★ glitcher32 ★ @glitcher32@social.privacytools.io

Anyone else have issues with Briar?

Can't add or recieve contact requests.

Privacy friendly apps I found recently that I liked.

AIMP - A cool music player.

Typewise - A clever keyboard replacement.

Jellyfin - Software media system.

Maxlock - An app locker.

I tried out Bat Messenger and its pretty good. Messages send well, and everything is fairly smooth. Sadly I noticed AdGuard was blocking Google Ads, which Exodus never seemed to pick up on.

If everything checks out with it, then go for it. But be careful for horny Indians sending nudes.

Hmm, so Signal uses Google Captcha now? Just another reason for me to avoid it.

For anyone who has never heard of the game Pocket God, I highly recommend it to anyone. It was sadly last updated in 2012 making it quite dated, but the game is fantastic still. No trackers, no ads.

I've played it for years. It probably never "blew up" because it wasn't like most games, it had no ads or trackers.

IOS and Android.

I ran into a new encrypted email service on F-Droid called CTemplar. Not bad.

https://ctemplar.com

I noticed ProtonVPN is requiring a phone number to sign up now. No more email verifications.

Just making the garbage more garbage.

I added a link to my Mastodon profile to add me on Session since I like it.

https://glitcher32.com/session/

Fines won't do anything to Google. They make that money back by continuing their actions.

Me likey this. The website needs some privacy work such as no CloudFlare or connection to other servers.

But this is great. Signal without the phone number or centralized server.

https://getsession.org/

I will no longer be using anything that requires a phone number. (Such as Signal or Telegram)

The virtual phone number I used for years from TextNow was magically taken away from me.

There goes any account with that number on it, and TextNow makes it impossible to signup or even login using a VPN or staying anonymous.

Just like if someones company uses Google, I will refuse to use it.

Cant wait.

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/issues/1191

(Stingle Photos on F-Droid)

Anyone know a good free number place yet?

TextNow:

Way to strict.
Doesn't like you being anonymous or not using Google.
Will block your device if they simply don't approve of you.
Not even their web version is easy to login to when hidden.

Google Voice:

Requires Google Account (Which means, requires phone number/personal info)

Stingle Photos (Google Photos alternative) is now open source.

https://gitlab.com/stingle/stingle_photos_android

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https://www.slashgear.com/phone-location-tracking-is-frighteningly-real-how-to-protect-yourself-19603984/

I'm sorry, but I disagree with a lot of things in this video.

https://invidio.us/watch?v=m_SN1CB3Kts

Me likey.

https://github.com/OxfordHCC/tracker-control-android

Interesting new search engine called Infinity Search.

https://infinitysearch.co/

It could be more mobile friendly in the future.

Anyone know anything that will auto download videos (mp4 or mp3) from a YouTube channel once its uploaded?