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.

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

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

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.

That’s what actually makes me think that it could happen. Just because it was an official source.

Well, maybe that person didn’t have permission to speak like that, but they said that they would get it into the summer plans in a screenshot right on the page.

Yeah, I know. But in that petition, there’s actually a screenshot of a tweet from the Proton VPN person.

I’ve been using proton for several years but I’m moving to tutmta because I can pay for the service with Monero and that is incredibly important to me. I also own my own custom domain that I’m able to pay for with Monero. So I don’t have to worry about constantly switching emails because I can just set up my custom domain with the new email provider and all my old email addresses still work.

I’m using a service called Control D, which has 4 levels of free DNS. One is no blocking at all. One is only blocking malware. One is blocking malware and ads, and the other one is blocking malware, ads, and social media, like Facebook.

Please never speak like that again. It’s always worth using a custom operating system such as lineage OS. You cannot let Google defeat you.

The open source community will defeat Google.

Ublock origin and privacy badger

SimpleX

If you think that app is not collecting your data, you are totally naive.

The one good thing about banks is they make these little plastic rectangles with metal chips in them that you can insert into a device at the terminal in order to pay for your stuff. No bank app required.

At least in the United States, these little plastic rectangles have a series of 16 numbers on them, followed by a date and a year and a three digit code.

I’m actually surprised this came up again. Wasn’t this a thing back like a year and a half ago or something as well? I remember a big push to get on unified push about then.

The biggest thing they cite is that you have to trust fdroid to build the applications properly without inserting changes.

The way to fix that is something called reproducible builds where the developer builds their app and says that their build has this ID and then the software provider builds the app and compares the ID.

If the IDs match 100% then you can be certain that the App Store has not tampered with the developers version of the app.

I actually take it even one step farther than that. I don’t want a bank app on my phone because it’s proprietary and I don’t know what it’s doing. So I only access my bank through the web browser.

Probably after a few more of them get shut down in the same way.

I use futo voice keyboard

https://xmrbazaar.com/. no js, any email, Monero native

Exactly

by not using meta services

My bank website would not let me do everything that the app would let me do, so I switched banks.

Use the websites whenever possible, instead of having to download another app, especially a commercial closed source one.

Fdroid. No, seriously, none of the above. fdroid is the only option here.

SimpleX

Not yet, but I believe there is currently one under some sort of development. From what I understand so far, you have to compile the program in Termux and then run this app to connect to it locally.

Retoswap.com is what you want. Its a haveno network that is functional. The main haveno is testnet only so the dev avoids any sort of legal entanglement

Xmrbazaar, Especially if you are willing to be a seller and purchase items for other people.

I think Quad9 works as a VPN app, and you cannot use a VPN app and private DNS at the same time. You have to use one or the other.

Yep, with the security deposit system, the Monero buyer does not get the Monero until they have paid. And the security deposits mean people are less likely to try to run away from a trade and not pay. Zero deposit offers do exist, but the seller is the only ones who can create those. And so they can choose to not do those if they wish.

Getting a smaller quantity or using a higher risk payment method does generally mean a higher premium.

Tell your friend to post offers of their own. Somebody needs to start, and they could make a little money, acting as a start for the market.

In Switzerland, yes, you absolutely can walk into a grocery store and pay with Monero at the checkout counter. In the United States, you can buy an Instacart gift card and get the grocery store to deliver your food or go pick it up and pay with Monero.