ancom20 [none/use name]

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  • ancom20 [none/use name]totechnologyLaptop recommendations?
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    2 years ago

    If you want to get a used phone, I've had good luck on Swappa buying used phones. I personally like Androids. Fairphone aims to be an ethical phone that's user-repairable (but not available directly in the US). /e/ (Android-based phone OS) sells phones also. Wish I could afford a libreboot (BIOS) Linux laptop like these: https://minifree.org/











  • Some paid services that looked good for email privacy when I looked before (at least with regards to ads/profiting from user-data) were Countermail, myKolab (firm that supports open-source mail software development Kolab), StartMail, Tutanota, ProtonMail. Note that any email operator can access your messages, that's why it's important to encrypt them with GPG. Mail-headers may also not be anonymous, and could disclose IP addresses. See if your provider supports STARTTLS. An alternative to GPG for email encryption (but more centralized) is S/MIME. The founder of Lavabit started an email-like service called DarkMail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_encryption. If you're sending/receiving unencrypted emails to GMail users, however, GMail obviously gets a copy of the message and your email address.








  • They say the inflation is 8% because extremely expensive luxury items haven't increased that much supposedly. (I wouldn't know). Meanwhile, basically everything I have to buy to live is up at least 25%. Gasoline up over 30% (since the decline). Hell, Dollar Tree is now "Dollar Twenty-Five" Tree (+25%). Soup I used to buy for $3.xx is now at $4. Nutrition drink I usually have is +$0.50 (about a 10% increase).