PublicLewdness

@PublicLewdness@burggit.moe

I have been gaming since 1992 and building PCs since 2003. I enjoy Linux, supporting FOSS projects and am a tinfoil hat connoisseur. Gaming is my achilles heel in that regard.

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PublicLewdness,

I have used DivestOS on my Pixel 2 for a while now so I donated. Glad to see the fundraising was successful.

PublicLewdness,

I have switched my comunications to anything else. XMPP, Matrix, Session, Jami, etc. I text as little as I can. No matter the app the messages still go to my carrier.

PublicLewdness,

Reading this for the first time now. Going to need a new camera app…

PublicLewdness,

I have gotten tech minded friends to switch with some success. Getting my wife to switch to privacy friendly communications with me was easy in that I did all of the leg work. I setup her accounts and installed the apps. As far as she was concerned the phone came with XMPP, Matrix and Tuta.

PublicLewdness,

I am on a grandfathered Tuta plan that costs me about $2 CAD a month. I also pay for Proton’s premium plan. Both are worth it to me. I get that everybody has a budget but at the same time 10 Euros a year is a tight one when dealing with privacy friendly alternatives.

PublicLewdness,

Neither really. Telegram is closed source on the servers and is known to cooperate with governments and law enforcement. Signal is the better option but I refuse to use an app that requires my phone number when alternatives like Matrix; XMPP; and Session exist. My phone number is tied to my name; address; and payment methods. It’s not a small ask of Signal in my opinion.

Reddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment program (arstechnica.com)

Reddit rolled out some changes this week as its continues its push for revenue and profitability jumpstarted by its API rule changes in July. Among the most controversial, the company will no longer allow users to opt out of ad personalization based on their Reddit activity and started a program that lets users exchange virtual...

PublicLewdness,

Sounds like more reasons to not use Reddit. No sympathy for those this effects.

voxel, (edited ) to privacy

Little Rat - a browser extension for monitoring other extensions

"Little Rat is an open-source extension designed for network traffic monitoring. Easily view, monitor, and block traffic from other Chrome extensions on a per-extension basis."

I use it myself and I think it's a very useful extension for everyone who uses more than just few extensions for different purposes and don't fully trust them that they send no data as the developer promises, this extension can monitor the network and act as a firewall per-extension basis.

Download (Lite Version | Can't monitor requests, only block): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/little-rat/oiopkpalpilladnibecobcecijffaflf

Source Code and full version (recommended):
https://github.com/dnakov/little-rat/

(I'm not affliate with the developer in any way and just wanted to share this)

#privacy #browser #chromium #browserextensions @privacyguides @privacy

PublicLewdness,

But who monitors the monitors ?

PublicLewdness,

I use uBlock Origin; Jshelter; and Privacy Badger. I don’t even see ads.

PublicLewdness,

My question regarding stuff like this is how do they know ? iOS is totally closed source. Even if Androidf isn’t perfect it has some open parts to it. Also you can use a DeGoogled OS which you have zero options for something similar on iOS. No closed source OS should be considered private or secure in my books.

PublicLewdness,

Biometrics is a terrible idea all around.

Signal is Flawed, Why XMPP is Amazing! (new animated video) (monero.town)

Some will curse me out for discussing decentralization and freedom. I am NOT saying the average person should be concerned with CIA spying. What I’m saying is that one should promote decentralized internet infrastructures that empower the individual over corrupt institutions, even though this threat model likely does not apply...

PublicLewdness,

Signal requires a phone number which is a non starter for me. I refuse to bend to that. I’ll stick with Session; XMPP; Matrix; etc.

PublicLewdness,

I’ve never used a VPN where I didn’t get a big drop in speed. Privacy and security don’t mesh well with speed in most cases.

PublicLewdness,

I take it not as a nightmare but a challenge.

What are the best zoom alternatives? (nitter.net)

After this announcement, I am planning to reject meetings organised in zoom. But the problem is that it’s really good. So, is there any privacy friendly and viable alternatives to zoom? It does not have to be open source because I nearly tried all alternatives. Your experiences?

PublicLewdness,

Jitsi would be my choice.

meet.jit.si

PublicLewdness,

People who decide what software to use based on what others will label them as are cowards.

PublicLewdness,

On my desktop/laptop I use Abrowser. On mobile I use Mull. You could say I have been doing my part for years but thanks for joining me.

PublicLewdness,

I already use Trisquel; libre kernel; Abrowser; DivestOS; SearXNG; Nextcloud; Matrix; XMPP; Session; Odysee and Peertube; KeePassXC; Tutanota and Protonmail; ProtonVPN. Not sure How much further I can go without going with a Talos II.

PublicLewdness,

I use SearXNG.

You can pick an instance from here:

searx.space

I use searx.namejeff.xyz myself because it’s based out of Switzerland and gets good grades.

PublicLewdness,

I use Simple File Manager Pro myself. It’s available on F-Droid. The code is licesned using GPLv3.0.

f-droid.org/…/com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.p…

PublicLewdness,

I think VPN’s are not a magic bullet but they serve a purpose.

PublicLewdness,

Have you tried Pixelfed ?

pixelfed.org

PublicLewdness,

I use the TOTP option in KeePassXC and KeePassDX to handle 2FA duties. I backup the encrypted file to my Nextcloud. If you self host Nextcloud or something similar this is a viable option.

PublicLewdness,

If we’re talking about mobile apps only then ntfy, Fluffy Chat, KDE Connect, Nextcloud, Tuta, Protonmail, Session, Conversations, Organic Maps, Fedilab, Mull, DAVx and KeePassDX.

PublicLewdness,

I have tried both Jerboa and lemmur. I don’t mind either but both have given me issues logging in from tiem to time.

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