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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Non toxic mobile privacy community
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For the love of God do not ever go to their community in any case… If you need technical help literally ask anywhere else… If you go there, you’ll end up hating GOS you’ve been warned

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Non toxic mobile privacy community
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Oh brother tell me about it. They talk like they are the final word on computer security lol

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Non toxic mobile privacy community
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F-droid acts as a trust for all the apps you download through it, which means if F droid is hacked, hackers can push fake update to all the apps. It is an issue, but not the biggest concern of average joe. Although F-droid should take it pretty seriously.

But I think hating on them is not the solution…

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Non toxic mobile privacy community
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At least they could like not be paranoid and hostile…

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Non toxic mobile privacy community
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Oh shit I missed the “no”

Fuck that’s sad…

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Non toxic mobile privacy community
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As long as it doesn’t get dissolved into pure hate.

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Non toxic mobile privacy community
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I completely understand, but this only adversely affects you if f-droid getting hacked is in your threat model. And not everyone have that.

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Non toxic mobile privacy community
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It’s sad that so many good projects is plagued by this crap. Like did we forget about the whole “respect other people’s opinions” thing?

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Non toxic mobile privacy community
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I would like to not delve into infighting and would like to avoid it

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Non toxic mobile privacy community
So I've been in the rabbit hole of android privacy for some time, last I joined the GrapheneOS community but let's just say that they doesn't have a "healthy" opinion about other projects like f-droid. So I am looking for generic communities that focus on mobile privacy that doesn't have drama or toxicity or "extreme opinions". Any suggestions? I prefer chat based communities like matrix or simplex instead of like reddit or lemmy.
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What is the best cloud storage provider right now?
What is the best cloud storage that gives a nice balance between features and privacy? I know you can manually encrypt files to use any provider, but I would prefer an open source E2EE for the sake of convenience. Currently I have heard about the following: - proton - filen - sync - icedrive - pcloud (Not including GDrive, Onedrive etc..)
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What is the best cloud storage provider right now?
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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Installed GOS and am loving it
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Not gonna root my phone circumventing all that protection GOS offers

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Installed GOS and am loving it
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Non crypto finance systems are trackable by design, that’s why the cops say “follow the money”

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Installed GOS and am loving it
Installed grapheneOS on my pixel (finally) the other day. Actually was loving stock, until it got corrupted due to a bug. Had to factory reset to boot up again. Anyway, used that opportunity to install GOS. NGL I do miss adaptive features and now playing, but I am liking GOS more and more day by day. Better battery life despite not having adaptive features, more security options like sensor permission and scopes, auto reboot if not unlocked feature and all that. I use GPay and my bank app on a secondary profile. works seamlessly. Some UI improvements and adaptive features and it will be on par with the stock pixel experience itself.
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Installed GOS and am loving it
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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Wire messenger - a lost cause.
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Lol wire does use Google play for notifications if you don’t turn on websocket which is off by default.

And notifications doesn’t work anyway so there’s privacy there lolol

No company is going to cater to individual needs

Huh? When did notifications become an individual need? Even corporate environment require ability to notify peers

If you want to have super duper privacy then there are apps for that already why be mad at me because I complain about lack of an app that is in the midpoint?

WHY DON’T YOU MAKE AN APP THAT BALANCES BETWEEN CONVENIENCE, USABILITY AND PRIVACY?

So basically I am not allowed to complain unless I do it myself? This is a free speech platform and I’m gonna speak whether you scream or not lol

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Wire messenger - a lost cause.
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And that is why I don’t want it to be linked with a chat account…

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@lord___vader@sh.itjust.works
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toPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Wire messenger - a lost cause.
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Wire was better, you just need to tell them a readable username, or just type my full name and it shows me!

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Wire messenger - a lost cause.
It seems like yet another good messenger app has become shit. I am of course talking about wire. I REALLY like where it didn't need my phone number to sign up, unlike signal does. Also they heavily market it towards corporates and governments. Back when I first started to use it, they had the old UI. It was good looking, it had a lot of normie fun stuff like scribble and GIF (I can live without it but always a +) and it worked fine at start. It didn't need my phone number, so it was a BIG +. So I started to use it with my friends and family. After finally convincing them to join here, issues started popping up. Messages aren't being notified to the users. I mean fun stuff is good but THE ONE THING eveey messenger MUST have is to NOTIFY THE PEOPLE. I tried turning on websocket connection, helping my peers troubleshoot and all but NO. NO NOTIFICATION WHATSOVER TO THEM, or rarely they get a delayed one. Left it temporarily in hunt for other apps. Session was too buggy in connecting to nodes, simpleX is a bit too hard to connect with links and stuff, briar is also like simplex, so after long time I came back to wire in desperation hoping they have fixed this, as again IT IS THE ONE THING A MESSAGING APP MUST HAVE. But nope. NO NOTIFICATIONS. It came to the point I can't communicate with them unless I SMS them (I don't use whatsapp). And finally, I took the decision. I apologized to them and deleted my wire account. Thinking for now let's f***ing use signal (the other option is whatsapp so yeah). WHY WE CAN'T HAVE A SINGLE GOOD APP THAT BALANCES BETWEEN CONVENIENCE, USABILITY AND PRIVACY? Is there any app, even paid ones that fits as a perfect alternative? (By payment I mean crypto based, otherwise it's basically as bad as giving the phone number)
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Wire messenger - a lost cause.
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