I may make a separate post about this. No promises, though ;)

Fantastic list, thank you so much!

You’re welcome! I’m glad I could help.

I saved your post and will be using it as my reference; this is a better list than I made for myself.

Thank you! I’m glad you can give the gift of privacy.

Albeit I already follow most of your recommendations

If you have any questions about my recommendations in other posts, I’d be happy to answer them too!

1. Is there a reason why you don’t have YubiKey on your list?
   I didn’t like it at first but now I highly recommend it.

I recommended them last year, but YubiKeys use proprietary hardware and software. I wanted to avoid that this year.

2. What about the Camera Shy Hoodie? I know it’s DIY but IMO there are people here that might be willing to make it themselves.

I also included that last year, and I mentioned this year that those can be uniquely identifying, so it’s sometimes better not to have it. Your anonymous dress can, ironically, deanonymize you.

I also saved this: 7 Privacy Garments That Block Surveillance Cameras

All of the images there are AI generated. I would take that article with a grain of salt.

You rock, Charger8232! Thanks again!

Thank you!

EDIT: I forgot about Zenni glasses:

EyeQLenz and Zenni ID Guard™ are designed to reflect signals to help disrupt unwanted tracking under certain conditions. Results may vary due to recognition technology and environmental factors. Zenni does not guarantee that its products provide anonymity or total protection from surveillance and biometric identification.

I don’t see any benefit of those over Reflectacles. Plus, their website has a few privacy issues. It doesn’t seem like something to support for privacy when there are better options available.

I’ve decided to make a rule this year: only physical items. You can’t put a subscription under the tree.

I’m glad I’m memorable! :P

Now, eating a meal at a restaurant or spending an extended time indoors like that would be a little out of place.

The worst that can happen is you get escorted out if the location is really stingy. As long as you can deal with social pressure (it helps that nobody will know who you are) you should be fine.

webcam covers?

I already included this under accessories.

Hard wired keyboards?

Wired keyboards are far more commonly used than wireless keyboards.

and for power cables, why not a power bank? put the power bank between the “power station” and the device you’re powering and you’re good

That is one workaround, but you end up carrying cables anyways. Sometimes you may need to loan your cable to someone else, or need precise wattage.

Even still, you’re coming up with gift ideas, which is the goal of this post :)

Especially in the wintertime or for skiing, most people won’t care if you have one on. Even if they do care, it doesn’t change its anonymity.

Do you walk up to every stranger with a Pixel and ask if they run GrapheneOS? No?

GrapheneOS is a privacy and security focused operating system for your phone, based on Android. It provides much more security than stock Android. If you want a more private or secure device, then GrapheneOS is the go-to recommendation for Pixel devices.

I’m certain that most people between 2016 and 2023 bought multiple devices to upgrade old ones.

I’m not saying they should be canceled for that, but appreciated for it? Let’s not.

I appreciate their content, not their choices.

We should not hold those ignorant to privacy accountable.They simply don’t know any better. Instead, we should only hold those actively opposing privacy accountable. We should try to educate those ignorant to privacy and show them the alternatives that exist. I bet if these content creators could switch without major loss (e.g. a major chunk of subscribers lost) most of them would be more than happy to.

It doesn’t yet pair with Gadgetbridge but I imagine it will at some point.

I was wondering this myself. Thank you for that useful information.

Are there any other examples of these privacy violations that aren’t common knowledge?

Here you go :)

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This isn’t the right community to make this post in, though.

I’m keen to know your angle.

Certainly! My threat model is mainly against mass surveillance, so this is my view: If there is a surveillance camera recording in a place where there is reasonable expectation of having no strangers, I am mostly fine with that. As you mentioned, if it is only recording your own private property where no strangers are meant to be, that is your business.

However, if it is recording a space where there is reason to expect strangers to be there without violating private property (e.g. stores, doorsteps, sidewalks) that is not ok. Simply, I should not be in the crossfire of your surveillance. I don’t know your intentions with the footage, and I don’t know who else may have access to it. It shouldn’t be my job to cover up just because you want to violate the public’s right to privacy.

You can see this post of mine about my views on the expectation of privacy in public. I made it about a year ago, and I haven’t read back over it, so it may be outdated or less refined than I’d prefer.

I am a huge advocate for the right to privacy, so I don’t have any surveillance cameras of my own. When I have friends over, I want to lead by example and make my space a private space for them too. Instead of funding more surveillance, we should be funding stronger locks and better deterrents that don’t violate human rights.

Ah, that explains it. Thank you! I apologize for the mistake.

(this was clearly MS Excel)

LibreOffice Calc, actually. You are correct about the color grading.

(or the author was lazy, since these are one of the defaults I believe)

I changed the conditional colors from the default to match the colors that LibreOffice uses for “Good”, “Neutral”, and “Bad”.

It’s odd that it says it’s licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International but the actual license file is a different license.

I would advise against using surveillance cameras, because they violate others’ privacy. However, if you must, you can use hardware compatible with Frigate and upload it to whichever encrypted cloud server you wish.