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  • fl42v@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlThose who know...
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    2 days ago

    This one doesn't, tho, unless you care how presentable the back of your pc is... And mine was for a few years just an array of parts and wires on the side of my desk, soooo...



  • fl42v@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.mlWhy don’t you like Apple?
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    12 days ago

    They're more secure (albeit in many wsys security through obscurity) than private, although the privacy aspect is probably among the best you can get by default as far as I can tell. On the other hand, if you're willing to do some relatively simple steps and buy specific hardware, you can achieve better privacy and security on both mobile (graphene) and desktop (qubes) devices.

    I personally dislike them for building unrepareable crap, tho.

















  • When doing connector stuff, you can almost always search for "connector name pinout". With trrs audio jacks it's somewhat weird at times, tho, as there's a standard and a mess Nokia did back in the day (ever wondered why their earphones sounded weird when connected to newer phonrs? That's 'cause they have swapped mic and ground "pins").

    That said, you need the second one from here. If you have trouble with identifying which pin on the other side connected to where, you can always use a multimeter (but usually they are kinda mirrored, i.e. the tip would be the farthest one from the sleeve on both ends)

    Hope it helps

    Addition:

    1. The colors corresponding to stuff can be found out by disassembling one of the ear cups and checking which colors it uses. E.g. you unscrew the right cup and see that it has red and golden wires, than red goes to the 1st ring, golden goes to ground (a.k.a. the second ring), the another single-colored wire goes to the tip. The mic cable usually has both gnd and signal kinda braided together, you separate the golden one from the 2-colored one, the former goes to the 2nd ring, the latter goes to the sleeve.
    2. The wires are usually badly solderable be default as they are covered with smth and may be also have chord for elasticity. Can be fixed by either using hotter temps on your soldering iron (I briefly used about 400c for that) or burning their tips with a lighter. Also, you'll probably need some flux (which kinda goes without saying, but just in case; make sure not to use acid accidentally as it eats through stuff even after looking evaporated or being washed off)

    Addit2: shoul've scrolled a bit more for better pics. This one should work better than me explaining stuff with words:

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    Addit3: vids are also available on yt. Search for "trrs replacement"



  • fl42v@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.mlELI5: GrapheneOS questions
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    3 months ago

    So, regarding the account: it depends. AFAIK, there's no "graphene account" in grapheneos, but you can use the regular google account after installing sandboxed play services. Note: you don't have to, the only things from google I personally used were gcam (since their hdr+ thingy is quite good) and photos (since foss alternatives I've tried can't 3d transform), both without play services and internet access. On other roms there may be an optional account (ex, /e/os).

    Applications: there's a messaging app (regular SMS) and gallery (not sure here, tho, mb there wasn't; once again I decided to keep using google photos), otherwise - nope. All can be obtained from f-droid/play store/aurora. Syncing probably needs to be done via 3rd party stuff (I'd probably go with self-hosted nextcloud instance, which can be done rather easily and for free with tailscale if you have a spare laptop/pc)

    App installation: I personally went with f-droid plus aurora (since the proprietary software I use doesn't rely on play services other than for sending notifications, exception - gcam, but fixable with gcam services provider from f-droid with the caveat of not being able to use sandboxed play services due to the name collision). Idk how exactly sandboxed play services are "better" compared to f-droid, mb in terms of software availability? Otherwise I prefer f-droid since stuff there is Foss, trackerless and overall better audited (paste here the links to numerous articles about actual malware being found in play store).

    Self-hosting nextcloud is relatively easy (I can drop some links later if you're interested), but you can also keep using whatever you used before. Also (correct me if I'm wrong) /e/ provides their cloud with some amount of free storage, so you may want to start with that.