Morys

joined 3 years ago
 

I currently use a large computer monitor as a television, and use a Google TV hdmi plugin to access content.

Rather than have Google selling all my personal data I would rather pay more for a privacy respecting alternative. Does something like the Vero V offer similar functionality, and if not what should I be using?

Ideally the solution should be family friendly using a remote to operate, and can access mainstream channels

 

I currently use Telegram for my friends and family, but have reluctantly come to the conclusion that the UK Government is either reaching agreement for backdoors with messaging services, or is trying its hardest to.

I'm also on Element/Matrix. Before I try to get my contacts to join me on there, should I be aware of any privacy issues or is that a good place to head?

[–] Morys@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Separate dongle for internet using a hotspot can help. No system is perfect but Linux phone is an excellent first step

[–] Morys@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You'd want to be using only Linux apps that weren't recording and reporting everything. Much easier to get in Linux than Apple/android

 

An amazing bit of digital detective work here. Seems like Linux mobile is your only off ramp from being exhaustively tracked

[–] Morys@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Somebody was working on one but not sure it's live any more https://github.com/Flockingbird

[–] Morys@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I succeeded using linkding which I'm hosting on pikapods https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding https://pikapods.com/

 

Hi, I'm trying to add value to a community by creating a curated feed of webpages about a specific topic. For example, if it was Scottish snakes (it isn't) then I would archive every news article I saw on the topic, and host the feed on a webpage or similar.

I've tried Wallabag, and I can't find a way to publish the whole feed - just an individual article.

Any suggestions for other open source tools for this?

[–] Morys@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Just uninstalled Jerboa after using Lemmy on Firefox. So smooth! 👍👍

[–] Morys@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Another one here. Inveterate distro hopper now firmly anchored with fedora

 

Fair play; I don't own a Fairphone, and I'm hoping to keep my current Android alive long enough to be able to go straight to a Linux phone. But this is another demonstration of why it's good to support outliers