this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2023
157 points (95.9% liked)

Privacy

31876 readers
1 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

Chat rooms

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Gemini24601@lemmy.world 111 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

They already do this with farming equipment.

They have blueprints to build your own tractor with DIY materials from the hardware store.

Although open source cars might lead to tons of safety issues...

[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Although open source cars might lead to tons of safety issues...

They said open source, not DIY.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] khaffner@lemmy.world 75 points 2 years ago (9 children)

An open source and private chat app that everybody wants to use

[–] poopsmith@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (18 children)

Signal works. The adoption is fairly slow, but I've had friends slowly begin to use it.

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Signal gets some things right, but others wrong, such as phone numbers and centralized architecture. As such, it doesn't fit the "everybody wants to use" part.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (17 replies)
[–] LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 12 points 2 years ago

We got reasonably close with signal, but I know what you mean. I've had friends think I was some sort of escaped convict just because I'd rather use Matrix to chat instead of FB.

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 63 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] andrew0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago

Same. It sucks that most banks wouldn't jump on this train :(

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 58 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I know it's an unobtainable dream, but a banking app for every bank on any platform.

[–] feef@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_banking

All banks in EU have APIs for this purpose (also see PSD2).

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] kpw@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Banks could simply come together and develop an open banking standard for customers. Would probably save them a lot of money too, since the development of their stupid apps presumably costs them a lot.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 44 points 2 years ago

Software that burns down the server of any website that asks for data they don't actually need.

[–] minstrel@lemmy.eco.br 38 points 2 years ago (5 children)

health smartwatch app, with sleep n all features in some opensource format that could use any other app data... utopia, i know

[–] sxan@midwest.social 11 points 2 years ago

GadgetBridge (Android). You need one of the (many) supported smartwatches. Data is easily exported and processable with, eg, R.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Apple health lets you export the whole shebang as XML if that helps at all

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Not sure if this already exists in some form, but I want something that always records where I've been. I am a very forgetful person and the Google maps timeline feature has been very helpful more than a handful of times. Unfortunately, it means that Google knows exactly where I've been also...

I just want to be able to check where I was the afternoon of a random Tuesday three years ago!

[–] sxan@midwest.social 16 points 2 years ago

Assuming you can self host, check out OwnTracks (Android). It does that, and you control all the data.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 25 points 2 years ago

I just want GoG but for movies

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Do services count? Because in that case, ride-hailing. A replacement for services like Uber and Lyft.

[–] echo64@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A private ride hailing app sounds like a safety nightmare. It's one of those things you want blazingly documented and auditable

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] cheesebag@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Signal to work for SMS again 🙄🙄🙄

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A browser addon that utterly floods advertisers and trackers with dummy data. A single person using it is easy to single out. A thousand start to eat into the profits. 100k should make them go offline (DDoS'ed) with an interesting frequency.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is one that clicks every ad it sees. Adnauseam.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] rodbiren@midwest.social 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Something that produces a wealth of plausible web traffic on my connection and browser that woefully misleads anyone monitoring it as to what I actually am browsing. Rather than hiding my traffic or ensuring some hyper level of encryption I simply want to use maybe an LLM or something to create such a close facimilie to "normal" online traffic that my online fingerprint becomes useless as sub 5% of my traffic is actually real.

Essentially I want privacy through drowning out everything with noise. It seems like the harder the to unwind in the end if done in a clever way. That plus some basic security protections and I will feel fairly secure.

[–] jameskirk@startrek.website 15 points 2 years ago

That's the premise behind AdNauseam, albeit only for ads and not general navigation: It clicks all the ads in the background, so the data won't ever target the real you.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

A version of WhatsApp that doesn't require full access to all your contacts to work properly. I have about 10 people I need to Whatapp with - I just want to add those people. Meta doesn't need to know my Doctor's phone number.

[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not sure if its useful to you but grapheneos has contact scopes that lets you choose which contacts an application has access to.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

A ridiculously user-friendly encrypted email default.

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] Infinite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not sure if this counts, but a simple FOSS BIOS/UEFI option that could be installed on most desktops and laptops. The current options (Libreboot, coreboot) are very limited in compatible hardware.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me getting ideas from this thread

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] rebul@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would like a browser addon that drops poisoned data when surfing the web. Instead of trying to restrict how much of my data gets collected, spread useless data across their sites.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Adnauseum does this. I think it simulates clicks to ads and corrupts your advertising profile.

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

https://adnauseam.io/

As the collected data gathered shows an omnivorous click-stream, user tracking, targeting and surveillance become futile

I don't get it though. The "listeners" could detect this and subtract 1 click from everything in the page. I guess that would only happen once ad nauseum gets popular.

load more comments (6 replies)
[–] schindlershadow@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago

Android auto

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

an anonymous front-end for viewing Facebook pages á la Nitter or Invidious.

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago

Yes please. Very frustrating encountering businesses and groups that only have a presence on facebook, no dedicated website or anything 😒

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Wallet app that I can tap using NFC so I don't have to carry my wallet around and lose it again. I really miss Google Pay after switching to GrapheneOS

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] pickleprattle@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A local personal assistant that isn't just focused on media consumption or purchasing. I want to ask about my most efficient route or ideal presents for my partner or a medical condition without it being data mined.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I made a weather app for android because most of them wanted my data.

load more comments (9 replies)
[–] Vinegar@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Ever since Signal removed SMS capability I've really hoped to see SMS added to the FOSS fork Molly.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 11 points 2 years ago

An open source app for those bag, key, and wallet trackers. Maybe I just haven't been able to find one

[–] inson1@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Good Todolist app like MS Todo, but better and privacy friendly and open source

load more comments (6 replies)
[–] danileonis@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
  • A good Invidious player with locally stored datas.
  • AntennaPod fork with improved local music management (tags).
  • A dedicated good PeerTube app.
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Havent tried every app but If I had to think of some:

  • an offline foss calendar that can import ics files (simple calendar is the only option soon fossify)
  • an app that can display Checksums for files
  • a dark privacy overlay for phones that can't use privacy screen protectors, like newer gen pixels

Edit: Second an offline fitness tracker where a person can manually input info. Been using an ods file for a couple of years but its a pain to use collabora on android

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] QuaffPotions@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

An open-source, federated, and privacy-protecting alternative to the dominant advertising services. Something that gives the individual web user full control of which ads they see; from which indies, organizations, companies or any other groups. And where they can also filter ads based on clear categories, values, or tags, rather than everything being dictated by algorithms and "relevancy".

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] LWD@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)
load more comments (7 replies)
[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

They are dozens of great, free software applications developed… the problem is getting the masses to use these applications.

[–] Endward23@futurology.today 7 points 2 years ago

Search engine like yacy. Open scource and p2p.

load more comments
view more: next ›