[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  1. Pixel, and immediately install GrapheneOS.
  2. A Linux based phone, like the PinePhone or Purism 5, and run your Android apps (if desired) inside Waydroid.
[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you are looking for a hardened phone, I would consider trying GrapheneOS for a bit, see if it does what you are looking for. Uses SELinux and a seccomp-bpf policy for app sandboxing, as well as runs a hardened kernel with a hardened memory alloc. Great isolation approach, too, so that you can run apps on a 'completely different phone,' so to speak -- think of the isolation like a small version of the OS that can keep apps entirely separate. Finally, if desired (and needed for certain apps), you can sandbox all Google services so that they don't have direct access. It's is a different approach to, say, microG.

GrapheneOS is all about hardening. Security is solid.

VPN wise, Mullvad wireguard servers are also solid. You can do multihops, which help you obsfucate traffic to degree. They have also been playing around with packet shaping (if you use their app directly).

Sim cards can be swapped out if use a VoIP service like jmp.chat.

[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 months ago

Thank you for posting this! I assumed some FF-based browsers, while claiming to remove telemetry, in fact still phoned home to a degree. This is good know!

Also, I was surprised by a few others on the list, like Mullvad, Kagi, and DuckDuckGo, being so straightforward -- not that making fewer connections implies better privacy, as even a single connection can transmit any kind of data, but moreso that there some browsers that are designed to operate with less complexity.

Really surprised by Zen, which is a FF derivative claiming to be all about a 'beautiful' and 'simple' web browsing experience, having a ton of connections.

[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 90 points 2 months ago

The short, easy answer: it typically takes a lifetime of service for the rest of the church to determine if they fit the bill to be Pope.

[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 90 points 3 months ago

Evil can't stand to be laughed at.

[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 37 points 11 months ago

Tesla, himself, is giving a gentle thumbs up from his grave.

[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago

Gotta get those 3 sisters goin'

[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 95 points 1 year ago

TL;DR use FF

[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 138 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

TrailSense, an easy to use, comprehensive wilderness tool.

The goals of the developer are fun to consider:

Goals

  • Trail Sense must not use the Internet in any way, as I want the entire app usable when there is no Internet connection

  • Features must provide some benefits to people using the app while hiking, in a survival situation, etc.

  • Features should make use of the sensors on a phone rather than relying on stored information such as guides

  • Features must be based on peer-reviewed science or be verified against real world data

Likewise, the features being developed under those goals are great for getting outside:

Features

  • Designed for hiking, backpacking, camping, and geocaching
  • Place beacons and navigate to them
  • Follow paths
  • Retrace your steps with backtrack
  • Use a photo as a map
  • Plan what to pack
  • Be alerted before the sun sets
  • Predict the weather
  • Use your phone for astronomy
  • And more
[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 185 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"We did the back-of-napkin math on what ramping up this experiment to the entire brain would cost, and the scale is impossibly large — 1.6 zettabytes of storage costing $50 billion and spanning 140 acres, making it the largest data center on the planet."

Look at what they need to mimic just a fraction of our power.

[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe against the grain, here, with all the comments saying No, but: If you were interested in trying something out, I would give Hypatia a go. It's a FOSS-based app, available on F-droid. It's basically a ClamAV front-end. Pulls from their signature lists for Android, alongside other more general AV signature lists. Just an option.

[-] chirospasm@lemmy.ml 99 points 2 years ago

A chemical compound causes the cloth to turn blue when polishing an iPhone, green when polishing an Android. It's only a subtle difference.

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