And yet, somehow, everyone was surprised.

Fuck!

iOS: Clocks

Android: Simple Clock

Linux: GNOME Clocks

Hypatia is good on Android. iOS needeth no antivirus.

I have a page on my Gemini capsule with a list of the software I use. Ask away about my reasons for any of the entries.

Gemini | HTTPS

I also quite like LUKS, VeraCrypt, and geli(8) for disk encryption, and I use mainly physical media (e.g. CDs) for music and video.

Well, for all of the above, I’d personally recommend using Linux Mint to get started. I’ve always found that it’s too much work to debloat Windows, and it’s considerably less secure than Linux (normally).

Most Steam games run on Linux, but there are a few that do not. Music production could also be a bugbear, as a lot of popular software does not run. You could always try using WineHQ to run the Windows versions, however, or try a compatible alternative.

If you simply must run Windows, you have two options. Dual-booting is a good idea, as this lets you select whether you want to boot Windows or Linux when you turn on the computer. Another option is using a virtual machine; this would allow you to run Windows inside Linux. For this, I’d recommend VirtualBox to start with.

I use Organic Maps. OsmAnd is also pretty good.

If you use Linux, I’d recommend using teams-for-linux. It’s the web client, but in its own little box.

If you really want to be anonymous, you can probably run this app over Tor with the command torify flatpak run com.github.IsmaelMartinez.teams_for_linux or torsocks flatpak run com.github.IsmaelMartinez.teams_for_linux; but occasionally this causes problems. It’s also not great for calls.

Ya think‽

Would it be possible to blacklist Threads, but also whitelist specific accounts? I don’t want any more to do with Meta than I already do, but I’d also like some way of sending questions into The Last Leg.

For Android, I recommend Aegis [Play Store] [F-Droid]

For iOS, I recommend 2FAS [App Store]

For Linux, I recommend OTPClient [Flathub]

For BSD, either try compiling OTPClient from source, or use KeePass.

I like Tofu, and I also quite like Authenticator, but so far 2FAS seems to be the only option that offers backups without an account and that isn’t a full-blown password manager.

If anyone’s looking to jump ship, here are a few alternatives. Bear in mind, though, these are not (yet) official PrivacyGuides recommendations. All of the apps are FOSS.

• Authenticator Last updated 12th February DOES NOT SUPPORT EXPORTING KEYS

• 2FAS Last updated 29th July

• Tofu Last updated 29th February 2022 DOES NOT SUPPORT EXPORTING KEYS

• ente Auth Last updated 28th July REQUIRES ONLINE ACCOUNT

• FreeOTP Last updated 19th May PRODUCT OF RED HAT

I like Mull a lot.

I think Apple will have to, since they’re also going to have to allow sideloading. However, knowing Apple, they’ll probably wait right up until the deadline the EU has set before actually giving us what we want.

I can just imagine your IT dept. running into the Dean’s office to complain, only to be met with yet more Linux. Hilarious!

On top of that, Firefox was recently found to be faster than Chrome.

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Google.

Homestly, as soon as PeerTube gets more users or someone makes a video sharing platform on Gemini, I’ll be able to completely abandon Google.

I already use CloudTube, but it’s obviously still dependent on YouTube.

*An indie rock band

**A song on their self-titled album

As Zoanoids* said in Michigan**:

“We’re fucked.”

• I switched from Google Photos to Filen. I’ll only be uploading new photos to Filen, since I have about 30GB of stuff on GPhotos, and I’m on the free tier of Filen, but it’s doing the trick!
• I also switched from Joplin to Cryptee, since it seems more stable and it means I don’t need to risk my (admittedly encrypted) notes being mishandled by Microsoft or Dropbox.
• I upgraded my BitWarden encryption settings and changed the account’s email address from Gmail to Tutanota.
• I switched from Element to FluffyChat, as the Apple’s “App Tracking Transparency” box appeared to list a few too many options under “Data Linked to You”.
• I have followed PrivacyGuides’ recommendations for Linux distros, and I am now running the following on my laptops with full disk encryption:
  • openSUSE Tumbleweed + KDE Plasma (Wayland)
  • Arch Linux with linux-zen + SwayWM
  • Fedora 38 with SELinux + MATE (X11; Wayland support is being worked on)
  • antiX + Awesome (X11)

Now THIS is epic!

• It’s fast
• It’s FOSS
• It’s private
• It supports accounts
• It has an app
• It can play YouTube Music tracks
• The UI is pretty nice

Very well done, everyone! Please accept a star on GitHub.

Personally, I prefer Lemmy. From a privacy perspective, though, both services are equal.

Wait WHAT?!!

That’s pretty cool, actually! Nice work!

I’d be surprised if Google completely stamped it out. They’re on Codeberg now, so that’ll make takedowns trickier. It’s also distributed, so taking down the Invidious websites is virtually impossible.

Also, while Google probably has pretty good lawyers, I’m not sure how well they’ll stand up if they go to court.

I quite like SkyTube, too.

What absolute wankers! In case anyone’s adblock goes south, here are some YouTube alternatives:

For Watching YouTube

• Invidious
• Piped
• CloudTube (personal favourite)

For Uploading

• PeerTube
• Idk, make a video blog or something.

I probably would anyway. It was just in case Proton had come up with some killer feature or security measure that would blow everything else out of the water.

Awesome! How does it compare to BitWarden?

On other operating systems which I don’t currently use, here are my picks:

• Android -> Mull or Privacy Browser (from F-Droid)
• Mobile Linux -> Angelfish
• SailfishOS -> Sailfish Browser
• MorphOS -> Wayfarer
• Haiku -> WebPositive
• BSD -> Konqueror

I use LibreWolf on my laptops, Lynx on my old laptop, and Brave on my iPhone.