miss_brainfart @ miss_brainfart @lemmy.ml

Hi, I'm Miss Brainfart.

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your old messages magically show up without you having to provide an encryption key

Do they? I thought you had to explicitely back them up to get them on a new device. At least that's how it was when I still used it.

You're not a man 'til you've had a man.

It's always difficult with digital matters, since there isn't anything tangible and concrete to show.

Like, there's no shady person following them with a notebook and reporting back to their boss all day, but that is kinda what's happening, just invisible to the user.

My pihole is pretty good at showing family how many connections their apps make are completely unnecessary to their actual functions. That's a good illustration to start with.

Many people put privacy, security and anonymity all in a single basket. While they often go hand in hand between one another, they're still fundamentally different things.

That's a fantastic deal you got there

Maybe it's because I'm using Endeavour? I'm not sure

People always tell me how affordable the Mac mini is when I complain about Apples' pricing. Huh?
719€ for a computer that has 8GB of memory? Shared between cpu and gpu? In 2023?

Excuse me?

That's also just a waste of good wafers for how capaple Apple silicon is.

Keep the prostate happy and healthy, that's all I'm gonna say

Maybe if we tell them uBlock Origin is a condom for their browser, they'll understand?

What a sentence to type out

This looks like a difficult horse to ride, is all. I've tried riding once, but had issues keeping it where it needs to go.

Oh, I've seen people who can... uh, nevermind

Quite the Bi vibes, and that one part in the lower half kinda resembles a Trans flag, too

Didn't Micay announce in May that he was going to step down as lead developer and head of the foundation?

Still though, him being a massive dick doesn't mean Graphene is a bad system all of a sudden. As I said before, it's a case of personal principles vs practical use, and people will decide whatever they'll decide.

People are complex, and this kind of decision-making simply isn't as black and white as you'd like it to be. (And don't get me wrong here, there certainly are many situations where it should be)

Anyway, I guess you'll be happy to hear that sustainability and repairability in form of a Fairphone is ultimately more important to me than being able to use Graphene.

That's likely the route I'll be going whenever DivestOS doesn't support my device anymore.

If you were to quote this 20 years later, it would require no further context and citation

See, I genuinely appreciate the thought behind that. It's just that the way you word things sounds like an uncomfortable mix between aggressive, a dash of condescending, and getting worked up about others not accepting „the one truth“, so to speak.

Again, I appreciate trying to raise awareness.
But firstly, roll back and try other ways of doing it, and secondly, you can't force decisions on others.

You have to because you are XY political affiliation

No, just stop saying stuff like that. Seriously, it doesn't do you or your cause any favours.

The original Rasputin, but also the nightcore remix on NightcoreLounge

That is the most elaborate way of dancing around a simple answer I have ever seen, I am impressed.

Marketing, lies and deception aside, what is the most secure and private Android system?

Okay, first of all: Chill, and let me lay out an observation here.

You are very passionate about that topic, maybe a little too much. The way you talk about it is too heated, and gives people the idea that a civil discussion might not be possible.

The fact that you immediately start conspiring about where your downvotes come from doesn't make it any better.

Now, the issues you describe are very much real, and a problem. There are merits and downfalls in each project, each one handles these differently, and it is for us to decide how to react to that.

So, you're saying that as a reaction, I should neither use Graphene nor DivestOS, am I understanding this correctly?

What then? Compromise my privacy by using less optimal systems? Why would I do that?

Doing things out of principle vs doing them out of practical use is something this community is quite aware of, isn't it. Sometimes the decision isn't easy, sometimes it is.

Well, I do oppose this kind of behaviour, but I also want to use a system that fits my needs.

So what should I do? Making more people aware of issues is often the best we can realistically hope for.

I've heard of the general toxicity years ago already, but I will take no part in this drama and use whatever system fits the bill