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originalucifer, (edited ) in Pro/Con of DeGoogled Phone Operating Systems
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

theres a con?

-its per os, i see.. i thought it was an aggregate piece

Evkob, (edited ) in Alternatives for simplemobiletool gallery and calendar?
@Evkob@lemmy.ca avatar

I’ve replaced the calendar app with Etar, but I have pretty limited requirements for calendar apps. For a gallery app I use this (which is very poorly named): Gallery

That being said, if someone knows of any good FOSS clock apps (which lets you set more than one timer at a time) please let me know.

Why AOSP’s clock, and therefore most apps based on it, only lets you set one timer concurrently is such a frustrating mystery to me. Have these devs never cooked? Have they never steeped tea while doing laundry?? In what world do you code a clock app which can’t have multiple timers?

Extrasvhx9he,

Loving gallery so far and yeah tried etar but the lack of import and export is kind of a biggie for me. Appreciate your help

QuazarOmega,

Agree 1000% on the timer thing, it’s so incredibly annoying exactly because it seems such an obvious feature to have

Evkob,
@Evkob@lemmy.ca avatar

Yet most FOSS clock apps I’ve tried miss the mark on this. And trust me, I’ve tried so many darn clock apps.

Lemongrab,
@Lemongrab@lemmy.one avatar

I think this meets your requirements: www.f-droid.org/packages/com.best.deskclock/

I can have a 15 min timer going at the same time as a 37 min one, and have them saved on creation to a list. Best clock app ive found that is feature rich and FOSS

itsaj26744,
@itsaj26744@programming.dev avatar

Clock you is maybe what u want

CJOtheReal, in EU fingerprint checks for British travellers to start in 2024

Good. Fingerprints are in the passport so checking them isn’t a problem. Outside EU means Outside EU.

mrecondo, in Alternatives for simplemobiletool gallery and calendar?
@mrecondo@infosec.pub avatar

I’m using their tools and now I’m worried. What happened?

Evkob,
@Evkob@lemmy.ca avatar

The maintainer sold it off to a company called ZipoApps. Here’s the Github thread about it.

ZipoApps seems to be a company who buys mobile apps to monetize (or further monetize) them. As per their website, their mission is “to find, evaluate, purchase and grow mobile apps”. I suspect the only growth we’ll see with the Simple Mobile suite is the growth of ad-revenue lining this company’s pockets.

mrecondo,
@mrecondo@infosec.pub avatar

Thanks!

Tibert, (edited )

This : github.com/SimpleMobileTools/…/241

As explained sold to ZipoApps (low quality add ridden shovelware, with extremely high price /week to remove adds, from the git discussion).

From a reddit post reddit.com/…/simplemobiletools_was_sold_alternati…

There seems to already be a fork : github.com/FossifyX

Tho not sure how trusted it can be, but seems to have some hope.

The reddit post also suggests some alternatives. The comments in that post also suggests more alternatives.

mrecondo,
@mrecondo@infosec.pub avatar

Thanks!

Evkob,
@Evkob@lemmy.ca avatar

The FossifyX fork is by naveensingh, who was active in SimpleMobileTools’ development. From what I can tell poking through Github, they might not have as much time to dedicate to the project as the original maintainer.

wincing_nucleus073,

thankfully they dont need constant updating

Imprint9816, in Is Proton Unlimited Worth renewing?

Depends on your use case.

I know for me, i don’t need all the services unlimited offers.

I created seperate accounts for the services i use as they don’t allow you to bundle only specific services together (ie just mail+ and drive+ together). This ends up saving a few bucks.

fahad,

I mostly use Proton Mail, pass and VPN with free SimpleLogin Unlimited, which is a plus; however, the VPN is not as good as advertised. I’m considering moving to you are Mullvad (buying the Mullvad plan from Amazon). That way, you’re not forced to share your credentials.

As for cloud storage, I use Filen - lifetime 180GB (thinking of self-host using NAS or Raspberry Pie; however, I’ve never done it before, so it’s tough for me).

Imprint9816,

Mullvad is the gold standard if you dont need port forwarding.

You may want to look into Filen - I know they have had issues with them not using the best encryption methods. Just remember “lifetime” refers to the life of the service (which they can change at any time) and not your lifetime.

fahad,

That’s another issue; I tend to torrent here and there, so port forwarding is a big deal.

That makes sense. I’ve been thinking about self-hosting storage for a while now. I’m not sure how secure NAS is with their software.

Imprint9816, (edited )

You may want to check out AirVPN - great port forwarding implementation.

Long history of being privacy respecting and completely FOSS but they don’t do audits (which is a super big deal to some and a big reason its not recommended on pg).

Just make sure to use the wireguard client as their own client kind of sucks.

Tibert, (edited ) in Alternatives for simplemobiletool gallery and calendar?

Hey on android? Didn’t know simplemobiletools was sold. Should be fine if updates are disabled from play store and only f-droid versions are used.

But for alternatives :

For a gallery app, I find Aves to look pretty good and has many great features github.com/deckerst/aves

If you need gallery (still not that great yet) & backup : ente gallery (there are other ente apps too) ente.io

For a calendar no idea.

Lemongrab,
@Lemongrab@lemmy.one avatar

Aves Libre should be used from F-droid, since the Aves package has non-free components.

bbbhltz, in Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives
@bbbhltz@beehaw.org avatar

Of all the privacy-related changes I’ve made, Signal is the only thing I’ve managed to get anyone else to use.

It was a matter of saying “I don’t use WhatsApp anymore” and that was that. Some friends didn’t make the switch, but they know where to find me.

Quitting Facebook lead people to believe that I was in need of help, though. They thought I was crazy. Still, today, people ask me why they can’t tag me on FB or why I unfriended them. When I tell them I stopped using FB they’re shocked and say things like, “but you’re such a techy computer nerd guy.”

Quitting Google was confusing for others too.

frogmint,

“but you’re such a techy computer nerd guy.”

that’s the reason why

bbbhltz,
@bbbhltz@beehaw.org avatar

if only they knew how not-so-techy I really am…

wincing_nucleus073,

you’re a techy nerd and thats why you definitely use 1984book and give your soul to the zucc :D

otter, in Is Proton Unlimited Worth renewing?

I’m not your target for the question, since I haven’t ever tried Unlimited

Bitwarden is very solid for a password manager, and it works well for my family

You could compare prices between just ProtonMail+Bitwarden (or other manager)+VPN of choice?

fahad,

I’m also using Bitwarden; however, the UI is a big deal for me because me being a visual person. I still use it here and there.

I’ve heard they will have a visual overhaul soon; looking forward to it + thinking of self-hosting it. Even though I’m fairly new to “self hosting” any beginner self hosting tips and tricks would be appreciated.

LWD, (edited )

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  • fahad,

    Thanks for this, I will look into it.

    otter,

    Is it possible you tried Keepass? I thought Bitwarden’s UI was pretty good and modern, and that’s one of the silly reasons why I picked it over keepass long time ago

    fahad,

    I have tried KeepassX. However, I had some file conflict issues and stopped using it. Regarding the password manager, my reason is similar to what you have said, but instead, I moved to proton pass from Bitwarden.

    hostops, in Is Proton Unlimited Worth renewing?

    If you can live without it, I would say no. They have awful pricing for families. And they have a history of cooperation with governments to leak their users’ data.

    Imprint9816,

    Lmao how many times are people going to misrepresent the proton email issue

    ioslife, in Is Proton Unlimited Worth renewing?

    I downgraded my sub to Mail Plus about a month ago. I had hopes for Drive and was using VPN too, but Drive wasn’t working well for me.

    I self host Bitwarden, so never was interested in Pass. I also self host Nextcloud, so I don’t need Drive.

    Switched over to Mullvad for VPN.

    With downgrading, I had enough credits to cover my subscription of Mail Plus for 2 years.

    glowie,
    @glowie@h4x0r.host avatar

    Mullvad was throttling my iptv connection. Ironically, from the same data center, using Proton the streams weren’t throttled. So not sure if Proton is paying a premium for better bare metal and uplink or what the deal was with Mullvad. Hope you have a better experience.

    anotherinternetrobot, in Alternatives for simplemobiletool gallery and calendar?

    I am now using Right Gallery. It looks like a fork of SMT gallery. It is free open source no ads. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodwy.…

    noodlejetski, (edited )

    I don’t see its source code being posted anywhere.

    anotherinternetrobot,
    ademir, in This Week in Privacy (#2)
    @ademir@lemmy.eco.br avatar

    Glad to see you back!

    otter, (edited ) in This Week in Privacy (#2)

    Are these being posted to Mastodon as well?

    Edit: Oop just saw the previous one

    root, in Switching to more privacy friendly alternatives

    “I don’t have anything to hide”

    I prefer to suggest a different mindset - “It’s not that I have nothing to hide. It’s that I have nothing I want anybody to see”

    InfiniWheel,

    It still incredibly hard tog et even one person to agree tho. And even then they’d likely give up since most of our contacts are going to keep using WA

    root,

    Definitely. Now I just occasionally mention that I have and use more privacy friendly alternatives as a sort of “fyi” for them to know. It’s better for the other parties to want to switch out of their own desires than to be forced. If it is forced upon them and things don’t go smoothly, you’ll end up getting resentment or worse, blamed. Better to use subtle encouragement and if they decide to switch, offer lots of useful advice and assistance.

    smeg, in Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads

    This seems fishy. Beyond being illegal in a lot of places, if this was actually possible without people noticing (e.g. detecting massive data usage of audio being uploaded or native battery/CPU usage of it being processed locally) then we’d know about it!

    My first thought is that this is the classic tech sales bullshit of claiming your product can do something impossible in order to sell it. What’s most confusing is the statement from the bottom of the article:

    “CMG businesses do not listen to any conversations or have access to anything beyond a third-party aggregated, anonymized and fully encrypted data set that can be used for ad placement. We regret any confusion and we are committed to ensuring our marketing is clear and transparent,” the statement added.

    So are they admitting it was bullshit or what?

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