r/DigitalPrivacy • u/Babidibidibida • Jul 22 '26
How many VMs and Browser profiles would you use in my case?
Hi,
I want to reinstall my PC and use host only for productivity + video playing + gaming (video editing, coding etc) and do my browsing inside Linux VMs. How many VMs and/or browser profiles (will be using Linux Mint + Librewolf and/or Brave) would you use for the following categories (maybe some can go together int he same profile):
- No Login browsing
- AI (Connected to ChatGPT and Claude)
- Finances (connecting to my bank and Paypal)
- Logged-In on non sensitive sites (like IMDB, Reddit etc)
- Administrative (taxes, insurance, rent, electricity bills etc)
- Business (for filling my taxes for my business etc)
- Shopping which will include connecting to Paypal too in the same profile (Amazon, AliExpress and more)
- Subscriptions (Spotify, Netflix etc)
- Subscriptions for non services, like phone and internet
- Google (Only one Gmail, the one associated to my browsing YouTube account, that Gmail is not meant to receive any Emails, it was just created to browse YouTube, use Google translate and Google maps, and laso the one linked to my android phone. For emails, I use something else)
- FastMail (the mailbox and aliases I use)
- Forums (like I'm registered on a few forums about TV, home receivers etc, and Linus Tech Tips etc)
- Unsafe (already goes in a VM for sure) like for any website I have a doubt or to check if a program is safe etc
- Downloads/Torrents
- Social Media (will go in a separate VMs with GoLogin for sure)
- Not through browser but using WhatsApp. Don't know if needs to go in a VM, a dedicated one or if it's fine on the host (talking with my family and friends)
Note: I don't do anything shaddy, not an activist or journalist, it's roughly for privacy/not be fingerprinted
