It's unable to indentify Brave every time with my personal setup...

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 week ago

I would put WhatsApp in a Work Profile via e.g. Shelter. It's isolates it from the rest of device. I would also avoid putting PII on your profile like your full name, a photo as pfp, your bio, etc.

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Apkpure isn he opposite of privacy respecting and resell u pirated apps ๐Ÿ’€

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month ago

Checkout Heliboard, it's a fork of the discontinued Openboard which fixes a lot of it's bugs and adds new features and improvements:

https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard

It's avaible on F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago

Shifting trust.

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Check F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid. There are many weather apps.

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 month ago

I think as more competition and choices we have, so better.

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 month ago

Why do you ask this in privacy community ๐Ÿ’€

It's unrelated.

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 month ago

I think what you really need is threat modeling. It seems like you're currently trying to protect yourself against anything and everything. That's not necessarily wrong, but it stresses you out and overwhelms you. And it's ultimately not really beneficial either. I suggest reading the guide from PrivacyGuides.org and other resources. Ente and Proton also recently wrote a blog post about it.

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Are thwre guides, tutorials or similar on how to use Steam more privately?

I'm at a point where I'd like to play certain games, but I dislike that they're exclusively available on consoles and Steam for Desktop. Steam's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service raise concerns about my personal security and privacy. I'm looking for advice on how to improve my privacy while using Steam.

Thank you in advance!

(I will use Steam on Linux)

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I'm at a point where I'd like to play certain games, but I dislike that they're exclusively available on consoles and Steam for Desktop. Steam's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service raise concerns about my personal security and privacy. I'm looking for advice on how to improve my privacy while using Steam.

Thank you in advance!

(I will use Steam on Linux)

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de to c/android

~~I accidentally removed a MicroSD card from an Android device running Android 12 while it was being ejected. This happened because it took longer than usual (less than a few seconds), and I pulled it out without looking at the notification. Now, when I insert the MicroSD card into any Android device, it tells me to format it to use it, as a problem has occurred. It also gives me the option to format it and extend the internal storage. The third option is to skip both and do it later, which keeps the SD card unreadable by the system. The MicroSD card contains a lot of data that's important to me, and unfortunately, I had no backup, as I always considered my MicroSD as an external storage medium for such data. I would really appreciate any help on how I can resolve this issue and make the SD card data accessible again by Android. Thank you for reading! ๐Ÿฅฒ~~

Edit: Don't ask me why or how. But I put the SD Card into a phone running Android 14, and booted it. The SD Card could be actually read by the phone after it finished booting. I turned the phone off again, pulled the SD card out and put it back into it's original running Android 12 and magically it works again! My theory is that the Android 14 recognized and automatically fixed what was wrong and this made the card readable again to older Android versions.

Thanks to everyone who commented!

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de to c/android@lemmy.world

~~I accidentally removed a MicroSD card from an Android device running Android 12 while it was being ejected. This happened because it took longer than usual (less than a few seconds), and I pulled it out without looking at the notification. Now, when I insert the MicroSD card into any Android device, it tells me to format it to use it, as a problem has occurred. It also gives me the option to format it and extend the internal storage. The third option is to skip both and do it later, which keeps the SD card unreadable by the system. The MicroSD card contains a lot of data that's important to me, and unfortunately, I had no backup, as I always considered my MicroSD as an external storage medium for such data. I would really appreciate any help on how I can resolve this issue and make the SD card data accessible again by Android. Thank you for reading! ๐Ÿฅฒ~~

Edit: Don't ask me why or how. But I put the SD Card into a phone running Android 14, and booted it. The SD Card could be actually read by the phone after it finished booting. I turned the phone off again, pulled the SD card out and put it back into it's original running Android 12 and magically it works again! My theory is that the Android 14 recognized and automatically fixed what was wrong and this made the card readable again to older Android versions.

Thanks to everyone who commented!

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

In Germany there are laws in place which forbid filming or taking pictures of others without their consent. It's called the "Right to your own picture". There are exceptions, for example when you take a picture of a famous building with hundreds of people in front of it.

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 months ago

I think you haven't understood the difference between privacy, and total anonymity, do you?

[-] Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think it's not the services fault that people aren't aware of the limits of encrypted services. They are not going to shut everythin' down just for a few people, if you need smth anonymous Proton is not for you.

Also, it's your task to have good opsec. If you give your iCloud email to Proton which has personal information sticked to it, your fault.

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