HiramFromTheChi @ hiramfromthechi @lemmy.world

Building a better web for all of us: [hiram.io](https://hiram.io/)

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Done. Good lookin out.

I am once again recommending idcaboutprivacy

WhatsApp was charging $1-$3 per year before Facebook's acquisition. They had 600M+ users and a team of twelve people. It was beautiful while it lasted.

Hopefully we can carry out the original mission with Signal.

idcaboutprivacy

Not all heroes wear capes

I'm tryna change this and raise awareness about the importance of privacy through this open source project called idcaboutprivacy.

Appreciate that. Got a backlog of 200+ topics I still need to write about, so little by little.

Fair enough. Sometimes it can make a difference though (speaking someone's specific platform language). But yeah, I get it.

Me too. I wrote a blog post about it with a similar title and would love some feedback. I'm sure it could be expanded even more to include stuff like this.

It's widely regarded as the gold standard for secure communications.

You can also be a jack of all trades, master of some. Or a lot. Or most. 🤝

For software, I started this directory: CookieSlayers

Most of the software there is open source, but not all of it. Nevertheless, it's about companies/services/products that operate a bit more ethically.

This is only for software, and focused around tracking cookies (or lack thereof), but maybe it can expand to consumer goods: CookieSlayers

Interesting... I like the idea of referencing, or creating some sort of tagging/category system. I'm not sure about pushing it to limits like a Wikipedia, solely because it'd be so much content to manage.

But hey, that's why I made it open source. With the help of the community, it makes a lot more feasible to create and handle. So never say never on that.

Thanks. All links have been just me so far, but I do think the project has some real value and would benefit from contributions.

What kind of wiki did you have in mind? What would it do?

Needed this timeline cleanse 😌

Added this article to idcaboutprivacy.

The project is open source and only requires basic Markdown knowledge to contribute.

If you have any other privacy-related articles (especially those that talk about consequences), it'd be great for you to contribute.

I can't emphasize how important it is for you to control your phone, especially notifications. Every notification is literally a mind hijacking attempt. Regardless of the type of notification, it's something that disrupts our thinking and our flow.

Some of them are necessary—but most aren't.

All the native apps will of course try to get as much permission from you as possible, including notifications. Don't allow this permission freely.

Get really strict about which apps need to send you notifications, and when. Take it from a dude who used to give free reign to all apps for notifications.

Once I started thinking in a more digitally minimalistic way, it made a huge difference. Running GrapheneOS actually helped with this a lot. But you don't need GOS to do this and feel the difference.

I got some notifications turned on, but most of em are silent. So they still get delivered, but they're not time-sensitive. They'll be there when I check my phone next. I don't need em interrupting whatever I was doing or thinking.

TL;DR: Be strict about which notifications you allow, and when. It'll do wonders for your thinking, productivity, and mental health.

Here are 28 arguments for you to use.

I'd consider Signal to be the gold standard of secure communications.

You can describe it to them like WhatsApp, except it's private, secure, not Facebook-owned, nonprofit so it can't be bought or sold, etc.

Here's the blog post that I share with my friends comparing Signal to iMessage and WhatsApp when they ask me about it.

It usually answers most of their questions.