• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    66·
    3 months ago

    This is something that sneaks up on you as well. And all that started a few years ago when I finally decided to get myself my first smartphone and tried to optimize data usage and battery life. I then realized that not only some apps and “system processes” were using battery and data when not in use, but that there wasn’t even given a way for me to stop it from happening. I also got creeped out when I moved to work in another building and Facebook started giving me friend suggestions of people who worked there. Location wasn’t even enabled on my phone.

    And now today I have no mainstream social media account, run GrapheneOS on my phone, Linux on my computer and have migrated to almost entirely FOSS software and apps. I have become the crazy privacy obsessed weirdo.

    • Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Not a weirdo. It is the only reasonable thing to do. Unfortunately, many people lack education about the true extent of mass surveillance / profiling and the potential massive repercussions that it can have for society à la Nineteen Eighty-Four.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldΕλληνικά
      2·
      3 months ago

      Facebook started giving me friend suggestions of people who worked there. Location wasn’t even enabled on my phone.

      Some devices will still passively check SSIDs, even with WiFi “off”, then they just look for users who have similar nearby wireless networks.

      Bluetooth? Maybe even ultrasound to detect nearby devices?

      I don’t think you can have privacy online anymore. The best thing you can do is make a lot of noise, so it’s hard to determine what data is real, and who it belongs to.

  • afk_strats@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    3 months ago

    Edit: thank you for those in reply who helped to “annotate” this meme

    The software pictured are:

    1. graphene os
    2. new pipe
    3. Signal
    4. MPV
    5. libre wolf
    6. KeepassXC
    7. Aurora Store
    8. fdroid
    9. Free Tube

    Bonus. tux

    • Synapse@lemmy.world
      35·
      3 months ago
      1. GrapheneOS: custom Android ROM with harden security and de-googled
      2. New Pipe: YouTube app, let’s you play video in the background and other cool features
      3. Signal: privacy and security focused messaging app
      4. MPV: video player, supports all the codecs you will ever need, very lightweight
      5. Libre wolf: Firefox with harden security and privacy
      6. KeepassXC: password manager
      7. Aurora Store: frontend for Google Play store, you can download and manage apps without a Google account
      8. FDroid: app store for Free Open Source Software apps
      9. (Free tube: another client for YouTube as but I am not familiar with this one)
      • afk_strats@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        3 months ago

        I specifically didn’t list Tux as “Linux” because I thougt that would get me in trouble in this community

    • Petter1@lemm.ee
      5·
      3 months ago

      The other software companies are

      1. Amazon
      2. Google
      3. discord
      4. Reddit
      5. Meta
      6. Apple
      7. Google

      🌚

    • atmur@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      MPV (Video player), Aurora Store (Google Play frontend). The last one looks familiar but I can’t quite place it.

  • supangle@lemmy.wtf
    23·
    3 months ago

    i already fear that there will be car companies on the left. teslas can see through the cameras

      • supangle@lemmy.wtf
        5·
        3 months ago

        i read it already. i recommend watching techlore’s tesla privacy video. i’m thinking about buying an somewhat drivable vintage car with no tech outside running the car itself. my recent fav is 1988 964 911

        • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 months ago

          1988 964 911

          That’s a classic. You would be lucky to get one for 50k rn, and I’m sure it won’t get any cheaper in the future.

          • cygnus@lemmy.ca
            31·
            3 months ago

            Haha yeah sounds like that person hasn’t checked Porsche prices in the last 5 years

            • supangle@lemmy.wtf
              0·
              3 months ago

              i didn’t say that it’s cheap? it’s my favorite one inside that cluster, and why do you recon that i wouldn’t be able to afford one, just like that?

              • cygnus@lemmy.ca
                21·
                3 months ago

                It’s just that if “somewhat drivable vintage car” is your criterion, an aircooled Porsche is going to be way in the upper percentiles of what you could get. People who are willing to pay the ridiculous current prices usually do so because they aren’t cross-shopping with anything else. A somewhat drivable vintage car could also be an NA Miata for 1/6th the price.

                • supangle@lemmy.wtf
                  0·
                  3 months ago

                  yes i know but i don’t care about the cost when thinking about my fav one the one in my dreams

    • Varyag@lemm.ee
      8·
      3 months ago

      Will? Will? Think again. Cars are already the worst when it comes to data collection and privacy. Not just Teslas, anything with Android Auto or similar. They can literally tell if you’re banging someone in the back seat. BMW made people pay a yearly subscription to access heated seats. I hate the modern automotive market.

      • supangle@lemmy.wtf
        0·
        3 months ago

        yeah i know. i fear that they are gonna harvest data even more and sell them to 3rd parties

  • caustictrap@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    Os everyone here on graphene OS or other linux privacy phones? Or you guys only draw the line when it comes to desktop OS?