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For most computer stuff, whatever has the best Linux support, because Linux is the operating system I use btw

That’s the whole thing you want to avoid lol

Start by changing your most important services to your new email, and set your gmail to forward everything to your new email. From then, sign up to new sites with your new email and change emails of old accounts if you have time, it’s not a huge rush.

As long as you set up the email forwarding, you’ve done most of the important work right there.

Yet almost every os in the world relies on some sort of “hobbyist” updates. Including windows.

I recommend the NewPipe-Sponserblock instead of default Newpipe

So does Neostore and Droid-ify. Those are worth looking into.

Not sure about neostore, but droid-ify takes like a half a second to fetch repo updates, and fdroid takes me like 10 seconds.

I have a lot of complaints about this too, but namely lack of seamless updates is baffling to me.

Luckily I found Droid-ify and solves both those problems. Also has the common repos frequently added, like IzzyOnDroid, easily pre-available to enabled in the settings.

This definitely replaced the archaeic fdroid client for me, they desperately need an overhaul as it’s a terrible first impression.

Has all the telemetry, analytics, and pocket crap removed, and some proprietary blob or something lol. I know if they ever add more spying stuff the future that it’ll automatically be patched out in the fork I use. Besides that, it’s the exact same experience. Even Firefox Sync works which I use.

On top of that, it’s available on f-droid so it doesn’t rely on Google Play at all, which is very important if you’re trying to minimize Google stuff on your phone.

I’m on grapheneos and set my private dns to dns.adguard.com like the other guy suggested (also set it on my router too!)

I use Fennec (Firefox stable fork) from fdroid and it has the uBlock Origin extension, and I go hardcore and enable every single filter except the language filters lol. DarkReader extension also is super nice and is set to my auto enable on my system color setting.

Also I use noScript and go to the settings and enable “temporary allow top level domain scripts” and it allows a good amount of sites to work without having to manually allow extra stuff. There’s still a lot that break, but much less breakage then blocking all js by default. I would skip noscript altogether if you don’t want to manually enable js files and keep tweaking until the site works. It’s really overkill for everyday browsing.

Using Mull browser (also on fdroid) too if you don’t mind some breakage, it’s Fennec but with arkenfox.js, so basically all the maximum privacy and anti-fingerprint resistance settings enabled. I don’t really need that level of privacy, and Fennec + uBlock Origin is private enough to me to defeat all the trackers and it “just works” without ever tweaking anything on any website.

Bonus tip: try out Droid-ify app instead of fdroid. The fdroid app is super archaic and Droid-ify is an actual modern version with seamless updates for fdroid apps.

This isn’t trolling, this is just disgusting crime.

Why do these deranged fucks do this

Most self hosting isn’t even needed but it sure as hell is satisfying

We’ve learned well at this point that LLMs are not replacing search engines.

Accidentally deleted my post lol, but the court case ultimately ruled for the company, and that these laws aren’t very strong to begin with.

It is recommended that employers should implement clear policies that define, in unequivocal terms, the employer’s expectations surrounding workplace computer use, including smartphone use, if employers provide such equipment to employees in an employment context. Although Fish J., in R. v. Cole, stated that workplace policies are not determinative of a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy, if properly drafted a workplace policy combined with consistent employer actions in the workplace, may diminish, objectively, the employee’s reasonable expectation of privacy. For example, where both the employer’s workplace policy and the employer’s actions in the workplace are consistent in prohibiting any personal use by employees of employer-issued computers or smartphones and where the employee has acknowledge receipt of employer’s policy that provides that any data sent, stored or received using the employer’s computer or smartphone is the property of the employer and the employer reserves the right to perform random checks or audits of the employee’s computer or smartphone use, the employee may be hard pressed to argue that he or she has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

And the article you linked still suggests it’s a bad idea to assume privacy.

While it may be tempting to use an instant chat application for workplace gossip, it is best to follow the golden rule: if you wouldn’t share it with your boss voluntarily, it’s probably best saved for a face-to-face conversation.

This is more so to protect employees who are browsing facebook or something on a personal computer, that the employeer isn’t then allowed to snoop on their private social media accounts. For work related stuff, the rule still applies that it’s work property.

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I have a very hard time believing that lol. Doesn’t matter what country, it’s still the companies property, and the work you’re doing in it is still considered their property. It’s not a personal device. What a pretentious statement.

You underestimate just how dumb some corporate policies are lol. Even if you are completely right.

Until you get asked by HR why you’re breaking their policies by clearing history and why you’re doing it. If it’s a work device that’s not yours, don’t expect privacy. It’s their property.

Because there’s not a single good app for XMPP and nobody uses it.

Their bleeding edge app is Conversations which costs money (already unviable), and the app looks like it’s designed in 2012.