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Some other simple things

8. Disable google advertising ID in phone settings

9. Install F-Droid where you can discover many FLOSS apps deliberately not published on google play

10. Switch from a fingerprint to a pin (added bonus that police in several countries can legally force your thumb onto your phone but cant legally force you to give up a pin)

11. Switch from google notification servers to something else like microg and/or set notifications to not display message content or at least not display message content when the phone is locked (Im pretty sure all that can be done from notification settings)

12. Switch from googles keyboard app to an open source alternative from f-droid (google has been fined millions before for illegally and secretly tracking geolocation it wouldnt surprise me if they do the same with keystrokes, and also mic and camera)

13. There's a bunch of other phone-home features spread across the settings but mostly under privacy category and accessibility category that you might want to turn off if you have no use for

#Google #Android #Privacy #PSA #FLOSS #FDroid #Advertising #Microg

#android #google #privacy #fdroid #floss #microg #Advertising #psa

I've mentioned this before but SimpleX is more private secure and anonymous that signal threema and session.

SimpleX is decentralised meaning taking down a single group of servers or org wouldnt destroy the simplex network, people can run completely anonymous simplex servers over tor, this puts simplex ahead of Signal and Threema

SimpleX has quantum resistant encryption which puts it ahead of Threema and Session, the UK military[1] and NATO[2] both consider quantum computers to be a threat now because of store now decrypt later attacks

SimpleX has no user identifiers not even random strings, its essentially like having a "burner phone for every contact". Two or more compromised contacts could corroborate your messages by linking them to your signal username or your session id, but with simplex your contacts can't prove your identity even between eachother. This fact puts SimpleX above Signal Threema and Session

These technical details about the simplex protocol can all be found on the project website including the whitepaper

[3]
[1]ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/prepari…


[2]nato.int/docu/review/articles/…


[3]isdb4l77sjqoy2qq7ipum6x3at6hyn…

#SimpleX #Threema #Signal #Session #PSA #Privacy #Security #Anonymity #NATO #UnitedKingdom #Tor #QuantumResistantEncryption

#privacy #signal #security #NATO #Tor #threema #session #psa #simplex #anonymity #unitedkingdom #quantumresistantencryption

I like .onion and .i2p addresses because all else being equal the government can't find the identity of the website owner and therefore can't enforce laws on them

#Tor #I2P #Anonymity #PSA

#Tor #psa #i2p #anonymity

#PSA: If someone says they accidentally reported you, it's a scam.

If someone says you need to verify your Mastodon account, it's a scam.

If someone says you need to change the email address on your account, it's a scam.

If someone tries to lure you off-platform to Discord or Telegram, it's a scam.

If someone jumps into your replies or DMs with a mutual aid request, it's a scam.

If someone from mastodon.social sends you an unsolicited DM, it's a scam.

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Telltale signs of a scam:

- wants you to move off-site
- wants you to change account settings
- wants you to click something
- unsolicited private interactions
- new account
- under ~20 followers and over ~5:1 follow ratio
- sense of urgency
- appeals to your compassion
- piggybacks on a trending post or event

#KnowTheSigns #Report #Scams

A screenshot of @Pink_m4n@mastodon.social trying to scam me with a "screenshot" saying they submitted a fraudulent report and they were able to take action. It tries to direct me to a Discord server for tech support.
#scams #psa #report #knowthesigns

#PSA If you have a do-not-resuscitate (#DNR) order, make sure it's visible at all times from the entryway of your home.
This PSA brought to you courtesy of my elderly uncle being resuscitated, intubated, and put on a ventilator by EMTs, against the wishes in his DNR, because they didn't know he had one, and now he's lying sedated in an ICU, and I, as his healthcare proxy, am responsible for deciding whether to continue providing the care he didn't want or withdraw it and "see what happens." πŸ’”
#psa #dnr

PSA

Humans are animals.

We don't mean this figuratively or pejoratively: we mean this in a literal, factual sense.

Humans are part of the kingdom animalia, which comprises all animals.

As such, if you think, say, or write things like:

  • "humans and animals"; or
  • "humans versus animals";

... you're setting humans apart as something other than what we are, as if we're somehow above other animals, which is incredibly anthropocentric and flawed :Sighing_Face:

It's a bit like saying "2 and even numbers", which implies that 2 isn't an even number. Instead, you might say "2 and other even numbers"

So, when you are talking or writing about any animals, please kindly specify whether you mean:

  • human animals
  • non-human animals
  • all animals

Thank you 🫢

#humans #HumansAreAnimals #NonHumanAnimals #AllAnimals #PSA


kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic organisms

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#psa #humans #humansareanimals #nonhumananimals #allanimals

At a bar and need help? Order an "Angel shot".

-"with lime" means call the police.

- "on the rocks" means you need a taxi called.

- "neat" means you need an escort to your car.

You can also ask for Angela, as in "is Angela working tonight?"

See also the "help me" hand gesture: beige.party/@amiserabilist/114…

#Safety #Signals #PSA


paul (@amiserabilist@beige.party)

Attached: 1 video i did not know about the hand signal for help me, and my stupid ass thought she was flirting.
beige.party
#psa #Safety #signals

#PSA #CallToAction

The new Harry Potter show is upon us, and while there's debate as to how much JK Rowling is involved in the running of the show, the fact remains: it's her IP. It makes money, she makes money.

If you watch it, if you buy HP merch, if you visit the HP park attractions, if you make others curious to watch it, etc., you are funding this TERF's persecution of trans people.

So, don't.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #HarryPotter #JKRowling #Transphobe #TERF

advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-a…


J.K. Rowling uses personal wealth to fund anti-trans org

This is where "Harry Potter" profits are going.
Ryan Adamczeski (Advocate.com)
#psa #harrypotter #transrightsarehumanrights #jkrowling #terf #transphobe #calltoaction

#PSA Heads up: Soundcloud will use your content to train AI

ETA: Lovely news! The change to SoundCloud's terms of service happened in February 2024; they've been stealing your intellectual property for a whole-ass year.

futurism.com/soundcloud-ai-ter…

#ArtificialIntelligence #GenAI #SoundCloud

By uploading your content to the platform, you also grant a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid up, license to other users of the platform, and to operators and users of any other websites, apps and/or platforms to which your content has been share or embedded using the services ("linked services"), to use, copy, listen to offline, repost, transmit or otherwise distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, adapt, prepare derivative works of, complile, make available and otherwise communicate ot the public, your content utilizing the features of the platform from time to time, and within the parameters set by you using the services in the absence of a separate agreement that states otherwise. (underlined in red) You explicitly agree that your content may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligence technologies (end underlined section) or services as part of and for providing the services. For the avoidance of doubt, neither soundcloud nor any third party is allowed to (i) use, copy or....

SoundCloud Quietly Forced Artists to Let AI Feast on Their Music

SoundCloud, a music-sharing platform loved by new and independent artists, updated its terms to allow it to use artists' work for AI training.
Maggie Harrison DuprΓ© (Futurism)
#psa #artificialintelligence #genai #soundcloud

#PSA: About two dozen fairly common drugs made in India have been recalled:

Gabapentin and metformin are on here and I know those are common, plus a few generics, so check your bottles to see if Glenmark was the manufacturer and if so contact your pharmacy to see if your lot is subject to recall

#Glenmark #DrugRecall #GlenmarkRecall

propublica.org/article/glenmar…


Glenmark Recalls 24 U.S. Drugs Made at a Troubled Indian Factory

FDA inspectors found serious problems at a Glenmark factory in India that manufactured the recalled drugs. Another medication made there has been tied to deaths of U.S. patients.
ProPublica
#psa #glenmarkrecall #drugrecall #glenmark

🚨 #PSA my Lovely #Crafting Peeps!

(This includes you if you have ever so much as reattached a broken-off handle to a coffee mug!)

Have found A Useful Site (if you need it) & Lovely Rabbit Hole (if you don't):

A website of recommendations for gluing This To That (#fabric to #leather, #ceramic to #vinyl, #styrofoam to #rubber, etc.), plus a trivia page & funny FAQs.

Also available en français

Enjoy! 😊

thistothat.com/index.shtml

#Crafts #Glue #Reference #Wood #Metal #Plastic #Glass #Adhesive


This to That

How to glue this to that
www.thistothat.com
#crafts #psa #ceramic #vinyl #metal #reference #rubber #wood #crafting #plastic #fabric #leather #styrofoam #glue #glass #adhesive

REMINDER – 13 years left:

There could be major computer system failures on January 19, 2038 at exactly 04:14 a.m. and 08 seconds CET. (03:14 UTC)

Some systems are said not to be able to process this time. A counter overflow occurs and the date automatically jumps to December 13, 1901. Similar to the β€œMillennium Bug”, the extent of the Year-2038-Problem cannot be predicted.

#Y2K38 #PSA

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2…

Remember: Turn your computer off before 03:14:07 UTC on 2038-Jan-19.

problem affecting digital systems that store system time as a signed 32-bit integer

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#psa #y2k38

#PSA: remember never to sign up for a new Patreon through the Apple app store--starting November 1, 2024, Apple will take a bite out of every Patreon subscription done through their app store.

Go to the website using a browser, so that more money goes to the person you are supporting (Patreon is already taking a large bite of that pie as it is)

#psa

#PSA: if you have a small business that ships items, consider not using Uline: the owner uses the company's profits to fund right wing anti-democratic causes.

propublica.org/article/uline-u…

And, because you still need to ship your product, here's a good resource to replace them:

refuseuline.com/

#Uline #RefuseUline


Refuse Uline

Uline is a purposely political company aligned with extreme right-wing ideology.Β Despite their politics, millions of small businesses and artists still use ULINE completely unaware of what their dollars are supporting. This needs to end now.
refuseuline.com
#psa #refuseuline #uline

#PSA #PayPal is changing their privacy statement/terms of service starting November so that they can sell your information to merchants.

You CAN opt out, but you have to do it before they start:

Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off

ETA: this is probably country specific, due to differing privacy laws.

You can try privacy>settings>recommendations

Check replies, people have found the same toggle under a different header.

screenshot of the Amendments to the PayPay privacy statement, effective November 27, 2024, which basically says they'll be selling your information to merchants starting on that day, unless you opt out or live in California, North Dakota or Vermont, where they can't opt you in themselves.
#psa #paypal

PSA: If you're still using #Raivo 2FA on iOS back up your data immediately and do not update to the latest version.

As we suspected would happen when they were acquired last year, the new owners of the app have pivoted to a forced subscription model and updating to the new version will delete all your TOTP codes! discuss.privacyguides.net/t/ps…

We recommend switching to Ente Auth, which can be used completely locally or with @ente's end-to-end encrypted cloud backups.

#TOTP #RaivoOTP #PSA #Ente #EnteAuth


PSA: Export your keys before updating Raivo OTP to the latest 1.6 version

Be careful as you might lose all your keys if you update Raivo to the latest 1.6 version without backing up your keys before when not using an online sync.
Privacy Guides
#psa #totp #raivo #raivootp #ente #enteauth @Ente

#psa

#PSA: It is this time of the year again when you wake up on Sunday morning and notice that all clocks on your kitchen appliances show the wrong time.
Before readjusting them, do something for your electrical safety and TEST YOUR RCDs/GFCIs/FIs - this should be done every month anyway.
Just press the button marked T or TEST and see it turning off. If it does not turn off, have it replaced by an electrician for your own safety.
#psa

#android #psa #aurorastore

πŸ“’ πŸ“’ πŸ“’ Today we publish an Open Letter from developers to the #Linux #community regarding shipping unfinished patches to users.

Shipping unfinished patches harms the user experience and slows down the review process in #FOSS projects to improve the patches.

You can read our Open Letter at: do-not-ship.it

If you agree with this letter, you can support it by signing it, see: do-not-ship.it/sign

#donotship #openletter #community #mobile #development #userexperience #opensource #PSA

Do not ship work in progress

do-not-ship.it
#linux #foss #opensource #mobile #development #community #openletter #psa #userexperience #donotship

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