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by drnick1 8mo ago
The (desktop) Linux security model is different. You trust the distro maintainers in the same way you trust the GOS devs, and instead of "app sandboxing" you use user accounts, containers or VMs to protect personal information. Th
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Since you seem to be one of the developers, one thing that I wish Graphene focused on more is browser fingerprinting. This is is probably the number one threat against privacy nowadays. Vanadium is very usable, but it seems to be quite easi
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by drnick1 8mo ago
The consumer does not typically pay this directly. It may be passed onto the consumer indirectly through higher prices, but those apply to anyone regardless of payment method. On the contrary, I get cash back on purchases and other rewards.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> The flag ship should not be more than $500 Which is (almost) the case during sales. The P10 was on sale for $599 not long ago, and you could buy a 9a for little more than $300. That is extremely good value compared to any iThing repote
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> For me the biggest concern is that while you may be able to use and run your own device, you will be locked out of most propietary services. Although this is not the case, moving away from proprietary services (and self-hosting your ow
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by drnick1 8mo ago
> Also, RCS works very inconsistently (been without it for months), seems to be Google's fault. The best thing would be to switch to Signal (Molly) for texting.
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by drnick1 8mo ago
Yes, because we don't want these stupid locked down apps. Credit cards give buyers many protections, it's very easy to dispute an illegitimate transaction.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
This "digital wallet" is precisely touted as an alternative to carrying plastic.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
Isn't Venmo some nasty shit that by default exposes all of your transactions publicly to your "friends"?
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by drnick1 9mo ago
> Usually that means scanning a QR code with your bank app on your smartphone where you confirm the amount and recipient, but you can use a physical card reader with your debit card for an OTP This seems to be mobile-centric system that
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by drnick1 9mo ago
> we don’t want to have to force smartphone choices but the number of users without one these devices is so vanishingly small You are missing the point. The issue is that once the "vanishingly small" number of alternatives disa
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by drnick1 9mo ago
Why would you want to archive social media? It's always been slop and now it's increasingly AI slop. We should really to back to people hosting their own websites when they want to share something publicly. Just plain HTML like in
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by drnick1 9mo ago
Agreed, I use fractal and a self-hosted server and it works great.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
The Signal desktop app works fine, but you are right, it is still tied to a mobile account and a phone number. This is the main downside to Signal. I read that the Molly fork will support multiple accounts and a self hostable server. It pro
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by drnick1 9mo ago
> So instead, people are rage-returning Ring cameras and posting their receipts and exchanging them for...Chinese cameras. Which do the same thing, except this time the servers are overseas and completely uncontrolled. No, the right thin
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by drnick1 9mo ago
You can't really use Rust in the real world without interfacing a lot of C/C++ libraries, so yes this is still relevant.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
Parent mentioned not using the Play Store or the Apple Store. The hardware Graphene runs on is kind of irrelevant for that. I don't see a problem with paying Google for hardware that I am free to use as I like; unlike other manufacture
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by drnick1 9mo ago
Who has the keys of the encryption algorithm?
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by drnick1 9mo ago
> So for me "stop using Facebook" sound similar to saying "burn all of your family photos and throw away your ability to talk to many of the people who are important to you." You just aren't looking for obvious a
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by drnick1 9mo ago
Guess what, Instagram and Whatsapp belong to Facebook (Meta).
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by drnick1 9mo ago
> used your web browser so no other applications to install I see this as a downside. Native email clients are much faster and a far better UX than a Web inbox. It's also pretty much required if you juggle multiple accounts.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
DuckDuckGo is free to use, and is proof that you can have privacy respecting search. They make their money like Google used to by selling rankings, not by having users log in so that they can be followed across all their devices.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
> Even in the EU we can't use a lot of "society important" smartphone apps without Google Play or the Apple Store. Install GrapheneOS on a Pixel. Most Android apps just work, and unlike the stock OS, it does not spy on you
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by drnick1 9mo ago
Far too much state interference in private matters. The EU is quickly becoming the new Soviet Union.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
uBlock Origin updates its lists automatically. If you want to spend $6, just donate to uBlock instead and never see an ad again on 99% of the Internet.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
> YT has started to place its content behind sign-in wall Any examples of that?
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by drnick1 9mo ago
You are much better off donating money directly or buying merch than further inflating Google's profits.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
Why are you still paying for Youtube? I run uBlock and haven't seen ads in years, don't see any cellphone format crap now thanks to this list, and VacuumTube on my TV defaults to 4K.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
I can confirm this works great, you are back to a mid 2010s kind of homescreen without any of the modern cellphone format crap.
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by drnick1 9mo ago
Clearly that is useless for people who browse YT anonymously, hence the usefulness of the list.

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