Nacho Enthusiast

Gimme privacy, gimme freedom, thanks!
And some nachos would be awesome.

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2024-10-20 17:43:22

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If you are testing different keyboards Thumb-Key might be interesting for you as it establishes a whole new keyboard conecept. Found this month ago, been very happy with it.
https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key?tab=readme-ov-file#about-thumb-key

2024-09-12 10:32:02

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One more for Kagi, best search engine I've ever used. Only thing I'm very happy to pay for.

2024-09-11 14:49:10

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If they would have been looking for a way to force the Partriot Act, they would have found another much more clever way than destroying two giant towers right in New York

2024-09-10 11:43:25

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Insane how good Deepfakes became 👀

2024-08-31 08:34:38

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Kagi has a 'Fediverse Forum' search filter (called 'lense') built in and offers the ability to create unique custom filters.
https://help.kagi.com/kagi/features/lenses.html
Their service is paid but its by far the best search engine out there (and is also privacy focused). I'm searching the web a lot for very specific things and am finding what I'm looking for 95% of the time after one query.

2024-08-30 04:19:48

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Glad you made the step, congrats!
Finding alternative services and apps in really hard. Did you know that Waze was bought by Google and is powered by them now?
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/using-waze-privately/14199/3

2024-08-14 20:57:12

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Because you should never buy a phone with Graphene OS preinstalled when you can change the ROM easily by yourself. 😉 Why should one trust a thrid party...

2024-08-13 19:45:32

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Both are supported. Depends on your personal preference. If you plan to use it many years I would go with the 8.

2024-08-12 17:31:16

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Wondering why Antivirus is mentioned here as it is known that espicially on Windows they only invade privacy and make the computer less safe.

2024-08-12 09:10:59

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Jellyfin for music, movies and series - using it all day. Great to replace Spotify and all streaming services as long as you have your own media collection.
Immich as selfhosted Google Photos alternative. Sync works seamlessly, also UI looks beatiful.
Mealie to manage all my recipes together and to make it a bit easier what to cook next.
Firefly III for finance management / expense and revenue documentation.

2024-08-08 07:54:49

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Maybe try a dual boot first. This way you can still switch between your old Windows boot and your new (guaranteed better 😉) Linux boot.

2024-08-07 21:42:14

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Like many other privacy companys, Brave is not as shiny perfect as it is presented to the public. Be aware of some of the following critics:
Quote from reddit thread below:
"Way back in 2016, they promised to remove banner ads from websites and replace them with their own, basically trying to extract money directly from websites without the consent of their owners
In the same year, CEO Brendan Eich unilaterally added a fringe, pay-to-win Wikipedia clone into the default search engine list.
In 2018, Tom Scott and other creators noticed Brave was soliciting donations in their names without their knowledge or consent.
In 2020, Brave got caught injecting URLs with affiliate codes.
In 2023, Brave got caught installing a paid VPN service on users' computers without their consent.
I've probably missed a few."
https://redlib.datura.network/r/privacy/comments/191yu33/why_is_brave_highly_disliked_in_the_privacy/
From the Spyware Watchdog blog:
https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/brave

2024-08-07 21:03:38

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Sounds like (without knowing further context) they try to invade Linux with their surveillance network.

2024-08-06 22:35:04

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I use ThumbKey, a keyboard which does not depend on predicting keys and words but on new layout. It solves the initial issue the QWERTY layout has on mobiles, as it is not meant for being used there.
Takes a week to get used to, but after that you'll be typing at speeds that seemed impossible before. I use the 'split' layout for my language - cannot recommend enough!
https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

2024-08-06 22:23:23

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I am glad to hear that you switched to cash again - the more people use cash, the longer it will hopefully be relevant and not replaced.

2024-08-06 08:12:26

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Probably they're already in there. No doubt.

2024-08-05 08:53:39

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I am using Syncthing on Android to sync any sort of files between my phone and desktop. It works great!
There is no native version for iOS, however it seems like there's an app that lets you use Syncthing on iOS. Could be worth trying.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/m%C3%B6bius-sync/id1539203216

2024-08-05 08:39:06

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Cables are great :) No batteries needed, just dozens of messy cables everywhere

2024-08-03 18:22:28

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Congrats! 🥳

2024-08-03 12:08:56

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I switched to Kagi since Febuary and couldn't be more satisfied - it's a pleasure to pay for Kagi, will never go back to anything else. By far the greatest search engine I've ever used. Many many great features, even many quite acurate AI ones.
Keep in mind that this in only my personal opinion and experience as there are also other voices you should be aware of.
Some critics:
https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html , https://redlib.datura.network/r/privacy/comments/1bmubkd/thoughts_about_kagi_search_engine/
In the end its all about you trusting the company or not. For me Kagi delivers what I'm paying for and gets my trust ragarding privacy.

2024-08-02 13:14:51

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Keep in mind that Germany (where Tuta is based) is part of the 14-eyes alliance though...

2024-07-30 08:38:19

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Kagi seems to be a bit more balanced here but still very suspicious.
https://image.nostr.build/b1c47a10962c0199c5471b6225d25bfdbe26c1f19a4268fd8ab427a6033c45e0.jpg

2024-06-06 12:44:10

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Signal has the possibility to use its own notification service if Google Play Services are not recognized on install. It runs a background service that might consume more battery. In general:
Notifications can be e2e encrypted by the apps that send them - at least on Android (guess same for iOS). Proton does that.
However, there are reports of American agencies using their surveillance network to combine all notification data to create connections between them. That way they are able to tell who sends a message to whom (by matching exact timestamps) - even if content may be encrypted.

2024-05-12 09:04:10

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Agree, but it's not all about printing money but also about the capitalism industry itself

2024-04-29 04:22:49

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Just use selfhosted Bitwarden :)

2024-04-28 17:19:59

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Same here, changed notificatons mode to 'periodically'. Otherwise it uses an insane amount of battery power.

2024-04-15 20:32:53

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https://posthog.com is a popular alternative. Also found https://plausible.io on the web.
Both are open source and privacy friendly - Posthog is paid per use, Plausible as abo with monthly or yearly billing.
Cannot give feedbeck for Clicky or Piwik...

2024-04-13 10:29:41

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Kagis leadership does not seem to be interested in privacy at all!
Kagi has a Discord server in which things are said by their founder like: "People that need anonymity [which is his word for what we understand under privacy] are very rare [...] there are only about 100 of them on earth".
Asking him about privacy, answers are always 'trust me bro' like or he says he wouldn't now.
Been a huge Kagi fan but after reading this blog post, I don't trust them anymore at all...
https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html

2024-04-12 14:55:03

** Kagi doesn't care about privacy? **
Excellent deep dive into Kagi containing much new (disappointing) information you normally don't hear about (from their discord)...
As I see Kagi being recommended as #privacy search engine this will definetly be interesting for those who use it because of privacy reasons (like me).
#nevent1q…udu3
#nevent1q…udu3

2024-04-12 14:10:40

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What search engine do you use instead of Kagi?

2024-04-05 14:39:31

Finding #privacy respecting search engines is a nightmare! It's a real journey but now I don't know where to go next...
Which search engine do you use / prefer?
Been using paid Kagi for a few months now. Experience is awesome - never heard something negative about it. Today I read the post below and I do understand the critism regarding Kagi.
Been too naive - how could an American AI search engine be so privacy respecting as they praise in their policy?
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1bmubkd/thoughts_about_kagi_search_engine/

2024-04-02 00:50:48

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Highly depends on your threat model and what you are using email for. Using email for actual communication, besides creating accounts or reaching out for a random customer support, is a big mistake in my opinion.
For me it's only about escaping data scraping (regarding email). I can rely on Proton regarding security without having to worry about any new backdoors or whatever that I would have to maintain/fix. They don't sell my data to bigtech companies even if the gov might get access in special cases (at least I think so). So why shouldn't I use Proton?

2024-03-08 11:53:27

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Will be flexing that self written code is smarter than AI generated one 😎

2024-03-05 14:22:08

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Yuka is based on this project:
https://world.openfoodfacts.org/
There is an open source app similar to yuka called smooth:
https://github.com/openfoodfacts/smooth-app
It is available on Fdroid and works also via Obtanium
At least that is what I found on the web

2024-03-02 20:14:34

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Congratulations, really strong to escape from the Apple prison. Welcome to the better side ;)

2024-03-02 14:48:05

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There is a difference between programmer and programmer. Those that are actually skilled won't be replaced in difference to those that copy their code together with GitHub. AI cannot generate truly new things or concepts. It can only work with what already exists, created through human creativity.
In future AI will help talented programmers to be more efficient. Hopefully that will brinl annoying debugging to a whole new level.

2024-03-02 14:39:57

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I am really sorry to hear that and hope that those people will get well soon.
If the 'vaccinated ones' had Corona (did they?), it may be the virus and not the vaccination causing health problems.
I know many people that were vaccinated up to 5 or 6 times and they are fine.
Its important to be critical and not to trust fucking govs by default. However, in my opinion the claim vaccination would be poison without real proof comes conspiracy really close.

2024-02-26 23:34:30

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The question is what company is not spying at us.

2024-02-26 16:47:57

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Not at all

2024-02-25 20:31:38

Did you ever notice how many so called #privacy services have their headquarters in Silicon Valley?
Like Kagi Search, Brave and DuckDuckGo (DDG hq in PA).
We all know about America spying on the whole world. So can we trust those services pretending to protect us while sitting only a few steps away from all the mass surveillance companies in Sillicon Valley?

2024-02-25 12:08:34

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Nah, not that easy peasy.
As I said I value privacy much but not to the point where it begins to ruin all my social life. Sure, I could get my friends switching to SimpleX (which prefer).
However, not using Whatsapp would be like a social isolation. All group chats take place there - that's the main issue which holds me back. I could chat with my friends individually over SimpleX but would be isolated from group activities. These play a really important role in our communication.
Sure, I could aks someone to keep me up to date. No, I wont.
Maybe I can ditch Whatsapp as the last bigtech service I use in future by connecting to new friends over SimpleX directly.
Regarding Signal: Personally, I don't think phonenumbers are used there to help govs identifying users intentonally. Coming from Whatsapp you have all your conatcts using Signal there, without having to ask them for a username or a link to connect. I believe it's about comfort and avoiding to overwhelm people switching from apps like Whatsapp.

2024-02-25 11:52:57

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I got a Pixel some weeks ago and switched to Graphene OS. I'm getting your point that newer isn't always better. Actually, I orientated my choice based on what Graphenes website recommends.

2024-02-25 10:39:09

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Thanks, I'll take a look

2024-02-24 09:55:50

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Personally I always wondered when the next pandemic will arrive, looking at the history with plague, cholera and spanish flu. There have always been pandemics harming humakind and right when I was nearly convinced medicine had solved this issue Corona came. Just my way of looking at it.

2024-02-23 21:30:13

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If I got you right, you say Corona as the virus had another origin then animals infecting a human accidently?

2024-02-23 13:35:25

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Same for me.
I heard Steam is starting to make Windows games available to Linux now because of their Steamdeck.
https://www.protondb.com shows all the games working already.

2024-02-23 13:31:56

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Linux is awesome and at many points much better than Windows from my perspective. Except gaming, that's still a nightmare. Hope not only Steam will extend compatability towards Linux in the future.

2024-02-21 05:16:49

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I can understand that. Especially where you pay mostly for the software by buying a Pixel. Personally I would do it the other way arround, trying Graphene and then Stock if you don't like Graphene. Stock Os is really develish regarding privacy even when it might look and feel a little bit nicer.

2024-02-20 21:42:14

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Switched one week ago. Came from Oneplus Stock Android. I didn't expect that it would feel so "normal" - just like normal Android except some really nice features additionally. Its a bit reduced to things you really need but thats fine. Everything runs smoothly without bugs so far. Trust me, if you have not switched yet, switch now! Was also struggling but I wish I hadn't waste that time.

2024-02-18 22:10:12

So much truth in there #python #programming
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=BgxklT94W0I (Individious)

2024-02-18 21:28:58

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Those with a brain in their head

2024-02-18 21:22:35

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The programming community here is still far to small - that must be changed

2024-02-18 21:17:49

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Fuck apple! They will take your money, your privacy, your freedom and put you in a cage so you cant get out their devilish ecosystem...

2024-02-17 13:05:07

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Definitely! If you can, take another phone to install the crap you can't get arround on and keep your Graphene phone clean. 👍

2024-02-16 22:00:16

I am looking for some reliable YouTube channels regarding #privacy to watch via Tubular. Any recommendations?

2024-02-08 17:11:23

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Wow, sounds awesome. Will check that out!

2024-02-08 16:53:01

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Thumbkey is quite special keyboard I really enjoy to use because it does not depend on predicting keys / using hitbox manipulation. Might take some time to learn the new layout, however in my opinion it pays out!
https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key

2024-02-06 14:23:46

I'm someone who cares about #privacy. Not one of those hard core privacy guys who ramp over a whole life to master being absolutley privacy reserving. But I really care.
Now, I curious to hear your opinion as I ran into a conflict between money and privacy:
(First a little about my situation) Currently I'm still using an Oneplus Nord 2 with its default ROM. There is literally no stable custom one available. I know that Googles version of Android is spying at me - I want to use #GrapheneOS. Additonally I HAVE to use WhatsApp, otherwise I would socially disconnect from many friends that I can't get to use Signal. Graphene restricting Whatsapp taking my phones data would be great besides all the other great stuff.
Here is the conflict: I need a Google Pixel sooner or later and it would be dump not to buy a Pixel 8 because of its long support. 6 years is really game changing. However my Oneplus is still working perfectly fine. Normally I wouldnt buy a new phone. But I would feel pretty strange to give my privacy away for a whole year more. Pixels are quite expensive - I could get a great Linux laptop for the same price and from the technical perspective my Oneplus would last. Even when it stops to recieve security updates in July.
What are your thoughts about privacy vs. money? I find that topic quite ineresting.

2024-02-05 12:41:35

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Am curious to see your more detailed post later

2024-02-02 06:00:43

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Could you ellaborate on Brave being spyware? Only hearing people recommending it over and over...

2023-11-16 15:39:43

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Could you elaborate on that?