It was because that was mentioned by the original post as why they picked all blue. Which was largely about the GDPR specifically. So I went for it on that one item.

I appreciate it, and I threw this together in about 10 minutes, so it’s just a spitball idea. Rather than seeming purely disparaging to the other person and their design by saying I don’t like it and not offering anything else constructive.

I mean, I can think of a few black flags that are iconic.

Not to mention the band Black Flag.

I do like this version better than the other one with the detailed hand. That being said, to your point about data security, it’s more so that we’re sort of splitting a finite set of motifs. Even the icon for this community is a shield and an eye. The eye being the threat, not the community represented by the flag, IMO means minimizing the eye, though I can see how you would feel the “stop” hand in the eye does the same thing. I just don’t agree with that.

Also, just me personally, the all-blue just seems boring to me. This blue is slightly bluer, so it doesn’t give me the BSOD vibe at least, but this just seem closer to a logo for a data removal subscription service than a flag. Not that mine isn’t exactly far from that either, but still.

Well, if anything, the dove just goes away as being too cheesey.

I was going to bet anything I was going to click and it would say “More cowbell!”

Pleasantly surprised, thank you.

I loved the idea, but I object to the symbology.

First off, we’re against being seen. Why would we want a big creepy eye as the definition of success? Did Pirate flags show shackles and gallows? Of course not.

What are common pictograms associated with privacy? Shields. Locks. Locks on shields. Privacy is about defense and control.

Second, the blue gives me BSOD vibes. I get the EU reference, but black is super obvious here. Black it out. Redacted. Blind. All right there.

My suggestions? A shield or lock with dove at its center. Because the mass surveillance state is one of fear, not freedom or peace. Black field with blue and white stripes, white representing freedom, blue as you have it, and I guess giving a nod to Estonia’s leadership in EU tech. Not that we need to rep Estonia, but I also liked their Eurovision entry this year.

This 100%.

Followed by drinking ditch water and getting dysentery.

Edit: no sarcasm. I personally do fasting and keto, and highly recommend them.

I also know someone that would drink a liter of water from a well they knew would give them dysentery a week before they went anywhere fancy to lose an easy 5kg. I don’t recommend it, but it does also work.

Partner had one once.

Can confirm it works, bit takes awhile to really get going.

Freetube or Librewolf (preferably via DDG search)

Cycle through VPN locations until you get a winner if you get a block. It’s annoying, but the purpose of a VPN is to let you look like you’re anywhere. So find a good spot to watch YT and then just settle in.

Has chocolate and hot peppers. 100% winning.

You should throw it a quinceanera. Put it in a dress and buy it a small car.

20 GB hard drive from 2006.

Next year we’re going to have a party for it.

Google is tracking you all over the damn place. Has been for 6 months using browser fingerprinting, Tag Manager, and tracking pixels.

If you just type in Reddit.com, or CNN, or facebook, Google ad trackers see you and literally everything you look at and interact with.

I know, it’s just kind of laughably shouting they don’t know what either an audit or conflict of interest actually are.

The hardest part some times is finding an audit firm that isn’t stupid expensive, but also won’t do a shit job and give you a report that looks like some knock-off free LLM didn’t write it to maximize their own payday. I love a good audit report with findings, it means I didn’t waste money. But my shit is (well, was, at another place years back) locked down tight, so we didn’t ever expect anything terrible.

I’m sorry - paying for an audit is somehow a conflict of interest? How exactly is that?

As someone who had to contract auditing firms every year, and personally sign off in their report as part of our compliance, I would love to hear how I should have …what? Won the audit lottery? Applied for some sort of government assistance? Prayed to an audit fairy godmother?

Who the F else is paying for our audit? I want free audits! I bet everyone does.

Ah, I believe this is what’s called “a conspiracy theory” if you had more details.

Both correct.

Also, there are four lights.

Agreed, I was warned off of PIA 5+ years ago.

In a few cities it’s good. NYC, Chicago, where white people live in DC, and maaaybe SFO come to mind. (LA your subway is only for movies, F off). Literally everywhere else it’s a travesty of busses designed to institutionalize and reinforce classism and poverty. So it’s bad, and no one wants to use a bus system (lack of tracks? Lack of charm!) of it served wealthier neighborhoods.