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leraje, to privacyguides in What's the best strategy for changing to GrapheneOS?
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You can easily switch back to stock Android if necessary :)

I switched a couple of years ago and the process then was pretty straightforward to the point I can’t really recall much about it, I can’t imagine its got trickier since then. I’m due a new Pixel sometime this year and I plan on putting Graphene straight on to it.

Process is simple;

  1. Backup everything you want to keep and move the backup off your device.
  2. Identify FOSS equivalents for all the apps you currently have (but maybe you already use them)
  3. Read the installation instructions. Re-read until you understand exactly what every step entails and means. Any step you’re at all unsure of, ask. Much better to ask questions before you start than be stuck needing an answer halfway through.
  4. If it goes bad (which it won’t) or you don’t like Graphene you can, as I said, revert back to stock Android.
leraje, to lemmyshitpost in Community note pointing out fake news once again 🫡
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Clearly incorrect as no one would be sad.

leraje, to privacy in Privacy Concerns on Lemmy: A Call for More User Control
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To me, it’s an issue of personal responsibility.

Lemmy is, like a lot of Fediverse platforms, about as private as it can be. There’s no trackers, you’re not forced to use real names or any other identifying information, no adverts follow you from site to site, no browser fingerprinting and no instance owners are trying to sell your data.

Beyond that, what you choose to say on Lemmy is your responsibility and yours alone.

leraje, to asklemmy in The desire to build a self-defense kit from Google and the Internet as it is today
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Depending on the make and model of your Android phone, you might be able to use GrapheneOS which will vastly improve your situation. Use it together with privacy respecting apps and you’ll be a long way towards reclaiming your mobile privacy. You can also buy Android phones that are pre-configured with Graphene on them on ebay but you are obviously a running a risk.

Desktop/laptop you will need to move to Linux. Mint is (in my opinion) a very good option if you’re new to Linux as it is privacy respecting and looks/acts in a very Windows type way. Like most Linux distributions, you can even try it without installing it by downloading and burning an ISO to a USB pen/stick drive. Here’s a YT tutorial on doing that (also covers going on to install Mint).

Switch browsers to Firefox and install uBlockOrigin, LibRedirect and Firefox Multi Containers add-ons. Switch to a privacy friendly search engine such as DuckDuckGo, Startpage or a SearX instance.

Migrate your email to an encrypted privacy respecting provider such as Tuta (recently changed their name from Tutanota) and stop using things like OneDrive or Dropbox, instead use a service like ProtonDrive or Filen.

Use a decent VPN like Mullvad on all your devices. This not only protects your ISP from seeing what you’re doing it also means you’re using their DNS, which you can configure to block trackers, adverts and a few other things (at DNS level, you’ll still need uBlockOrigin in your browser). It doesn’t offer as much control as PiHole or AdGuard but it’s a lot less complicated to set up.

leraje, to opensource in Tailchat - The next-generation noIM Application in your own workspace
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I think it’s something that app creator invented.

leraje, to opensource in Tailchat - The next-generation noIM Application in your own workspace
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Not Only Instant Messenger.

leraje, to asklemmy in Why in the year 2024 and with all the knowledge humans have now do people still believe in religion?
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Yep.

leraje, to asklemmy in Why in the year 2024 and with all the knowledge humans have now do people still believe in religion?
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That’s kind of my point. There is no god (or at least not one I believe in), my religion is an atheist based one. The morals that we have are our own, we don’t see them as anything other than that. I don’t want anyone to feel that I’m trying to evangelise or recruit here so I’m not going to go into details, but if you want to, follow the link to community I moderate thats in my profile and there are outgoing links on that community.

leraje, (edited ) to asklemmy in Why is there a ICC case of genocide against Israel but not China or Russia?
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  1. It literally isn’t. Any government, including the Israeli government, is capable of being genocidal.
  2. That who engage with whom?
  3. If you don’t think the opinions of government ministers up to and including the PM have any weight on current or future policy, then I admire your ability to ignore reality.
  4. Can you provide verified, independent proof that that is true?
  5. You’re right. Why would any country want to make/farm/produce their own food? They should just shut up and be grateful, right?
  6. No argument there. Sadly, the IDF, on the orders of the Israeli government, seem either unable or unwilling to differentiate between Hamas and Palestinians.
leraje, to memes in Inspiration
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A bus stop? Is it right outside the local?

leraje, to memes in Inspiration
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That’s a pub name in the UK.

Bird In Hand, that is. Intercourse is what happens in the pub toilets.

leraje, to asklemmy in Do you know any file hosting sites with a good privacy policy?
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Desktop and Android work fine for me.

leraje, to asklemmy in Do you know any file hosting sites with a good privacy policy?
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They’ve been around a while now. Their apps (and security) used to be a bit crap but they’ve upped their game a lot over the last 18 months.

leraje, to asklemmy in Your greatest weakness becomes your greatest strength. How is your life different?
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Somehow, my indifference to heights means I control the known universe. Nobody, least of all me, knows why or how.

leraje, to asklemmy in Should I wait for the "Snyder cut" (director's cut) of Rebel Moon?
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I must be one of the few people who quite likes Snyder’s work. Yes it’s stylistic-heavy but in terms of Rebel Moon, given it was supposed to be a Star Wars movie, they’d clearly relied on being able to use Star Wars lore in place of some character development. And then, also consider this release has been heavily chopped to be kid-friendly. It was OK. I’ll certainly be watching the directors cut and I suspect it’ll be as good as the Justice League cut, which was really good.

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