-09 17:32:36.

I'm a 3L in law school in Oklahoma and the firm I work at had an interesting case come up the other day. Our client was arrested and his cell phone was seized. While in custody, LE came to him with a search warrant signed by a judge for his phone and an order that the defendant disclose his seized phone's passcode. The defendant was told that refusal to disclose the passcode would result in contempt charges and subsequent punishment. The defendant then reluctantly recited his passcode for LE.

I've yet to get the search warrant return to see exactly how the state argued this point and got the judge to agree.

However my research has shown this has happened before, in Oklahoma and New Jersey, and been upheld on appeal.

Appears prosecutors and judges are utilizing the Foregone Conclusion doctrine as an exception to the protections of both the 4th and 5th Amendments to the US Constitution.

This is a road I hate to see our courts going down as the implications to personal privacy are extremely detrimental. You could apply this to cell phone passcodes, electronic storage device passcodes, safe combinations and more.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/DrunkRichBoy on 2024-11-09 13:39:36.

heard some rumors about Adobe Premiere/ After Effects and its data-collecting issues,

should i worry about my content while uploading it into the software's time line? and do i need to turn off the internet to prevent such data-collecting issues?

can a cracked software spy on me, even tho if i'm just using a cracked version of it?

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Legal_Ad_5437 on 2024-11-09 08:29:58.

followed by '' to improve the product'' and I want to help my email provider that I am subscribed to, private network provider, calendars, password managers, authenticators, browsers that I use etc.

However we do not know if the data is really anonymised. We do not see what is really being collected and done behind the scene in the kitchen with that data. We do not even know when we check the box in good faith, if they really care to collect it to improve anything at all.

Sometimes I see vague phrases like: ''your anonymized usage data may be used for research purposes''

What research is that, how much data, we know nothing. We don't know if we don't check the box if our data can be collected anyway. Is such consent just to save the face ? Who audits and monitors these activities we don't know.

Often times it is said that open source code can be verified. However no avarage or even those who are above avarage can read a code and understand what it does. Is a product being an open source a gurantee that our data won't be misused ? What are your thoughts ? Do you agree to help your privacy tools with such consent ? Do you trust the disclaimers and privacy policies that companies publish ?

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Academic-Cook-5953 on 2024-11-09 20:33:27.

These 2 apps work on 2 different algorithms AES-256 (Bear) and XChaCha-Poly1305-IETF + Argon2 (Notesnook), which would you say is better in terms of security and privacy?

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Next_Manufacturer743 on 2024-11-09 19:31:25.

I was using my friends hotspot and she said something like "I can connect to your phone?" While looking through the settings or something and It got me thinking. Can she see my messages or what I do on apps such as Snapchat, Discord Etc? She's on IPhone and I have a Samsung phone if that's makes a difference. Sorry if this is stupid , I am quite uneducated on things like this and also a terribly paranoid person.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Bachihani on 2024-11-09 19:24:47.

I developed software for enterprise resources management, i spent over a year working on it and it focuses a lot on point of sale functionality. I m planning on launching it for free, but the cost of development and deployment and everything in between is too high and it requires full-time work to maintain it. The reason i started developing it is cuz i was in the position of searching for similar software but all the offerings on the market turned out to be monopolised by one company and excessively pricey. I want to keep the original intent of offering free/cheap but also quality experience. So here comes conflicting part ... I met some people who work in collecting and analysing consumer behaviour and they offered me generous deals for selling data that i would collect about what products my clients sell (generous enough to cover the cost of development as well as some profit for me). Do i sell that data ? (they don't want the data specific to my clients, only about the things being sold through the software) Or do i deviate from the original idea and make my software paid ? Is there someway of ethically collecting data without compromising too much on the monetisation? I would love to hear your opinions.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Someguy9385 on 2024-11-09 18:43:37.

first of all, i want to thank everyone who helped me sleep that night. every single one of you who commented helped. i ended up not talking to my parents after seeing some comments about how this is a scam where nothing ends up happening. i blocked them on everything plus the 4 different phone numbers they texted me from. the threats they were sending were stuff like “i will send this to all the bloggers!” which i got a kick out of because bloggers are really gonna care about a ugly naked guy. they also sent “i will send these pictures to your parents” but i lied about my name, age, and they only knew i lived in seattle and went to high school. it is now the next morning and i believe i am safe but still slightly paranoid. i will make a post on r/scams to let them all know about this type of scam and also tell them the tiktok account and numbers associated with the scammer. once again, thank you all who commented with advice or counseling.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/MoonInAries17 on 2024-11-09 18:34:30.

Hi everyone,

Today we were at my boyfriends parentes house and his niece and nephew were there too. Both children are sick and there was a bottle of children's cough syrup (I-buron) on the table right in front of us.

Low and behold a couple hours after we were there, there was an ad for I-buron on my Instagram feed.

I had never seen this med in my life before. We only see my boyfriends nephews every two weeks and this time we hadn't seen them for a month. I don't have children or children close to me and I don't deal with children in my daily life.

We didn't talk about the kids syrup, it was simply there on the table, but it's not impossible that they said the name of the kids syrup and I don't remember. The kids didn't even take the med in front of us.

The possibility I'm seeing is that the kids syrup somehow showed on my phone camera but I was sitting right in front of the table where the syrup was. I didn't use my phone camera app but the syrup was right in front of it.

Or, maybe one of the adults around us had google the meds on their phone? We were all using the same wifi for a while.

What I'm absolutely sure of is that this is the first time in life I saw this kids med.

Any ideas? Thank you so much

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/itsboydcrowder on 2024-11-09 17:32:12.

Do I encrypt each file before uploading or do I just encrypt a folder in Filen and then put files in it?

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/summersteps on 2024-11-09 17:15:32.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/LechronJames on 2024-11-09 16:28:18.

Years ago I used Mint which I recently found out was a security nightmare at the time. I would like to begin using a new budgeting app and they all link to bank accounts using software such as Plaid. Are systems like this considered safe today? I would be linking credit cards, bank accounts, and investment accounts which makes me pause...

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/TheBanana-Duck on 2024-11-09 16:27:33.

I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this, I really just don't know shit about online stuff lmao. My father has an employee who has had a very mentally ill husband for a while. One year ago, the two got a divorce, and the man become even worse, and bought a gun. His ex wife (my father's employee) had to go to the hospital a few months ago, and listed my father as one of her emergency contacts, which she has to do because my father is the only manager in her area and her job requires her to do that. Her insane husband saw that, and thought the two were having an affair and that's why she divorced him. This morning, they got in a big fight, and he looked my father up online and immediately found his address. Now, he's going there to kill him. Luckily he already left and is safe. How do I get his info offline and stop this from happening again? Police are fucking idiots of course, so even if the guy does show up to the house they won't do anything. Thank you in advance, again, I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask this.

UPDATE: the man turned himself into the police and has been placed under a 72 hour psychiatric hold. Thank you to everyone who helped.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/standard_usage on 2024-11-09 15:30:01.

Mission Lane Financial is making data grab of all your personal and financial information, and now wants your Biometric data ( Face, with closeup of Iris) to continue business with them after (in my case) 3 years of good standing as a customer.

When asked for policies on data retention, basic security measures, who has rights to your Biometric data, and what assurances they provide in the event of a data breach— Mission Lane simply responded "if you'd like to close account here are the steps..".

With NO transparency and explanation as to what frameworks your Biometric data is falling under, this bank is asking to retain and possibly harvest for other parties this level of personal identifying features.

Over the years, I have abided poor customer service with this institution, but their demands for this Peronal and Biometric Data, I have closed the accounts.

Steer Clear of this predatory lender!

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/AssociationSquare143 on 2024-11-09 15:01:21.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Tman3579 on 2024-11-09 14:21:41.

Can anyone suggest a website/iOSapp that can be used to send texts with pictures without leaving a footprint on the person sending the message’s phone. Like a fake game app that doubles as a texting app. Trying to help a long distance friend through a DA situation. Was thinking maybe a website using incognito mode might be the way to go but how traceable would that be?

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/MoistSoggySocks505 on 2024-11-09 12:30:57.

I’ve heard you should keep unused Gmail accounts rather than deleting them, as people could “re-claim” them in the future and you wouldn’t be able to get it back or something like that. I have a question. Should I remove the recovery number and email? Is it bad if I just kept a personal number as a recovery on the Gmail account, but just change/remove all the other data like names and such on there to fake info?

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Heisenberg044 on 2024-11-09 11:38:46.

I’m using iPhone 14 pro so I expected that fb app would at least be sandboxed from other apps. So how did it happen?

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/i_askalotofquestions on 2024-11-09 10:19:55.

As title states. Looking to learn something about some concerns.

The original post: /r/privacy by /u/stupidusername637 on 2024-11-09 10:08:56.

Long story short, I made videos as a teenager that would hold back my career if discovered. All the videos are deleted, but the thumbnails and related image urls are still on Google search.

How would I go about deleting every piece of content that pops up relating to that old username? There’s only 5-6 images, but it’s enough to trace back to me.

If I can get it off Google search, I’m golden.