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stepanzak, in Simple Mobile Tools to be bought by ZipoApps

:(

ExtremeDullard, in How to backup 2FA
@ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Just take a screenshot of the QR code and save the image somewhere

rambos,

I dont know why you got downvote. Seems like perfect backup if stored somewhere safe. Am I missing something?

Cyberflunk, in How to backup 2FA

I use 1pass at work and vailtwarden personally. Both are perfect solutions.

rambos,

Im using bitwarden free for passwords only. I might try vaultwarden

Zerush, in How to backup 2FA
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

I prefer an authentication code, which I can save on a pendrive or, if not, a second email. I never use 2FA with a phone number, precisely because a phone is never secure and is also a privacy hole. It’s enough that they know my email, it’s not necessary that they also know my phone number.

rambos,

Who knows my phone number if I use Aegis?

GravitySpoiled, in Simple Mobile Tools to be bought by ZipoApps

Thy for the heads up.

Sad to see it go

random65837, in Help me choose my mobile browser

Don’t ask, test and answer for yourself. Do fingerprint and security checks and see what comes out best.

I use Brave and uBlock. It does better when tested than all the others, including Vanadium, which SHOULD be besting them all. Firefox has come in second but still can’t stop it from bring fingerprinted regardless of what I do to it, that includes its spinoffs. Brave passes them all with its default config.

coveryourtracks.eff.org

There’s more in depth checks, but that easily covers the bases. If you’re being positively fingerprinted, the rest is a moot point.

random65837, in Kroger (grocery and pharmacy) Sued for Sharing Sensitive Health Data With Meta

What’s funny about that, is although I try to never shop at crap Kroger, sometimes its just easier, I noticed once when I wanted to check something for being in stock, I couldn’t view their website with my VPN up, didn’t matter the server. I said, they’re dataming something! Why would a read only website like that even care… I now know why.

random65837, in Plex starts narcing on its own users' anime and X-rated habits with an opt-out service, and it's going terribly

Anybody that still runs Plex deserves that shit. Its been a piece of shit for years and only gets worse.

shortwavesurfer, in Privacy benefits of Custom roms

If you use gapps you basically screw the privacy benifits. Use yourbank.com from a browser or get a new bank

Sentau, (edited )

What if I use the aurora store¿? Will that protect my privacy

shortwavesurfer,

Its better than using gapps for sure

LoveSausage, (edited ) in Privacy benefits of Custom roms
@LoveSausage@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Lineage does not have any special privacy features besides not having gapps. You can use Microg for a balance between privacy and convenience.

Use aurora store and don’t login with any account. You will need the lineage for microg version or root to get it working

MagneticFusion,

not having gapps is a MASSIVE privacy improvement as it is

Mac, in Facebook Watches Teens Online As They Prep for College – The Markup

I’m always watching, Wazowski. Always watching.

possiblylinux127,
cheese_greater,

How can I do that, like linking to an image and there being thumbnail so you don’thave to click it?

MigratingtoLemmy,

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cheese_greater, (edited )

You’ve done well[You’ve done well]

[You’ve done well]

Edit: I FUCKING LOVE YOU, WAHOO!!!

Edit: is there any way to caption the text or abstract over displaying the link with the text you want go caption it as? Is that somehow possible?

MigratingtoLemmy, (edited )

I don’t think so. AFAIK there is no native method to caption images in markdown, which is what this editor uses. People try to bring about this effect by italicising the part they would want as a caption right underneath the image. However, in your case, I see a [You’ve done well] banner underneath the image, which I assume is the caption you meant. Not sure how that happened but if that works, great!

*some text* = some text

cheese_greater, (edited )

What do you think about my workaround I edited in? It works, however inelegantly

MigratingtoLemmy, (edited )

Hmm, I’m on my computer now and I can’t see the image for some reason.

Edit: sorry, just my browser. But why do I see two [You’ve done well]s?

cheese_greater,

U see it?!

MigratingtoLemmy,

Your reply to your comment above is better: just one italicised caption makes it easy to understand. Great job!

cheese_greater,

We did it Lemmy

We did it Lemmy

cheese_greater,
cheese_greater, (edited )

You’ve done well

You’ve done well

cheese_greater,

We did it Lemmy

We did it Lemmy!

possiblylinux127,
jacktherippah, in Need To Change Privacy Strategy - Recommendations and BlackFriday

You don’t need an antivirus. No one needs an antivirus. Common sense is good enough.

JackSkellington,

Thanks!!! Weird that without looking for any there are ads popping up everywhere is for antivirus.

So for the macOS system , if I want to do a scan once in a while (even to catch windows-targeted stuff so that I don’t get bad files in backups) what would you advise ? I go on the “high seas” occasionally for anime, books and tv series… that’s one of my worries

jacktherippah,

If you REALLY need it, I’ve seen some people recommend ClamAV but really, I don’t like the concept of antiviruses. They run with I’m assuming full access to your storage and generally bog down your system performance. IMO, the best line of defense for your system is you. Use your common sense, stray clear of the shady websites, stick to well known and safe recommendations (especially relevant since you sail the high seas) and don’t run random commands from the internet.

Pantherina, in Need To Change Privacy Strategy - Recommendations and BlackFriday

Use a normal mail provider like mailbox.org, startmail, posteo, and soo many others. Privacyguides

JackSkellington,

But none of them has an E2EE calendar right?

Pantherina,

Hmm normal caldav, I guess they could read that.

JackSkellington,

Caldav would be the ideal solution if it were decently encrypted but it’s not the case… it would be nice since most calendar apps support it :/

DuskyRo, in Privacy benefits of Custom roms
@DuskyRo@lemmy.world avatar

Motorola phones are very easy to mod(root,custom rom) and even if you brick the phone in most cases you can just use the lenovo recovery tool. I personally use crdroid but lineage is fine too. I recommend you use microg with magisk to hide that the device is root/has custom rom. You can also just use shelter for the banking apps.

Pantherina,

Root is great for some rare cases, but not needed for privacy and make your phone less secure.

There are great apps only working with root though

MigratingtoLemmy, in Is it better to use a non-FOSS email and phone number forwarder or to use one of each for everything?

I’d never use a temp email when I’m paying, considering they have my CC info. For random accounts that I won’t check the mail accounts of, temp is great. Not going to trust a company for this.

random65837,

Those addresses are there until you delete them. What does them having your CC have to do with it? Better yet, why do they have a CC? Meaning a real one? Not a masked one? Fuck that!

MigratingtoLemmy,

Ah, you’d use Privacy.com? Decent idea I suppose.

random65837,

Its (incredibly) rare for me to use a card online if it’s not privacy. I also used them constantly in real life thanks to places that have apps that let you add CC’s. My gym, Supermarket, Gas at Kroger, Car wash, etc.

MigratingtoLemmy, (edited )

Do you pay for the premium tier? I would like a decent credit score, and using my card for normal, everyday purchases doesn’t bother me as much.

Edit: Well, technically, they have your data anyway. It’s like using Paypal for everything. TBH I’m OK with the system as it is right now, but I’d like greater adoption for Monero so I can make purchases directly using that instead of converting it to fiat once again.

random65837,

No, I joined before it all changed and the only difference was how many card a month you can make. Currently, I believe they push the real transaction info to your bank so they’ll show normally on your bank statements, where mine just say privacy.com, as well as the browser addon and web app, which are are all now a paid feature.

That said though, the $10/mo is worth it for what you get in the end. My whole purchasing life would change without it.

MigratingtoLemmy,

If they are going to push the transaction to my bank anyway, I’m definitely not trying it. As I said, even PayPal will obscure the buyer’s details from the seller. What’s the point?

random65837,

Only on the free plan, but verify that. Even if you did do it on the free plan it’s still very much worth it. You still have the protection of different cards for different people, the fact they lock to who you use them with, the ability to set spending limits, burner cards that only work once, the ability to pause or delete cards at will etc. All of that is a huge win either way, even if the transaction info goes to the bank. But even then that’s an option.

MigratingtoLemmy,

I would be OK doing that if they didn’t link to my debit card in the free plan (last time I checked)

random65837, (edited )

How would expect them to do it? I can’t see how they wouldn’t link to you card if you expect to spend money. Moneys got to come from somewhere. Auth tokens are the safest way of doing that, prior to them upgrading to that it was done through ACH, which is not only slow, it’s much more dangerous for the user since they have actual checking acct info. Auth tokens don’t work that way, and even if there was a breach, your checking acct info isn’t there, only a token they can’t use. The way they’re doing it is the smartest way for both speed, and your acct safety.

MigratingtoLemmy,

They link to one’s credit card in the premium plan. That’s what I would have wanted to see becoming universal in their services, but unfortunately that’s behind a paywall

random65837,

Gotcha, so you mean actual (credit) as a funding source vs debit? Can you link that? I didn’t see that in the comparison, I’d possibly consider that.

I can do that now with Capital One, but having that all together would be nice. Kinda surprising, I’d think those habitual wrongful charge back types would wreck that for everybody.

MigratingtoLemmy,

My apologies, I thought privacy.com supported credit cards, but apparently they don’t, even in the premium tier. Indeed, I would like virtual cards for my credit card, since I’m never going to buy anything with my debit card anyway. I wish the other banks had something like Capital One

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