slow clap

Thanks I hate it

Pouring liquids from mugs is the bane of my existence

Firefox on Android requires a LOT of RAM because afaik it is the only modern mobile browser that truly implements its own web engine, rather than piggybacking on Android System WebView.

It ran like crap on my low end Galaxy but I’ve had no issue with it since switching to a Pixel 8. If you’re looking for speed over features while still being decently private, Firefox Focus is a nice simple choice, though it lacks most features of a modern browser.

If you’re looking exclusively for privacy-hardening though, nothing can really beat IronFox except maybe Vanadium (but that’s GrapheneOS exclusive), and IronFox is the only one with extensive support for browser extensions.

Yo, a user from a kbin (mbin?) server! I don’t see those around too often.

There are dozens of us. DOZENS!

Well I learned something new today - thanks for pointing that out, honestly it makes a lot of sense. Sorry for the misinformation

I’m a bit confused by your question…GPS definitely requires communication between your phone and a satellite (i.e. can’t track you if your GPS unit is off - maybe you’re thinking of satellite imaging?). EDIT: This is actually incorrect, see comments below

With wifi calling, yes, data is being sent to the carrier, but not via a signal that can be triangulated, so the most accurate location data they can gather is your IP address, which a VPN can easily hide.

Or do you mean in terms of generalized location tracking? In which case yes, highly accurate location data is shared by your phone with your carrier by default, just by way of how cellular networks function; no GPS required.

I’m well aware of this, the reason I bring up GOS is because it fully disables your phone’s radios when you turn them off, meaning cell tower triangulation and GPS do not work at all unless explicitly enabled.

This as opposed to a typical phone, which leaves GPS on even when location is off and pings towers periodically even when service is inactive.

I personally leave my phone in airplane mode with location/camera/microphone disabled at all times unless I explicitly need them. I use wifi calling so I can still use it as a typical phone and per-connection MAC address randomization (+ a VPN on public wifi) so my device isn’t easy to track via IP.

GOS is great for this because I can be reasonably assured that apps are not bypassing my permission settings without my knowledge and consent. (That and I can de-google which in and of itself goes a long way in decreasing trackability)

Every day I am increasingly glad I switched to GrapheneOS

I second Kagi if you’re willing to pay for extra privacy and features. If you’re just looking for a free drop-in replacement, I still find DuckDuckGo to be the best non-Google daily driver.

It’s a good thing I instinctively avoid Google

Thanks for not censoring the company name so I know who to avoid

Y’know for techbros, AI strategists are some of the most tech illiterate people I’ve ever met

I wonder how much they paid their design team to use the surface blur tool on their logo lol

And Samsung devices have a “Lockdown Mode” that can be triggered by holding down the power button which does the exact same thing (also disabling lockscreen notifications if they were on until you enter your pin)

Oh gosh, that’s even worse than I thought. Nothing like getting doxxed by your social media app; glad I left insta some time ago.

AFAIK the new update makes it so your current location is shared with every post, by default, rather than just being something you can do if you feel like it

There’s a bionic reader extension for Firefox that works on mobile, but obvs that only works on webpages

This is really cool!

I mean from my tests it does seem to work, tho I also just straight-up nuke Copilot in its entirety when setting Win11 up