(20 August, 2020 - 01:26 PM)SenpaiCracker Wrote: Show More (20 August, 2020 - 01:22 PM)Ulysses Wrote: Show MoreWhat are you looking to protect yourself from exactly?
Malware? Surveillance? Law enforcement?
malware and surveillance
Firefox and DuckDuckGo are fine, use a VPN based in a country where the surveillance agencies are less aggresive, no logs policy is mandatory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_retention
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Quote:Good countries for VPN:
Argentina - No data retention law
Brazil - No data retention law
Bulgaria - Data retention law not applicable to VPN providers
Cyprus - Data retention law declared unconstitutional (?)
Czech Republic - No data retention law (declared unconstitutional)
Hong Kong - No data retention law (?)
Iceland - No data retention period specified (?); good privacy laws
Japan - No data retention law
Luxemburg - Data retention law not applicable to VPN providers
Netherlands - Data retention law not applicable to VPN providers
Panama - No data retention law
Romania - Data retention law declared unconstitutional
Serbia - Data retention law not applicable to VPN providers (?)
Sweden - Data retention law going into effect in May 2012, but (presumably) not applicable to VPNs
Taiwan - No data retention law (?) + seemingly good privacy laws
Ukraine - No data retention law
"Questionable" Countries:
Australia - No data retention law, but internet regulations are strict & they're on RSF's Internet Surveillance 2012 watch list
Belgium - Data retention law not implemented, but has fairly strict laws & some internet censorship issues (esp. anti-p2p)
Canada - No data retention law, but anti-privacy legislation is rapidly gaining traction
Egypt - No data retention law (?), but privacy laws are dubious & they're on RSF's Internet Surveillance watch list
France - Data retention law not applicable to VPNs, but has strict laws & they're on RSF's Internet Surveillance watch list
Germany - Data retention law declared unconstitutional, but server raids & gov't surveillance are prevalent
Israel - No data retention law, but gov't surveillance is suspected (conflict zone)
Italy - Data retention law not applicable to VPNs, but internet regulations are fairly strict & there are some censorship issues
Malaysia - No data retention law, but has some censorship/server raid issues & they're on RSF's Internet Surveillance watch list
Mexico - No data retention law, but there are concerns about gov't corruption & some internet censorship issues
New Zealand - No data retention law, but there are concerns about gov't surveillance
Russia - No data retention law (?), but they have some censorship issues & they're on RSF's Internet Surveillance watch list
Singapore - Minimal data retention law, but has fairly strict internet regulations & some censorship issues
South Africa - No data retention law, but internet regulations are strict
South Korea - No data retention law, but they have some censorship issues & they're on RSF's Internet Surveillance watch list
United States - No data retention law, but server raids and gov't surveillance are prevalent
Bad Countries for VPN:
Afghanistan - Suspected surveillance by allied forces (war zone)
Armenia - Internet censorship
Austria - Data retention law
Bahrain - Internet censorship
Belarus - Internet censorship
Burma (Myanmar) - Internet censorship
China - Internet censorship + data retention law
Cuba - Internet censorship
Denmark - Data retention law
Estonia - Data retention law
Ethiopia - Internet censorship
Finland - Data retention law
Greece - Data retention law
Hungary - Data retention law
India - Internet censorship + data retention law
Indonesia - Internet censorship
Iran - Internet censorship + data retention law
Iraq - Suspected surveillance by allied forces (war zone)
Ireland - Data retention law
Kuwait - Internet censorship
Latvia - Data retention law
Liechtenstein - Data retention law
Lithuania - Data retention law
Malta - Data retention law
Morocco - Internet censorship
North Korea - Internet censorship (internet infrastructure is virtually non-existent here anyway) :P
Norway - Data retention law
Oman - Internet censorship
Pakistan - Internet censorship
Palestinian Territory - Internet censorship
Poland - Data retention law
Portugal - Data retention law
Qatar - Internet censorship
Saudi Arabia - Internet censorship
Slovakia - Data retention law
Slovenia - Data retention law
Spain - Data retention law
Sudan - Internet censorship
Switzerland - Data retention law
Syria - Internet censorship
Thailand - Internet censorship + data retention law
Tunisia - Internet censorship
Turkey - Data retention law + internet censorship
Turkmenistan - Internet censorship
United Arab Emirates - Internet censorship
United Kingdom - Data retention law
Uzbekistan - Internet censorship
Vietnam - Internet censorship
Yemen - Internet censorship
If you are using Windows 10, check out O&O ShutUp10 to reduce the data you send to Microsoft and tweak some other privacy-related settings.
Privacy settings for Firefox:
https://restoreprivacy.com/firefox-privacy/ and
https://blog.privacytools.io/firefox-pri...n-to-safe/.
Use common sense for malwares. Get Malwarebytes along with Kaspersky (or ESET), run unsafe executables and documents in a virtual machine (with snapshots).
Perhaps get a set of tools to monitor your system activity, like Sysinternals' Autoruns, ProcessExplorer, ProcessMonitor, TCPView, stuff like that.
