r/theprivacymachine

I need to know if my brother if using the WiFi network as well, can he see anything I’m doing or will he know what I’m doing?

I was trying to figure out how to disable OneDrive without deleting it. I tried turning off startup, signing out, and changing a few Windows settings.

Some methods worked for a while, but OneDrive kept showing up again after an update. A lot of guides for how to disable OneDrive also seem old and don't match what I see at all.

Has anyone found a simple way to how to disable OneDrive that actually stays disabled?

How does one defend against Ring-3 level of risks? I recently found old articles about how the Intel x86 has a serious risk over the ME(management engine). Basically, only Intel has the keys to the Krabby Patty recipe that is their exclusive system, and I havent heard of any security researcher, or even malicious hackers finding exploits in these. I fear the prior, since this stuff could mean that there is no tangible method to investigate the potential security caps.

Is there any other processor I could go for that would give me full reign? Or is there some sort of tool that would be the next best thing to perform a deeper inspection?

The articles I read are almost a decade old but I find very little info on such risks online apart from niche reports

P.S. Ring-3 I mentioned generally refers to the user mode of the CPU protection ring. Basically the lowest CPU priveledges in your computer where apps such as the browsers and simple games operate, so I feel that I am not overthinking the risks here

Ankidecks app ask to allow access to photos media and files. Should I allow it ?

I have a school computer and I “watched” corn on it through a proxy that had duck duck go and that’s how I searched the sites. BUT I didn’t stay on it for long maybe 10 seconds because I thought it was funny but I’m still scared because my Chromebook won’t turn on like the buttons don’t glow when I press it and I tried logging into my account on a different device and it didn’t work even though I had the right password and email. I suspect my account has been deleted because of it but there was another incident that may have caused it to be deleted. Before, I commented in a sports you gc with friends and pretended to be a teacher and called them pretty ladies. Anywho, they found that it was my account and had to investigate it and I’m scared that they also looked through my search history but unless they did extra fancy stuff, they wouldn’t be able to see the exact sites I vistied on the proxy DuckDuckGo search engine right? I’ve been scared all summer about if I’d get in trouble when I go to Highschool, since I’d need them to fix my Chromebook. Help or advice please anyone.

hey everyone, sadly i cant tell you the name that i use on social media because it may trace back to me and i may be arrested for piracy,

i made a new google account with completely inaccurate information and i am on it right now. i signed out from all my social media on this account, i am kept completely anon i believe

anything that i have forgotten? im about to make a false netflix account, but i want to make sure that im safe first.

For people who regularly use Reddit:

Do you think Reddit generally promotes free expression, or do you think its voting system and moderation discourage certain viewpoints?

Why do you feel that way? If you have examples, please share them. I'm also interested in whether you think toxic behavior is a necessary tradeoff for free expression or whether it harms meaningful discussion.

I'm asking for a research project and would appreciate perspectives from all sides. Thanks!

this means people won't need to share their phone number anymore in order to be in contact with others

i bought one for 35 bucks because i had a weird feeling about my car. ran the gps tracker detector around both wheel wells, it beeped a bunch but i have no idea if that means anything

read somewhere cheap ones miss burst mode signals entirely so maybe my gps tracker detector is just useless

wife says go to a mechanic. anyone actually caught something with one of these or should i just return it?

I take it malware operates differently from standard viruses. It can affect system in various ways I dont think even most dare to think of. I am seeking recommendations for the best deep scanner. A big bonus if its not just for the PC but phone as well..

To share my two cents.. I had been using Malwarebytes. Its so far the best ive found. The damn software even in its free tier helped me find some deep hidden viruses that Windows defender decides to outright ignore. Is it me or has Microsofts security suite gotten more lax? It refuses me from opening my software from several decades past but is fine with deep malware files just hanging out on my disk

Any recommendations or even your personal experiences from battles against digital pests also interest me

It doesn't seem like any conversation contains information on a secure phone. Im in need of the top smart phone that can not be hacked

I’m comparing cloud SMS providers for OTPs, order updates, and occasional marketing, and I’m trying to figure out what actually matters once you use one in production.

Pricing and feature lists are easy to compare, but I’m more interested in the real-world stuff: deliverability, latency across different countries, how painful the API integration is, and whether support actually responds when messages start failing.

I’ve used BEE-SMS for a smaller setup and the API side was pretty smooth, but now I’m thinking about using it for higher-volume transactional alerts and want to sanity-check it against other options.

For anyone who has run SMS at scale, what red flags should I watch for before committing to one provider?

Idk maybe im missing something but whats the point of all these modern "secure" messengers if they store all our keys and messages on their own servers?

like how is that even private? if they get hacked or a court order comes in, everything is exposed anyway. am i wrong here or is the whole market just a joke?