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Migration minister fails UK citizenship test question by CrypticCoffee in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 15 points 15 hours ago

No. Most of it is irrelevant trivia most Brits do not know. Most Brits would fail. It's just a sucky memory test hurdle to block immigrants. The charges are also scandalous etc.

I am super nervous, so close to jumping to GrapheneOS. by CrypticCoffee in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

It's always the trade off. Convenience vs privacy. Personally, I always have a real wallet so cards are convenient to me. Batteries can run out at any time.

Using Google anything is never a privacy option.

I am super nervous, so close to jumping to GrapheneOS. by CrypticCoffee in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

Google wallet? Why would you move off Google and use something pointless a bank card would do?

I'm in the UK, but can access banking websites via browser.

Well, my first day on Linux, and I both broke my system and fixed it... by CrypticCoffee in c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

OpenSuse is great if you want up to date and reliable. It's quite boring how reliable it is. Great if that is your preference. If you like learning and chaos, Arch is useful.

Sociology textbooks made illegal by a board that has no educators on it. Schools will become propaganda machines. by CrypticCoffee in c/science@lemmy.world

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

You're not the only one.

Well, my first day on Linux, and I both broke my system and fixed it... by CrypticCoffee in c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

I only ever got that stuff with Manjaro and Nvidia.

Mint and OpenSuse have been real reliable. Same with Kubuntu.

Iceland Foods Finally Surrenders In Trademark Fight With Iceland, The Country by CrypticCoffee in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Usually like 2 draws, or 2 and a small drawer. Usually it's about 50:50, or 60:40 fridge:freezer.

Iceland Foods Finally Surrenders In Trademark Fight With Iceland, The Country by CrypticCoffee in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 days ago

In England, flats often do have Fridge Freezers. I've never not had one.

What do you think of this prediction? by CrypticCoffee in c/steam@lemmy.ml

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 131 points 2 years ago

Proton is open source. Anyone can pull it together and integrate it. Gog have been doing DRM free games for a while, they'll be quite keen to fill this niche. Epic probably won't care. If none do, someone will want to.

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Fossify Contacts and Fossify SMS Messenger (Fossify is a fork of Simple Mobile Tools) are now available, joining Fossify's existing suite of Gallery, File Manager, Phone, and Calendar apps. (search.f-droid.org)

submitted 2 years ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11253421

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11253225

Fossify Contacts (fork of Simple Contacts) and Fossify SMS Messenger (fork of Simple SMS Messenger) have been released on F-Droid.

Other Fossify apps available for download on F-Droid:

Fossify Gallery (fork of Simple Gallery)

Fossify File Manager (fork of Simple File Manager)

Fossify Phone (fork of Simple Dialer)

Fossify Calendar (fork of Simple Calendar)

(ICYMI, Simple Mobile Tools suite was acquired by an adware company and their apps on the Google Play Store now contain trackers and unnecessary permissions. This report from Exodus shows that the old version of Simple Gallery had 0 trackers and 10 permissions, whereas the app, after sale, contains 9 trackers and 21 permissions!)

About Fossify: Fossify is all about community-backed, open-source, and ad-free mobile apps. A fork of the SimpleMobileTools, which is no longer maintained, and we’re here to continue the legacy, bringing simple and private tech to everyone.

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In case you missed it: Fossify (A fork of Simple Mobile Tools) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10796117

Fossify Gallery (fork of Simple Gallery), Fossify File Manager (fork of Simple File Manager) and Fossify Calendar (fork of Simple Calendar) are now available for download on F-Droid.

(Simple Mobile Tools suite was acquired by an Israeli adware company)

About Fossify: Fossify is all about community-backed, open-source, and ad-free mobile apps. A fork of the SimpleMobileTools, which is no longer maintained, and we're here to continue the legacy, bringing simple and private tech to everyone.

Some folks recommended SimpleMobileTools such as calendar. After it was sold off, a fork was created by one of their contributors, and it's released on F-droid now.

Wanted to give this update in case folk were curious.

queer.af, a Mastodon instance, has been killed by the Taliban by CrypticCoffee in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 83 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you're on the country code, you open yourself up to risk. ml has been a risk before.

Your headline is misleading though. Taliban didn't kill it. Admin did.

How would you feel if Beehaw left the Fediverse? by CrypticCoffee in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 116 points 2 years ago

I don't think you guys cared when you defederated from the rest of the fediverse and turned up your nose at everyone else. I'm not sure why you care now. You guys go and do your thing, but I don't think you're very relevant to the fediverse.

You speak very vaguely, and I don't think you're being fully honest with your reasoning, but by this point, I don't think it really matters.

Taylor Swift's love story with Travis Kelce generates 138 TONS of CO2 in 3 months by CrypticCoffee in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[-] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is it weird that the only celebrity who's getting a public print of emissions is one that is despised by a political party for getting people out to vote?

I don't really care much about her, but this feels like "how do we get young people to not listen to this person... ah, let's go with emissions".

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UK porn watchers could have faces scanned (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Looks like UK is going the same way as a few states. Spare a thought for us. So messed up this increasing surveillance state.

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Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM (9to5google.com)

submitted 2 years ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/5707453

The Chrome team says they're not going to pursue Web Integrity but...

it is piloting a new Android WebView Media Integrity API that’s “narrowly scoped, and only targets WebViews embedded in apps.”

They say its because the team "heard your feedback." I'm sure that's true, and I can wildly speculate that all the current anti-trust attention was a factor too.

Many said we couldn’t stop it. We, like many, applied pressure, and they backed the fuck off.

We have no room for complacency now though. Google cannot be allowed to dictate web standards. Firefox needs to eat into that Chromium market share.

Never forgive. Never forget.

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Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM (9to5google.com)

submitted 2 years ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/5707453

The Chrome team says they're not going to pursue Web Integrity but...

it is piloting a new Android WebView Media Integrity API that’s “narrowly scoped, and only targets WebViews embedded in apps.”

They say its because the team "heard your feedback." I'm sure that's true, and I can wildly speculate that all the current anti-trust attention was a factor too.

Many said we couldn't stop it. We, like many, applied pressure, and they backed the fuck off.

We have no room for complacency now though. Google cannot be allowed to dictate web standards. Firefox needs to eat into that Chromium market share. Never forgive. Never forget.

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Looking for Moderators (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Hi, all.

We've grown considerably since rebuilding the sub (see https://lemmy.ml/post/2262830). Active monthly users 150 -> 380. 3.5k -> 5.42k subs. It seems to be growing organically now, and the higher we go, the more people will stumble across it. There is always a need to get away from Google, and hopefully our community can help people with this.

If you'd like to join us to help moderate so we have folk in place as we need them, that would be awesome.

If you are interested. Please send a message about why you think you'd be good for the role, and also an example post/comment in this community previously.

Thanks,

CrypticCoffee

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You can log out any time you like, but you can never leave... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/reddit@lemmy.world

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How convenient these tech problems are.

Sorry, we cannot delete your account because... checks notes... technical problems.

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Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 years ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2437896

also on r/privacy

Apologies for multiple posts today. I hadn't planned on doing so. I stumbled across this and it communicates effectively what this is. As many are confused by this, it could be a reasonable bit of information.

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Mozilla opposes Web Integrity API proposal (github.com)

submitted 2 years ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Mozilla's position on WEI is pretty solid.

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Google is already pushing WEI(DRM Webpage) into Chromium (github.com)

submitted 2 years ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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Oh boy, it's happening. Google is flexing it's muscles and abusing it's market position. It has never been a better way to convince and support family and friends in moving across to Firefox, a fast and privacy supporting browser.

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Plasma Mobile May Blog (plasma-mobile.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml

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A few months out of date, but I'm keen on the project and waiting on the latest installment. As content here is a little dated, it cannot hurt to get this here so folk can dig into it more.

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Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/25574

And since you won't be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility.

The community feedback is... interesting to say the least.

It does seem that using Chrome (or Chrome based browsers) is just going to going to perpetuate this. Firefox has never been more important IMHO.