Rikj000

Rikj000, 10 days ago

You can use Aegis and/or Yubico Authenticator instead, that’s what I do.

Rikj000, 15 days ago

Never give up,
each eye you poke out is one less they can use for data collection.

It’s a slow process and they’ll grow more eyes,
but the less they have on you,
the more private you’ll be.

Rikj000, 20 days ago

Don’t meddle with “stable-coins”.
They are pointless since they:

• Do not replace fiat
• Are not stable since inflation on fiat
• Are more risky then fiat

If you want a “stable-coin”,
just use fiat…

Only crypto you should still care about these days is Monero.

Rikj000, 20 days ago

Don’t meddle with “stable-coins”.
They are pointless since they:

• Do not replace fiat
• Are not stable since inflation on fiat
• Are more risky then fiat

Only crypto you should still care about these days is Monero.

Rikj000, 3 months ago

I hate that nowadays everything comes with pre-installed spyware and that they charge you for it makes it even worse…

• Want a TV? Suck on our Android TV with Google spyware embedded
• Want a phone? Get our Android with Google spyware, or go for an Apple with Apple spyware
• Want a computer? We’ll shove Windows spyware down your throat

Ffs I just want devices that I own to not spy on me, and I can’t even buy them anymore…

Each of them require flashing a custom privacy respecting OS onto it,
and that’s a real problem…

Rikj000, 19 days ago

vomits in mouth a little

Rikj000, 1 month ago

Suyu is the most popular + actively developed afaik.
suyu.dev

They host their code on their own Forgejo instance:
git.suyu.dev/explore/repos

Which is more DMCA proof then Github/Gitlab.

I hope ForgeFed will go into production soon,
then we can synchronize the code in between multiple Forgejo instances in a federated fashion.
codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/59

Rikj000, 1 month ago

Each article,
links to a news site,
which is riddled with data trackers,
which collects info about you,
which is sold.

In addition the sites contain advertisements.

Rikj000, 1 month ago

How do you think news sites earn money? They do not provide that content for free,
you are their product of which they benefit.

I use NoScript,
which tells me about each JavaScript piece a website has, most if not all of them contain trackers (= data collection).

Rikj000, 1 month ago

Only these 2:

• world@lemmy.world
• worldnews@lemmy.ml

Because they:

• Spam up your feed
• Spread depressing content (since it attracts more attention thus earns them more)
• Try to manipulate you

Rikj000, 26 days ago

Currently at 30ish hours and still enjoying it.

Reminded me that Bethesda does release some great / huge games.

Albeit quite bugged at release,
but since they (usually) embrace the modding scene, lots of this can be / has been patched and even improved by the community.

The Next Gen update is a stupid cash-grab though, and imo should have never happened…

An official modpack would have been much better.

Rikj000, 26 days ago (edited 23 days ago)

My “nExT gEn” update experience:

1. Get baited to re-play Fallout 4 through the new TV show + Next Gen update
2. Be disappointed since the graphics aged like milk + Official HD texture DLC sucks
3. Be disappointed since the update broke nearly all mod support
4. Roll back to the release before the Next Gen update + Uninstall the Official HD texture DLC
5. Install 205 mods, and happily play with nearly everything in 4K

FYI, most mods I installed are from:

• The Midnight Ride:
  themidnightride.moddinglinked.com
• ESO-UI High End:
  eso-ui.com/fallout4-high-end/

Rikj000, 23 days ago

You can ditch YouTube,
without actually ditching YouTube content,
through a privacy respecting alternative frontend:
www.privacyguides.org/en/frontends/#youtube

My favorite ones:

• Desktop: Invidious + Piped
• Android: Newpipe + Tubular

Rikj000, 30 days ago

Correct, ChatGPT is proprietary spyware.

If the interface would support self hosted (local/offline) LLMs, then I’m sure people would be much more interested.

Rikj000, 27 days ago

Correct me if I’m wrong,
but I have been disliking Ubuntu because they use:

• Proprietary pieces in their code
• Telemetry (spyware)
• Snap packages by default

Rikj000, 1 month ago

Points that can help them change to FOSS:

• Cool new features not available in proprietary alternatives
• Awareness of privacy risks & issues
• Battery life improvements
• Storage size reduction
• Security improvements

Sites that can help them find FOSS alternatives:

• www.opensourcealternative.to
• github.com/sindresorhus/awesome
• www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/
• f-droid.org/en/packages/

In my experience it’s extremely hard to make someone not interested in software to try out new FOSS apps though…

Rikj000, 1 month ago

CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies),
basically FIAT 2.0,
but now with even less rights and privacy over your money.

Rikj000, 1 month ago

I feel you :/

I’d answer with:
Because it’s a privacy nightmare.

They’ll answer with:
I don’t care about privacy,
I’ve got nothing to hide.

I’ll answer with:
That’s a dumb reply,
my privacy is not important,
but systematic privacy is,
if we don’t care about it,
we’ll end up in a oppressed surveillance state like China.

And then they say “huh” and likely will continue to not care… ;-;

However it does make some aware,
in which I’m putting my faith.

Rikj000, 1 month ago

All I want to know is how it can be removed / disabled permanently from my work laptop when it reaches it.

Rikj000, 1 month ago

Human Centipede,
that shit is banned in a few countries for a reason…

Rikj000, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Imagine white people calling a black woman racist for dressing up like Marilyn Monroe, that’s bs.

Or black people calling a white child racist for wanting to dress up like Martin Luther King, since the child sees him as a hero of the past.

It all comes down to your acts when you’re dressed up, or the people you dress up as.

Those can be either offensive,
or innocent.

Rikj000, 1 month ago

Imo cuz people are too PC (Politically Correct) buthurt lately.

I’d even flip the tables, and call it racist if you won’t allow other races to dress up / admire your own race.

Ofc doing it to make fun / be a dick about other races is not okay.

Rikj000, 1 month ago

Hope these will help with opting out for data collection / informing yourself about it:

• privacy4cars.com
• vehicleprivacyreport.com
• optoutcode.com
• foundation.mozilla.org/en/…/cars/

Rikj000, 1 month ago

Citra, internal resolution x9,
and you’ve got yourself an early access to this :)

No need to pay Nintendont, the law-suit company that makes games on the side, again for a game you already bought in the past.

Rikj000, 1 month ago

• Forgejo: But ForgeFed, it’s federation software is still under development
• Radicle: But they have unnecessary ties with crypto stuff