BadgerInATrenchcoat @ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat@social.privacytools.io

@soudk Okay, I'll just go down the list and try to answer all of your questions, forgive me if I miss one.

For offline calendar, use Etar. If you need Calendar and contacts synced, use self-hosted NextCloud.

I don't use email, but I always recommend Tutanota to everyone, ProtonMail is extremely shady to me, I can clarify if you'd like.

Custom domains for email providers are worthless unless you plan on switching providers frequently or using the same email for business as personal.

@ParmuTownley It's a long story with a lot of history, but simply its a project that steals GrapheneOS' code and gets people to attack them. I'd encourage you to look more into the situation, there's so much I can't cover.

#FuckCopperheadOS

Friendly reminder: Discord is insane spyware. Don't use it under any circumstances.

@pixelfed This just ruins the platform entirely for me.

@BluRaf I think the better part is that it says 'Health and Safety', not 'Trust and Safety'.

Absolutely insane. Almost 180 views on my Firefox Hardening Guide, near 190 on my Discord post, and almost 600 on my Ungoogled Chromium guide! That is so crazy to me, thank you all so much. More posts coming soon.

Leave suggestions in the comments of what you'd like to see next and I might make a post about it!

@krock Yes we need to spread CORRECT information about privacy to the masses. Overselling VPNs and their capabilities, giving worthless false hope anonymity tests, incorrectly portraying the security of OSes like Calyx or /e/ when compared to Graphene or Linux compared to Windows or macOS, consistent recommendation of insecure browsers like Firefox for both mobile and desktop without even mentioning the security degradation when compared to Chromium, and more, is not the way to do so.

@redcoqui Yes, that's the one. They're one of the largest privacy channels on YouTube as well. It really goes from video to video ratio wise, and I don't think they have malicious intent, I just think they don't know what they're talking about. Even they're "anonymity test" (which is impossible and just to make people feel better and push TechLore's narrative of easy anonymity) hardly touches on OS, OS hardening, Tor, etc. They also heavily oversell the capabilities of VPNs and things similar

@ParmuTownley Its been in multiple smaller websites and publications for a long time:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-ways-bluetooth-device-security-risk/

Forum posts:

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/100443/security-of-bluetooth-low-energy-ble-link-layer-encryption

And its even made its way to major news publications, albeit in a slightly incorrect and downplayed fashion:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/bluetooth-update-security-how-to

I don't think I ever truly realized how bad Windows was until yesterday. After a year of exclusively stable Linux installs, never a crash, never a problem, I needed to use Windows for something. So I put in my Windows SSD and the OS wipes itself out the second I boot. For no reason. And then put me in an inescapable "recovery process" loop.
- Signed, a previous eight year Windows user.

It pisses me off how many people trust TechLore, it just spreads privacy misinformation and gives people false security. It is one of the most aggravating things in the privacy community to me.

@redcoqui To be clear I have used each app for significant periods of time and many many routes each.

@redcoqui There are really no good options. OsmAnd is the only even slightly viable option, though it doesn't compare to Apple or Google maps. If I had to rate them I'd say

Google Maps: 95/100
Waze: 90/100
Apple Maps: 80/100
OsmAnd 20/100

@weltsnake I used to use it all the time, its great! I just hated that you were so limited unless you forked out money, and also routing all of my emails though a third party was a bit disconcerting to me.

@krock Due to GitHub's pattern of behavior, their privacy policy, the fact that the leading privacy and security researchers and advocates all support it, etc. versus GitLab who openly admit to getting their money from user data, I'll take my chances.

Remember, Bluetooth is extremely insecure and should be avoided whenever possible.