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refactor(blog): Convert images to WebP (#2871)
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# Choosing the Right Messenger
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<small aria-hidden="true">Illustration: Jonah Aragon / Privacy Guides | Photo: Unsplash</small>
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# Delisting Startpage From Privacy Guides
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<small aria-hidden="true">Illustration: Privacy Guides | Photo: Unsplash</small>
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# Delisting Wire From Privacy Guides
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<small aria-hidden="true">Illustration: Jonah Aragon / Privacy Guides | Photo: Unsplash</small>
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# Firefox Privacy: 2021 Update
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<small aria-hidden="true">Illustration: Jonah Aragon / Privacy Guides | Photo: Unsplash</small>
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# Firefox Privacy: Tips and Tricks for Better Browsing
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<small aria-hidden="true">Illustration: Jonah Aragon / Privacy Guides | Photo: Unsplash</small>
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<p class="admonition-title">Delete your traces afterward</p>
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Depending on your situation, you might want to delete the traces of this installation after. See a To-Do list for this on [Step 9](#step-9-delete-the-installation-traces).
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Depending on your situation, you might want to delete the traces of this installation after. See [a to-do list](#final-notes) for this at the end of this article.
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Visit this website and select your installation computer's operating system: [https://tails.net/install/](https://tails.net/install/)
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Scroll down to the "**Download Tails**" section and click on the green download button. Make sure to save the installation file in a folder where you can find it back easily and not forget to **delete it afterwards**.
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</div>
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### Step 2: Verify the file you just downloaded
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Once the verification is completed (this might take a few minutes), you should see a green checkmark with "**Verification successful!**" followed by the file name. If you do not see this, delete the file and repeat [Step 1](#step-1-download-tails) and [Step 2](#step-2-verify-the-file-you-just-downloaded).
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### Step 3: Download and install balenaEtcher
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Open the folder where you downloaded the *balenaEtcher* installation file (keep it open to delete this file after the installation is completed), and double-click on the "**balenaEtcher.dmg**" file. Drag the "**balenaEtcher.app**" icon over the "**Applications**" folder icon when prompted from the window below:
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Once the file is copied to you "**Applications**" folder, go on your computer's desktop and right-click on the "**balenaEtcher**" icon. Select '**Eject "balenaEtcher"**'
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### Step 4: Install Tails on your USB stick using balenaEtcher
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Depending on your macOS version, your Mac might open a popup window saying '**Verifying "balenaEtcher.app"...**'. This is normal, let it complete its verification. Next, you will likely see another popup window with '**"balenaEtcher.app” is an app downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it?**'. Click "**Open**".
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4.2. Open *balenaEtcher* and click on the settings gear button on the upper-right. Disable the option "**Anonymously report errors and usage statistics to balena.io**", then click "**OK**".
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4.3. Eject and unplug any other external USB stick(s) or external USB drive(s) that might be plugged into your computer if possible, and plug in the USB stick you wish to erase and install Tails on.
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4.4. Once it is plugged in, return to *balenaEtcher* and click on the "**Flash from file**" blue button on the left. You will be prompted to select a file. Select the Tails "**.img**" file you have downloaded and verified earlier.
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4.5. Click on the "**Select target**" blue button in the middle, and select your USB stick.
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<p class="admonition-title">Caution! Select the correct USB stick!</p>
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4.6. Once you have verified that all the information is correct, click on the "**Flash!**" blue button on the right.
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You will see a *balenaEtcher* popup window saying: "**balenaEtcher needs privileged access in order to flash disks. Type your password to allow this.**". Type your computer's password and click "**Ok**".
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Depending on the version of macOS you use, you might see another popup window saying '**"balenaEtcher.app" would like to access files on a removable volume.**'. Click "**OK**" and wait for the installation to start.
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While Tails is getting installed, you should see a window that looks like this with "**Flashing...**". The operation might take a few minutes. Do not interrupt this process!
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2. After setting up Persistent Storage, you will see a window like this with additional options:
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### Connecting to the internet
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If the connection is successful, you should see this window and you will be ready to browse the internet anonymously:
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### Sharing files with others
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There is a lot of great applications already installed on Tails to help you! You will find them listed in the "**Applications**" drop-menu on the upper-left top bar. One of these applications is [OnionShare](https://onionshare.org/), which you can use to share files with others anonymously.
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### Storing passwords
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If you are using the Persistent Storage with Tails, and need to store passwords, you can use the pre-installed [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) application. This application will store your passwords encrypted, locally-only, and protected by a main password (ideally, a **passphrase**). Be careful however if you store important passwords in there. Remember that if a bug occurs or if you forget your Persistent Storage's password, you could lose access to all of it.
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Shortcuts is quite intuitive to work with, so if you don't like the behavior demoed here then experiment with your own solution. For example, you could set the shortcut to take a clipboard input instead. The sky's the limit.
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### Prerequisites
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!!! tip "Worth Mentioning"
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The open-source [ImageOptim](https://imageoptim.com/mac) app integrates into Finder's *Services* context menu by default. While it is primarily an image optimization app, it also removes metadata.
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The lack of *good* metadata removal apps on the App Store is what makes this solution worthwhile.
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# "Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again
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<small aria-hidden="true">Image: Unsplash</small>
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Proton Wallet *is* in beta, like many of Proton's products are when newly released, and available via the web, an Android app, and an iOS [TestFlight](https://testflight.apple.com/join/6OIcXtQN).
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Creating your wallet is a simple process, after registering you'll be asked to choose a name for your wallet and a default currency. You can also optionally set a passphrase to secure your account. Note that this isn't merely a passphrase securing your account on Proton's servers beyond your usual account credentials, it's a [BIP39 extension word](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Seed_phrase#Two-factor_seed_phrases), meaning that if you lose it your wallet will be completely unrecoverable, **even if** you back up your 12 word seed phrase.
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The default currency here isn't the currency being *stored* in Proton Wallet. It is just used to show you the current conversion rate between Bitcoin and your local currency.
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Once you're in, Proton Wallet is fairly straightforward. In fact, there's not much to explore beyond finding your wallet address and buying Bitcoin. Clicking the **Recieve** button brings up a panel which shows your address and allows you to generate a new one on the fly. When you generate a new address, all of your previous addresses will continue to work, but are no longer displayed anywhere.
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Buying Bitcoin is simple as well. Proton is working with two providers, Banxa and Ramp, and if you're in the United States like I am both are available, so you can choose the one with the best exchange rate to go with. Before you purchase, Proton Wallet asks you for your current country, so that will determine which providers it's possible to use.
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But that isn’t to say they should just throw all the providers in a big table and call it a day. Almost worse than the ranking scheme above is when sites provide out of context lists of providers, often just with pricing and a link. Sometimes they will link you to a full review (more on that in a bit), but for the most part these sites just expect you to follow their recommendations blindly.
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These read like advertisements, because they usually are. Once again we see the usual suspects — NordVPN, ExpressVPN… — paraded as the gold standard in the VPN space, not out of any inherent value, but based on the value of their affiliate programs. To further this point, let’s take a look at how much each of the five providers above will pay you for a referral (on a one-month plan).
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Generally, in business, it is sensible to provide your customers with what they want. With Twitter, the meme-makers' favourite billionaire is doing the opposite. The cyber-trucker is trying his best to [cull](https://jottings.lol/2022/12/bravo-elon) his customer base. Instead of finding gaps in the market, Musk is helping to create them. Ever the [copycat](https://blog.privacyguides.org/2022/04/04/move-fast-and-break-things/), Mark Zuckerberg wants to give these innovative tactics a try. Enter the-company formerly-known-as-Facebook's rival to the birdsite: Threads.
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