According to GrapheneOS, Google is the one who publishes security and firmware updates. If this is true, the Pixel 3 and 3a will remain insecure regardless of OS.

Buyer beware. Years ago, Brax was selling end-of-life Pixel 3s (with a degoogled OS) and not letting his customers know these devices would not be receiving security updates.

Until the day I die, I will associate “Brax” with “scammer”.

I tried this a couple of months ago. The app will not stay running in the background on Android.

Not running, not scanning.

Think about how long that paper has been sealed up in the plastic wrap. Germs and bacteria can survive for a limited amount of time. I submit anything on the paper towel is dead.

The only problem is people using LLMs and AIs.

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I use main, that’s it. No second profile, no private space.

Nearly all apps installed respect my privacy. Two apps installed that aren’t great for privacy. They stay disabled until I need them, then they get disabled again.

Now, if I had a Google, Facebook, etc accounts, those would be in their own profiles.

The car is a 2014. Not internet connected but still has a black box.

I’ve been playing local mp3 for decades. Along came streaming but I didn’t see a reason to switch.

My laptop is a 2017 T-470 Thinkpad running Fedora44. Old machine, new software.

I use Syncthing and external hard drives instead of cloud storage.

I don’t own a TV.

Not a single smart appliance in the house.

I don’t hate it but I also refuse to use it. I’m dumb enough without surrendering my thinking to a klanker.

There is also the environmental cost and enshittification of neighbourhoods.

I’ve unsubscribed from several youtubers who use it.

RSS is probably my favourite way to consume information so when I find out a feed uses AI to write or research I delete them pretty quickly.

Edit: corrected two early morning mistakes.

You’re Welcome.

Could be the anonymous account is being blocked. Log out and log back in.

Every time I see someone post about Aurora, I check and it always loads for me.

Front ends get blocked, it’s just the way it is.

Are you getting a blank page in the Kiwix app? Same here.

Give this a try https://browse.library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng

I download with a browser or as a torrent. I then copy it to my tablet’s storage card.

Could a new category for Sponsorblock. Reach out to the developer and see if they want to add it.

Ublock Origin has a couple of AI filter lists that might help you.

https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

https://codeberg.org/ArrayPirate/ShittyAiBlocklist

There is also https://noai.duckduckgo.com/ but it lets in plenty of AI when doing an image search. This needs a lot of work.

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Bessent has such a punch-able face.

I’ve been using this for years.

Baby Shark do do dodo do

Boycott Walmart or Costco in Canada and the only thing you will accomplish is lots of Canadians getting laid off if the boycott goes on long enough.

Boycott USA products so Canadian workers can keep their jobs.

I sometimes use cruise control in the car.