BadgerInATrenchcoat @ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat@social.privacytools.io

@gritnot OsmAnd from F-Droid if you're referring to a Google Maps or Apple Maps alternative. Its a bit less accurate in some places, but just check your country before using. Works 100% offline, as you just download your country (or state if you're in the U.S.) and then can put in any address and you're good. Used it in the past and while its not stellar in my area, I compared it side to side with Apple maps and it got me where I needed to go, albeit a few minutes slower and a few miles more.

Rust is faster than C now lol

Good for devs because y'know... speed.. But also good for everyone else because of wider adoption of memory safe languages.

Hopefully that means that more devs will actually use it.

Facebook really just tried to screw everything don't they? Like buttons that more or less implement trackers across the entire internet, forcing Oculus users to make Facebook accounts (I was so mad about this after I spent $400 on a fucking hmd that will now just pretty much be a paperweight), they make WhatsApp users bow to the zucc, they took giphy, the list goes on. Like come on - have some mercy..

@Lordimpala Exactly. While sometimes it wouldn't hurt to have a little more platform moderation (such as trying to cut down on racism, sexism, terrorism threats, things of that nature), it is certainly the most free speech enabling platform that I've ever seen.

@Wetrix From my (2014-2018) and my friends' (~2008-2016) experiences with Twitter, and now Mastodon, Twitter has always been much more toxic, less helpful, and overtly political. Mastodon has a fairly sizable user base and is still friendly, hopefully it stays that way.

@Wetrix Mint and Ubuntu both have limited support, try Artix, Fedora, or Void.

Its crazy to me how less toxic Mastodon is versus Twitter. Like I used twitter for four years and that community was filled with toxicity, death threats, and doxxing. You come to Mastodon and it's like people explaining the platform to newbies, supporting other users, teaching people basics of privacy and security, etc.

Its just weird how much the platform varies with the attitude of its users.

Oh no the k-pop stans have found mastodon. This is the end my friends..

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@Wetrix Windows XP? Good lord you have to update your PC - come to Linux! OnionShare is the best filesharing program but I don't know if it has a Windows XP version.

@kev Good Job! 👍

@weltsnake For a country that isn't a Democracy, people certainly like to fight for "Democracy" in the U.S.. Some insane images from yesterday.

but I don't believe that many of them or their supported OSes actually do much to mitigate WiFi or cellular triangulation when the radios are active. Linux phones also sacrifice immense amount of security in other ways, not the least of which being no verified boot, a barely passable sandbox, lacking exploit mitigations, and minimal coherent security model (at this time).

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@cjleads WiFi triangulation and cellular triangulation are real things that are used to track users, yes. This happens on almost all modern devices and generally can't be disabled, though can be mostly mitigated by some hardened OSes like GrapheneOS and I believe CalyxOS. Some Linux phones can also assist in mitigation of this due to certain kill switches,

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@TheDoctor My wording could have been better, what I was more addressing was that claim that I see frequently made portraying Linux as essentially this one magic tool that will solve all of your privacy problems, which just isn't the case, and it can even make them worse (from programs and sites) due to the lack of sandboxing. I had just reached my character limit and didn't think anything else of it but I definitely should have been more clear, I apologize.

Have a great rest of your day.

Myth 3; Linux is more private!
Now this one is true for the most part, desktop Linux tends to be more private out of the box. The myth comes from people frequently portraying it as the one catch-all solution. If you're still using anti privacy applications on your computer, then your privacy will still suffer, actually to a worse extend compared to something like Windows or MacOS due to the whole no sandboxing thing.
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If there are any that I missed, comment them and I'll try and add them.

Myth 2; Everyone should switch to Linux, its the best OS!
Now, I used to be of this mindset, but it is also far from true. Software support is limited (unless you're really into SuperTux), command line can be daunting to new users, you've mostly got to have someone who can guide you through and teach you the basics, which not everyone has, and much more.

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Myth 1; Linux is more secure because FOSS!
This is false. Linux is actually notably less secure, due to lacking exploit mitigations, no sandboxing, etc. While it can slightly improve it, no amount of hardening can fix it. Linux is actually beat out in security by almost every other major OS, Windows 10, MacOS, and ChromeOS most notably.

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There is too much misinformation in the Linux community, to the point where even Linux veterans are even misinformed. That said, I've created a list of a few common misconceptions and their truths, all typed below. This also isn't like some of the Linux myth lists online that just include worthless garbage like "Linux can not play DVDs or any other media", "Linux can't play music", or my personal favorite "Linux can't open images" (all real examples from a list of "common Linux myths").
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@sullybiker SystemD has too large of a codebase to be reliable. If you want maximum compatibility on devices or parts that aren't officially supported, use runit or maybe even openrc.

@jubes Sounds fun! Good luck!