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Hi, I’m Miss Brainfart.

I’m afraid of sharks, with the exception being blåhaj. What could that possibly mean, huh.
(That’s not a hint, I genuinely have no idea)

Lemmings can also find me @miss_brainfart:catgirl.cloud on Matrix, if they desire to do so for e2ee reasons

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Say what you want, but a fever knocking you out and having you dream weird stuff is the best part about being sick

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If basic coffee is all you want, though:

Vacuum coffee maker

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I didn’t know that, this is super cool!

Full PGP support in Skiff (skiff.com)

We’ve heard our users loud and clear - interoperable end to end encryption (E2EE) across email providers is critical for privacy and security online. We have taken this feedback to heart. We are proud to announce support for PGP encryption inside Skiff mail starting today for all users across all tiers, including Free.

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Well damn, this is great. Too many private email providers still do their own thing in terms of encryption, so that is awesome to hear

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DivestOS can also deny internet access, for the people who don’t have a Pixel

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And brings the most recent version of something to any system. I’m astounded sometimes by how much a native package can lag behind

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One of the big organs of the EU deliberately breaking EU law. Always cool when that happens.

Although, they’ve proven themselves to be so incompetent, I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t actually know EU law.

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The simplemobiletools apps are being forked by one of their bigger co-developers, so I’ll just use that as soon as it’s available.

Until then, as long as you got the build from F-Droid, there shouldn’t be anything to worry about.

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The lead dev sold simplemobiletools to Zippo Apps (or whatever they’re called), a company known for buying apps and stuffing them full of ads, trackers and bullying people into buying subscriptions.

That news came a bit out of the blue, and while I understand why he sold it, the fact that he sold it to such a fuckface company that goes against everything his apps stood for is… yeah

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Phone numbers harm anonymity, not privacy.

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I don’t think I can really fault any Android developer for wanting to use Firebase and be done with it, because it’s just so simple to implement, and generally easy to work with.

But some things should be more important than comfort, shouldn’t they.

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I mean, it was kinda expected and inevitable that one big service was going to reign supreme. Lots of things make push notification a real hassle, like you describe. Speaking for Android as I don’t know much about iOS, Firebase works incredibly well, it’s a super elegant solution, and if Google wasn’t such a shitshow, I’d love it.

But it is a shitshow, in so many ways. So some services encrypt the contents, some don’t send them over those servers in the first place, but the remaining metadata is still shockingly useful for surveillance purposes.

I don’t really know where I’m going with this comment, but as an EU resident, I’d just like to see alternative systems getting more attention.

Idk, it’s just that so many people hear news like this and go: „It is what it is, can’t change it“

Well not with that attitude, that’s for sure

What phone do you sugest for your grandparents?

I got a task to buy a smart phone for my grandparents, they are not techsavy but they know how to use basic functions. Iam looking for an andoid because it has language pack i need. I dont need it to have lots of functions, onley a good camera and a big screen. Bonus points if it can be flashed with some kind of simplefied...

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CONSTANTLY drag stuff around, get lost and then claim she didn’t go anything

Nothing is quite as relatable to me as this. Do they genuinely not realize? Are they too proud to admit they did something? I will never know

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You tried to talk about cats in spanish, didn’t you

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Signal does in fact distribute an APK that isn’t dependant on Play Services/FCM on their website. Uses a websocket, so not the most elegant way I guess, but oh well.

It’s rather hidden, which I think is disappointing. But it exists. Updates itself, too.

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What users often do not realize is that almost all such notifications travel over Google and Apple’s servers.

So on the Android side, is an app safe from this if it doesn’t rely on Firebase Cloud Messaging?

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UnifiedPush needs all the support we can give it

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I use DivestOS, so Google Play Services and all that comes along with it isn’t there in the first place

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Well, up to you to decide if pursuing an official diagnosis would help you. For the people who do have it, getting that diagnosis and actually knowing what the hell has been going on this whole time is an enormous relief.

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In this year alone, I’ve had so many things happen that just scream we live in a simulation, it genuinely wouldn’t even surprise me if it was true.

Either way, nature is our one true god.

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They’re called that for a reason, after all

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Idk, the Garmin Connect App is also not great in terms of privacy. And so far, only one Garmin product works with Gadgetbridge

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True, I’ve just checked up on that. The devices themselves don’t do anything creepy, but the app contains a few trackers according to Exodus Privacy, which is not ideal if you want to use everything to its full extent

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Now that is a genre of photography I need to see more of

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But when the time comes and the kid needs to write some assignments for school, you can be like Your Steam Deck can do that too, have a look at what this dock does

Imagine if handheld gaming is all they’ve ever used it and known it for, and all of a sudden you show them than it can be a full desktop experience, too

My mind would’ve been blown back when I was a kid

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