I use Waterfox which forgets all data on exit, with Privacy Badger and Port Authority extensions with no exclusions.
So far, no sites really “break”, if anything, they’re a little quicker… reading mode is nice to get passed paywall popups on most sites that want a subscribe.
If at work, I include the company-provided password manager for all my sites I need. Still works well (unless my post gets attention and companies try to break it)
Hell yeah, dude!!
I’m not a Dev, but how did this break the bank? How can we support your efforts?
There are a lot of comments about setups, which is fine and all.
2 things if you’re completely green:
I just feel this is the most automated and complete way to get set up quickly, both have forums and community support too.
Time to download Nearby Glasses
Can you mark Flock cameras? I think I saw someone post that before.
Google circa 2002: “Don’t be evil”
Google 2026: “Try to be slightly less evil than the top 5 evil things combined”
Oh dang I didn’t realize! Thank you!! I was just starting to look at those things myself and wanted to also avoid GH. Plus Gitea was available on Yunohost too. I’ve heard of Codeberg, I’ll see if I can host that instead. It’s too bad other companies don’t move away from GH…
Host a Gitea?
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Nice! That so actually works? Most carrier blocks will stop the calls from ringing but I still get a voicemail from them.
Fucking idiots!! What about all the VoIP phone apps? What about number spoofing apps?
It’s illegal and happens anyway right now, so how would this actually stop any of them from happening? You know what would probably REALLY actually help?! Stop these fucking companies from buying and selling consumer data like commodities and there amount of phone calls would likely drop. No access to numbers means no way to know what number is active. It’d be a huge waste of time and deter these bad actors probably better than what’s in place now.
For anyone who wants relief: start by switching to a private messaging so like Signal and get your friends/family to switch. Get a new phone number and ONLY share with those who needed it for emergencies. Get a “burner” app # from Burner, Hushed (or hell, even Google voice with a junk account if you must) etc to use for banks, utilities, job applications, etc. Forward those calls through the app to your main number if preferred for calls it send them straight to voicemail.
You can also look into getting a private SIM service from Calyx https://calyx.org/membership/internet if you really don’t want carriers tracking and selling your data, too.
I have a referral link, too, for a free month. https://members.calyx.org/r/iarby
Annke is Hikvision hardware, but direct to consumer, can be viewed directly over IP address over a multitude of apps (including FOSS) or webpage, can directly record to micro SD card so no online cloud or NVR needed. You can configure remote viewing over dynamic domain too.
THEY OFFER UHD/4K/8MP cameras with color night vision even that’s insanely clear.
The downside is they’re typically meant for 10ft+viewing distance. They do offer a special bird feeder camera with a solar panel+battery, but it’s cheaper plastic model. The birds love it though!
Thank you for the correction!! Yeah, it’s basically really bad lol
Well, Davies has a point, communicating scale is the difficult part.
So, for those familiar with computers, think Scott this:
A typical Word doc or PDF is several hundred KB’s (kilobyte =1000 bytes) to 1MB (Megabyte 1m bytes) a jpg picture your phone takes, is 3-4MB. A full HD movie streamed online will be about 9GB (Gigabyte =1b bytes) of data. Obviously a movie is thousands of “images” stitched together so is file size with be significantly more. The same goes for that energy usage.
Similarly, Homes are measured in kW usage (technically usage per hour or kWh) on a monthly basis. You might use ~800-1,000kWh per month, maybe 10,000-11,000kWh a year. But let’s call it 1000kW are used, so 1mW or 1 megawatt. This data center would need at least 9,000x more energy per month as it’s gW scale, not mW or even kW… Plus, its power plant will be close by, so you’re creating heat and pollution to make the 9+gW energy and then USING up that energy and dumping 8+gW of heat, so his example calculated 16gW of heat being generated… That’s the equivalent of a good 16k homes, or ~60,000 people use.
THE KICKER that’s just to run the data center, think of the demand for the HVAC and ecological damage to using a lake’s water to cool equipment (water would be coming out over 100⁰F)…
Fuck AI!
You honestly could get a Lenovo tiny PC with 2 bay so-dimm RAM. I’ve got a i5-10500T and 32GB DDR 4 RAM with 2TB NVMe and 2x 2TB SSDs for various stuff. You can loaf A LOT on those since it’s not Windows. Maybe lol into Yunohost for apps, or ZimaOS.
Yeah, let’s build data centers where it’s hot, humid, and affected by severe weather…
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Wouldn’t surprise me. It’s a good thing the attic at work is a graveyard of old servers and PCs…I might rehome some
Feels like a class action waiting to happen… However, it’d likely only result in a slap-on-the-wrist fines and no action taken.
I think it’s high time I join you on that
I recall reading an article the first few months into lockdown that nationally, productivity was up a surprising 17% average.
I guess commercial landlords, micromanaging bosses, and the ultra rich realized it started to loosen their grip on the rest of us and we might like our lives a little. Every article after that was the complete opposite, and basically misinformation hit everywhere hard to pound out of our minds it was ever mentioned!