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- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
case in point: people still use twitter.
And WhatsApp over Signal/Molly.
- Comment on Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter 1 month ago:
I don’t know, sounds reasonable chief.
They want to talk to everyone so they’re blocking someone/anyone? That does not sound reasonable. If that instance defederates,all that person has to do is just not use them as their home instance. They’re saying they want to talk to everyone, but they’re going out of their way to not do so (by blocking an instance). Makes no sense to me.
- Comment on Sovereign Computing | Start9 1 month ago:
Yes, you need an Internet connection at some point. This can be a cafe, a library, an office, your house, friend’s house, etc. As for controlled by the government, well, that depends on your country.
Worst case, if possible, you can move countries. I understand that might not be feasible, but my point is, you can move countries to escape the government and Internet restrictions. But the government locks your account/bank? Moving countries doesn’t fix that, and you’re locked out of any money you had there.
- Comment on Sovereign Computing | Start9 1 month ago:
But even if I have a server, I’ll have to have my own separate Internet if I really want to be able to pay unrestrictedly.
Separate Internet? I mean, yes, you do need Internet. Not sure what you mean by “separate.” And you don’t need a server (node), though they are handy for privacy. You could choose one that is reputable.
Otherwise the government would just shut down my internet connection, right?
If they knew where it/your Internet was. All you really need is your phone or PC. You could use a cafe or library or cell tower or etc.
- Comment on Sovereign Computing | Start9 1 month ago:
Nobody is doing that now, with regular money, either.
I think it’s more for ACH between banks as well as some banks have limits. Also, a government literally stepped in to actively block people’s accounts. Just because you can swipe your card and buy a soda, doesn’t mean there aren’t restrictions or people being blocked.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday financial institutions have moved quickly to freeze the accounts of people linked to the demonstrations in Ottawa, leaving an unknown number of protesters in financial limbo
- Comment on DNS traffic can leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android 1 month ago:
This is not terribly new, and requires more investigation. One of the bugs appears to be due to Mullvad, other is potentially an Android bug.
- Comment on YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers 1 month ago:
Why isn’t Rumble an option?
For most people who refuse to use it, it’s probably because they view it as more a haven for extremism and hate speech, as it seems to have made its niche by allowing those who were banned elsewhere (not always a bad thing…depends on offense).
Many prominent Rumble accounts maintain social media profiles on more established sites. Just over half of prominent accounts on Rumble (55%) promote accounts on other sites, including more established sites like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube, as well as other alternative social media sites examined in the Center’s broader study. While 44% of prominent Rumble accounts promote their accounts on more established social media sites, only 16% do so on the other alternative social media sites studied.
Guns, abortion and LGBTQ issues were among the subjects that prominent Rumble accounts focused on in June 2022. A review of posts from these 200 prominent Rumble accounts found that about half posted about guns and gun rights (49%) or abortion (48%), 44% posted about LGBTQ issues, and 42% posted about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. These posts came amid widespread discussion of major events and issues that were regularly covered in the news at the time.
- Comment on Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone 1 month ago:
That’s not correct. It just says not recognized, and let’s you try again. I just tested it. Do you have documentation that it should work the way you said and mine is faulty?
- Comment on "No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and ov 2 months ago:
but if I’m going to pay for search it’s something like Perplexity.
Generative AI search engine Perplexity, which claims to be a Google competitor and recently snagged a $73.6 million Series B funding from investors like Jeff Bezos, is going to start selling ads, the company told ADWEEK…“Advertising was always part of how we’re going to build a great business,” said Shevelenko.
- Comment on "No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and ov 2 months ago:
It takes Googles results and filters out the crap and orders results differently…
It uses more than just Google’s, FYI.
- Comment on It is essential to stop using Chrome. Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware. 5 months ago:
I run into compatibility issues and weird bugs with firefox a lot. I’m still using it as my primary browser, but I have to keep a chromium based browser ready for times when a website won’t work in firefox…
Got any specific examples you don’t mind sharing? I can’t remember the last time I ran into this.
- Comment on Anyone tried this 4x 10gbe + 5x 2.5gbe router? 5 months ago:
It’s just hardware. Almost any device can act as your router if you put the proper OS and/or software on it.
- Comment on ‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit 5 months ago:
…when my Google search doesn’t take me where I need to go.
Tried Kagi?
- Comment on This Week in Privacy (#1) 6 months ago:
Members of our community are excited to try out Beeper Mini, an “iMessage for Android” platform which actually works natively on your device, unlike Nothing’s ill-fated cloud iMessage offering.
Welp, that didn’t last long.
- Comment on pfsense: Who needs AES-NI? 6 months ago:
If you don’t use a VPN on the router, you won’t need it.
But what if you decide to set one up so you can VPN in while on the road? Personally, I’d rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it…as well as “buy once, cry once” rather than need to upgrade down the line.
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- Comment on 6 months ago:
the difference between a ROM and a mobile OS, since I use both interchangeably (colloquially speaking).
Most people mistakenly do. GrapheneOS much prefers people to use the proper term of OS, so I try and do so.
I didn’t know about play integrity. Is this new with Android 14?
Nope. PlayIntegrity was announced anout 2.5 years ago. SafetyNet actually sunsets 31 Jan 24, unless the dev got an approved extension, and then it’s 31 Jan 25 for that specific app.
- Comment on 6 months ago:
First GrapheneOS (and maybe e/OS? Not sure as I haven’t looked at them) is a fully featured OS and not a ROM. Second, it depends on the level of attestation, but GrapheneOS only passes MEETS_BASIC_INTEGRITY (again, not sure on e/OS).
And Google already “changed something drastically” as SafetyNet is deprecated (replaced by PlayIntegrity).
- Comment on 6 months ago:
L1 as of the 1023 release:
Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold: fix support for Widevine L1 on Android 14
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
tl;dr: Cut out Cloudfare’s recursive resolver (or anyone else’s) and run your own via PiHole and Unbound.
You don’t cut the middle man, you create the middle man with Unbound.
Umm, Unbound is on your machine. So you’re saying you are your own middle man lol…which is the same as cutting out the middle man as you (rather, your server) are you.
And Unbound needs to ask other DNS servers on the internet to resolve DNS queries.
It asks the authoritative nameservers, which is who external DNS servers ask. By using Unbound, you are cutting out those external DNS servers, because you/Unbound is the DNS server. You are asking the authoritative name server directly instead of inserting someone else to ask on your behalf.
Here’s an explanation by Cloudflare: A recursive resolver (also known as a DNS recursor) is the first stop in a DNS query. The recursive resolver acts as a middleman between a client and a DNS nameserver…Most Internet users use a recursive resolver provided by their ISP, but there are other options available; for example Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1.
I copy/pasted the above quote from the article you linked. Again, Unbound (your machine) is asking the DNS nameserver. You’re saying you are your own middleman lol. I’m saying cut out Cloudfare’s recursive resolver and run your own via PiHole and Unbound. Did you read the article I linked?
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
With Unbound, you can set it up as a recursive DNS server. Hence, cutting out the middle man. docs.pi-hole.net/guides/dns/unbound/
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Depends on how you want to use it. For home use, I’d say setup a Pi-Hole with Unbound. You can add your own blocklists and it cuts out the middle man.
- Comment on Users of PiHole/AdGuard/Blocky, what blocklists are you using? 7 months ago:
Something to keep in mind:
Avoid using mirrored consolidated lists, if possible; it deprives the original list maintainer of visits (meaning they may be less inclined to keep it up to date!) firebog.net
- Comment on Users of PiHole/AdGuard/Blocky, what blocklists are you using? 7 months ago:
Basically the maintained ones from: firebog.net
- Comment on What is xtrapath3.izatcloud.net, why does my phone connect to it? 7 months ago:
A backdoor would imply some sort of external control I’d think…
Yes, technically a backdoor listens: csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/backdoor
Being able to command a device to send you info or perform tasks is different than the device sending info of its own accord.
In this context, where it’s implied to send without the owner’s knowledge (ignoring the fact it’s documented), not really. The article screams “gotcha!” when in reality it didn’t, so they’re trying to backtrack and downplay their initial response. But I do appreciate their update, it’s just got a PR spin to it.
- Comment on What is xtrapath3.izatcloud.net, why does my phone connect to it? 7 months ago:
Not a fan of how they say “we didn’t say it’s a backdoor,” but have “secretly share” in the URL and article title.
- Comment on what custom rom do you use? 8 months ago:
GrapheneOS…though it’s a a fully featured and production ready Operating System (OS), not a “ROM.”
“GrapheneOS is a privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility developed as a non-profit open source project. It’s focused on the research and development of privacy and security technology including substantial improvements to sandboxing, exploit mitigations and the permission model.” grapheneos.org
- Comment on Addressing Changes to pfSense Plus Home+Lab 8 months ago:
Netgate / pfSense acts in bad faith / WIPO decides in favour of OPNsense: opnsense.org/opnsense-com/
- Comment on What android phones do you recommend and why? 8 months ago:
(Pixel 4a Sunfish) I think the release page also doesn’t show any compatible builds since 20121003.
Well, if you read the release page (which you pointed out) it does say:
Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL and Pixel 4a are end-of-life and shouldn’t be used anymore due to lack of most security patches for firmware and drivers. We’re considering porting them to Android 14…
Like I said, Android 14 is out, it’s just not out (and might not ever be out) for an EoL device. The 4a lost Google support 2ish months ago, and GOS even says you shouldn’t use it. Sounds like the perfect time to upgrade to the 8, which has MTE support (which eliminates 70% of CVEs and has 7 years support. endoflife.date/pixel
- Comment on What android phones do you recommend and why? 8 months ago:
Is Android 14 available in the Beta Channel?
Beta? GrapheneOS has had stable Android 14 since 08 October. Check out the changelog: grapheneos.org/releases#stable-channel