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Do you have an app that you use for a unique or uncommon purpose? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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That diverges from how the app was intended to be used or for what audiences it was marketed for

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[–] SomGye@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have used Telegram, for over 12 years, to send messages and important notes to myself, and to very quickly send files between devices. It supports fast and smart search and pinning, and it acts as an archive for certain dates and events, but with the ability to have file attachments or screenshots on those dates (unlike a normal calendar). Everything else I have tried has some of these features, kind of, but nothing else has all of them and in the way that I need. Plus it’s free and fast and fully cross-platform.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Threema would be better and more private for that, huh? Actually use it for same purposes as you

[–] SomGye@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting, I know that’s paid only, does it have full search indexing and unlimited file storage though 🤔💭

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Not sure but definitey look into it, Telegram is a scary thing. You're paying with them monetizing your shit

[–] SomGye@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the heads up 🙏

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Its a great tool for replacing AirDrop too

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Off all things I don't want to be monetized, they can monetize my uptime-kuma and *arr alarms whatever they are worth.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I just dont have your trust of the Russians. I dont trust any company really but particularly not them. No good can come from anything like that

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Again, not much to monetize from that:

At worst they could hack my phone. But then we'd have a different kind of problem.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

You use a VPN at least?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Reverse proxy for unimportant, VPN for important

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

How do (reverse) proxies work?

Im only aware of terms like "Munchausens by Proxy" or "Proxy Wars" aha, seems to be some kind of stand in or something?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

You are better served searching up on it by looking for networking guides.

Rudimentary it could be called a middleman facilitating the connection between two hosts (server and client)