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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I just watched a video that explained how Google, the CIA and the NSA work together to get all of our online data. What are ways to minimize that besides not using Google? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] 0x0@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

DNS, most web searches, trackers in apps, location data, just to name a few. Ad blockers won't help you there.

[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Using an ad-blocking DNS server solves most of those problems. Mullvad offers a public DNS server with no account required, but there are plenty of options out there.

You should still use a browser extension on top of that for pattern-based URL blocking, but a DNS-based blocker should be your first line of defense.