bust open a pre-code copy of ‘How to build Linux from scratch’
Short term, that’ll help. Long term, it won’t.
Sure, you can do that. Then what? If every single site requires a secure attestation from an identity service before you can use it, you re boned. Want to shop? Bank? Social media? Check the gd weather? If the site won’t serve you w/o a strong identity proof, then linux won’t save you. Linux will be an island.
IDK if it’ll get that far. But it isn’t that far fetched. Already today, I estimate 50% of site I try to use won’t answer me if I totally block fingerprints and use a VPN. I’m talking mundane shit, recipes, car repair info, w/e. If I remove my privacy protections, they work fine. Nothing stops that from happening to any OS that deosn’t prove a trusted ID attestation.
That’s more or less what I do most of the time. The more roadblocks you put up for the tracking and data broker companies, the more the site is likely to block you.
There are lists of VPN endpoints you can just whack into an apache or nginx config. That’s becoming more and more common for sites, over time.
Short term, that’ll help. Long term, it won’t.
Sure, you can do that. Then what? If every single site requires a secure attestation from an identity service before you can use it, you re boned. Want to shop? Bank? Social media? Check the gd weather? If the site won’t serve you w/o a strong identity proof, then linux won’t save you. Linux will be an island.
IDK if it’ll get that far. But it isn’t that far fetched. Already today, I estimate 50% of site I try to use won’t answer me if I totally block fingerprints and use a VPN. I’m talking mundane shit, recipes, car repair info, w/e. If I remove my privacy protections, they work fine. Nothing stops that from happening to any OS that deosn’t prove a trusted ID attestation.
On those sites, have you tried VPN + ad blocking?
That’s more or less what I do most of the time. The more roadblocks you put up for the tracking and data broker companies, the more the site is likely to block you.
There are lists of VPN endpoints you can just whack into an apache or nginx config. That’s becoming more and more common for sites, over time.