Good point

Oh, you can absolutely do that. There’s a higher risk of it getting lost, and it takes longer, but it’s definitely an option.

Mullvad paid with monero so when the Gestapo starts arresting people, there won’t be records of them paying for it.

I’ve been slowly making my way into the smart home ecosystem and was incredibly concerned about these not because of paperweight necessarily but because of needing to send data to a company over the internet which might not be available when it’s needed.

So I ended up going with Home Assistant and I’m really happy about the launch of the Works with Home Assistant program with the logo on devices.

Have a look at meshtastic. Yes, you do have to get a separate device, but range on it can be several tens to hundreds of miles depending on the mesh density.

I don’t have a significant need to use a laptop or desktop as my phone is my primary computing device. With that said, I run Mint Debian Edition on my laptop. Just because I want my computer to work when I go to use it, even if it has been six months.

Haven’t had a reddit account since API Gate.

I don’t use a PC for very much anymore, so I have little need to use my laptop. But when I do, I’ve honestly just gone with Linux Mint just because it works. And I have Lineage OS on my phone, which is my primary computing device.

And i no longer use Ubuntu. I remember that too. I also remember such large push back that it was removed

https://guardianproject.info/2024/02/24/the-future-of-our-fdroid-compatible-app-repository/

They are on the Guardian Project repository which is no longer in the fdroid app by default to the best of my understanding. So you have to go at it yourself.

Also, orbot is shit, use inviZible to stay updated with the latest tor daemon releases

Agree

I think it was a great idea, but poorly executed. I prefer using simpleX, personally.

No, it’s really not. Primarily, because I’m using LineageOS with absolutely no Google services at all installed.

If my Linux distro searched the internet, when I opened my launcher, I’d be finding a new Linux distro.

Yep, just set your Wi-Fi routers to use 6GHD and trample all over the other people in the band until they figure out that they can’t control it.

That is your opinion and an opinion that we do not share. I agree with you that most cryptocurrencies are bad.

However, there are some real diamonds mixed in with the lumps of coal, and you should really try to find them.

I use controld.com p2 dns over tls which kills known malware, tracking, and ads. I have it set up as a standard DNS provider on my home network so that everybody uses it and it works great.

Neat idea. Kagi is doing something similar for search, where they can verify that you have paid for the privilege of using the service, but can’t link your actual account.

If promoting decentralized censorship resistant private money makes me a criminal then I’m happy to be a criminal.

If you need to see criminals, just look up pictures of politicians and you’ll find them.