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by 4d66ba06 7y ago
FastMail 1Password iCloud Storage Netflix, Spotify NYTimes, Apple News +, local newspaper Backup software Linode, AWS
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by 4d66ba06 7y ago
The Librem 5 (only dev kit is out so far) is similar to this. You can run some Gnome software unmodified, they have been doing a Youtube series showing various apps running on it. My understanding is the phone will be able to connect to a l
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by 4d66ba06 7y ago
A quote: "Scrolling through my Purchases, I couldn’t shake the most basic questions: What good reason is there for Google to store six years of detailed purchase information? Why can’t I delete it without deleting the emailed receipts?
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by 4d66ba06 7y ago
I switched to Fastmail a while back and it has worked perfectly. I still use Gmail's calendar but someday I may use Fastmail's calendar.
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Volk Fi: Distributed network smartphone(volkfi.com)
298 points by 4d66ba06 8y ago|120 comments
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
I'm a fairly new user of it but perhaps https://www.draw.io/ would be useful (there are desktop clients to in addition to the multi-user edit capable Google Drive hosted option)
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Fascinating writeup, Google 2FA is the first system covered.
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Here are two relevant recent threads on the topic of typescript https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18961916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18942260
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Be aware that $15/mo is promotional pricing. It's more like $23 or so a month after the first 3 months. I use Mint and like it.
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Mint requires you to buy at least 3 months at a time.
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
> the biggest difference is the vine-like recording interface that lets you record multiple clips and merged them together How do you view prior clips? Once I start a new clip I don't see a way to go back (it could be I'm missi
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Happy to see lots of progress in this update. Each month I'm saving towards purchasing the Librem 5 after I hear confirmation that it works on T-Mobile networks in the US.
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
On machines in our household I have mix of SpiderOak (very useful if you want to back up a dual boot system and don't boot into it every 30 or 90 days like some backup systems require) and Backblaze.
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One step I am taking besides trying to reduce Google usage (eg use fastmail, DuckDuckGo) I am trying to stop using my real name as my username and when I want to particularly reduce links to my email use a service like Abine Blur which prov
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Not exactly what you are asking but the Librem 5 phone (ships this year) apparently can be connected to a monitor as per this "Interested in a kit containing the Librem 5 phone with a keyboard, mouse and monitor? Check out the 24″ bund
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Randomly generated so as to not be associated with my real identity.
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
> I fear giving my email/phone number/etc. to anybody because I have no idea how they'll be used I've subscribed to Abine Blur to be able to generate separate masked emails for sites I'm wary of, as well as have
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
I'm really hoping the Librem 5 is successful - supposed to start shipping in 2019: https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18169243 ?
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
I like that there are also some privacy improvements in Android permissions mentioned in this post: "We are limiting apps’ ability to receive Call Log and SMS permissions on Android devices, and are no longer making contact interaction
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Purism is working on a phone that plans to support Ubuntu Touch: https://puri.sm/posts/ubports-ubuntu-touch-on-librem5-collab...
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Google might get rid of the controversial automatic login feature in Chrome(businessinsider.com)
2 points by 4d66ba06 8y ago|4 comments
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
A 5S that I bought used off ebay eventually stopped detecting the lightening port, but obviously a very old phone as I think it was within the past year that it stopped.
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
I hadn't seen that. I'll need to look into things more after reading this: http://vpnscam.com/tesonet-data-mining-company-owns-nordvpn-...
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
I am looking forward to the Librem 5 phone from Purism. It will run Linux and be focused on privacy.
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
I use NeoBudget (virtual envelope web app with a mobile app) - you need to manually import your transactions, but it has been rock solid for years: https://neobudget.com/
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by 4d66ba06 8y ago
Also being discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17121721
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Ask HN: What is your online privacy toolkit?
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by 4d66ba06 9y ago
My understanding is this is a setting for groups where Facebook allows the group to be set up to allow regular members approve new ones vs requiring the admin to do it. I believe it is up to the admin to change this.
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by 4d66ba06 9y ago
This podcast episode on the Second Amendment was fascinating as it discusses how the US Courts interpretation of the second amendment changed http://www.radiolab.org/story/radiolab-presents-more-perfect...

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