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jacktherippah @ jacktherippah @lemmy.world
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Anonymous phone number

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  • There's this "resend" button on the site I guess but I don't know, I've never tried. I usually just use a number for a one time verification.

    • Anonymous phone number

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  • smspool.net works great for me. Tried with GMail, Apple ID, and ChatGPT.

    • Permanently Deleted

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  • From this discussion, I wouldn't touch that with a 10-foot pole.

    • Nothing is bringing iMessage to its Android phone - The Verge

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  • Yeah, you're logging in to someone else's Mac Mini in a server farm somewhere and trusting them with your data.

    • You can choose normal, fancy, or wildcard.

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  • No no, I speak a combination of the three. Although American English dominates my accent. That's what you get when you grow up watching English-speaking media. You pick up their accents and you make one of your own.

    • Google memes itself with an admission of spying on customers via a new ad on reddit!

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  • Still funny though.

    • Bing loses search market share to Google despite ChatGPT integration

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  • ChatGPT is not a search engine. It takes random shit from the Internet and stitches it together. It can often get things wrong in my experience. It's best to always fact check.

    • What are your thoughts on the balance between national security and individual privacy? Where do you draw the line?

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  • Fuck my country. My needs come first.

    P/S: OK, for saying that I might disappear soon. It was nice knowing y'all.

    • I learned about startpage recently.

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  • I'm really put off by the fact a privacy centered search engine would require captcha for VPN users. It was annoying to use on MullvadVPN.

    • windows and privacy

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    • Weird 🤔

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    • Apps Requesting Permissions

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  • GrapheneOS/DivestOS has that. It's called Storage Scope. I dont know if it's possible in stock Android.

    • Xiaomi won't give Android updates if you unlock your bootloader

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  • It is the case for a Pixel. Flash stock, relock and no one will know you've messed with your device.

    • I'll never not want to

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  • Cat

    • New restrictions placed on Xiaomi's bootloader unlocking process

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  • Point is, there are now strict restrictions that weren't there before, like the fact that you need to request permission to unlock bootloader on their forum. That process would require you to reach 'level five' on their forum, among other things. Some articles report having to verify your real name and a mandatory 15-minute survey. And it's not even guaranteed either, they can reject your request for bootloader unlock. Even when granted, the permission will expire after one year. That's what's happening on the Chinese versions. Global users will have to stand by for upcoming changes. IMO, it is a big deal because this is an anti-consumer move, a move that would alienate their core user base, tech enthusiasts looking for cheap devices that they can easily modify.

    • What keeps you going every day?

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  • The weekends.

    • Instagram's monthly subscription

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  • I had about 150 friends on Facebook when I quit. I'm quite recluse say so I didn't really interact with them much.

    • Instagram's monthly subscription

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  • Just stop using Instagram. I quit mainstream social media (Facebook, Instagram, Reddit,...) and the experience has been quite cathartic.

    • Android's new real-time app scanning aims to combat malicious sideloaded apps | TechCrunch

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  • Why a Pixel 5? It's end of life already.

    • Free Internet Non-Believers

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  • I get you. I'm the exact same. Always the weird and paranoid one for being weary of data collection. It is frustrating for sure. So far, no one in my life cares. And I don't think anyone ever will. It's sad, really, but that's how it is. So I just try to do the best I can to maintain my privacy for the threat model that I have and hope that some day somebody else will care.