Basically, the only way is to disconnect the TV and use it as a dumb screen. Lineageos supports a few set top boxes (see here).

I heard (take it as hearsay) that some smart TV periodically capture screenshots of what’s on screen and upload it, so it actually disconnecting the tv from the network could (again, hearsay) make a real difference.

It’s no secret that we trade our information for access to the Internet.

I pay a monthly subscription for access to the Internet (actually two: one for the landline and one for my phone).

So what do you prefer a subscription based Internet with privacy protection or a free internet with companies allowed to take and sell your data

Either one would be better than what we have now, which is not free and not private.

Well, at least the one he used for thruth is safe (mastodon IIRC?)

The title is missing a second part: “after China, the US, Russia, the UK, etc.”.

I get that privacy is potentially in danger if chatcontrol passes (ie. it’s not right now) and that to raise awareness is worthwhile, but misrepresenting one of the best places privacy-wise as “one of the greatest threats” is just dishonest.

Visitors to the US have been asked if they were members of the communist party since forever though?

IDK if those who replied “yes” would be sent back, but I do remember reading about Chinese communist party members being denied entry to the US.

I don’t see much difference between this and that as far as the 1st amendment is concerned… aren’t you idealizing the 1st amendment (and/or how seriously the US takes it)?

PS: let me make clear that I’m not trying to defend the indefensible behaviour of the Trump administration in any way

You must have an outdated version. The current version is “We announce that there must be no criticism of the President, and that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong. Anything else is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

I know :) that’s why I was asking if anybody else did it instead of campaigning for more people to do it

(tangentially related)

Do you guys intentionally half-ass your capchtas or am I the only one?

eg. when Google asks me to recognize traffic lights, I intentionally make some errors to decrease the quality of data they harvest

Generally speaking, if someone asks/talks about some local topic without bothering to specify where they live, you can just assume they live in the US :)

no

Does it run lineage? Any other FOSS, third party OS? No? Hard pass.

He never said he wants free speech for everyone :) TBH the shame should be on those who believed that Musk could somehow be the first right-wing extremist in history that wished the people at large had more rights and more freedoms.

Circle jerking, I guess? Same reason I use lemmy :)

Google has many faults, but the one responsible for this one is someone else :)

The FOSS google maps alternatives I hear recommended most often are OsmAnd+ and, especially, Organic Maps.

Personally I don’t use maps very often (I know my way around my area pretty well, so I usually just lookup the location of wherever I want to go before leaving home), but I’d say Organic Maps is simpler and more user friendly than OsmAnd+.

Both can work offline if you download the maps for your area.

The maps are pretty good (at least in my area), but compared to Google Maps you’ll have to rely more on street addresses as there aren’t as many points of interest.

Apologies if this is explained in the article (sorry, as a Linux user I don’t care enough about this story to actually read the article), but… how is a filter that avoid taking screenshots of sensitive info supposed to work? I mean, what kind of divination algorithm can detect something is sensitive without looking at it first?

I know nothing about Wikipedia drama, but the term “logical fallacy” usually indicates a reasoning pattern and does not apply to specific arguments, regardless of how fallacious they may happen be. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

OP, I forgot to say! There are specific communities dedicated to self hosting and/or home labbing (eg. !selfhosted@lemmy.world), you may want to participate there

Yes, and computers people have laying around are most probably not outdated enterprise servers that draw 120w at idle :)
(if anything, that’s something a newbie self hoster may buy since they are cheap and look cool)

Cheapest? Use someone else’s hrdware (or “borrow” it) and set it up at work/school/friend’s house/cafe. Free hardware, free connectivity, free electricity.

More seriously, set everithing up on whatever spare old computer you have at hand (or use a vm running on you pc). You should not start with buying hardware.

It’s quite easy to get rid of all that crap: just come living in the EU

Kensington? I don’t think an air tag can actually prevent theft (if they see it they’ll remove it - if they don’t see it they’ll still steal your stuff)

I have no idea what a DreamMachine is (and wikipedia does not help) so here’s the long answer :)

If you want a VPN tunnel to your own home, for secure access to your LAN, I’d recommend you look into NetBird and/or TailScale, which at their core are wireguard plus NAT punch-through (you can also run wireguard or openvpn directly, but it may be a pain since you most probably have a dynamic IP and possibly a CGNAT).

If you want to hide your traffic while connecting through networks you don’t trust (such as the work one or some cafe’s wifi), you can either use NetBird/Tailscale as above and connect though your home (well, assuming you trust your ISP of course) or some third party VPN which connects to their servers (I’d say look into Proton first).

Keep in mind that VPNs actually do very little for your online privacy (ie. it’s not like google or facebook can’t track or fingerprint you). They do is prevent man-in-the-middle traffic analysis from your ISP (or the admin of whatever LAN you are using), but then the VPN provider can do the exact same things, so… make sure to double-check the privacy guarantees of your VPN provider and compare them with those of your ISP.

What do you (think you) need a VPN for?

Lineage OS is not designed to relock the bootloader.

I don’t understand why so many people worry about that… doesn’t it only ensure that data is wiped if some agent secretly installs a rootkit or sorts on your phone before giving back the device to you?

To me, bootloader locking is mostly a way for phone manufacturers to make it harder to run anything but the ROM they have chosen (and it’s a PITA and the most laborious part of installing a ROM).

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ and make sure to double-check that unlocking the bootloader isn’t too much bother (ie. read the installation instructions)

I don’t see the reasoning in your answer (I do see its passive-aggressiveness, but chose to ignore it).

I asked “why?”; does your reply mean “because lack of manpower”, “because lack of skill” or something else entirely?

In case you are new to the FOSS world, that being “open source” doesn’t mean that something cannot be criticized or that people without the skill (or time!) to submit PRs must shut the fu*k up.

Those are outside Signal’s scope and depend entirely on your OS and your (or your sysadmin’s) security practices (eg. I’m almost sure in linux you need extra privileges for those things on top of just read access to the user’s home directory).

The point is, why didn’t the Signal devs code it the proper way and obtain the credentials every time (interactively from the user or automatically via the OS password manager) instead of just storing them in plain text?

Then your password (your other, “first” factor) is the only thing preventing an intruder impersonates you.

You’ll still have to go through the hassle the now useless second factor puts you through, so you might as well update your second factor even if you trust your first to be very secure.

It’s also on FDroid

Actually, it doesn’t seem to be there https://search.f-droid.org/?q=futo&lang=en

and available via Obtainium/Github

IDK about obtanium, but IIUC the sources are on their gitlab instance https://gitlab.futo.org/alex/latinime

That sounds a lot like “doesn’t matter what words actually mean. I am right nonetheless”.

…but I’m sure you’ll have some personal definition of “semantics” that will allow you to say you are still right, just like you could say “beggars can’t be choosers” in a context where no one is a beggar and there are in fact lots of viable choices.

If you actually read OP post, they are not asking for the moon and… definitely non “demanding” anything.

IDK about each specific requirement (especially the “inactivity” one, but … dude, just log in every 6 months), but I’d say a lot of “privacy” email providers should meet your needs.

Try looking into Proton mail (warning: you’ll have to setup a local relay if you need IMAP/SMTP) or maybe search the web for something like “privacy email provider free” and look into the results.

It’s pretty easy to find articles confirming the Musk/Signal thing https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=musk+signal&iar=news&ia=news

Of course most of the rest is speculation, but… the article seems honest enough about it?

You should ask the seller to make sure, but I’d assume those cards will require KYC on activation? I mean, if Romania requires KYC it’s difficult to think someone can sell anonymous cards on ebay.

You seem to be describing the US system (or some other common law one… but I believe district attorney is a US-specific term?)…

IDK about other EU countries (I guess they are all the same in this regard?), but in my Italy the public prosecutor has zero discretionary power when it comes to indictment and must, per the Italian Constitution, proceed based on the investigation outcomes. So there is no “help me catch the bigger fish and I’ll only charge you with some minor crime” like in the movies.

So… yes, what you describe can happen to anyone, but it can’t happen just anywhere :)

To be fair: previous generations of police officers, back when most people used phones, have made extensive use of wiretapping (and current policemen still do, of course).

Makes perfect sense to me (not a lawyer, not a US person)… what doesn’t make sense is how many people still think biometric is high security (maybe because of how cool they make it look in the movies?)

US only (typical)

Wow: they also go to great lengths to piss off their paying customers.

Anyway, I have no idea if it’s 1080p or not: I can say it looks ok on my phone’s screen, but IDK how to check what the video resolution is

You should be able to run Lineage on the shield (double check the specific model)… maybe you can try that and re-flash the stock OS if it doesn’t work for you.