A while ago I reached a point in my privacy journey where I simply felt bored. It’s not a result of going too far in privacy, but simply my threat model has caused me to let go of a lot of things that used to entertain me (games, movie streaming, short form video, etc.) The entertainment landscape in privacy seems pretty bleak, since you no longer own the movies you watch, the games you play, and lots of proprietary software along the way. I entertain myself through FreeTube, physical copies of movies, and offline installations of games like Minecraft, but it’s still a step down from how it used to be.
What do you do to keep yourselves entertained in a privacy conscious way?
Krafty Kactus ( @tkk13909@sopuli.xyz ) English22•2 months agoYou could try jacking off
Churbleyimyam ( @Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ) 9•2 months agoTo porn that you have painted yourself ahead of time.
TheSun ( @TheSun@slrpnk.net ) 2•2 months agoPaint me like one of your French girls, Jack
helenslunch ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) 19•2 months agoHave you tried touching grass? 😃
But seriously, most outdoor activities are like the most private things you’ll do all day.
NaibofTabr ( @NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ) English5•2 months agoNever mind the security cameras, and the drones, and the smartphones, and the satellites…
helenslunch ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) 9•2 months agoThose things are less-likely to be in outdoor areas than anywhere else.
NaibofTabr ( @NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ) English3•2 months agoWhere I live, there are security cameras all over the buildings and the lamposts and the traffic intersections and the parking lots, plus Ring/Nest doorbells everywhere. There are more cameras outside the buildings than inside. Everybody is carrying a smartphone and I see people taking pictures or video with them all the time.
Drones and satellites are really only outside.
So I don’t agree with your conclusion.
Ilandar ( @Ilandar@aussie.zone ) 2•2 months agoWhere I live there are no cameras, so I agree with their conclusion.
frightful_hobgoblin ( @frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml ) 18•2 months agoBuy a book with cash. Read the book.
The entertainment landscape in privacy seems pretty bleak, since you no longer own the movies you watch
It’s the other way around.
Tony N ( @tonyn@lemmy.ml ) 4•2 months agoThey have cameras in the bookstores with facial recognition
frightful_hobgoblin ( @frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml ) 4•2 months agoWho does?
DARbarian ( @DARbarian@kbin.run ) 15•2 months agoPersonally I haven’t really changed anything about my entertainment other than how I attain it. Torrented movies, shows, and books, cracked games, and ad+sponsor blocked YT via Piped mean I get all the same entertainment as ever if not more (plus I actually own it forever). The only thing I’ll admit I miss a bit is Reddit.
Xerenogan ( @Winco@lemmy.sdf.org ) English12•2 months agoBoard games with friends and family. My brother rotates hosting board game night with his friends and it’s great fun.
Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) English11•2 months ago“Shorts” rot your brain like maggots. They are like smoking nicotine. You are probably suffering from withdraw of domine.
I think it is healthy to not be constantly entertained. Go outside and be in nature for a while. Maybe you could even meet someone new.
LucidBoi ( @LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 11•2 months agoYou can own movies by pirating them. same goes for games etc
GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 months agoBut games will still have the built in invasive telemetry I think.
frightful_hobgoblin ( @frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml ) 4•2 months agoWhen people get games from e.g. fitgirl-repacks, do they play them offline? (just curious, I don’t play games)
GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 5•2 months agoOnline features don’t work on pirated games in 99% cases (it says “connection error”, “failed to connect to insert the developer company name here servers” or something similar) but I’m afraid the telemetry still works.
DaGeek247 ( @DaGeek247@fedia.io ) 9•2 months agoYou’re missing a pretty key fact; any good repack is going to disable everything trying to connect outwards. Otherwise the methods for pirating that content will be easier to detect and block.
It’s also really easy to just check for yourself when a program is phoning home. https://superuser.com/questions/99039/any-good-utility-to-track-outgoing-traffic-and-requests-from-win-pc
GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 months agoHmm this is a good point.
ArcaneSlime ( @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 10•2 months agoPirate movies, shows, and music.
That and I play old games. SMB 2 rn.
Churbleyimyam ( @Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ) 7•2 months agoMinetest in creative mode with Radio Free Fedi’s comfy channel playing in the background 🤌
Tarogar ( @Tarogar@feddit.de ) 7•2 months agoAnything that doesn’t require high tech still works really well. Don’t need to worry about tracking software that tries to sell you something with say a horse or two. And as a bonus you get lots of physical activity as well which is healthy.
GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 months agoDon’t need to worry about tracking software
Unless you do it near a device with gapps installed because these were proven to collect real-time microphone data (may not be the case anymore).
jlow (he/him) ( @jlow@beehaw.org ) 7•2 months agoCycling is amazing if there are good roads that aren’t much traveled around your area and check your local arthouse cinema, they even still might have paper tickets 😸
poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) 6•2 months agoYou can make your own open-source games, it’s pretty fun. And of course there are loads of games that have no telemetry what so ever.
“Holy shit this guy programs games to play them what a chad.” - MigratingtoLemmy
GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 5•2 months agoI just get a separate device with a fake identity and no personal data for games and proprietary software. Short videos are hosted by very invasive companies and don’t have any APIs or anything to make custom privacy-friendly frontends so it’s out of the question (fortunately imo because that things are addictive and can degrade a person in months). Idk much about movies because I’ve never used a paid movie service like Netflix but since they’re paid, privacy is very questionable there.
Unfortunately digital entertainment is very privacy-invasive overall. You can fix some of the privacy issues by the cost of convenience but some things will remain too invasive to be viable in many threat models.
frightful_hobgoblin ( @frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 months agoShort videos are hosted by very invasive companies and don’t have any APIs or anything to make custom privacy-friendly frontends so it’s out of the question (fortunately imo because that things are addictive and can degrade a person in months).
If you view tiktok content thru ProxiTok, it fails to be addictive because things like autoplay and recommendations are disabled.
GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 months agoProxiTok
Never heard of it but if a client with proper profiling mitigation exists, it’s awesome. Though (as I understand) since there’s pretty much no useful content on TikTok (unless it’s a shortened copy of a YouTube video or something), good recommendations are really needed to keep the user entertained so privacy-focused clients without total profiling kill the point of the app.
DaGeek247 ( @DaGeek247@fedia.io ) 4•2 months agosince there’s pretty much no useful content on TikTok
Just like any other major social platform, it has been used to pretty good effect in organizing protests against various issues. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/14/starbucks-why-everyone-boycotting-controversies-explained/71885557007/
I don’t personally use it though. Too scared i wont be able to put it down.
GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 months agoJust like any other major social platform, it has been used to pretty good effect in organizing protests against various issues.
Yea but come on we all know that stupid memes and harmful propaganda of all sorts will be at least 95% of your feed so it will degrade you fast. It’s a nice platform for creation and advertising but not for consumption.
The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English2•2 months agoI read books. I tinker.
gopher510 ( @gopher510@lemm.ee ) English1•2 months agoMotorcycling. Nearly all modern bikes have no ability to touch the internet, so you can get into a really fun hobby with practical benefits without being spied on.