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Could it possibly work to still participate in the chats (like i imagine a throwaway account for example) or does that break the whole concept of privacy? How does that work exactly.
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Not positive I mean an account will always be less private but I imagine you could use a burner
on that note, no chat logins in all alternatives mentioned. at least these that also list minimizing data transfer to amazon :(
Would love to hear insights on why Mozilla with uBlock is worse than these front ends that dont specifically list minimizing communication with amazon efforts but only "no ads/open source" (i dont even know what what difference open source makes in that case)
Umm I imagine they limit Amazon JavaScript. Or they could proxy if you weren’t the one hosting. I’m wondering what activity on twitch is so concerning for you? If you just want to “anonymize” your boring normal day to day twitch stuff you can use the one I linked along with a vpn (and possibly proxy to prevent being blocked). Enough in the way that your cringe commentary likely will never be found out. If you’re doing hardcore activism or something three letters would be interested in then twitch is likely not the platform for you lol
The one I linked does need to utilize a headless browser to get an auth key because of how twitch handles auth now. It happens in the background without you even seeing but you have to set it up.
Thanks i will look into this.
I'm new to privacy and just want to cut all data selling opportunities for big corpo, does that change or would you add to your response after knowing that? I'm pretty uneducated on the whole backend mechanics, it's just the possibility of ill intent and the damage corporations can do with such data that frightens me
Your information seems very knowledgeable, so I will be very thankful for more guidance :p
Buying a VPN seems to be something I need to budget in one day... It's not that easy during these times to get money flexible
I would say a vpn and that app and a throwaway email address are all you would really need. Proton might have some free servers for vpn im not sure. You’ll never be sure but it’s a relatively inconsequential item so just do your “best” and then stop stressing. A throwaway email and a vpn and using a specific browsers (with Ublock) only for twitch would accomplish similar.
Get Bitwarden and keep all your passwords unique and safe with a very strong password or phrase as your master that is never reused anywhere. That will give you more security than worrying about every site you click on because having an account breached will generally impact your life negatively. Getting a personalized ad here or there is way less problematic on the grand scale of things.