Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

I'd like to have something that automatically convert links to the #privacy preserving version in the browser. Like play #youtube links in #invidious, etc. There seems to be things like #UntrackMe but for me the question is which one to trust, is maintained, works well enough, etc. Once I find a tool that I think it generally applicable, then I work to get it into #Debian so its easy for others to make this decision. Is there a browser extension for this that is worth getting into Debian?

@hpk This is one of the reasons I went with the librem.one instance: no DMs at all. I think its a bad UX for a communications medium to mix public communications with private communications,

@rysiek you might be able to get that kind of data from https://ftp.fau.de/cgi-bin/show-ftp-stats.cgi

After using #NeXTSTEP/#macOS from 1994-2012, I reached the same conclusion as Ken Thompson: "I've become more and more depressed, and what #Apple is doing to something that should allow you to work is just atrocious... And I have come, within the last month or two, to say, even though I've invested, you know, a zillion years in Apple — I'm throwing it away. And I'm going to Linux. To #Raspbian in particular." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaandEt_pKw&t=3473s

As a #Debian #Developer, I'd like to say: Welcome!

It is refreshing to see a very different #UX in the Techless Wisephone https://techless.com/products/wisephone, reminds me of the Light Phone. The #BigTech #mobile experience is designed around people having many apps and doing as much as possible via their phone. I want my mobile device to do very specific things well, and otherwise stay out of the way. Freeing the mobile ecosystem means giving people real choices of mobile experiences.

It would be nice to have a #homebrew package for https://gitlab.com/fdroid/sdkmanager, I have no access to #macOS, but I can assist. It should be easy, it has very minimal dependencies.

Do you sometimes just want one tool from the #AndroidSDK in a container or VM, and don't want to deal with the whole pain of setting up #Java and everything? Try the #FDroid sdkmanager instead of the official one. For example, `apt-get install sdkmanager` then `sdkmanager platform-tools`. Plus this verifies all packages using `apt-get` style GPG-signed index with SHA256 values. Useful in #research on #Android #malware #tracking etc. In pypi, Debian, Ubuntu, and https://gitlab.com/fdroid/sdkmanager/

One of the hidden benefits of using #NoScript is that it forces delays when going to sites that are a rabbit hole of distractions. While temporarily enabling #Javascript for a site, I often ask myself, "do I really need to see this?" And often, the answer is no. And that makes me happy. Humankind has worked for millenia to make information accessible. Now I think sometimes we've made it too easy, especially for distracting fluff.

Hey #plant people: anyone know a good source to see photos of house plants in their native habitat? Like I'm a big fan of #cyclamen, I thought they were tropical because they're so colorful. Turns out they are #native right here where I live. I have a very nice #shamrock, and I'm wondering what they look like in #nature.

@PublicLewdness I agree, but I think it is important to highlight that VPNs are a tool that has really bad failure modes for #privacy. If the provider fails, they can leak an immense amount of personally identifiable information on their users. Good privacy tools eliminate key metadata from data flows. It is possible to have tools where the failure modes are mostly just denial of service, e.g. there is no personally identifiable information to leak.