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Martin Guay 👨‍💻🌈🎮📱🍁<p>Tired of your smartwatch dying before your coffee does? ☕<br>The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OnePlusWatch3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnePlusWatch3</span></a> gives you up to 6 days of battery, robust health tracking, and no shady cloud syncing. It's sleek, strong, and subscription-free.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.cryovex.com/oneplus-watch-3-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cryovex.com/oneplus-watch-3-re</span><span class="invisible">view/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WearOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearOS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Smartwatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartwatch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PrivacyFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AndroidGear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidGear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FitnessTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FitnessTech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OnePlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnePlus</span></a></p>
Whasdah :mastodon:<p>Fifteen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> for better <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wellbeing</span></a>. Luckily, there are apps available that are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notforprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notforprofit</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacyfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfriendly</span></a>, like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> to stay connected, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> for private (group) messaging, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jitsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jitsi</span></a> for online video meetings, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wikiloc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wikiloc</span></a>, <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> for sharing photos and video,<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immich</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entephotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entephotos</span></a> as private photo and video cloud storage, etc</p><p>Check out the list:</p><p><a href="https://waag.org/en/article/15-alternative-apps-better-privacy-and-wellbeing/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">waag.org/en/article/15-alterna</span><span class="invisible">tive-apps-better-privacy-and-wellbeing/</span></a></p>
Zuri (he/him) 🕐 CET<p>Is there still a running and working instance of proxigram?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediHelp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/alternativeFrontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alternativeFrontend</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacyRespecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyRespecting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacyFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
MAD7 :vegan: :it:<p>:it: Buonasera 🙂</p><p>Esistono <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> etiche e <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/PrivacyFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyFriendly</span></a> che evitano di salvare dati, conversazioni ecc. ecc. ? 🤔</p><p>🇬🇧 Good evening 🙂</p><p>Are there ethical and <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/PrivacyFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/AIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIs</span></a> that avoid saving data, conversations, etc. etc. ? 🤔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/claudeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claudeai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/intelligenzaartificiale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligenzaartificiale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/perplexityai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perplexityai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Writesonic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writesonic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/midjourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midjourney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/MicrosoftDesigner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftDesigner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/StabilityAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StabilityAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/suno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suno</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/udio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>udio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/heygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heygen</span></a></p>
MAD7 :vegan: :it:<p>A quante persone piace che ora su <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/OrganicMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrganicMaps</span></a> si possano aggiungere e vedere i menù dei ristoranti? 🤩🙏🏼🍀</p><p>Io lo trovo comodissimo! 🙂<br>A quando le foto dei luoghi <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>organicmaps</span></a></span> ? 📸</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/googlemaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>googlemaps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/googlemapsalternative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>googlemapsalternative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/PrivacyFriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyFriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/privacyfriendlyapps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfriendlyapps</span></a></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibRedirect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibRedirect</span></a> is a web <a href="https://mas.to/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> extension that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/redirects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redirects</span></a> requests to popular websites like <a href="https://mas.to/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> and others to alternative <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacyfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/frontends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frontends</span></a> and backends. </p><p><a href="https://libredirect.github.io/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">libredirect.github.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://opencollective.com/libredirect" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">opencollective.com/libredirect</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Expert Plus 🍀🔱<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thomasfuchs</span></a></span> I agree with you 100%. That is one of the main reasons I use <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Waterfox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Waterfox</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/librewolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>librewolf</span></a></span> (sometimes <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Vivaldi</span></a></span>) over Mozilla. </p><p>Most Linux distros have Firefox browser set as default. In my case, I deleted Firefox from my Linux Mint.</p><p>Oh, and as well as everyone else says - they should not just get rid of Google as search engine, but as well they should get rid of Google from about:config page. </p><p>If you search through about:config , you will find indeed lots of Google connections...wish they removed them all.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/vivaldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vivaldi</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/vivaldibrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vivaldibrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/firefoxbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firefoxbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfox</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/waterfoxbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfoxbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/browserworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browserworks</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mint</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/vr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vr</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mozillafirefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mozillafirefox</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mozillabrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mozillabrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/librewolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librewolf</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/librwolfbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librwolfbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distros</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxdistro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistro</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxdistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistros</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/distributive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributive</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributions</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxdistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistribution</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linuxdistributive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistributive</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacybrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacybrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacyfocused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfocused</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacyfocusedbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfocusedbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacyfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/privacyisahumanright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyisahumanright</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>googlesearch</span></a></p>
Dimitris Nakos, MSc<p>Anyone who can recommend any <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/privacyfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/calendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calendar</span></a> to the g00gle one? Preferably with support for the google one since loads of people still use the blasted thing...</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
AtB137<p><a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> is currently the most masssuitable, <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/privacyfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyfriendly</span></a>, <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/datasafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datasafe</span></a>, <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a>, according to various <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/audits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audits</span></a> / <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/tests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tests</span></a>.<br>Cons: it only works on <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Pixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pixel</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a>.<br>If you do NOT want to support <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> &amp; do not want to buy <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> from Google, you can alternatively use <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/DivestOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DivestOS</span></a> for many other <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a> as a good mobile system (e.g. for <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/OnePlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnePlus</span></a> devices).</p><p><a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/datascience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datascience</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/degoogled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degoogled</span></a> <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/customrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>customrom</span></a></p>