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

Going to do our best to answer privacy, security, digital rights, and personal questions for all of you for August 2024. Patrons & people on our forum will have priority on the thread: https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/q-a-livestream-your-privacy-security-questions-answered-august-24/9748

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0:00 Introduction
1:16 What are your opinions on device bound passkeys?
7:03 What is driving Linux desktop market share?
15:05 Should Linux distros still support as much hardware as possible at the expense of security?
21:00 What is your opinion on data broker removal services after the consumer reports study?
27:52 How can you avoid transaction fees when swapping cryptocurrency?
29:52 Are browser profiles good enough for compartmentalisation?
34:22 How does using a virtual machine improve privacy?
36:52 Why is Samsung not great for someone who cares about digital privacy?
42:23 What is your opinion on Proton’s billing practices?
44:59 What should you do when companies take ages to delete our accounts?
49:18 What browser do we recommend on Android?
53:05 What should I use as my default search engine?
57:51 Start of YouTube livestream chat questions
58:22 What do you think about privacy influencers pushing extreme solutions?
1:01:02 Why don’t you post videos explaining encryption protocols?
1:03:40 Why do so many tech YouTubers make content about degoogling but still use Chrome?
1:10:49 What do you think about the arrest of Pavel Durov? (Telegram founder)
1:19:45 How should you start your data broker opt out process?
1:20:35 Are containers redundant in Mullvad browser?
1:21:48 What is the best approach to save credentials locally and sync between devices?
1:23:27 Why did YouTube make our last livestream recording unavailable?
1:25:16 Is it a risk to provide data deletion providers with my personal information?
1:27:58 Stream conclusion
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6G3suH-ap8