Aussies trying to fight off the lack of care worldwide governments have for creative copyrights

We basically still in the tech wild west. Do you think Australia will be a drop in an ocean, or the tide to shake up the whole playing field?

So i was searching online for shoes that are not even that popular last week, and now every single website i open is spamming me with ads for those exact same shoes… its getting annoying and honestly it scares me so i spent some time now looking for the best browsers for privacy to replace chrome

I didnt realize how much data normal browsers collect on you in the background until i started reading about tracking cookies and fingerprinting…. looking through all these reddit threads and tech forums really scared me lol but it was also really useful and i tried some of the browsers recommended already

This is what ive tried so far:

So im writing this post hoping that there are people that dont use chrome or edge anymore and could share with me what are they using right now? i would really love to hear what you guys consider the best browsers for privacy for everyday use

i've been having some issues with my current vpn lately, especially when trying to watch shows on streaming services while abroad. sometimes it works fine, other times i spend more time switching servers than actually watching anything lol. so i started looking into alternatives and came across cyberghost black friday deals 2026 to see if switching would be worth it

right now my options are basically:

• nordvpn- used it before and liked it, but its more than i want to spend
• proton vpn - seems solid but im not a huge fan of the app/UI
• cyberghost - havent tried it yet, but the price is making me consider it

i mostly use a vpn for streaming and traveling, so i dont need anything too complicated. cyberghost seems like it could be enough for what i need if a good black friday offer comes up.

has anyone found a decent cyberghost black friday deal yet? Its cheap but wondering if i could save even more money

Hello. I don’t feel safe using my phone lately. My TikTok For You page feels like it’s talking to me directly and knows details about my life in real time—people, places, and things happening around me. Also, a famous TikToker seems to hear my private conversations and responds to me through their reposts. I know it sounds strange, but it feels like it's been proven to me multiple times. Is anyone else going through this?

PS I also think they can see my activity on my phone and have access to my camera, because it feels like they can see me while I'm using the app.

Hi! I was wondering if anybody could help me. When I was underage I had an Instagram account where I stupidly posted lots of photos of myself. The photos aren’t malicious but are quite embarrassing and I’d like to have them removed. When people look up my instagram account all these other accounts with my name come up of “fan pages” for myself. It’s humiliating. Is there anyone I can hire or legal action I can take to get these removed? I’ve tried endlessly to report these accounts but it never works. Not sure if this is the place to post something like this but I don’t know where else to. Thanks!

Asking because I genuinely don’t know how much of this is technically possible, and I’d rather hear from people who understand this stuff.

A while ago, I met someone on Reddit. We started talking, got along pretty well, and eventually became online friends. Everything was normal at first, but after some time, they started acting weird in ways that made me uncomfortable. Nothing I want to get too specific about, but I eventually decided to distance myself and slowly cut off contact.

The thing is, we never talked outside Reddit. I never gave them my other social media accounts, phone number, full name, or anything that I can remember that would directly identify me.

At some point, I had shared a selfie with them through Reddit. Now, after things went sour, they brought up that photo and said they could find me.

That honestly freaked me out a little and I know people talk about metadata in photos, EXIF data, location information, and all that stuff. But I'm confused about what information is actually accessible when you send someone a picture through Reddit.

Can someone really get your location or identity from a selfie?

I'm trying to figure out whether this person is bluffing to scare me or whether there's a legitimate privacy risk I should be concerned about.

To be clear, I'm not saying they have actually found me or that they know where I live. They just claimed they could find me, and given how things ended, I don't know whether to take that seriously.

I'm also wondering whether there are any privacy steps I should take now, considering the photo has already been shared...