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How is instagram spying on me? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Use the user profiles feature of grapheneos to make a "social" profile and only use that to access Instagram / facebook.

Meta sells your convo data on WhatsApp for ads, if you use it you will get targeted ads regardless.

Other options are signal (Molly on fdroid), simplex, etc.

Mullvad VPN or Proton VPN? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

And if you need port forwarding use airvpn. Proton seems more and more sketch every day

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[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Okay you asked the question, got the answer, and are clearly not listening to what people are saying and still trying to get people to agree this one is just as good...

Scrap this shitty freemium copycat add on and just use ublock origin.

It seriously is not that complicated.

Foss TTS solutions in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

Ah there ya go, nvm

Foss TTS solutions in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There's also eSpeak but I haven't tried it personally

Firefighters from Mexico arrive at Edmonton International Airport to help with wildfires in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

Goddamn time flies lol

Firefighters from Mexico arrive at Edmonton International Airport to help with wildfires in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Great, glad we have agreements with Mexico to aid us. I remember a couple years ago we sent the Mars bomber from BC to Mexico to help as well.

Now if only the UCP would stop cutting our own wildfire fighters maybe we wouldnt need to call in international reinforcements every year.

Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

Dudley The Dragon would like a word

[Question] YouTube frontend with algorithm? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago

Google updated something that broke most third party clients this past week... newpipe had the fix within an evening and the rest followed shortly after.

I had multiple updates over a few days on smarttube beta so the devs must have been working overtime to get it fixed and its working great again now.

Reminder to consider donating to the project if you get use out of it.

Introducing Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Airvpn is what I landed on for port forwarding

forced to buy an echo for new house. any suggestions? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Ya there's no such thing as "being forced to use it". What are they going to do, lock you in your room with no food if you refuse? Just stand up for yourself and say you are not comfortable having it in your room and don't compromise on it.

Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face. in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 23 points 3 months ago

The TSA’s goal is to roll out the tech in all of the more than 430 airports that it covers, arguing that this kind of automation would reduce “friction” at airports — meaning, presumably, how long it takes passengers to move through security.

If you’re unhappy about the use of the tech, you can consider generating more friction next time you fly.

Good closing line

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filen.io - one time payment plans - encrypted cloud storage (filen.io)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by TheSun@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Sorry if this reads like an ad; the link is a non-referral one. (I am broke though if anyone wants me to DM my referral link (10%) lol) I heard about it here and wanted to share for others that were interested by that original post but waiting for a sale.

Hello everyone I just figured I would share a PSA since filen.io's black friday sale seems to be live now. Filen is another good opensource (all their client apps) alternative to google drive, dropbox, icloud, MEGA, etc.

I've been checking this company out for the past week after I saw someone asking here if it was trustworthy. It seems legit; fairly young company which explains why they still offer lifetime plans as they are growing.

Its only like 35 Euro for a 200GB lifetime client-side encrypted cloud storage with no bandwith limits. I despise subscriptions so hard to argue with that for me.

I plan on using this for my offsite backups mainly.

EDIT: For christ sakes folks, Lifetime obviously means the lifetime of the company as is the case for ANY "LIFETIME" PRODUCT. That's been the legal meaning of the term when it comes to warranties and such for decades. Should I rename it "One Time Payment" so you guys can stop commenting that a company can go under? Newsflash if you pay monthly for dropbox and that company fails, same thing happens, except you'll have paid hundreds or thousands over the years (depending how long we're talking) for 200GB storage instead of a one time payment of 35 Euro. It will take ~13 months to break even with GDrive's 200GB plan so as long as filen lasts more than 13 months you still come out ahead. They have also stated in their blog that lifetime plans will increase in price down the road as they are currently being partially funded by their monthly plans. I would expect they will likely increase in price to similar to what pcloud charges for lifetime plans? IDK don't quote me.