privacy

I’ve noticed than most of them have stopped working including all invidious and piped instances

More often than not, the best way to hide is to simply blend in with the crowds – this also encompasses one’s choice for a username. It is relatively simple to make a single throwaway account – just come up with a username, and off you go – however, if one makes throwaway accounts often, the task of thinking of a unique,...

Just heard of Lemmy today...

So, I recently moved about 6 months ago. Have only given my real address and name to the DMV, Phone Company, Internet, and rental property(obviously knows my real address)...

My phone is no longer getting updates, so it’s time to buy a new one. The hardware could easily last 1-2 more years but I’d have to replace the battery, which is a pain on my phone....

I’ve looked at a few on fdroid and they all seem like they aren’t being maintained anymore....

I think we all draw a line between privacy and convenience and I think I found mine and settled into a comfort zone of sorts. I use Fedora 38. My browser is Mozilla Firefox with it’s “strict” setting. uBlock origin and uMatrix. When I need/want to use a site that doesn’t work due to blocked connections I relax the...

Some random website knows which school i go to, this is the second time i have received this message

Deleting a post is simply marking a piece of text so nobody sees it, but I think the text is still stored in their servers....

cross-posted from: lemmy.nz/post/3829409

Is it really decentralized and private?

So basically what title says....

Hey everyone, so for the past few month I have been working on this project and I’d love to have your feedback on it....

This just blows my mind and makes me feel sick to my stomach that such company’s like CMG Local Solutions do this sort of thing even exist! 🤢🤮...

I’m looking for a vacuum robot preferably under 500€ and with a cleaning station. My main concern is that most robot vacuum providers seem to need to be connected to the internet. Are there any providers that either don’t need that, where I can block the internet connection or any other way not getting a spy in my home?...

Every year or so I try one or more privacy focused keyboards. I always end up right back on SwiftKey after a couple of weeks because most of the keyboards I try have the same problem: the predictions suck....

I’ve been looking for something to replace the google chromecast that is attached to our TV....

I want to buy a new car, but it needs to be privacy friendly. Sadly you cannot really buy any new Car that is....

(edit: removed redundant rants and added updates)...

TLDR: can I edit docx files on word without a subscription and if not what are some apps that can allow me to do so...

Although the headline focusses on a obvious category of media, it really can go wrong on a lot of other categories as well.

I don’t like so called smartphones (flashy devices to mine your data and other reasons) but my regular no touchscreen phone’s microphone is no longer working as it should, making conversations difficult....

No one tells you when you buy the car all of the shit you are agreeing to. This needs to be changed....

I hope it is a way to solve this…