HiramFromTheChi

Cases like these are why this extension exists: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/don-t-fuck-with-paste/

At least you can say the experience was lit

Synology Photos. I’ve heard Immich is quite good too.

Who doesn’t like an underdog? 😤

Simply put: Sharing ad revenue with users is just a phase in what remains an inherently flawed business model.

I wanna preface this by saying that I run GrapheneOS (GOS), so idk if that has anything to do with the fact that nothing has flagged my version of KDE Connect. If it’s a Google Play Services (GPS) thing, then:

1. I guess it depends on whether you run GPS on your GOS phone, or
2. Maybe it doesn’t even depend on #1, since GPS runs as unprivileged. I put KDE it on my GPS profile, and didn’t get any notification about this.

Guessing this is just a Play Protect thing.

Nevertheless, if you’re installing FOSS apps, try installing them via Obtanium instead of the Google Play Store.

You can simply copy and paste the source code URL into Obtanium, and it’ll grab the APK, as well as notify you when there’s updates.

It supports F-Droid, GitHub, GitLab, and other sources.

I would stop using the internet

I’m all for open source as well.

Ah okay. Guess it’s not much different than using Mullvad’s content blocking DNS then.

I’m guessing you can’t run it alongside a VPN then, right?

Why privacy matters, reason #854203

https://thedise.me/instander/

What makes it better?

And push for legislation that doesn’t allow em to do this in the first place.

Cause it doesn’t make it right, but on some level it’s hard to blame them for pushing the limits, if there’s no resistance or repercussion. That’s how we ended up in this mess.

Tech moves fast. Government moves slow. Most of these issues boil down to legislative failures.

I go hard when it comes to this. Firefox + uBlock Origin, use open source alternatives, don’t communicate outside of Signal, 2FA on everything, you name it. And it’s exhausting at times, not gonna lie. But my effort reinforces my sentiment that it shouldn’t fall to the consumer to put in all this effort just to have some a basic, healthy blend of convenience, privacy, and security.

Spotube looks really interesting. It says that you can use it as anonymous/guest, but it looks like it still requires a Spotify account. I don’t have an account, but I might have to make one just to test it out lol

I wish there was a way to permanently store this article into people’s brains.

Well, not really. But you know what I mean.

The whole notion of “If you’re not the product, then you’re the product” died a while ago.

Now, you’re paying for the product, and you continue to be the product.

Paying for the product = monthly/yearly subscription You’re the product = unique identifiers, data mining/harvesting, tracked across the web, etc. Perhaps even training some AI models in the background, too.

GrapheneOS only works on the Pixel line as of this writing.

Pixels run stock Android. If you want a truly minimalist phone that’s not just secure, but private (de-Googled), look into GrapheneOS.

GrapheneOS only runs on Pixel devices (including the Pixel tablet) because they’re the only ones that meet the strict security standards.

I know LineageOS supports some Samsung devices, but I didn’t see the S22 being supported.