mastodon 4.7.3I write a digital diary of my privacy journey as a non-IT person and parent.
@ente@fosstodon.org has made its business records public, a great move forward in transparency: https://ente.com/open
If you are willing and able to tweak some settings, the Uruky private search experience is on par with that of DuckDuckGo.
https://theprivacydad.com/why-i-use-uruky-a-private-search-engine/
#Uruky #digitalprivacy #search @techlore@social.lol @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org @privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer
RE: @FirewallDragons@mastodon.social
This was a great interview! It's reassuring to hear such a sensible, no-nonsense attitude coming from all three of you throughout the interview. That kind of balanced approach (different people are in different places regarding privacy and have different needs) is so needed in the privacy discussion spaces. Thanks for everything you guys do @jonah@mastodon.neat.computer @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org @FirewallDragons@mastodon.social @privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer !
A special guest post by one of the Privacy Kids!
Droidian is an awesome system that runs quite smoothly with occasional crashes and occasional discrepancies.
https://theprivacydad.com/droidian-an-awesome-phone-os-for-patient-people-guest-post/
#linuxonmobile #hightide #flare #droidian #linux #privacy #foss
@linuxphoneapps@linuxmobile.social @droidian@fosstodon.org @schmiddionmobile@fosstodon.org @Nokse@hachyderm.io @82mhz@mastodon.bsd.cafe
While some privacy-first software tools are on par with their mainstream counterparts and can be recommended without reserve, others should come with a few warnings for new users.
https://theprivacydad.com/privacy-tool-recommendations-should-come-with-caveats/
Just discovered @veronica@explains.social !
https://veronicaexplains.net/
https://tinkerbetter.tube/videos/browse?scope=local
https://vkc.sh/blog/
Fantastic to discover another privacy tools advocate with balanced points of view and a down-to-earth approach, similar to @techlore@social.lol @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org @FirewallDragons@mastodon.social
My interview with Bruno, the software engineer of Uruky, a privacy search engine!
https://theprivacydad.com/interview-with-the-engineer-of-uruky-a-private-search-engine/
Bringing a privacy-first search tool to market is a challenging but rewarding task.
Ente's Legacy Kit looks like an interesting new tool!
https://ente.com/blog/legacy-kit/
"Ente Locker is for the practical parts of a life: IDs, insurance papers, medical records, passwords, notes, and the documents someone may need in your absence.
Since launch, we learned that someone, without an Ente account, also needs a way to recover your Ente account if you lose access, are incapacitated, or are no longer around.
That is what Legacy Kit is for."
Just started a subscription with https://uruky.com/, a privacy-first search engine.
With some tweaks, the experience is really good, and support from the husband-and-wife team excellent!
Light Phone "
Introducing Our Developer Program"
https://developers.thelightphone.com/
I look forward to seeing what comes out of it!
#lightphone #featurephone #dumbphone
Edit: Wired piece: https://www.wired.com/story/exclusive-light-phone-developer-kit/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
"On Parenting & Age Verification" is the best piece I've read by @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org . I'm honored to be referenced in it too!
https://ghost.thenewoil.org/on-parenting-age-verification/
It's a cohesive, coherent long read that is totally worth your time.
#parenting #digitalprivacy #socialmedia #kidsandscreens #climatechange #argument
Someone else wrote a positive review of #uruky privacy search engine!
https://blog.sulimans.space/my-review-of-uruky/
#search #digitalprivacy #onlineprivacy #privacytools #alternativeto
I had a conversation with a friend who lives in Australia today. He said that his family members with teenage kids are saying that it’s ‘business as usual’ for Australian teens on social media. They find workarounds that quickly get shared amongst them. I wonder if the Australian government will do an assessment of the impact of their recent ban. It would be cynical if they didn’t.
Coincidentally, this came up in my news feed today as well:
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cq8g9y5x1llo
#socialmedia #socialmediaban #Australia #teenagers #parenting #ageverification
Not a privacy tool, but I love #protopage for an at-a-glace overview of your RSS feeds:
@Tutanota@mastodon.social How many times do I have to tell Tuta to 'Always display images for sender' and to 'Always hide banner for sender'? It never stops, both in Firefox and on Linux desktop app.
Google Says Developer Verification Makes Android Safer. Critics Say It Just Makes Android More Closed
https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/
“Under the new rules, F-Droid has no workable path forward. Compelling volunteer contributors to register their identities with Google runs against what the platform stands for.
“But claiming those app identifiers on developers’ behalf is equally impossible, since that would give F-Droid a kind of exclusive ownership over apps it has no right to own.
“F-Droid has been clear that if Google goes through this, it effectively ends the project as it currently exists.”
What a fantastic initiative!
The Ludlow Institute (@naomibrockwell ) has a dedicated Signal channel for people who need help installing GrapheneOS: https://www.ludlowinstitute.org/community
@papawilf@hcommons.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social
This is the best source:
@thelinuxexperiment@tilvids.com@social.linux.pizza
and subscribe to his podcast
I also follow:
@UbuntuWeeklyNews@ubuntu.social@social.linux.pizza
@manjarolinux@masto.ai@social.linux.pizza
@xubuntu@floss.social@social.linux.pizza
@pop_os_official@fosstodon.org@social.linux.pizza
Mobile:
@ubports@mastodon.social@social.linux.pizza
