metacolon

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What extensions would you absolutely recommend to someone who use Firefox? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

uBlock Origin and nothing else. The more extensions, the more unique you're fingerprint will be and the bigger your attack surface.

That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Did you give it a try recently?

Proton is dead (for me). Let's collect and discuss alternatives! ✊🛡 in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

systemli.org

  • Germany (I think)
  • Politically leftist
  • Very nice people
  • User experience 8, works fine and people put a lot of effort in
  • It's free, but you need an invite code
Why The Left Should Care About Privacy in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Source? And fyi, if you use Signal you are generating your own encryption keys. Your private keys are generated on your phone and stay on it. So what gives you the idea that

the US government has all the keys

?? Sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory

Telegram without ads? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Ah nice, I didn't know that was possible

Telegram without ads? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

True! But then Simplex / Signal are no real alternatives to Telegram, are they?

Telegram without ads? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll give it a try, thanks! Sadly it doesn't seem to be well maintained though :/

Telegram without ads? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I already use an ad blocking DNS, but that's not how they distribute ads, sadly

Telegram without ads? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which one? There's three in my post. And I do use an ad blocking DNS, but this can't block message-like ads from Telegram. Otherwise it would have to somehow read the encrypted message content...

Telegram without ads? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I know! But I don't really have a choice currently; which app would you suggest for tickers / info channels? Mastodon would be an option, but it's not quite the same. Abd I'd first have to convince everyone to use it :/

Telegram without ads? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I use telegram mainly for info channels and tickers. To my knowledge that's not possible in Signal, because you can't restrict participants to be read-only (right?)

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Telegram without ads? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

So, Telegram has launched horrible ads that look a lot like spam to me. At least in my channels it's typically some crypto bullshit. So, I wonder if people know about alternatives to the subscription service for blocking them? Sadly, Forkgram won't offer that option and it doesn't seem to be allowed. However, I wonder if there are still forks out there which block the ads? Or do people know of alternative options?

JK Rowling agrees to meeting with Labour about gender transition policy in c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes I almost forget how fucked up JKR actually is

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StromAmpel: An application using an AZ-Delivery ESP8266MOD 12-F to display the current electricity mix for Germany in a traffic light kind of way (codeberg.org)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by metacolon@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/foss@beehaw.org
10 comments fedilink
 

Inspired by this Mastodon account, I programmed an ESP8266 microcontroller to act as a traffic light, indicating the current electricity mix. Check it out on Codeberg! It uses an API from the Fraunhofer Institute and the parts cost around 5€. In my shared flat we use it as an indicator on when to run demanding devices, like the washing machine.

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Can't change display name (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

So somehow I can't change my display name. When I go to settings I can change the value, but when I click save and refresh, the old value is still there. I have this problem for a few weeks already, so I don't think I'm just too impatient. It seems to be similar for other settings like 2FA, but it'd especially annoying for the name, bc I now can't set my chosen name. Does anyone else have a similar problem? Do you know a workaround? Can I help fixing the problem?

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FOSS equation plotter? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

So currently I use Grapher for plotting equations. I've used it for years and it works great, but it doesn't seem to be open source. So I looked for a FOSS alternative, but didn't find one on F-Droid or the rest of the internet. Do you know of a FOSS alternative? What do you use? Do you prefer web applications (like Wolfram Alpha)?

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Does anyone actually use I2P (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

I first heard about I2P here on lemmy. The concept sounds really cool, but does anyone actually use it? And if so, what for? To me it sounds like it depends on many people using it and many applications integrating it, which just doesn't seem to be the case.

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FOSS Yoga App? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

Does anyone know of a FOSS app for yoga practice? This seems easy enough, but I couldn't find anything on F-Droid...

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Blåhawhat? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
 

Ok please don't be offended, I'm just innocently unknowing and only recently started identifying as something like enby transfem. But what is the meaning of the blåhajs? Why does a (admittably cute) plush Ikea shark have such relevance here? And can you maybe also enlighten me about common pitfalls I should avoid? (Like a wrong model, wrong spelling, wrong way of cuddling, ...) Or how strict are the blåhaj expectations there? Thanks <3

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