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submitted 3 weeks ago by prousername@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Greetings! For the past few weeks, i have been using Apple Maps for navigation. Only to realise that it does not have some specific places i go to regularly. And offline maps are just broken. And since i'm here, what are the best FOSS Map apps that have offline navigation? (i did try osmand and maps.me, theyre both paid)

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submitted 1 month ago by prousername@lemmy.ml to c/apple@lemmy.ml

So as you may know, iOS 18.1 and watchOS 18.1 is out. And i decided to updste both my phone and watch simultaneously. (They were both plugged in) The phone finished first, but when the apple watch finished, it stopped charging, and instead discharging. (it was plugged in). Well after i clicked on the battery percentage on the watch face, it odly says that its at 100%, while the watchface says 98%. Anyone encountered this bug?

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I am not a gaming person to be honest, but neither do i play any games.

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm using Degoogled Chromium. Regular Chromium sucks.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by prousername@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Greetings! Recently, i have ditched Windows for Linux. Why? Well, This all started with a Windows Update. I was working on a Discord bot, until my PC decided to restart without my consent. What was it? A Windows Update. I was like: "no big deal, ill just wait". Well, it was over 100+ updates. After all the updates completed, i saw the Windows 11 setup screen. Keep in mind that I was on WIndows 10 before the updates. Now at that point i really got angry. Like, I hate Windows 11. So then i went and completed the setup, and got met with ALL THE BLOATWARE REINSTALLED. So ofcourse, since i did NOT wanna use Windows 11, i backed up my data, and switched to the Secure and Free operating System, Linux. I went with arch, since i have used Ubuntu before, and it's terrible. And since i didn't wanna use any fancy Desktop Enviroments, such as GNOME, KDE, HyprLand, XFCE. I went with dwm. It looks very mininal and customizable.

Now that brings me to the question, What apps should i get rid of?

I know i did the same post like a few weeks ago, but for the sake of Privacy, i know Some apps contain Telemetry, and some Don't. But still.

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

It is. I just rebooted my phone and it came back.

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Now to explain this, i haven't installed an app in a while now. And recently, this showed up.

This really concerns me if i am being recorded or something. I know this isn't the right subreddit to ask, but what should i do?

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

I dualboot both Windows and Linux. I use windows just for pyinstaller and compiling, while i daily drive Arch Linux with dwm.

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It does, but wake on lan is disabled in the BIOS.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by prousername@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Greetings! So recently, i spent a few hours coding software. After i was done and i shut off my pc, i noticed both of the ethernet lights were on and blinking. Does this mean that Microsoft is sending data to their servers before the PC fully shuts off? I am scared that this might be the thing it does. How can i get rid of this issue? I have no idea if it's related to Windows or the PC itself.

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago
[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I use searx more then the fluffy DuckDuck that can't go anywhere.

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

I daily drive Void Linux as i do consider Windows being spyware.

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submitted 2 months ago by prousername@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

To be honest. What made me care about privacy was social media apps such as Reddit. Every single day, i used to get reddit notifications promoting "the most popular post in my country". Look, at first i didn't care. Now it got annoying, to the point where i replaced Refdit with Lemmy, getting rid of windows, switching to FOSS (free and open source software) apps and also using Degoogled Chromium. While reddit wasnt the only thing i mentioned so far, i hate how Youtube has to know where you live, and giving you directions to the nearest store (for certain ads). This probably may get malliciously used in the future, that's what i got really aware of. Now it really hurt me when Youtube has killed most 3rd party frontends (such as invidious and piped). So in conclusion, Privacy can really matter for me as a lot of services i used to use can now collect data about you.

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What type of problem though? I don't see anything wrong with using an apple product while maintaining my privacy.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by prousername@lemmy.ml to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

So as you may know, i am a guy mostly focused on privacy. Basically, insead of google i use SearXNG. (Privacy focused search engine) However, when i went to change the default search engine in safari, there was no option to add a custom search engine.

This really pissed me off. So how come Apple allows changing default browsers in the EU, but not search engines?

[-] prousername@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Well. I wasn't "Brave" enough to use it, so yea.

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submitted 2 months ago by prousername@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

Greetings! I have recently ditched google and went with privacy focused alternatives. Such as SearXNG, Invidious, Lemmy etc.

However, while i was using degoogled chromium, i cant install extensions.

Is there any way i can install extensions on Degoogled Chromium? (ik this isnt the right place to ask but eh)

Thanks a lot!

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