Ah, this made it super clear. It’s spamdexing porn. Thanks.

Thanks xD

Sic! You’re a “”.

God bless. 😘 You have Ko-Fi? I’d like to send a token of my gratitude.

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Yeah! I use the naming scheme

Passwords_[device-name]_[date].kdbx

so I always know on which device the database was updated and when.

Thank you for sharing your story and journey! The following is a comment from a meta perspective. Absolutely no pun intended… If it’s any consolation at all, I think this illustrates how a lot of digital industry giants have purposefully created ecosystems that are hard to leave, with the sole purpose of reaping your data, of course. It also shows how attaining even small steps towards digital privacy, which should not be this complicated, requires social and economic sacrifices, which in itself is insane, considering that privacy is supposed to be a universal human right.

Now, a more direct comment. Always keep in mind that the end user is NEVER to blame for such back and forth struggles as you describe. You “wouldn’t” commit, you say. Did ANY of the big tech giants ever make it easy for you, I ask?

Personally, I’m using Tuta, SimpleLogin and KeepassXC (and it’s fork for Android). My setup won’t really give you any good hints though, since I’m not trying to achieve that smooth and dynamic workflow and ecosystem with easy credential sharing, exports and inter device operation. I log in and out of every instance every time on every device and manually update my password database and manually synch it to all my devices. It’s a hassle, but then again, it takes just a few more minutes and I like “fiddling”…

https://buzzheavier.com/

My guess is that there definitely could be some sort of underground market for them, but as I understand the legislation, using them would be illegal.

But then again, if one really requires privacy, telephones and SMS are some of the worst options for communication. In the current state of things, I’d simply use an end to end encrypted chat app, preferably one that implements the Signal protocol.

There are no VoIP solutions in my region for the very same reason. They call it their “war on crime”.

No. Both data-SIMs and prepaid cards require the buyer to reveal their name, address and social security number over the counter and online. The retailer is also compelled to verify the buyer’s identity, either electronically or physically (ID card).

100% 😞

I’m so sorry. :(

My workplace hasn’t forces Big Evil upon us yet, but I think it’s just a matter of time. Whenever that happens, I’ll buy the cheapest off brand phone for that purpose.

No idea. The settings icon looked a bit like the one from iOS. 😅

Hm… Are you perhaps on iPhone?

Sweet! May I suggest IronFox instead of Brave? https://ironfoxoss.org/docs/installation/

It’s obviously degooed chromium so who cares, but there are all these reasons: https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/

Also, these are my initial impressions: https://programming.dev/post/47806969

Thanks! It worked! :D

I was/am using it through NFC. Although I did try to connect it through USB too, but to no avail. Maybe I just should’ve been more careful with when HW Fido2 Provider was last updated. IronFox’s website recommended it…

All http or just a particular site?

Yep. I mean, in this particular case it took me what… Five minutes to switch to a more privacy friendly and ethical option. :D

Sweet! Thanks for the tip! :)