keverets @keverets@librem.one

@bremner I'd caution against making it too difficult for yourself when it comes time to restore. Having lost access to backups because I was too concerned about threats that had no real bearing on my life, I'm now of the opinion that the small risk of an unknown motivated attacker who happens to even understand the backup strategy is much less than the large risk of not being able to recover.

@praveen @ehashman yeah, just have to add /dev/sdb, /dev/sdb1, /dev/mmcblk0p1, etc, etc, and remember annoying incantations to mount when needed (remember to use lsblk to find which applies, comparing output before and after insertion, as dmesg is now not user applicable), and typing this all out makes me wonder how it's been 20 years and this all still sucks so much...

@gael concerning, too, is how the article hand-waves away similar privacy intrusions in the home with:

"But those devices are in your home, not always carried with you everywhere you go, and generally don’t have your most private information stored on them, like your phone does."

Somehow privacy in the home is less important?

@kyle "unique". Happy accidents can make something new and different. Or think of it as evolution of tartans where the genetic copy has subtle differences

@dthompson upgraded model:

@dthompson does it help if the elf was never alive and was a physical manifestation of a manufactured "tradition" that normalized in-home surveillance where the actor was protected from any direct interaction?

@martijnbraam can you touch type on the pinephone keyboard? Looks a lot like the old Psion keyboard which was surprisingly usable. That would be worth the chonk.

Wow, is ebay ever terrible for selling items these days. 24 hour "indexing" delay that fails even that ridiculously generous SLA. Contact customer support and the answer is to cancel & relist items and hope it shows up again some time in the future. How is there no competitor to come in and eat their lunch?

@emma @guardianproject xmpp (with OMEMO), matrix, and briar?

@9x0rg @rysiek@mastodon.technology @Tanuki depending on the threat model, it might be worth looking at XMPP (with OMEMO) or briar. Signal still has centralization issues

@mhoye ah, sounds like recovery mode when something crashes like a watch face. Though could be another underlying problem. Maybe try http://pebble-help-legacy.rebble.io/help.getpebble.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2520035-sos-screen1677.html and reflash using gadgetbridge or maybe rebble (I've only used gadgetbridge to flash). A bit of a dance, but might extend its life by a bit

@mhoye what was the failure mode? Which model is it?