Your privacy & security questions answered! (Oct '24)

Going to do our best to answer privacy, security, digital rights, and personal questions for all of you for October 2024, a few days late so streaming in October....but pay no mind—it's the October stream. Patrons & Techlorians will have priority on the thread: https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/q-a-livestream-your-privacy-security-questions-answered-october-24/10495 🔐 Our Website: https://techlore.tech 🕵 Go Incognito Course - to learn about privacy: https://techlore.tech/goincognito 🏫 Techlore Coaching - to get direct support: https://techlore.tech/coaching 💻 Techlore Forum - to connect with other advocates: https://discuss.techlore.tech 🦣 Mastodon - to stay updated: https://social.lol/@techlore We cannot provide our content without our Patrons, huge thanks to: BRIGHTSIDE, Clark, Ente, Larry, Afonso, Boori, Brad, Casper, Cookie, Floyd, JohnnyO, kevin, love your content, NotSure, Poaclu, x 🧡 Join them on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/techlore 💚 To see our production gear, privacy tools we use, and other affiliates: https://techlore.tech/affiliates 💖 All Techlore Support Methods: https://techlore.tech/support 0:00 Stream intro 1:29 Bitwarden is moving away from open source? 6:19 Our opinions on the Wordpress drama 11:36 Google opening Play store to third party stores 15:55 Asahi Linux AAA gaming is possible now 20:44 Henry’s new todo app 27:46 Apple’s new M4 chips and the stagnation of tech 31:43 The lack of criticism from reviewers towards Apple 34:33 Start of the supporter Q&A questions 34:48 Have either of you considered a career in cybersecurity? 42:46 Will you consolidate your browser setup to using only Brave? 44:53 What’s your experience with Zen Browser? 51:05 Does Google delete your data after you delete your account? 54:01 Is government funding of open source projects a good idea? 56:27 Have you watched Mr Robot? 57:37 What can you do when a company requires your ID to delete your data? 1:00:48 How can you get your family to switch from WhatsApp to Signal? 1:05:33 What’s a privacy respecting Google Sheets alternative? 1:07:44 What are your favourite Linux distributions? 1:10:35 Henry’s new Linux laptop from NovaCustom 1:13:20 Start of the regular Q&A questions 1:13:51 Should you use a GSI custom rom on your Android device? 1:18:07 What is your all-time favourite spooky media (books, movies etc) 1:25:26 Do you think the new Tensor Pixel chips will put Pixels on par with other flagships? 1:27:00 How does Linux security compare to macOS and Windows. 1:32:17 What are your thoughts on the Linux foundation removing Russian maintainers? 1:33:33 Thoughts on Google being fined by Russia? 1:34:17 What are your thoughts on Bluesky vs Mastodon? 1:38:53 What’s going on with the Regular badge on the forum? 1:41:19 Start of the livestream Q&A questions 1:41:50 What are your thoughts on using crypto for day-to-day transactions? 1:45:30 What is your advice around pen-names/pseudonyms? 1:47:25 Will chromium based browsers support uBlock Origin into the future? 1:49:16 Thoughts on HardenedBSD and SELinux? 1:51:05 Advice on hardening a Samsung device on stock Android? 1:51:57 When will Go Incognito V2 be released? 1:53:11 Is there an easy way to use Monero for purchases? 1:56:21 What do you think of iCloud Private Relay? 1:59:39 What system do you use for publishing to multiple platforms? 2:02:54 What is your opinion of Eset for Linux? 2:04:33 What’s the state of data broker removal services now? 2:07:33 Do open-source software platforms like GitHub/GitLab monitor code for malware? 2:08:26 How do you do sponsorships ethically? 2:12:34 Were you able to do Techlore full-time, why did you join Cake Wallet? 2:15:59 What are your thoughts on Fedora 41? 2:17:18 Is it okay to use services that don’t support TOTP like SocialBu? 2:19:37 Why Henry is a bit lower energy today 2:21:08 Stream conclusion