There's also GoToSocial which is made to be lightweight from the get go.
I already use proton on PC, I needed one for mobile as well hence Calyx caught my eye.
(ProtonVPN's free plan is limited to one device at a time, that's why)
Is CalyxVPN reputable?
I came across CalyxVPN while browsing through F-droid, it seems to be offered by the same people who make CalyxOS. I couldn't find much discourse about it online, is it reputable enough to use?
My use case would be to hide whatever I do online from my ISP (I'm not torrenting, just browsing).
And yes, I know free VPNs are untrustworthy in most cases but this seems to come from a somewhat privacy respecting background so I was curious.
Yeah, I made this post after reading that article. There is clearly a problem with how domains and their renewals are managed. I'm not sure what a solution would look like, though.
What happens to my domain, website and email when I die?
A lot of folks suggest getting your own domain name for having control over your online presence but the question that I have always had is what would happen to them when I die?
Wouldn't the domains eventually expire and anyone else would be able to register it and access my email attached to that domain? With that email, they can theoretically get into all my accounts which don't have 2FA on (a lot of the sites just don't have the option to turn on 2FA) via the 'Forgot my password' services?
Similarly, if I have a blog or website that I have poured my heart and soul into for my entire life, wouldn't that just go down forever when the domain expires? Maybe services like The Internet Archive would help in that regard but I don't know how many people are actively searching for an archived version of a website when they can't access it on it's actual domain.
I understand that after I die, all of this wouldn't by my concern and wouldn't matter but I still think about this a lot.
To the people who have their own domain, email and/or blogs, what are your thoughts on this?
I use Ecosia, it plants trees with the profits from its ad revenue! Results are sourced from Bing and Google.
Yes, my default search engine is Ecosia.
I haven't changed it manually though, I installed their extension and it changed the default; if this matters in any way.
How to unpin "Search with Google" from my search bar?
![the background blur](https://assets-prod.sumo.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/media/uploads/images/2023-12-20-12-18-31-e16717.png?thumbnail=256&format=webp)
![](https://assets-prod.sumo.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/media/uploads/images/2023-12-20-12-18-31-e16717.png?format=webp)
I found this support forum post but the solution provided doesn't work.
Edit (thanks to @[email protected] for the Stack Exchange link):
Solution - Go to Settings -> Home -> Enable Shortcuts -> Go to a new tab -> Google will be pinned by default, hover over the Google icon -> Click on the 3 dots menu -> Unpin
Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency – Threema
Over the past days, two popular chat services have accused each other of having undisclosed government ties. According to Signal president Meredith Whittaker, Telegram is not only “notoriously insecure” but also “routinely cooperates with governments behind the scenes.” Telegram founder Pavel Durov,...
![Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/225b7084-33fe-46f5-87a0-358b09208453.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
You don't need internet to access the passwords stored in Bitwarden if you have their local clients installed. It stores an encrypted copy of your database locally to your device which syncs (updates) over the internet.
Just FYI, in India the president (head of the state) is more or less a ceremonial figure. It's the prime minister (head of the government) that you're probably talking about.
There's also https://justbeamit.com which iirc also functions in a similar way.
They aren't E2EE by default. You have to enable it manually.
Proton and Standard Notes are joining forces
Proton and the end-to-end encrypted note-taking app Standard Notes are joining forces. We’ve long been admirers and are excited to welcome Mo and his team.
![Proton and Standard Notes are joining forces | Proton](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5f98d2f4-7c95-41a6-9f36-f4fced7c1574.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
In my country, the state provides you with legal representation if you're unable to afford it on your own. Is that not the case in other countries (USA and Europe specifically)?
They also run bookwyrm.world! A fediverse alternative of Goodreads.
The clip is from a documentary called "A President, Europe and War" and it is not fake AFAIK.
Zelensky’s phone call to Macron to inform him that the invasion started
This is "A President, Europe and War - Extract" by Scorpion TV on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
![A President, Europe and War - Extract](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9826e3f8-32f6-4467-9ef9-7806caf202c0.webp?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Zelensky’s phone call to Macron to inform him that the invasion started
This is "A President, Europe and War - Extract" by Scorpion TV on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
![A President, Europe and War - Extract](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/071ed97f-9e77-4cd4-a519-5b577b4a5a22.webp?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Their generous offering of 10gigabytes of free storage along with a private, ad-free, end-to-end encrypted experience always sounded too good to be true. There was no way they could sustain that business model long term. At least they're giving users enough time to jump ship and have not sold their data to Notion (judging by their twitter replies).
Skiff, the private email provider has been acquired by Notion. It is set to shut down its services after 6 months.
Skiff Mail privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted product home, with Mail, Calendar, Pages, and Drive overview.
![Skiff - Private, encrypted, secure email - 10 GB free](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c10f569f-b146-4d48-a734-fe2e15a056d3.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
All skiff users have received a mail in this regard and Skiff has also tweeted about the same.
rdx.overdevs.com doesn't redirect to two different websites, it's a subdomain (which essentially functions just like any other domain).
The name being long isn't really a problem when most people just bookmark the sites they want to visit often and/or add the site to their home screen on mobile devices.
Moreover, using an alternate domain would incur additional unnecessary yearly cost & time to renew. The less maintenance these types of projects need, the better it is usually for them to survive long term.
they don’t “plant trees” but rather contribute very little amounts to existing programmes
Ofcourse they don't plant trees themselves, it's a search engine with a small team. They donate their entire profit which averages upwards of a million euros every month, to local tree planting initiatives across the world and that isn't a 'little' number at all.
“Every search plants a tree” is a lie. It’s not every search, but rather every couple clicks on an ad
I agree, they were 'a bit' misleading with that in the past. Although they did state in their tree counter earlier and somewhere in their website/blog that it was roughly 45 searches (in Germany, depends on region) which raised enough money to plant a tree. They've since removed most, if not all of the misinformation.
They use Bing results making them useless
Since when does using Bing results make a search engine a 'scam'? DuckDuckGo also uses Bing results, would you call that a scam as well? Ecosia uses Bing search results because it's close to impossible to make an independent search engine which gives satisfactory results without the resources of a tech giant.
A good, privacy respecting and FOSS PDF viewer for Android?
Currently, I'm just using the default 'Drive PDF Viewer' on my Android devices, would love to switch to something FOSS and non-google. Any good recommendations?
If it's available on F-Droid, that would be preferable.
It's so ridiculous when corporations steal everyone's work for their own profit, no one bats an eye but when a group of individuals do the same to make education and knowledge free for everyone it's somehow illegal, unethical, immoral and what not.
"Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?"
Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?
"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company."
From 2015 to 2022, I spent hundreds of hours on Duolingo, translating articles, answering language questions on the forums, and helping to improve the smaller courses by reporting mistakes. There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo: the course creators who wrote their course...
Under the same umbrella, instagram is dead unless you're selling something.
Instagram is far from dead. It is quite popular in South Asia and actually the social media of choice for many teens.
All of the games ever played on lichess along with puzzles, evaluations etc are also open and free to download at database.lichess.org
The site's founder and lead developer Thibault also often streams the development of the site on his Twitch channel!
I'm honestly suprised sometimes at how free, open and transparent this site is, truly an inspiration for anyone looking to build an ethical platform.
Can I follow Mastodon accounts from my Lemmy account?
We can follow lemmy accounts from Mastodon but I was wondering if we can do it the other way round?
I tried searching the username of some Masodon accounts into the search bar on Lemmy and nothing came up but when I search up the username of any Lemmy account, they do show up.
So, I'm guessing it's not yet possible?
How do you guys use the "Private notes about this account" feature on other mastodon profiles?
Just curious to know the different possible use cases.
You might see a lot more simulcasting.
![Twitch will now let streamers simultaneously stream on any service they want](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/509232dd-a027-4650-a505-2b8809244548.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Thoughts on this Reddit post claiming 'Lemmy doesn't care about privacy'?
Posted in r/privacy by u/ChanceHappening • 1,561 points and 197 comments
![Warning: Lemmy (federated reddit clone) doesn't care about your privacy, everything is tracked and stored forever, even if you delete it](https://lemmy.one/pictrs/image/26ec94c7-bcca-43d8-b50c-23a6bcb19340.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
>Warning: Lemmy (federated reddit clone) doesn't care about your privacy, everything is tracked and stored forever, even if you delete it