Only if they are signed into a Google account.
RiseUp is slow and intended for activists and the politically vulnerable. It's not for poor people who cannot afford a $5 a month VPN. You will be fucking over people with much more legitimate use cases than yours if you start using it for torrenting.
The biggest invasion to people's privacy is generally through the apps and services they use, not the operating system. If you don't switch to FOSS and privacy-respecting alternatives wherever possible, you're not actually gaining much from changing the operating system. So whilst I do try to prevent as much tracking as possible at the OS level, it doesn't trouble me that much. The loss of some privacy is worth being able to use any phone, at least for me.
The internet's inability to fact check anything before re-sharing it? Yes, I agree.
The way that was going, I thought they were going to announce the end of the project. Glad to see it's just a temporary pause on updates!
The best Android alternative from a privacy standpoint forr the Fairphone 4 is iodéOS, which is a privacy-focused fork of LineageOS that fully supports the device (including re-locking of the bootloader). LineageOS isn't really a privacy-focused project, but it would also come with some improvements over stock. You can also get a version of LineageOS with microG here.
No different to any previous Fairphone, or indeed the majority of Android phones on the market from any manufacturer other than Google. Fairphone is in an unfortunate situation in a way, because its devices have (in recent history) been more open than that of any other manufacturer other than Google, which means there is a thriving custom ROM scene that includes privacy-focused competitors to GrapheneOS, yet its devices have also never met the requirements for the GrapheneOS team and so routinely get "slammed" by its developers who have to respond to requests/questions every time a new Fairphone releases. Clickbait Android "news" sites then run these developer replies taken from social media or forums as "news" and people who don't bother to read beyond the headline/don't know anything about the topic (AKA the majority) come away with the completely misguided impression that Fairphone is not just "not as private and secure as a Pixel with GrapheneOS" but is actually "bAd fOr pRiVaCy aNd sEcUriTy" compared to all devices on the market. Devices from most manufacturers lag well behind Pixel update times, most don't even maintain a monthly update schedule, yet you will never see negative news articles about how these other devices are insecure/lacking in privacy. Only Fairphone gets hit with this comparison because only Fairphone has even attempted to compete in that space.
Having an iPhone in my age and country is a kind of privilege, i can’t forget how my high school classmates looked at me while holding it
Peak teenager right here.
Pretty disappointed with the way this entire saga was hyped up by the Australian media. I guess you expect it from the commercial networks, but even the ABC was gleefully announcing a daily podcast two years in advance of the trial. I'm not sure if Media Watch has run an episode on this, but it should.
Because it shattered something I’d long believed: that only certain people get to be sexual. That desire is reserved for the abled, the attractive, the young. That illness cancels it out.
Seems like a very strange belief to have held in the first place (with respect to prostitution), even with her medical condition. It's quite obvious that if you open up sex and intimacy to anyone who can pay for it, there will be zero restrictions on the type of clientele. That's the entire point of the service.
Officially the Fairphone (Gen. 6). They are doing away with the numbered names to combat FOMO/unnecessary upgrades, but since they will have to include the generation every time to.distinguish each subsequent Fairphone this seems kind of pointless.
The major changes this time seem to be the slightly snaller size, the return to a more conventional Snapdragon chipset, the modular back/accessories and the new switch which enables a distraction-free mode.
The size reduction is a nice improvement, albeit a small one (this is still a big phone). The chipset change is interesting, considering they made a very bold choice to go with an unusual IIoT chipset last time that did end up causing issues for some users as I understand. Seems like a good change, considering they are sticking to the same minimum 8 years support guarantee.
As for the modularity and 'Moments' switch - both seem like gimmicks, although I think as far as gimmicks on smartphones go these are relatively harmless and could prove useful to some. Fairphone has said on social media that it will look into opening up the modular accessories to community printable designs, which could make this feature genuinely great. I know a lot of people here probably won't see the point of the 'Moments' switch, but there are people out there who do want this kind of feature and if it helps them switch off then I think it's a positive. I'd much rather have this on my phone then a dedicated AI button/switch, like other manufacturers have announced recently.
The Proton CEO thing was vastly overblown. He is a privacy advocate and expressed support for Trump's appointment for head of antitrust, as well as criticism of corporate Democrats who stand for big business which was misrepresented as a love of the Republican Party. The only mistake he made was to publish those statements using the official Proton account, which he later apologised for.
Some people, especially the American left, love to virtue signal and predictably they tried to cancel Proton as a result of this pretty minor and irrelevant social media drama. There were some good write-ups at the time which exposed how counterfactual the "pRoToN lOvEs mAgA" arguments were, but I guess feel free to skip over Proton if it really concerns you. It is objectively one of the best choices if you value both privacy and functionality (Proton still has support for port forwarding), which I think are far more relevant areas to be looking at when choosing a VPN for piracy.
Age-restricted results will be blurred by default unless you are logged in and meet the minimum age requirement. Those sites that are age-restricted will also require age assurance (porn, for example).
I'm not sure how Google will choose to implement it. Maybe age assurance won't be required at all unless you try to disable the new restrictions. In the case of app stores, for example, no age assurance will be required unless you want to search for R18+ apps.
More information:
https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/esafety-publishes-guidance-ahead-of-new-codes-coming-into-force-to-protect-australian-kids-from-harmful-content
https://www.esafety.gov.au/industry/codes/faq-access-to-online-porn-and-other-adult-content