Well you certainly accomplished a lot. I’m proud of you.

I get daily emails reminding me that the company paid for copilot and we should be using it.

Been using a VPN since the start, never had a problem posting.

https://community.signalusers.org/t/overview-of-third-party-security-audits/13243

https://freedom.press/newsletter/crossfire-over-messaging-security/

https://freedom.press/training/locking-down-signal/

You don’t have to take Signal’s word for it, because it’s been audited. The EFF, who are VERY privacy minded, and do extensive research into this type of thing, recommends Signal because it’s known to be secure.

Signal

Not that the action against Telegram is right, but there’s a big difference between what Signal and Telegram is doing.

That’s cause your eyes skipped the first panel and instantly jumped to panel 2.

You don’t work around dangerous things assuming you’ll never make a mistake, you work around dangerous things assuming you’ll never make three mistakes at the same time.

You are not immune to making one (or more) mistakes, no matter how careful you think you are.

Outdated advice (unless buying older stuff) Brother has enshittified like the rest.

I don’t mind them making money, but if they’re only pushing products that can make them money, then you can’t trust them.

What if the best product is only sold at Target? Forget it cause they’ll claim a worse product that’s sold on Amazon is #1 cause they get a kickback.

Find an article with a review, and there’s a 90% chance it links to an Amazon ref link, or similar.

Which means they completely ignore products that are only sold on other stores.

And they probably don’t even look at the product, half the “top 10 lists” obviously just base the list off of Amazon reviews and SOMETIMES reddit posts.

You really have to search to find decent reviews sites like rtngs or similar.

I always assume that anyway

The last season is shortened and they skipped the final book. Other than that, it’s basically the same.

Oh, and they changed which one of the main characters died because he was a sleaze towards the female fans.

Or the three armed dude on the left.

I fight for privacy to protect myself.

Now, what am I protecting myself from? I don’t think anyone is going to come arrest me for what I do. I don’t think any big companies are going to leak my data and embarrass me. I don’t think anyone is going to compromise my bank and drain my funds.

I am protecting myself from being influenced by advertising and targeted news.

I am protecting my thoughts and feelings, because in the end, that’s all that really matters. I don’t want to need the next toy, or jump on a bandwagon. I don’t want to see advertising and I don’t want a carefully crafted worldview pushed on me.

That’s a bit misleading, they did receive a request, and a search warrant was attempted, but since the data they wanted didn’t exist, nothing happened.

Good link, but just the word yes didn’t accurately answer the question.

I worked retail for several years. After a while it just becomes normal. It helps a LOT if you’re actually walking around and not just standing in one spot.

I can walk for a few miles without sitting down without being uncomfortable at all, but standing in one spot for 15 minutes bothers my feet.

That’s an interesting question to ponder.

That’s awesome, look forward to trying it out.

Hyperspace pirate is fantastic, great channel