Practical Privacy

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Practical Privacy Guide: How to Remove EXIF Metadata from Photos on Mac OS

Perhaps you were at a protest and took photos of the action, and plan to upload them to social media. Or an ex who has not 'moved on' has been able to easily search publicly available databases to find out where you live and work, and is now scouring your online posts using a dummy account posing as a professional in your field. What if that ex could determine: your exact GPS coordinates where you take photos, what type of phone and camera you used, its serial number, and the exact date and ti...
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Captured Minds

I'm bored with technology, something I already have at best a tenuous relationship with. It is also extremely difficult to escape. I don't use social media. None. I haven't for over a decade. It's not that hard, you just don't use it, make adjustments. I primarily am concerned with tech in a privacy-centric manner. I could get into a nuanced and bloated discussion about end-to-end encryption, open-source alternatives to the Apple and Google ecosystems, private email and messaging, VPN, Tor, pri...
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Rumen

Without boundary we limp in sync to parables of rice, readiness, the right kind of plastic Concealed in the frame are justices tables molded by hand and the racks of the oven remain scalding for profit far past the carcass's coda sitting near you angry the night tadpoles singing in the mood you perforated to give the tear the appearance of 'I meant to' cobalt, lithium, copper prying the fight to the elements this idea of romance without consent is flush baby your wounds are just like mine ...
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