BrilliantBadger

u/BrilliantBadger@piefed.ca
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Its an interesting topic of discourse, no?

And certainly some argument such as "more eyes" can be a valid part of the overall discussion.

For myself, I would counter that posting YT links in a privacy focused community is defeatist in nature. Literally rewarding a platform, influencers that actually have no genuine interest in the topic, other than they found a new crowd they can cash in upon.

Obviously I didn't watch, but informed guess -- the video was 10 times longer than it needed to be, filled with fluff to fit in ever more commercials and/or inline promotions?

Does anyone interested in privacy not know TVs are invasive & nasty?

Perhaps. So start a topic upon it, without feeding the beast you wish to slay. Its truly a good discussion. And much valuable input from those who have confronted it can be shared.

I do agree, phones are horrific, and none of my crowd cares about privacy. Running a degoogled OS, no microG, no play store, only open source apps. We all try to take whatever steps we can, and its not easy, including changing ones online habits, usually the biggest obstacle. Which makes putting YT links in these privacy forums insulting.

Seriously. That is my (unpopular) opinion. I call it my ongoing journey to walk the walk best as able.

One can be offended, or reflect upon their habits effecting real change. I'll end my rants on this topic now. Cheers, mate!

Its quite nice on a pi5. Paired it running VPN, and control d private dns (set using adb) for tracker/ad blocking. Side note, over 50% blocking shows how much spyware crap going on with tv apps. Add in a cheap Bluetooth air mouse and its very workable & solid.

For clarity, I only run Pluto TV, tubi, pipepipe and Fred TV. And its NOT for those looking for the smoothest experience, may not be family friendly . But been using a few years now, couldn't be happier

Been trialing Ubuntu Touch and looks great, solid moves forward. The UI flow is not my fav, but ok with compromises. But yes, in a world where we will need the browser to replace our apps, that is such a centerpiece. As well I wish to be able to use a system wide custom DNS like control D or nextdns for safety. Hopes for all these to keep on getting better

on So it begins · c/privacy · 2 pts · 69d

This is the only proper response if anyone still has a reddit account

on COSMIC epoch 1.2 is out · c/linux · 2 pts · 70d

Been running F44 Cosmic Atomic for months. Did have one show stopper (for me) bug, so rebased to Silverblue for a bit, then back again after resolved

But overall its been fantastic. Snappy, Kind of minimal, and honestly quite beautiful (for my personal zen, YMMV)

I do like the pace they are fixing items & introducing new features

At the height those of us who weren't on there got mocked by f&f lol

Now we look like Nostradamus geniuses to them. For me it was just the trait of being a more private person in all things, no genius foresight,

Fully agree on your less is more stance

on Quiet Changes in Bitwarden · c/privacy · 11 pts · 88d

Migrated to Keepass shortly before the price increase ( not because of it) just for the reason of wanting my vault fully offline. Seeing these changes at BW still makes me sad, was a long time paying user & truly enjoyed it

Keepass is fantastiic, my vault is pretty static so just manually copy to other device as needed. And of course, have your full backup plan in place as with all things

Yeah its like those sports headlines where they try vibe you up for some trash talk

"Player A had a perfectly blunt statement about Player B"

Only to read & find out they said Player B was great, such drama lol

All just rage bait everywhere, AI or human that's the clicks plan

I use both same products, just manually copy to phone periodic as my vault is pretty static

Made the move from bitwarden not that long ago, actually a bit before their price increase (just timing not because of it). Nothing bad about BW to say, it worked great for me for years.

My motivation was wanting my password manager fully offline.

Keepass are fantastic programs, and actually now more pleased with my move after seeing some negative moves from BW I needn't be concerned with

+1 for Keepass!

The e/os Advanced Privacy feature is very nice, great way to see which apps have tracker whilst blocking them. Same as running DNS filters but built in experience, easy to view

In itself LOS is fantastic but needs be combined with something like reThinkDNS or another DNS filtering option

Rethink on LOS is fantastic, in particular if you can do the whitelist method - block everything by default, and permit only that which you approve. Takes some time & effort but great control is the reward

I prefer layers, example LOS w/rethink DNS all going thru Control D or NextDNS with Hagezi lists enabled

Overkill? Perhaps , but I love the reporting , helps in learning what's going on, and apps/sites to be avoided