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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I am super nervous, so close to jumping to GrapheneOS. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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For those who use GrapheneOS, is it worth it? Do you like it?

My backups are done, all that is left is the final choice to wipe my whole phone.

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[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You should be able to call your service provider to reset password for vmail. I had to do that a couple years ago as my voicemail was full and I needed to empty it and have access while applying for jobs .. don't wait untill you need to do it it is kind of annoying to deal with!

[–] jtzl@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Noted, thank you for the tip.

And all customer service interactions have become annoying! In my book, it's just businesses acting entitled, which irks me.