Thank you, so is yours! Nice to meet you, “It”.

Happy cake day, Jimmycakes! 🍰

Happy cake day, Metz! 🍰

That’s awesome, SomeAmateur! I used to love sending postcards when I was younger, can’t believe I never heard of it. Thank ypu!

In case somebody’s curious, here’s a link to the Postcrossing website.

I’ve been seriously thinking about going back to Nokia. De-googled a few years ago, stopped using iCloud and switched to cross-platform and open-source software.

Currently, the Murena Fairphone 4 is the only one you can use in the US (Fairphone doesn’t directly deal with US customers) and incompatible with Verizon and AT&T. They recommend T-Mobile for US coverage.

Also heard about Cape here on a Lemmy post But Fairphone is “not eligible yet”.

This is the old Nokia 3650 that’s in my drawer. I loved it! Then AT&T made me upgrade because they were no longer supporting the old networks.

Thank you, Zerush! It’s nice to know that someone else thinks the same way.

Stop using any sites that require ID.

Ditto. Also:

• Try to use Memoji to make fake ID
• Go to the mall =O
• Go to the library
• Go to the brick and mortar places I used to visit before getting everything online (eg. bank, fam owned businesses)
• Talk to people instead of AI (going to practice that this weekend)
• Go for a walk outside instead of updating the firmware on treadmill
• Buy stamps! (and stationery, no more ecards or evites)
• Learn to plant food in addition to flowers
• Use iPhone to make phone calls
• Maybe buy a newspaper… maybe
• Use my cookbooks more (after I dust them off)
• Think of a new name/alias(es) for myself and start acting the part

…just to name a few.

LOL. Yes, suable is a word.

There’s Disroot and CryptPad which is E2EE and open source. Also, ditto on Anytype.

The financial part of this scam begins when users try to cash out any “winnings.” At that point, the gaming site will reject the request and prompt the user to make a “verification deposit” of cryptocurrency — typically around $100 — before any money can be distributed. Those who deposit cryptocurrency funds are soon asked for additional payments.

In many ways, these scambling sites borrow from the playbook of “pig butchering” schemes, a rampant and far more elaborate crime in which people are gradually lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platforms.

Unfortunately it still works.

Yes.

“We’re not at all surprised the UK government is deploying this tactic now when the world is paying attention to the horrors unfolding, they’d rather silence the discussion than confront their own complicity,” the moderators of r/IsraelCrimnes told me. “By labeling brutally documented atrocities as ‘mature content’ and gate‑keeping access, they reveal themselves as hypocrites: preaching democracy and human rights abroad while trampling them at home.”

It gets better /s:

Reddit explained that it will verify users’ age by partnering with Persona, an identity verification company that raised $200 million in April in a series D round led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. Persona asks users to upload a selfie or photo ID in order to verify their age. Reddit says it does not have access to these images, and that Persona does not retain those photos for more than seven days.

Take a deep breath…

EDIT added /s for sarcasm

Never heard of it but I’m definitely curious especially when it states: “This website doesn’t use cookies.” I bookmarked your post; thank you for sharing.

Every year or so me and my friends will find Chinese gibberish entries in our calendars that link to phishing sites.

D@mn! That was an absolute PITA. In my experience, my calendars and contacts never synced properly anyway so I went to the Proton ecosystem a few years ago.

Anyway, thank you for sharing. I only know one other person who had the same problem and we both thought we were going nuts.

Shoofly Pie!

Ahh, apologies then. I thought OP wanted to de-google. I use DuckDuckGo because of their duck player; it opens YouTube on a separate window without all the extra stuff you don’t want (just the video you wanted to see). I guess OP can use PeerTube? I’m quite happy with my Proton Unlimited but it’s not for everyone. And yeah, I’m a browser hopper.

Yes, you can have multiple duck addresses at the same time. There’s a personal and private duck address.

Composing email: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/email-protection/duck-addresses/how-do-i-compose-a-new-email

About duck addresses: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/email-protection/duck-addresses/can-i-create-multiple-custom-duck-addresses

I also used SimpleLogin and loved it until I subscribed to the Proton products. Like you, I haven’t needed to use SimpleLogin because of Proton Pass. Haven’t used iCloud since 2021 and have no regrets.

Check out DuckDuckGo, they also have an email alias forwarding system like SimpleLogin. I have a different email address/alias for each account that I have and they all end up in my Proton inbox. Also, you’re able to reply and send email with the DuckDuckGo address from Proton mail.

@Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines Created a Post/Group about how to De-Google. The details about my set-up is also there. Hope it helps:

https://lemmy.myserv.one/post/19040195

Hi Dusty. Nice teef!

😂LMAO, thanks!😂