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by fghtr 7y ago
"In scientific and academic language, may is often used to talk about typical occurrences - things that can happen in certain situations." https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/22134/can-could-vs-m...
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by fghtr 7y ago
Because https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20044430&p=2
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by fghtr 7y ago
> Gmail alternatives https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20005980 > Maps https://openstreetmap.org
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by fghtr 7y ago
Perhaps https://yacy.net could help you.
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by fghtr 7y ago
But what do you do with our personal information entered?
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by fghtr 7y ago
Not sure if popular, but Librem One is very promising.
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by fghtr 7y ago
I guess one could use openstreetmap data here, since they have pretty comprehensive coverage of bus stops, at least in Europe.
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by fghtr 7y ago
What is "too much" and "pseudo" about their activism? Yes, they indeed directly benefit from that. What is wrong with having a privacy-respecting monetization?
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by fghtr 7y ago
One can also buy refurbished smartphones with Replicant: https://tehnoetic.com/mobile-devices
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by fghtr 7y ago
Install Privacy Badger and HTTPS Everywhere in their browser.
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by fghtr 7y ago
https://posteo.de Based in Germany. 1 euro/month for 2 GB. Green energy. 3 aliases included. Anonymous payment with a post letter. Comprehensive encryption. (happy user) Upd: Free Javascript as confirmed by FSF: https:&#x2
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by fghtr 7y ago
Mastodon can help here, because it is not a single entity, but a federation with independent moderations.
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by fghtr 7y ago
>It communicates by definition, and that is essential to its operation. Communicating is essential. Storing this information forever is not. Processing and giving this information to "third parties" even less so.
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by fghtr 7y ago
Which sites?
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by fghtr 7y ago
We now have peertube, which uses p2p to decrease the load on your server.
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by fghtr 7y ago
>The boot loader should be simple and relatively dumb IMHO, then it is secure. If it should be bigger then it should be Open source. I do not see why it would be different for any other software.
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by fghtr 7y ago
Although mentioned in the article, I would like to emphasize that https://puri.sm are selling laptops with disabled and cleaned (with me_cleaner) bios. I hope more companies follow.
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by fghtr 7y ago
So we need an organization like EFF for that.
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https://pdfreaders.org
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Qubes OS Accepted into 2019 Google Season of Docs(qubes-os.org)
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by fghtr 7y ago
https://puri.sm/faq/supported-networks/
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by fghtr 7y ago
> if the two parties understand how to send encrypted messages over web clients, isn't that still secure ? It is secure, except that metadata are open go Google. And metadata is the new data nowadays.
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by fghtr 7y ago
I am happy with posteo.de.
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by fghtr 7y ago
https://www.wikitribune.com/article/13988/ via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15806500
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by fghtr 7y ago
>you don't get to complain about being murdered later Actually, you do; murder is illegal even if you were informed in advance. The same should be with the ad industry. See GDPR.
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by fghtr 7y ago
>Are there any companies than don't abuse our trust? I guess you need to look in the direction of GNU/Linux. For example, company https://puri.sm . They have nice laptops and nice Debian-based OS and they are working
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by fghtr 7y ago
Then you do not really want to make a change. Things will not change themselves (except to the worse).
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by fghtr 7y ago
You can also volunteer for them.
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by fghtr 7y ago
I suggest to follow research-based advises. For example, there is Harvard Schoold of Public Health: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you...
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by fghtr 7y ago
Become a member of a charity fighting for your freedoms such as Electronic Frontier Foundation or Amnesty International.

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