I’m kind of confused about the major point here, and how using mobile data is any more private than using a VPN

i will resubscribe when they remove the arbitration clause.

on one hand, fuck Mozilla’s enshitifiation.

on the other hand, this is a pro for custom ROM users. you get the AI automatically stripped out.

😐

The FCC ruled about this 2 years ago and apparently its still ongoing.

GrapheneOS recommends turning on airplane mode

" I have nothing to hide so why should I be worried ? "

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-402213A1.pdf

eBay has pretty much the same shit but most of the sellers use USPS.

are you me? cuz this post just kinda sounds like me.

no but seriously I feel your pain and I hope it gets better for you.

what do you do for fun? any TV/movies/video games/music/hobbies? they dont have to bring you joy right now, just wondering what you like c:

I’ll be honest, I didnt read the article. I really did just assume they were buying the location data from the carriers.

I’ll edit the post to make the de-google part more important :P

airplane mode + WiFi calling. you shouldnt be on your phone while youre driving, and most places have free WiFi, then install a Google free custom ROM to your phone such as LineageOS, iodeOS, GrapheneOS, RestlessOS GSI, or CalyxOS (whenever they come back)

makes me want to try running some old XP games

I like comaps

“Americans do it to themselves, they vote for it and they just let it happen”

meanwhile, the EU where the election system isnt a complete 2 party shit show:

me too tomoko

good business is when bankruptcy

I believe the drivers for pmos are all written from scratch, at least for the iOS devices. I’m sure some things could be borrowed from Lineage device trees. Their Wiki says that most of their supported iOS devices dont have anything past basic screen support, so I would guess that the shared base is only marginally helpful, unless alpine is no longer a part of iPhones (iPhone 6 is the oldest on the supported list I think?)

I’m going to say Alpine/postmarketos. The reason I say both is pmos uses Alpine as a base, but a lot of the code is built from the ground up as its a linux distro designed to run on mostly ARM devices (old phones and tablets. Even some old iOS devices!)

They’ll spy on us without it. Why shouldn’t I make it more difficult?

Bridge meshes could be interesting. Like if I could convince a friend to get one as well, then we could use meshtastic when were nearby each other or miles apart.

MQTT is kind of a PITA to get working. I had to use MQTT-Explorer to figure out a proper configuration. It seems since then, the developer has started using Copilot to write and test the application.

Oh wow! I was not aware how inexpensive pre-builts were. I may just pick one of those up then. Thank you for the link!! Is there any benefit of having nodes connected to MQTT? Ive heard theres some smart-home applications for people with acres of land, but would you say theres a usecase for people who live in an apartment or in.the suburbs?