# The End of Anonymous Search? | This Week in Privacy #9 (Jul. 11, 2025) **URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/the-end-of-anonymous-search-this-week-in-privacy-9-jul-11-2025/29045 **Category:** Livestreams **Created:** 2025-07-11T20:54:22Z **Posts:** 15 ## Post 1 by @jonah — 2025-07-11T20:54:22Z Stream begins at 2025-07-11T21:00:00Z > **[The End of Anonymous Search? | This Week in Privacy #9 (Jul. 11, 2025)](https://www.youtube.com/live/5qaenO90UFE)** > > Welcome to Episode 9 of This Week in Privacy. Please 👍 like and 🔔 subscribe to our channel to support our work and find out about our latest video content!... --- ## Post 2 by @jonah — 2025-07-11T20:55:40Z --- ## Post 3 by @anon63378630 — 2025-07-11T21:06:42Z the audio sounds robotic, I think there are two of you @jonah playing slightly out of sync and jordan is a bit quiet --- ## Post 4 by @shorthand7608 — 2025-07-11T22:13:18Z I’ve decided to get the Fairphone 6 and I’m interested & curious in how /e/OS will be as a daily driver :thinking: _edit:_ I personally like the idea behind the phones repairability its a very niche group of us for this type of the device, but I can see support taking a hit for the US at least for a while and I agree with the points you both made about Murena/Fairphone. --- ## Post 5 by @jordan — 2025-07-11T23:33:21Z Thanks for watching :blush: At least with the Fairphone 6 you can flash the device to whichever operating system you desire, so if you don’t end up liking /e/OS you could switch it to CalyxOS. I also like the idea of a repairable and sustainable smartphone I just wish they were on par in terms of security :pensive_face: --- ## Post 6 by @sha123 — 2025-07-12T08:11:52Z Do yourself a favor and stay away from /e/OS. Fairphone is also not the best choice. There is no secure element and updates have had significant delays. Google Pixel with GrapheneOS is the only recommended choice. There is enough information on the forum about any of these. --- ## Post 7 by @crossroads — 2025-07-12T08:16:57Z There are different threat models. Some people don’t need the most secure device possible. Almost no one uses the most secure devices, and yet nothing bad is happening to them. No identity theft, no money taken from bank accounts, no remote access, etc. Reasonably secure device that it not Pixel/GOS if perfectly fine --- ## Post 8 by @shorthand7608 — 2025-07-12T12:08:01Z I’ll keep that in mind, but I’m honestly more intrigued in the hardware itself than the software a problem I wish I would rather not have tbh. --- ## Post 9 by @anon63378630 — 2025-07-12T15:01:44Z > [@crossroads](#): > > Reasonably secure But /e/OS is _not_ reasonably secure. --- ## Post 10 by @doug — 2025-07-13T17:42:29Z It’s not possible to watch youtube anonymously anymore. Is this published on any privacy-friendly platforms? --- ## Post 11 by @anon63378630 — 2025-07-13T17:48:57Z > [@doug](#): > > It’s not possible to watch youtube anonymously anymore it still works, just click the new circuit button a few times. --- ## Post 12 by @doug — 2025-07-13T18:24:20Z I’m assuming because you mentioned “new circuit” you mean watch in tor browser at [youtube.com](http://youtube.com)? I have a couple issues with that: 1. in my experience there’s too much latency to stream video over tor 2. While I know that TB offers best-in-class anti-fingerprinting measures, I don’t think anyone claims they are perfect, and it seems like a rather large leap of faith to assume you can enable javascript and the other features needed to play media on Youtube without being fingerprinted. Anonymity aside, it would be still be preferable to watch on an ethical and trustworthy platform. --- ## Post 13 by @where-are-my-SOCKS — 2025-07-13T20:57:15Z > [@sha123](#): > > ere is no secure element and updates have had significant delays. Google Pixel with GrapheneOS is the only recommended choice. There is enough information on the forum about any o the concept of fairphone is pretty neat actually, and the phones are not bad for most users I think. From a privacy (/security) perspective, you’re right of course, but not everyone is a hardcore privacy nerd and digital civil rights hardliner like most of us here are :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:. I know a lot of people that even if you would explain it to them, they don’t understand the long term consequences of massive intrusive data collection etc. - they want a phone that makes good or okay-ish photos and is capable of running whatsapp. And in these cases, why not a fairphone over a big coorp phone like google or samsung. --- ## Post 14 by @jordan — 2025-07-13T23:06:13Z It was published on PeerTube after the stream finished, we are hoping to also stream live on PeerTube too but not sure if that will be possible. https://neat.tube/videos/embed/puLqNRYVLDchX7Kk5Q8mWg --- ## Post 15 by @doug — 2025-07-14T00:16:41Z oh wonderful, thank you! --- ## Post 17 by @system — 2025-08-24T04:31:59Z This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. 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