What’s your objection to Proton? You don’t have to use any of the other products, and the free tier is perfectly usable last I checked (granted many years ago). Not sure what your concern is

Edit: downvoting without replying doesn’t tell us what the concern is. Y’all weird

Aha fair enough. I had forgotten about that comma button, but it does sound handy.

You can long press the period beside the enter button for some punctuation, though the swipe through that pop up after the long press is a little janky.

You can also long press letter keys for variations on that letter.

I’m typing this on an iPhone and I just tested both those things to make sure I wasn’t lying to you lol. What feature is missing? Its been a few years since I used android regularly so I seem to have forgotten.

I end up back on SwiftKey because ios stock keyboard doesn’t have an option for a persistent number row. That’s literally all I want.

Open to suggestions. Would LOVE to not have to have a fucking bing button and be letting Microsoft creep my shit.

Yep! Sorry for unsolicited acronym, I realize that’s a really annoying thing to get in reply comments.

Any time an app tells you to “use Google authenticator” you can use any authenticator. That QR code they give you to scan for setup can be read by lots of apps. I personally like authy, and it is a very easy cross platform switch when you bounce from android to iPhone or whatever. Keep copies of your backup passwords tho! No matter which app you choose, either print them out or put them in a password manager or whatever Very Secure Method you like.

That being said if you’re happy with your setup that’s awesome and no need to fix what ain’t bugging ya.

If it works for you, awesome :)

If you ever feel like looking into totp (time-based one time passwords) some common ones are authy or google authenticator. In case you ever feel the need to start investigating, or some account tells you to use an authenticator like that.

Spark and some more sensible form of 2fa will do. I’ve found Spark superior in every way, what do you prefer about the gmail app? You can use your hardware keys or totp apps with gmail, and it’s much more portable.

That’s straight up the actions of the people who are the reason women need to think about privacy for real life reasons instead of just idealistic principles.

Being a creep will definitely affect your social life.

You can have a bank account, but you wouldn’t be able to do online or mobile banking.

Sms is the only 2fa option (some offer email as well, but last I checked all fall back on sms), and it’s mandatory for online/mobile.

Hey why not. No gatekeeping here; democratize doxxy shit ✊💅

There is literally no bank in my country that doesn’t use sms for 2fa.

Can we stop doing videos as news and opinion please? They’re an inefficient, annoying, and intrusive way to communicate this kind of information. If it doesn’t need to be visual, it is in video format only for monetization reasons, which I’d think would be more concerning to this community.

Honestly I don’t know, but worth adding to your list to look into I imagine. I know they have children’s products, but I haven’t had occasion to poke into that myself. You’re still giving someone your (and your kid’s) data, but if what you’re looking for is an alternative to the Bluetooth tracking and mesh, and to Apple/Google, then solid GPS in comsumer devices seems like a good alternative product category to investigate.

Do let us know which way you go with this. It’s annoying that you can’t track your kid privately, I’d just never really thought about it before. Interested to see where you land!

Unfortunately most of the cheap trackers (airtags, tiles, etc) rely on networks of Bluetooth sniffing users, so less ubiquitous varieties will necessarily be less effective.

Even as privacy enthusiasts, my family and I have opted for Garmin products. Reliability in backwoods and off road situations is more important than privacy, and that calculation may apply to you even in urban settings given its a child you’re talking about. It’s a drag that you have to choose, but so it goes.

They use the crypto and shopping shit that Joe rogan or amazon.com recommend…

Me too, I had no idea. Though I have been part of the old cranky crowd that resisted Libby as long as possible in favour of Overdrive.

I think @ autotldr@lemmings.world? Give it a try

Overdrive ain’t great.

This was posted earlier:

https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries