smeeps

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[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 1 points 2 months ago

In my experience if Windows decides it doesn't want to talk to your hardware because of some undecipherable 20 year old spaghetticode reason, You've no recourse except reinstalling Windows and it might suddenly work. At least with Linux you can debug and get things working

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Yep, software dev here for a static marketing site for a product. We are in a constant battle with PMs and SEO who want Google tracking, Facebook, TikTok, A/B testing, cursor tracking, etc. We're trying to keep page-speeds fast while loading megabytes of external JS code...

Luckily all that can be blocked by the end user without affecting the site though, all you'd lose is some carousels and accordions etc that are done with a few lines of code.

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it should be a pay what you want but it doesn't charge you for a week. So you can use the app and then decide whether to up the price if it's useful or cancel the payment if it doesn't work for you.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

I'm thinking of configuring a VPN in my router so that all traffic runs via Mullvad, just trying to consider if there are any downsides to this?

If I buy Mullvad via the onion site with Monero, obviously there's no link to me, and they appear to keep no logs, as has been tested. In any case I trust them to keep no logs more than my ISP and government.

I do already have ProtonVPN but it's attached to my debit card details, my email address, and name etc. No need to give them all my traffic too.

I know I can still be tracked by browser fingerprint and IP but I'll be one of many users using the same Mullvad IP and I also employ adguard DNS, anti fingerprinting on my browsers etc.

My threat model is generally removing as much passive data gathering and tracking as possible, corporate or state. My threat model does not include active investigation from the law enforcement or state

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Pixels are the best degoogle phone thanks to GrapheneOS...

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Pixel is the only game in town for anyone who wants a secure and privacy friendly smartphone as they're the only ones that run GrapheneOS.

I do like the look of the 9, especially finally being able to get a smaller Pro model but the prices are getting silly and my 7 Pro is still working fine. Maybe the 10 or 11.

I'm also keeping an eye on Fairphone but they need to add all the hardware GrapheneOS needs to support them for me to be interested. And it'd help if they weren't launching with last gen specs. Fairphone 5 came out after my P7P but is inferior in most ways, I just can't justify paying for a downgrade as much as I support the mission.

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 2 points 2 months ago

The issue is, that people always say this but then people don't donate.

People have server costs and living costs and ads are realistically the only way to contribute to those. I always swing €5 here and there to developers whos apps I use often but most people don't: look at the Ko-fi page of small devs and they probably have less than €50 total, That's a couple months of server costs probably.

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 1 points 2 months ago

What a bizarre comment. Of course I need traffic data in a navigation app. Why would I want to sit in an hour queue on a closed motorway due to an incident when I could be using the alternative route that's still moving?

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is tricky. Luckily mine works on custom ROMs so I've not had to fool safetynet for a while.

Does it still trip if you install a custom ROM and relock the bootloader, without rooting? I know there used to be packages to hide you had root and keep safetynet

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 12 points 2 months ago (11 children)

As time goes on you'll be exposed to more and more security vulnerabilities with no patches.

Nothing wrong with running an old phone but you should unlock it and put Lineage OS on or similar.

[–] smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 16 points 2 months ago

Authy is trash anyway.