I recently tried to clean up my digital life. I switched to Linux and switched to GrapheneOS and made more use of my proton subscription to replace google. But I have a few questions :

I tried https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ on Librewolf on my PC and Vanadium on my phone and it say I have a nearly unique fingerprint. Is the benefit of using a privacy focused browser neglected by the low userbase and unique fingerprint ?

I did not have a great digital hygiene before so I have a google account, meta… How do I clean this up ? Are services like Incogni any good or is it just marketing ?

Finally I wanted to use tails with persistent storage to use as a live system if I ever need to use a PC that is not my own to connect to my accounts. However, I don’t want the ISP to know I use Tor. I see it as a big “I have something to hide” flag for the ISP. But my understanding is if I install a VPN on tails it will be Tor over VPN (bad if I understand correctly) instead of VPN over Tor. Should I use something else than tails since I only want/need always on VPN with kill switch.

Thanks a lot for your help. I want to say the journey is much easier than what I anticipated. The hardest part is making people switch around me. The lobbying has started.

  • Scott 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    I’ve heard fingerprinting tests are all sus. Don’t put too much stock into them.

    Best to do the clean yourself. A tip is to look through your gmail for email with “welcome” “confirmation” in the subject line. These will be accounts you signed up to with gmail. You can also google you email address and look through your password manager or Chrome for saved passwords. The really good news is unused accounts become less valuable to databrokers as the data gets out of date.

    For Tails, use a Bridge to hide your Tor usage from your ISP.