shortwavesurfer

joined 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago

Personally, I think if it's a video related to technology, it belongs in the technology community more so than the video community.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Personally i use proton with my own domain

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

disable Google Play Services and the Google Play Store. And that will help a lot. And if you still need apps from the Google Store, you can use the Aurora Store from f-droid

Edit: you may also want to look into controld.com since their free dns blocks known malware, ads, and trackers. They have several options including standard DNS, DNS over HTTPS, and DNS over TLS, and Android supports DNS over TLS. So you can use it directly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Interesting information, although I'm not the one best suited to process it, I would recommend you posting this to something like the skepticism Sunday threads on [email protected]. If it truly has been broken, they are managing to keep it very quiet. And if it has been broken, then there's a good chance that the vast majority of encryption has also been broken, such as HTTPS.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Then why aren't they catching more "criminals"? Also, why hasn't the $600,000 US dollar bounty from the IRS been claimed?

[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 days ago (11 children)

Just makes me want to fight back by helping other people to use Monero, Tor, and other privacy services.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As annoying as it is not being able to really exit to a main internet from I2P, I think they have the right idea by not allowing exits. Though it does most definitely have an impact on how many people are able to use it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Okay, I knew about home assistant, but was not aware that it was a voice assistant, like Siri or the Google assistant. I just figured it was an app-based thing to control devices (similar to the google home app).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

You can't. The only way to use these assistants is not to use them. "More private" does NOT equal "private". Either do not use them at all or be conscious of the fact that you will not be private while using it.

Edit: mycroft maybe the only exception to that and that's only because it's open source and according to what most people think of as a digital assistant would not be ready.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If you need any help with self-custodial Monero, let me know because I'd be more than happy to help.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Sounds like you are using a custodial wallet. And things like that happen all the time with custodial wallets. Count this as a lesson learned. Not your keys, not your crypto. Also, do keep in mind that blockchains such as that are completely transparent, so any money you send or receive over it can be looked at any time in the future. If that does not sound appealing to you, I would take a look at Monero and cake wallet.

 

Ensaladus

 

At least I still have the memory of it.

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