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authed, (edited ) in Am I running the risk of getting my Google account banned for logging into the Aurora Store or a custom rom like GrapheneOS?

Hopefully (fuck Google )

Xirup, (edited )

Believe me, I also say Fuck Google, and I don’t want to get into it but there are certain apps that I download from unofficial sources (🏴‍☠️) and I really like them and consider that they deserve my money, and the only way I have is to pay for them in the Google Playstore.

just_another_person, in Redirect Youtube.com to Freetube desktop app?

You could just override your local DNS to do so, but you’ll end up breaking other sites that try to load it at some point. Maybe try only using a bookmark?

user224,
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This would also create issue with certificates.

miss_brainfart, (edited ) in How marketing companies use "Active listening" voice data to target advertising to the EXACT people businesses are looking for
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One of the reasons why I like my desktop PC so much is that both webcam and mic sit in a drawer and are only plugged in for when I actually need to use them.

Android at least has the setting in developer options to disable sensors, which includes gyroscope, camera, mic and gps, I believe.

But core system services still have permission to override this setting. Which makes sense, you don’t want your dialer app to break when calling emergency services.

But it does make me think, is Androids’ sandboxing of an app enough to prevent it from abusing this possibility?

random65837, in (Android) Sandboxed Apps with own VPN and Firewall? [solved]

Android natively sandboxes, so that’s already done. When you’re already running Graphene there’s no reason to further move them to other users, or profiles.

The obvious issue is you’re still pushing data to data miners regardless, whether it’s in your name or not, it’s just as valuable to them.

Sentrovasi, in Google memes itself with an admission of spying on customers via a new ad on reddit!

I (charitably) think the fact is that they may also have misunderstood Cyberpunk to be more about hacking than it actually is, and are using "spy" despite a lot of CP2077 not being necessarily about remote hacking cameras at all.

nik282000, in What should be used for anonymous usernames?
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Go to reddit, pick a username from the front page, use that. Any searching into your use of it will lead to that front page post and its reposts on click mills.

davel, in It hurts all over
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Zerush, in Multiple Adblockers in a row - does it make sense or is it even harmful?
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It don’t make sense, most adblocker use the same sources, if not enough, most of them perm`ts to ad own filters, even from other adblockers. Aditional extensions can be other privacy tols, like script nlocker or fingerprint spoofer, like Privacy Badger, Canvas Blocker, JShelter, etc., and others like Link Unshortener, URL Cleaner, things like this, complementary to the adblocker. Use several adblocker only slow down browsing or even can breaksome pages.

LoveSausage, in Am I running the risk of getting my Google account banned for logging into the Aurora Store or a custom rom like GrapheneOS?
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Regarding email you can use k9 email and set it up with your Gmail.

Saki, in Multiple Adblockers in a row - does it make sense or is it even harmful?

Just fyi: recently EFF is creating Privacy Badger browser add-on and GNU also has LibreJS. They’re technically not ad-blockers, though; apparently a tracker-blocker and a non-free-script-blocker, respectively.

nyakojiru, in Meta and YouTube face criminal surveillance complaints
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This should be common knowledge that corporations live from criminal negotiations. Common people don’t understand this , and is simple and straightforward. Demonstrated thousand of times

Semi-Hemi-Demigod, in Meta and YouTube face criminal surveillance complaints
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If I print up an invoice for the time I've spent blocking all their tracking cookies, do you think I could take it to small claims court? It's gotta be at least a couple hundred bucks worth of labor at this point.

Metal_Zealot, (edited ) in Meta and YouTube face criminal surveillance complaints
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At the most, they’ll just get a million dollar fine. Maybe.
90% of their users don’t care about/understand privacy.

“Why would I care? I’ve got nothing to hide.”
You’re right, you don’t.
Not anymore.

euphoric_cat, in You're saying Google Play Services are spyware? Banned!!!
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the grapheneos matrix space and owners are a joke - its why I will never use grapheneos.

MayonnaiseArch, in What should be used for anonymous usernames?
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Well I love your name 😍 one of the best characters

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