If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Employees make a choice to work there and therefore choose to be part of that problem.

Thanks for the explanation!

Buy a visa/Mastercard gift card from the supermarket with cash? Or have I missed your point?

How ableist of you. Like so many others, if I could ride a bike I would.

Malicious compliance. Have Apple and Google remove all apps that feature encryption — web browsers, banking apps, messaging apps — from their stores for 24 hours. Demonstrate that this isn’t really a good idea.

I like Lockdown

Is this process different than any other commercial operating system, whether on phone, tablet, or PC?

Evolution looks and behaves a lot like outlook. works well for me

GrapheneOS isn’t a phone brand.

Isn’t that the whole point of these antitrust cases?

Company makes a product that no one else makes. People like it and buy it. Product becomes popular. Company makes money. (That’s the reason for being in business, isn’t it?). Suddenly someone notices that the product, which no one else makes, has earned a whole lot of money for the company.

ThAt’s nOt fAiR, tHeY’Re tOo pOpUlAr, No oNe eLsE CaN CoMpEtE, wE NeEd tO BrEaK Up tHe cOmPaNy sO We cAn gRaB A SlIcE Of tHeIr pIe!

I wore a proper N95 mask the whole time. Told people I have cancer and am immune compromised so I can’t take it off (ok that bit’s true). Never had any problem avoiding facial recognition; but it’s possible that their particular facial recognition works around masks.

Made me cry too

Depends what you’re trying to do and what created the pdf. pdftools are good, but they’re command line tools which might not be your scene (dnf/apt/zypper search pdf). Inkscape, Libreoffice are usually a good gui compromise.

thanks for the link!

Found one you have, I would say, mmmm?

many have tried to cover a small hole on the machine that they believe houses a camera

Looks like a student might have used a pocket knife or similar implement to dig at the hole and enlarge it, to try to see if there was a camera.

Tell them you’re homeless. Put your address as “No fixed address” and use Post Restante — also known as General Delivery.

If they make a fuss and demand a home address, reiterate that you’re homeless and demand that they provide you with a home. Worked for me (when I actually was homeless) for a few years.

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Sneakernet

Pick a random book from your shelf.

• Open at a random page. Take the first word on the left page.
• Open at another random page. Take the first word on the left page

Repeat for as many words you like. Discard words you don’t like. Slam the words you like together.

Examples:

• thickestneedhelped
• ritestayoutdoors
• passedthejust

Xperia 10 with Sailfish

Why are Ofcom and UK Parliament still using https:// ? They should set an example, and stop using illegal end to end encryption!

If they actually ban E2EE, I’d like to see all banks, for a start, and most web sites, downgrade https to http. See how long the ban will last then.

“I was just following the law!”

No shit Sherlock.

Could also be Bluetooth or wifi recognition of your phone, I know of several supermarkets that combine this data with rewards cards to recognise you and track you.