DeltaTangoLima
@DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
Great suggestion! Thank you. Have you had any luck accessing it on iOS yourself?
No dramas if not - just that I tried using Orbot and the Tor Browser (the one developed by Mike Tigas, in the App Store), but no joy. I’m reasonably new back on iOS, so I’m not (yet) across the best way to use Tor sites on the platform.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, I’m using an old gag FB account I created back in 2011. I guess that was well before they started asking people top verify with selfies and phone numbers.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
Hmmm - DDG’s browser might be a good alternative, if I only use it for this one purpose. Thanks for the suggestion.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
Someone else mentioned PWA. I think I’ll investigate that angle next. If a PWA doesn’t share any data from my device, it means I can use my Mullvad VPN whenever I choose to access it, and get pretty darn close to what I’m trying to achieve.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
You are the product and they have a long history of being extremely eager to sell the product.
Yeah, exactly what I said in my OP. I’m aware of the reality of what it is I’m asking for. I only recently moved back to iOS after over a decade using Android, so asking around in the vain hope someone has figured this out.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
Hmmm - I guess that ticks the box for at least getting messages from interested buyers. I was kinda hoping to use FB to browse Marketplace as well, but I’m probably asking for a unicorn here - being able to use FB without FB being able to use me.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
I hadn’t come across this one yet - thanks! Something for me to try.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
Hmmm - that’s an interesting thought. If that works, and I then use my Mullvad VPN whenever I want to check my FB, I might get pretty close to what I’m trying to achieve here. Thanks for the suggestion!
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
“How can I use Facebook and preserve my privacy?”
… you can’t.
Yeah, I’m aware of how impossible a task this is. I feel that what I’m doing on my personal computer (dedicated, clean browser, anonymous account, VPN) is the closest I’ll get. Just hoping to achieve the same thing with iOS while on the go.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
Mate, I appreciate the effort you took to write your response, but I get the distinct impression you didn’t go past the title of my post before responding.
As I said, I’m only seeking to use FB marketplace to buy and sell - nothing more. Nothing social. No friends or followers.
I thought I’d made clear the lengths I’ve already gone to, to maintain my privacy when using FB on my personal computer, so I’m just looking to understand if the same is possible with iOS when on the move. That’s all.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
This sub obviously has a strong reaction against FB
Yeah - I feel like my efforts kinda got missed, where I make it obvious how much I hate having to do this, but really have no choice for my stated purpose.
But if you need to use it then put up what defended you can and go for it
Yep - that’s the idea. I’m realistic about what can and can’t be achieved, but I’ve only been back on iOS for a few months, so was hoping someone here was aware of a way I could get close to achieving what I want, without having carry a second phone with an alternative OS (which would be just ridiculous for this one purpose).
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
I’m fully aware of the contradictory nature of what I’m trying to achieve but, in the real world, not everyone can go and run alternative Android builds. At least, not practically speaking.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
They said nothing about their feelings towards abusive monopolistic OS platforms, so I assume they’re happy in their Apple prison.
I spent over 10 years on Android, after ditching my iPhone 4S (at the time).
The annoying reality is that I have no choice but to maintain a “mainstream” device for my work. Running alternative Android builds is not an option for me.
I’ve willingly gone back to Apple after so long away for one simple reason: I trust Google a LOT less than I trust Apple. That’s not to say I trust either of them wholeheartedly, though. I just have no choice but to use one of them, and Google is just as an abusive, monopolistic platform as Apple, probably worse.
But, here’s the thing. It wasn’t until I moved back to iOS a few months back that I realised just how many hoops I’d been jumping through to make Android do the things I wanted.
I no longer have to tweak any number of Tasker routines just to make sure my automations do what I want when something in my life changes. I no longer get frustrated at Google’s voice assistant misunderstanding me. My experience when driving (which I do a lot of for work) is far smoother with CarPlay than it ever was with AA.
Also, the rest of my family is in the iOS ecosystem, so there’s en element of no longer being the odd one out, and now being able to benefit from shared features. Have you seen how simple it is to AirDrop a photo to another IOS device? In all my years of using Android phones, not one Android handset maker has gotten that simple thing right. Not one. Sure, you can play around with any number of BT transfer apps to try and transfer files to each other. But it’s a lot of mucking about to do a very simple thing.
What you call a prison, I call a system where I don’t have to fuck around to make shit work. Everything Just Works.
I’ve spent decades working in technology, and I’ve come to realise my time is a lot more valuable to me when I don’t have to expend so much effort on things that should do what’s written on the tine. This isn’t a religious argument. Technology should be about fitness for purpose. iOS is more fit for my purpose than Android.
- Comment on Is there any privacy-friendly way to use Facebook on iOS? 4 weeks ago:
Really? That’s not been my experience at all. In fact, the default for most Gen Z kids (I have two of them) is either iMessages on the iOS platform or Snapchat.
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- Comment on New data reveals thousands of Australians who own 10 rentals or more 5 weeks ago:
It depends how hard you go on the ‘c’ at the start, IMO
- Comment on Could I patent harmful technology to prevent it from being put on the market? 2 months ago:
Well, thanks for the fall down that particularly horrifying rabbit hole. I can only imagine the pain these women went through, given this was at a time that predates anaesthesia.
- Comment on Chromecast / Firestick Self Host Replacement 2 months ago:
The casting bit is the missing piece for me.
I’ve built a RasPi with Kodi for our caravan, to use Plex and stream our free-to-air TV here in Australia (using Musk’s space innernets). I just miss being able to cast from my phone, for the occasional thing I can’t do with a Kodi add-on.
- Comment on I've finally done it, a perfect first layer in progress 2 months ago:
Yeah, fair enough mate. I clearly didn’t read it as intended.
- Comment on I've finally done it, a perfect first layer in progress 2 months ago:
Why be like that? Why be the person that has to piss on someone’s parade, when all they want to do is share a small, personal win?
- Comment on Should we consider Jesus a zombie? 2 months ago:
Honestly, I’m not sure. You might still be partly right, though.
The Anglican church originated from the Church of England which was created by (the formerly Catholic) Henry VIII, when the Pope wouldn’t annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
Just evidence, as always, of religion being used to further a powerful person’s agenda.
- Comment on Should we consider Jesus a zombie? 2 months ago:
No, it’s not just Catholics who take communion.
Source: Mum tried to raise me Anglican.
- Comment on Just as a heads up, AutoDesk will start deleting your Fusion Files if you don't login once a year 2 months ago:
Yeah, got the same email. Fortunately I already exported everything to .step files and am using Ondsel ES full-time for my designs.
- Comment on Nine Publishing on strike. Request the public avoid Nine mastheads including Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Financial Review, and Brisbane Times. 3 months ago:
Easy done. Never read them anyway.
- Comment on Wording change and clarification for purchasing Immich · Discussion #11313 3 months ago:
+1 to everything you just said - I’ve been using Immich for a little less (370 days, thanks to the same button). It’s feature rich and rock solid.
Only thing I hope they add to the mobile app is the Years/Months/Days option, to make it easy to quickly group, then find, your photos. It’s the one thing that keeps me using my phone’s own Photos app (locally - no cloud sync).
- Comment on MediSecure reveals 12.9m Australians had personal data stolen in cyber attack 3 months ago:
Until November last year, MediSecure was one of only two companies awarded government contracts to supply electronic prescriptions. I’m honestly surprised the number isn’t bigger.
Time and time again we’re seeing companies that are allegedly being held to a high bar (in terms of regulatory oversight) failing to meet even minimum standards of service to protect the Australians that are forced to trust them with our data, and sometimes our lives.
Optus, MediBank, Latitude, MediSecure - the list goes on. Until we start jailing directors and CEOs for letting this shit happen, things aren’t going to change.
- ASIC is bloated and slow, with the most recent inquiry suggesting it needs to be split into two smaller, more agile organisations. Yet the federal government is all but ignoring the report’s findings.
- The ACCC has had its teeth practically filed down to nubs. It remains to be seen if they get bullied into giving Chemist Warehouse/Sigma a green light or not, but I have a horrible feeling a modified deal will somehow pass, and competition will be harmed in the process.
- ACMA doesn’t have anywhere near enough powers to hold our telcos to a higher standard of security and resiliency. We had a major chunk of the population that couldn’t dial triple 0 for fuck’s sake. How is a director or CEO not facing charges for that?
We talk a big game in Australia about having legislation that supposedly protects ordinary Aussies from being fucked by big companies, but we fall short of taking meaningful action when it actually happens. If we jail just one of the cowboys at the helm, the others will very quickly fall into line, or fuck off and make room for someone who will.
- Comment on Now I have 1 GBit fiber and can't benefit :-( 4 months ago:
Do yuo have IDP/IPS turned on on pfSense? My OPNsense on my 1Gbps fibre will easily drop frmo an average of 900Mbps down to around 300Mbps-500Mbps, if I turn on IDS.
- Comment on Most Australians take more than 30 minutes to get to work. How does that compare to other countries? 4 months ago:
That’s my life now :/
- Comment on Why is prostitution called sometimes world's oldest profession? 4 months ago:
Arguably, her giving the blowjob meant she got the berries
- Comment on Firefox Docker + VPN is so awesome 4 months ago:
I’m still using it via mbasic. It looks like shit, but I can get to my messages and reply, etc.