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What are you going to do when the internet starts asking for ID for everything? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34006757

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[–] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

Stop using any sites that require ID.

Ditto. Also:

  • Try to use Memoji to make fake ID
  • Go to the mall =O
  • Go to the library
  • Go to the brick and mortar places I used to visit before getting everything online (eg. bank, fam owned businesses)
  • Talk to people instead of AI (going to practice that this weekend)
  • Go for a walk outside instead of updating the firmware on treadmill
  • Buy stamps! (and stationery, no more ecards or evites)
  • Learn to plant food in addition to flowers
  • Use iPhone to make phone calls
  • Maybe buy a newspaper… maybe
  • Use my cookbooks more (after I dust them off)
  • Think of a new name/alias(es) for myself and start acting the part

…just to name a few.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

    Don't use iPhone, use Fairphone with /e/OS or any dump phone, even the old Nokia in your drawer, which for sure still works, and only for calls.

    Use the I2P network

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I’ve been seriously thinking about going back to Nokia. De-googled a few years ago, stopped using iCloud and switched to cross-platform and open-source software.

    Currently, the Murena Fairphone 4 is the only one you can use in the US (Fairphone doesn’t directly deal with US customers) and incompatible with Verizon and AT&T. They recommend T-Mobile for US coverage.

    Also heard about Cape here on a Lemmy post But Fairphone is “not eligible yet”.

    This is the old Nokia 3650 that’s in my drawer. I loved it! Then AT&T made me upgrade because they were no longer supporting the old networks.

    Thank you, Zerush! It’s nice to know that someone else thinks the same way.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Fairphone is expensive. You can get a used Motorola G7 Power and flash /e/ on it, if you like. Just need to find one is OEM unlocked, or know how to unlock it yourself.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    Not so expensive on long term and anyway cheaper than a iPhone with similar specs, the advantage of Fairphone is, it's modular, you can substitute or fix easy everything in the phone by yourself.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UJ5k3yMvA

    If you use Murena mail, Murena (e-Foundation) is a EU Cloud provider (OpenSource, selfhostable, encrypted, no-knowledge, green energy) and author of /e/OS and NextCloud, apart asociated with FairPhone, you can buy it there (Murena Phone) with /e/OS by default. It's by far the best alternative of GDrive, made in the EU.

    Murena Workspace

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Powered by OnlyOffice 🤮

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Only Office is an OpenSource and encrypted online office suite, made in the EU. You can even selfhost it. Full compatible with files from MS Office. But if you know better online Office suites, use it. It's very valid that Murena use it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's slow and prone to crashing. The formatting makes the documents not compatible with other clients half the time. I have lost way too many documents due to corruption when saving (both on third party hosts and selfhosting). I'm absolutely done with that junk. Or, I'd like to be, but any alternative has dropped their own efforts in favor of just setting up an OnlyOffice, basically making them one of the very few open source options out there now in terms of web based office clients.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    The speed depends not of the Office suite as such, but on the server it use to host it, Murena hosted it on the own server (NextCloud), but as said, you are free to host it by yourself. I'm an old retiree and don't need a big cloud service, enough for me to store the few things locally and for this I prefer to use the online SSuite, also privacy focused, even if it isn't OpenSource. Also Html5, but without account, anonym, free and blazing fast, no ads, no trackers, nor other crap, files a stored locally. It's a hobby project from 2 electricians, which gain money with their jobs, no interests of tracking or user data to make money.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Buy stamps!

    Postcrossing is really cool. You send and recieve post cards across the globe!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That’s awesome, SomeAmateur! I used to love sending postcards when I was younger, can’t believe I never heard of it. Thank ypu!

    In case somebody’s curious, here’s a link to the Postcrossing website.

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