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.
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- Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn’t great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
- Don’t promote proprietary software
- Try to keep things on topic
- If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
- Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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As with most things privacy related, it depends on your threat model. A journalist may be scrutinized more than a regular tourist. If you’re going for business that involves trade secrets, you’ll also need to be extra careful with your data.
For China, yes it’s good advice to be a little paranoid with privacy. Just get a vpn before traveling and keep it on at all times. Don’t connect your phone to random usb ports like in your hotel room. Be aware of what wifi spots you connect to and try to limit personal activity online (i.e. logging on to banking, social media, etc.) unless necessary. Only bring in data that you need (i.e. don’t take an external drive of photos that you don’t need). Reset all passwords of the accounts you logged in to when you get back.
SK is fine for a regular tourist. Just take general precautions and you should be fine. Again, it depends on your threat model.
Can you get prosecuted as a foreigner using a VPN in China? I imagine they block most major providers and Tor nodes and track attempts to connect to them.
VPNs are not illegal in China, at least it was when I lived there
Also, being a foreigner in China is something, your phone can be checked on the arrival, but everywhere else you’re like an emperor nobody wants to make upset
About USBs, public wifis. It’s not safe not because CCP has exploit plugs everywhere, but because it’s a lot of smart Chinese trying to hack other smart Chinese and use them for spam or get their money, or nudes
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