compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoThe WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillancewww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarexapr@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·2 days agoYou can sign up for Proton mail without providing email or phone number, as far as I recall.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoNope. Try doing it through a Tor node.
minus-squarered@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day agoyou still can, it was a bug in past that they fixed long ago
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoit’s not a bug and it’s still not possible, it’s for tracking who created the account of course.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·24 hours agoTry it now. Load up a tor tab in the Brave browser, and try signing up for an email without providing any info.
minus-squarered@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-222 hours agoyes I just did, not brave but tor browser and I was able to create account
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·23 hours agoI just loaded up a Linux vm with Brave, and tried to sign up in a tor window. It requires a verification email to sign up. Maybe you’re using a browser or OS that it’s tracking.
minus-squarered@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoyeah I’m using tor browser, also don’t forget you can get fingerprinted even on tor
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·22 hours agoTotally. You should assume yours is being tracked if they’re not asking for verification.
minus-squarered@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agofingerprinting is not tracking, personally im fine with them fingerprinting they just don’t want to give unlimited free stuff for anyone
You can sign up for Proton mail without providing email or phone number, as far as I recall.
Nope. Try doing it through a Tor node.
tor isn’t email or phone
No shit, Sherlock.
you still can, it was a bug in past that they fixed long ago
it’s not a bug and it’s still not possible, it’s for tracking who created the account of course.
Try it now. Load up a tor tab in the Brave browser, and try signing up for an email without providing any info.
yes I just did, not brave but tor browser and I was able to create account
I just loaded up a Linux vm with Brave, and tried to sign up in a tor window. It requires a verification email to sign up.
Maybe you’re using a browser or OS that it’s tracking.
yeah I’m using tor browser, also don’t forget you can get fingerprinted even on tor
Totally. You should assume yours is being tracked if they’re not asking for verification.
fingerprinting is not tracking, personally im fine with them fingerprinting they just don’t want to give unlimited free stuff for anyone