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  1. Comment on I am a graphenOS user and am considering getting a secondary iPhone, but I need more perspectives on how to set it up in ~tech

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    my God mate that is a fantastic resource. Is it recommended by anyone with knowledge and expertise to weigh in on whether that is a trustworthy guide? Like Stalman or EFF or Snowden?

    https://www.privacyguides.org/en/os/ios-overview

    my God mate that is a fantastic resource. Is it recommended by anyone with knowledge and expertise to weigh in on whether that is a trustworthy guide? Like Stalman or EFF or Snowden?

    4 votes

  2. Need help deciding if I need to replace my Pixel running grapheneOS

    ~tech Ask (advice)
    so like most of the community, I wanted to do a dance when I saw https://tildes.net/~tech/1t09/motorola_and_grapheneos_foundation_partnership_announced. However I have a Google Pixel 6 and...

    so like most of the community, I wanted to do a dance when I saw https://tildes.net/~tech/1t09/motorola_and_grapheneos_foundation_partnership_announced. However I have a Google Pixel 6 and according to this page, that stops getting security updates this October.

    now what I can't tell is is it a better idea to wait for the new moto+grapheneOS phone or bite the bullet and buy a supported pixel. I don't know if anyone know how long until a moto+grapheneOS phone actually hits the market. If it's next year, not a big deal to wait. If it's 2+ years, I get worried about missing out on security updates.

    Not sure the best course of action, security wise.

    14 votes

  3. Comment on I am a graphenOS user and am considering getting a secondary iPhone, but I need more perspectives on how to set it up in ~tech

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    Post updated with more context. I wish that was possible for me :-( maybe I am wrong.

    Post updated with more context.

    Think you might be better off downloading a cross-platform Podcasts app on your GrapheneOS phone instead of trying to use the iPhone like a modern day iPod.

    I wish that was possible for me :-( maybe I am wrong.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on I am a graphenOS user and am considering getting a secondary iPhone, but I need more perspectives on how to set it up in ~tech

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    damn but not surprising.

    You can’t turn off telemetry completely though, I think it’ll always connect for push notifications and iCloud?

    damn but not surprising.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on I am a graphenOS user and am considering getting a secondary iPhone, but I need more perspectives on how to set it up in ~tech

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    I dont disagree. its just a consequence of trying to have a seamless experience between a mobile device and an iPad :P

    I dont disagree. its just a consequence of trying to have a seamless experience between a mobile device and an iPad :P

    2 votes

  6. Comment on I am a graphenOS user and am considering getting a secondary iPhone, but I need more perspectives on how to set it up in ~tech

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    post updated with more context.

    post updated with more context.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on I am a graphenOS user and am considering getting a secondary iPhone, but I need more perspectives on how to set it up in ~tech

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    Post updated with new info. hmm. I assumed the Podcast app is pre-installed but good point. I need a suitable podcast for my iPad that can sync with a mobile device :sweat_smile:

    To your requirement I'd say ... why? There doesn't seem any point in carrying a whole other device for a podcast app and you clearly don't trust or need Apple services.

    Post updated with new info.

    You can't use the device much without an Apple ID. You say you don't want the app store, but unless you live in a territory where that's optional (I don't), then you might have difficulty installing that app. I don't /think/ Apple Podcasts came preinstalled on my iPhone, but I've had it a while and might have removed it.

    hmm. I assumed the Podcast app is pre-installed but good point.

    Find a suitable podcast app for GrapheneOS, I'd say, and sell the free iPhone.

    I need a suitable podcast for my iPad that can sync with a mobile device :sweat_smile:

    1 vote

  8. I am a graphenOS user and am considering getting a secondary iPhone, but I need more perspectives on how to set it up

    ~tech Ask (advice)
    as a grapheneOS user, I obviously care about my privacy, hence why the iPhone will not be my main driver, the grapheneOS device will continue to be. but I might be getting a free iPhone soon and I...

    as a grapheneOS user, I obviously care about my privacy, hence why the iPhone will not be my main driver, the grapheneOS device will continue to be.

    but I might be getting a free iPhone soon and I have an idea of what I would use it for (Podcasts as Apple Podcast is the best cross-platform podcast app I have come across) but am not sure what else I would be comfortable using it for as I don't know what actions are safe without having Apple gather that much data or telemetry on me.

    I know that I won't be using iCloud on it. I have no need for Apple's data storage. Nor do I see myself ever using the App Store, except for installing a VPN app. I might install Signal on it but not anytime soon (not least of which cause Signal does not yet support multiple smartphone usages for the same device). I definitely won't use iMessage as I don't believe in using a messaging service that is limited to a specific ecosystem.

    I will note that I wont install a SIM on it. It will be using Wi-Fi for the foreseeable future.

    Given these things, i am not sure if there is anything i should be on the look-out for in terms of privacy concerns with the usages I have outlined above

    Edit:

    Based on the answers to my post, I am getting the sense I didn't explain my current situation, which fair enough.

    I have audio and video podcasts I consume, for my audio podcasts that I tend to listen to while commuting and exercising, AntennaPod proved a God send for this, to the extent that I wanted to support the app financially until I saw that they said their costs are already covered and it made me appreciate them even more for their honesty.

    However, I have a free iPad I got by accident (not worth going into here) and I prefer to consume my video podcasts on a bigger screen than my google pixel. I don't trust Google with tablet development after a bad experience with another tablet I had from them so that was out. so I decided to just use the free iPad and was delighted to find their Podcasts app also supports videos.

    However, I wanted 1 service that I can use on a phone and tablet. AntennaPod does not have any iPad apps. I saw this page and the 2 alternatives seemed to be Pocket Casts and Podverse. I tried Podverse but the iPad app would not even launch for me, it crashed every time so I said goodbye to that.

    reading into pocket casts, it seems they do collect some data and they do have the option opt-out of that but that could very well change, which means I'd be in a situation where I could be paying for a product while also having my data collected and I disagree with that business model.

    So, Apple Podcasts is probably collecting some data on me but I figured all it knows is what podcasts I listen to, which isn't terribly useful (I hope) considering I have subscribed to podcasts from a feed I generate myself.

    And I happened to already have an old iPhone lying around at home so I decided to switch to using that for my audio Podcasts and use my iPad for video podcasts and its sometimes glitchy since I would call the Apple Podcasts synchronization experience (between devices) half-baked at most but I can make it work for my use case. So I am already using a separate iPhone just for podcasts and I might be in the position where I get a new iPhone which would replace the current iPhone but not sure what new threats to be aware of privacy-wise. I would be upgrading from an iPhone SE first gen to whatever new version I am getting.

    16 votes

  9. Looking for a particular kind of computer speaker

    ~tech Ask (recommendations)
    so I need computer speakers that are less than 6 inch high either the left or right speaker has controls that allow me to increase or decrease the volume have 3.5 mm headphone port [optional]...

    so I need computer speakers that

    • are less than 6 inch high
    • either the left or right speaker has controls that allow me to
      • increase or decrease the volume
      • have 3.5 mm headphone port [optional]
      • button to power on/off [optional]
    • wired, either via 3.5 mm headphone jack or USB-C cable

    I've tried looking for it but I am having a damn hard time trying to find something that fits all these.

    16 votes

  10. What do dreams mean?

    ~science Ask
    I don't mean this in the sense of "if I have a sex dream that involves my mother, does that mean I am attracted to my mother?", I know that dreams aren't a literal representation of our desires in...

    I don't mean this in the sense of "if I have a sex dream that involves my mother, does that mean I am attracted to my mother?", I know that dreams aren't a literal representation of our desires in that sense.

    What I mean more is, is there any study or anything that has been done to see if a dream's content indicates anything about what problem the brain is trying to work out?

    Like does a dream about sex indicate that a certain lobe in the brain is particularly active at that moment?

    Or like I have had negative dreams that cause me to feel anxiety when I wake up that involve my family or where I was in the middle of an ICE raid recently, does that indicate anything in particular about what my brain was doing while I was asleep that caused me to feel anxiety and that happened to manifest as ICE raids?

    not sure if this was the right sub for this question.

    25 votes

  11. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    Hmmm, you're not wrong. and I think I would have been far more OK with the change if github had done real substantive changes. Like if they announced the change along with publishing hard facts as...

    Hmmm, you're not wrong. and I think I would have been far more OK with the change if github had done real substantive changes. Like if they announced the change along with publishing hard facts as to their employee diversity and lay out how they will be improving in real ways, I think that change would have bothered me less. I would have thought "you know that master had no racial connotations in this context but if you are doing actual things too then let's just take the win I guess"

    But you are just going to do this small performative change without doing anything real substantive work? I hate pretend.....I was going to say "pretend woke" but it seems that word rubs alot of people on this site the wrong way so I don't know another shorthand for "socially conscious mindset" and google gemini had no synonyms that I think really capture it so :shrug:

  12. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    That's an interesting perspective I hadn't considered.

    A lot of the original phrases weren’t incredibly clear or descriptive, they were jargon.

    That's an interesting perspective I hadn't considered.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    I don't view woke or wokeism that way, especially since it was a black woman who originally created it. is it being hijjacked by the right-wing? sure. but I prefer to reclaim it. However, it seems...

    I don't view woke or wokeism that way, especially since it was a black woman who originally created it.

    is it being hijjacked by the right-wing? sure. but I prefer to reclaim it.

    However, it seems that use of that word on this website has rubbed quite a lot of people the wrong way (which I am surprised considering I thought my post made it clear I am a progressive person) so live and let learn I guess?

    3 votes

  14. Comment on How do you report an entire topic? in ~tildes

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    there wasn't any real intention behind it (like "triggering or owning the libs") as I lay out here.

    there wasn't any real intention behind it (like "triggering or owning the libs") as I lay out here.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    it very well could be but I struggle to get through my reading list as it is :sweat_smile: also, I tend to read only memoirs from interesting people (Trevor Noah, Malala, etc) so I think a book...

    it very well could be but I struggle to get through my reading list as it is :sweat_smile:

    also, I tend to read only memoirs from interesting people (Trevor Noah, Malala, etc) so I think a book like that might be too dense for me anyways.

    I prefer to watch youtube videos on such things from people I trust.

  16. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    oh, I was distracted and misread your message a bit, sorry. you are saying your issue is specifically with the addition of "ism" at the end of woke. :shrug: I wasn't really thinking about it much...

    oh, I was distracted and misread your message a bit, sorry. you are saying your issue is specifically with the addition of "ism" at the end of woke. :shrug: I wasn't really thinking about it much when I wrote the title tbh, I just already had the word progressivism so I guess I was thinking in terms of "isms" is all.

    but sure, in daily practice, I rarely (if ever) use the word "wokeism" but I dont think I feel a particular way about it tbh.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    I think my PoV is the attempt to turn "woke" into a negative is a successful attempt to make people feel embarrassed for caring about social issue or social justice. Just my take obviously but I...

    I never had an attachment to calling myself "woke" in the first place. They win because we don't follow through with progressive action, regardless of the language used. If they tried to force me to say I was "same sex attracted" rather than queer or bi or pan I'd not be losing that battle. "Woke" has been abused by the centrists/liberals as much as the right and I'm happy with it returning to the purview of the Black community as much as they would like.

    I think my PoV is the attempt to turn "woke" into a negative is a successful attempt to make people feel embarrassed for caring about social issue or social justice. Just my take obviously but I think that's where I land on it.

    Also that meme is a real person who was upset by Trump's inauguration and was protesting.

    well TIL I learnt the backstory behind that meme. I always assumed someone was protesting outside a college campus about something and someone managed to snap a picture of them while they were trying or something.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    I speak more about this in another comment so I won't repeat myself but I guess Jon Stewart unironically calling himself woke helped me get to a place where I feel comfortable doing so myself.

    I speak more about this in another comment so I won't repeat myself but I guess Jon Stewart unironically calling himself woke helped me get to a place where I feel comfortable doing so myself.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on What are some stories of progressivism gone wrong in implementation? in ~society

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    the one thing I will say I liked being changed was the master/slave crap on Jenkins. especially given the slave gets killed when it is no longer being used to run a job. The subtext there could...

    the one thing I will say I liked being changed was the master/slave crap on Jenkins. especially given the slave gets killed when it is no longer being used to run a job. The subtext there could not be ignored, at least imo.

    but the github thing felt like that scene from American Fiction where the white liberals were all patting themselves on the back for being woke and "listening to black people" when the scene was clearly showing them ignoring the perspectives of the only black people in the room.

    I'd be curious if that change in master at github also came with actual changes in diversity with regards to their leadership team and etc.

    9 votes

  20. Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk

    b3_k1nd_rw1nd
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    Curiosity? I never said it did?

    Like really, why?

    Curiosity?

    I really don't understand how knowing basic aggregate data changes anything.

    I never said it did?

    19 votes