cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/24574658
was checking my old favourite posts and found this.
Hey now, I've been paranoid for years. Don't call me a newborn.
Seems like I'm a newborn paranoid. Favorite os = arch Favorite browser = librewolf Favorite apps = f-droid
I disable cookies on virtually all websites. And I do fear the slippery slope sometimes.
[Realisation]
... I would go full paranoid but Its over my skill level. Also I'm quite happy now that the transition to more private things process is mostly over.
Why would you root Lineage OS? You are putting a hole in your security.
I also do that because it lets me
MicroG doesn't require root
Also Charging control is now part of Android 15
Root can be a huge security risk. Be very careful and always stay updated with the latest security patches.
Yes, microG works without root, however to get it working as a network location provider you either need it installed as system app (for example LOS4microg) or patch android to allow non-system apps for providing network location.
There's an official patch, also mentioned in the Install Guide and it's basically the reason for microg_installer and its revived fork existing.
I could use LOS4microg, which does include the patch, but builds are run much less frequently (once a month instead of weekly) and I'd rather stick to original Lineage.
Thanks for pointing out charging control, I wasn't aware of that new feature. One more reason to upgrade LOS my phone
Graphene os for security, lineage os is for debloated aosp experience, root is for things like wifite2 on smartphone, cheat engine like apps on smartphone, deep control of your smartphone and etc
I did not give it much thought really, I just wanted my previously rooted phone with no google things. But mainly the SafetyNet thing.
e.g. for better charging control, to allow f-droid to update apps automatically
yeah but if you want actual security you use Qubes
and for the love of Torvalds don't use Tails as a daily driver, it's not for that
also have you seen Stallman's other video?
Not sure where I fall into this chart =)
Favorite OS: OpenSuse Tumbleweed
Favorite browser: Librewolf
Favorite Apps: Vim/Neovim (not even close to anything else)
Not sure where I fall into this chart.
I can tell you. You're in the shit distro+shit browser part of the chart. Terrible choices. Not like my distribution which is so good. With a very good browser.
No I haven't read what your distro is. Nor your browser. Irrelevant.
My distro? You wouldn't know it. Very niche. But very good. Maybe the same as yours, but not the shit one. The good one.
Am I a moron? Sure. A moron with a good distro. (It's ubuntu+chrome, if you know it)
cool π
I would say somewhere between paranod newborness and tech conservatism π€
This is fairly dated.
Don't use Telegram or Jami. Also Xorg is dead.
Wait, why not Jami?
According to the threads I found privacy guides:
It mostly just doesn't work well.
It hasn't been independently audited
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/add-jami/20052
https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/why-is-jami-not-listed-in-pg/12500
Suspicious lack of Qubes. Who do you work for??? the CIA? China? The Rwandan National Intelligence and Security Agency?
So i'm a conservative just a bit paranoid, gotcha π.
Mmmh don't think that an FSF Member prefers WebM for it is made and maintained by Google the thoroughbred of sin.
That's w3m, an Emacs web browser, not webm the WebM file format.
No No I don't mean the icons but the Blocktext points along OGG and ODT.
I feel so called out, even though I'm the second box and I currently use tumbleweed.
No idea where I fall and at different times all over. Use Firefox, fedora now, devian on server. Run selfhosted for most stuff. Just debloated stock Android removed most of Google's stuff. Have used Graphene but it's missing tracker tracking.
What a ride!
I'd say I'm tech conservative/cynic with a bit of normie - as I've long accepted that forgoing big tech completely means losing the ability to talk to most of my friends and relatives (because there's zilch chance of me convincing them to move away)
I am a newborn paranoid who "watch Luke Smith" and think "Richard Stallman was right".
Ew π€’
Newborn paranoid is actually me π
I'm less familiar with the icons starting at around section 4 onwards.
Could anyone share / link what some of them are?
I think that the arch-based distro is Xerolinux
Never heard about it, but seems like it is, indeed. Thank you.
after that emacs and fsf things
The FSF-approved distributions that are shown are: Trisquel, Parabola and GNU Guix (this one is actually quite neat, it's based on NixOS with its own ideas like the importance of being able to bootstrap an entire system from a minimal binary seed)
The browser with logo shown is GNU IceCat, with binary blobs removed and with some extra security and privacy features (among them an addon that prevents the browser from running proprietary javascript)
lynx is a simple TUI web browser and w3m also is a similar browser but running in GNU Emacs
The last three are all the GNU Emacs logo.
after that arch and its distros lastlsy temple os and holy c you can search about them
I see, thank you!
tails gentoo tor irc chat with self hosting 4
Between IRC and the picture representing the idea of self-hosting, there's the XMPP logo, which like IRC, is an instant messaging protocol (but with more features than IRC).
Not sure what I fall under π I want privacy and will pay for it, but I won't go all the way to a pure GNU OS where only certain open-source is allowed. IMO buying a new Pixel phone for GrapheneOS is still contributing to Google and does more harm than good.
This. Is. Epic.
What's the first browser under newborn paranoid?
Hint: :q!
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