ObliviousOwl

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Do you use you card for payments in sandboxed Google play? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean for electronic payments. But I would also be interested in knowing how you solve gpay in a privacy oriented way?

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Do you use you card for payments in sandboxed Google play? (lemmy.one)
 

I have been hesitant to add my card because of privacy. I particular the fact that my card is linked to my email. What is your take on it?

Online Calendar Software in c/foss
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Otherwise you could write to the good cloud team , they can put you on another node. That happened to me , twice , and now it is much faster . I use it to manage my calendars

ULA Dragonfly / Are TP3 EU alternative in c/onebag@wayfarershaven.eu
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I don't really know actually. I just want a good bag, that is roomy, has a laptop compartment at the back, quick access pocket when taking one strap off and moving it from back to front. And a bigger not flat pocket for misc stuff (keys, glasses and so on). A water bottle pocket would also be nice to have.

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ULA Dragonfly / Are TP3 EU alternative (lemmy.one)
 

Is the ULA Dragonfly / Aer Travel pack 3 worth it? I live in the EU (shipping+customs= $200 extra), but have friends who live in the states, who visit us once every summer (they could bring it).I

Is there a proper alternative in the EU to these two bags around 28-33L?

Is privacy still worth pursuing? in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for all your nice thoughts and good advice. I think I am just having a low regarding my privacy journey right now, but I will get back up on the horse eventually. I also think I am overestimating, when companies get hold of some information, they have more information about me than I think. Sometimes I think I have to remind myself, that companies are really more interested in my habits and purchasing patterns, than my telephone number. I guess I do, in that regard, mix and confuse privacy with security a bit. I actually do think that my habits make me pretty secure, so then there is just privacy left. :)

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Is privacy still worth pursuing? (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
6 comments fedilink
 

;TLDR: Is privacy actions on an individual level worth pursuing, when friends and family are doing nothing to strengthen their privacy and when living in a country where my social security number, phone number, and so on, really can not be hidden?

Hi fellow DeGooglers. I have spent the last few years degoogling mine, and my GF:s lives and I am really happy about coming as far as I/we have come.

I am now starting to doubt alot of the things we have degoogled in our lives and I want to ask this community about it.

We live in a country, that has national records about everyone living in the nation. Almost every service the inhabitants of this country use, are relying on social security numbers, phone numbers, email and so on. We also almost daily rely on our banking apps to identify ourselves when using different services.

To this day I have persuaded a lot of our friends to use Signal but all of them use Signal as an extra app to communicate with just me or my GF.

My GF still has Instagram/Snapchat/Facebook, you name it and I am wondering how private I/we really am/are when the friends I/we are interacting with, are doing nothing to strengthen their privacy?

Is I wrote above, it is common for me to give my address, phone number, (throwaway)email when signing up for almost any service in the country I live in. Oftentimes one also has to identify with a form of a banking app, that almost all residents in this country has.

I am thinking that alot of the services I, have to, use know who I am, they have my phone number and they are almost certainly sharing it with third party companies (within GDPR). These companies also have the phone numbers of my friends who have my telephone number, and that way, the big data companies could easily link my phone number to who I am, based on that my friends and family have my number in their contacts list.

Is privacy worth pursuing on my part, or is it actually just redundant? Could I actually just use, lets say, Whatsapp/Messenger/Snapchat and it would not really matter?

Edit1: Services that I use: Proton, Mullvad, GrapheneOS, Simplelogin, Nextcloud, and all the usual FOSS apps everyone is using Services that my GF uses: The same as me, but also Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Messenger and a few more.

Android custom rom security/privacy/trust in c/foss
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

And usually the Dev or the Devs grandma uses the ROM themselves. It would be alot of work to be insidious and make one version with harmful code, and one that is safe.. For twelve random people from somewhere in the world.

Launcher recommendation in c/fossdroid@social.fossware.space
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stupid question, but how would I also get the possibility to receive shortcuts from an app?Letas say a contact in Signal?

Launcher recommendation in c/fossdroid@social.fossware.space
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How do you use two launchers at the same time?

Launcher recommendation in c/fossdroid@social.fossware.space
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is this FOSS?

Launcher recommendation in c/fossdroid@social.fossware.space
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Sadly its buggy for me. The search function just searches for either web or apps. I have fiddled around with everything.

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Launcher recommendation (lemmy.one)
 

I have tried alot of launchers but never really settled on one that meets all my needs. I have also read all the threads on reddit about FOSS launchers.

My preferences:

  • Multiple pages
  • Widgets on home screen
  • search function; app/contacts/ddg

The closest one yet is NeoLauncher, but the search function is not quite there I reckon.

Any suggestions?

What's everyone's go-to bag? in c/onebag@wayfarershaven.eu
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Im not that extreme as a few of us in here are, but I would start out by throwing away the thought of having different outfits for different days. Also thinking about washing t-shirts/underwear in the sink greatly reduce the amount of pieces of clothing you have to pack. Another thing is layering. You just need a hardshlell jacket , even for winter, its just about being able to build up warmth with the underlying layers. For example; you could use the same thick sweater for the restaurant, as well as an undergarment. Two laptops comes with a lot of weight, but what is good, is that they are flat.

What's everyone's go-to bag? in c/onebag@wayfarershaven.eu
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I started with a Nomatic travel backpack, got a Farpoint and now I am rocking a Synik 22L.

Nomatic: bells and whistles, but nothing else.

Farpoint: too large for EDC, but a great bag.

Synik: amazing bag, but I am maybe thinking it is too small for my needs.

Looking for cool communities? in c/chat@lemmy.one
[–] ObliviousOwl@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Thanks for the great list and comments! Has anyone found communities for any of these?:

  • onebag
  • barefoot(running)shoes
  • bodyweightfitness/calisthenics
  • degoogle
  • minimalism
  • lifehacks
  • gtd(Getting things done)
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