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Other people have already mentioned this, but Google absolutely spies on the whole OS when it makes the OS, either Android or Chrome OS, Google Play Services are spyware and also required for full Android functionality
GrapheneOS my beloved
Should I pull the trigger on the Pixel 8 listing I've got up on eBay right now? My level of tech savvy is 'I installed Bazzite on my gaming laptop and it's mostly just worked', I think I should be fine with Graphene but...
(Also, anyone know if Tuta is good? I'm looking for a replacement for Google calendar and Gmail and that seems to fit the bill.)
Biased answer but:
The Pixel 8 is great with GrapheneOS! You don't need to be very tech savvy to use it.
Just keep in mind that Tuta does not support PGP or S/MIME.
Your tech level is more than sufficient. Just follow the install instructions on the official site.
Tuta is alright. One of many good alternatives. Just try it out in parallel.
Tuta sucks, they deleted an acct of mine for inactivity, then when I went to replace it they flagged the new one for manual review and said "this addr cannot send mail until the review clears, please reach out to our support team using the email we just said can't send email for some reason." I went with Disroot.
GrapheneOS is super easy to install, they have a walkthrough on their site.
Flashing GrapheneOS is pretty easy. On Linux you may have few complications: you must install Chromium or Chrome in order for the USB flashing to work (feature not available with Firefox). You may have to also manually set some permissions for the device in order for it to be detected in Chromium/Chrome.
And Apple aren't that much better. They make a lot of privacy claims, but are still pushing hard for their online services like iCloud, and their hardware is designed to hide what it's doing from the user. Apple is still collecting user data. They might be sharing less with third parties, but they are still collecting it.
i like the meme, but here is the real version
Don't forget ChromeOS!
The mail (a web service), the calendar (a web service), YouTube (web videos), YouTube Music (web music), Google Maps (a web based mapping service)...
You get the picture.
Android spies on you when you're doing things locally on the device. But, the rest of these are web-based services.
Google spies through its OS too.
I'd make that plural. Google spies through its OSs too.
Meta Is Recruiting Former Pentagon Officials As It Ramps Up Military Ambitions
Reading that headline is crazy, why would Meta have any military ambitions. And then in the first sentence of the text they mention AI. I guess they need to use AI for any possible application to show that they get value from their large investments.
Why? Governmemt contracts of course. Sweet sweet borrowed money the feds shovel to their donor pals, then just kickback.
Ai stuff is dark, real dystopian shit they are working on, israel did a bunch of it, kill decisions, killbots too, but analyzing associations and threat detection amd whatever else nazis had them program it to do in their reprisals against the ghetto.
But they are putting these systems on all data, to make half baked threat assessments, dystopia past regimes could not dream of.
Only Apple users think Apple isn't spying on them.
And Apple users are about to realize with the new Apple AI aka Google Gemini that they ARE spying on them.
No they won't. Apple users are either tech illiterate or sycophantic. They won't realize that the "year in review" is actually just a showcase of how much info they have on you.
Used to know an apple fan in college, he almost screamed at me for buying a wired mouse with a good sensor rather than a wireless one with a bad one, because according to Apple, I would benefit more from the latter, and otherwise I'm setting back "wireless mains power tech", which I showed a disinterest in by buying the wired mouse. He also called me a child when I bought a graphics card.
Everyone who believes their big tech software doesnt spy as much as possible are naive fools
But its almost impossible to avoid anyway
So i can understand that a lot of people just dont care
Myself included, though i do use linux, its not for privacy reasons. I just like linux better thqn windows.
Work requires a mac, and github by microsoft. What you want me to do?
the closest thing Linux has to spying is the strictly opt-in Debian package popularity contest lol
...or installing Red Star OS. There are Linux distros with built-in spying, they just aren't very popular.
woah speak for yourself bucko, i hear practically every computer in North Korea uses that
Google with Android: Amateurs!
Next month, Microsoft forced Mojang to comply with the UK government Online Safety Act. All users must upload Digital ID or some other form of Age Verification to a third party company called Yoti. Or else they won't get to use the chat, friends list, and other social features. All users are affected for now it seems. Yoti claim they will delete the data right away and not store it. This means that even in single player we can't use commands and see achievements and stuff like that. Really annoying. EDIT: Turns out this is on both Java and Bedrock and probably all platforms such as mobile! Not sure how or when it will happen though.
I will literally never verify my real life ID for some online service. I will cut out that service from my life before betraying my own privacy to such a degree. I will throw my computer out the window before ever doing this.
What the fuck is wrong with people?
I was happier before I had computers and internet and cellphones too. Everyone used to go about their day with no phones. The only problem is a lot of things have to be done online. Ie, no classified ads anymore, if you need say used tools.
on a totally unrelated note, been playing a lot of voxelibre in luanti lately
I would have assumed this would apply to Bedrock and not Java since Bedrock is the one which uses Xbox live, whereas Java can be run completely offline.
What would happen if I ran Minecraft Java on my Linux computer with my internet disconnected?
Google doesn't spy only the web. There are some pretty common and completely legal devices, that Google takes advantage of to spy in people's everyday life. Those devices are called Android phones.
Google spies through androidOS
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If you have a pixel at least
Awh crap
Installs TempleOS
I mean spy only on the web? Android Google is like the most important piece of project in corporate surveillance and don't get me started on A-GPS
Jokes on you! I know that Apple knows that I know they know.
Yeah Apple is pretty transparent about it and what they use it for (allegedly) havenβt really seen anything saying Apple is using more than they claim/say.
Either way Linux is so much better.