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Good privacy friendly TV setups
  • I think bluetooth or 2.4 mhz is better than IR. Coming to think of it mine is a china something with keyboard on the side and remote on the other using 2.4 mhz. So point of line is not needed which is nice.

  • Good privacy friendly TV setups
  • +1 Kodi. Been running it for ages on an old laptop with a infared remote with USB dongle. Kodi is set to autostart. Pretty hands off and can stream to it from local sources using Kore for android.

    EDIT: Can stream from local AND online sources using Kore ex Newpipe (Youtube).

  • What isn't illegal but should be?
  • Monopolies

  • Which are your favorite non-English movies, series etc?
  • +1 Bron/Broen. I am a big fan of Scandinavian series, and can also recommend:

    • Follow the Money (Bedrag/Deception)
    • The Killing (Forbrydelsen)
    • Trapped
    • Exit
  • Microsoft’s AI chatbot will ‘recall’ everything you do on its new PCs | The Guardian
  • Nice. Upgraded a Thinkpad, installed Linux Mint and gave it to my dad. I have not heard anything from him about it for a couple of months. Was reminded of it with your post.

    So wrote him right now and asked how it was going, and he replied that he loved it and uses it every day.

    And that he had not had any problems he could not solve on his own. He's 70 and a windows only heavy user - until now 🙂

    As you said. Compelety painless.

  • How to constructively protest against AI voice transcription at work?
  • I don't where you live. But almost all of bigtech US cloud is problematic (Read: Illegal to use) for storing or processing of Personal information according to the GDPR if you're based in the EU. Don't know about HIPPA and other non-EU legislation. But almost all cloudservices use US bigtech as a subprocessor under the hood. Which means that the use of AI and cloud is most likely not GDPR-complaint. Which you could mention to the right people and hope they listen.

    Edit: It's illegal to use for the processing of the patients PII, because of transfer to insecure third countries and because bigtech uses the data for their own purposes without any legal basis.

    Edit 2: The same is the case with your, and your colleagues PII.

    In my opinion privacy and GDPR is the same in this case. I think most public authorities is required to have a DPO, fx hospitals or the relevant health authority. The DPO can help answer your and your bosses questions on the mentioned questions.

    Hope you figure it out.

  • Cloud storage for encrypted backups recommendations
  • Hetzner storage box

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  • Often thought of the same thing. So leaving this comment here in case someone got a good solution that don't involve big tech.

    When I get the time my plan is to read up on big techs solutions, fx Google and Apple, who as I understand can give your family access under certain conditions if your've passed.

    EDIT: And replicate their solution using FOSS / self hosting.

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  • He made the world a better place.

  • If you could go back in time and do, or bring, one thing to mess up the timeline what would it be?
  • Something that would do that neoliberism in the 80's with Reagan and Thatcher would not become the dominating political and economic theory it has been since that time.

  • Recommendations for beginner winter running clothes?
  • Merino ski underwear is dry in no time 🙂

  • Recommendations for beginner winter running clothes?
  • Ski underwear and socks made from wool / merino / synthetic, and top layer wind resisting running set. Plus something to keep hands and head warm. If too cold add additional layers of t-shirts in beetween. For night runs a headlight is a life saver.

  • Instagram's monthly subscription
  • It's Meta's nonsense reply to being forced by the European data protection authorities (EDPB) to get consent before processing users data, which they should have from the beginning: https://edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2023/edpb-urgent-binding-decision-processing-personal-data-behavioural-advertising-meta_en

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  • Forgot to say to get osmand and organic maps on f-droid

  • Looking for maps
  • Don't use it for hiking but seem to remember it coming up in that context: Open Street Maps. AFAIK it has PC apps, android apps (osmand, organic maps etc.) and web. I use osmand a lot for maps, POI's and navigation. Organic maps is great too. Simpler and more polished.

  • Is there a Linux based OS for public computers, such as at a library or a PC cafe?
  • As I said, I cannot see the big difference. Please spell it out for me 🙂

    The 'definitely not true' part was a reply to 'ain't gonna fly, Liberians and people can't use Linux'. Which is a statement from one person without any evidence to back it up. The evidence shows it's a false statement, because it is in fact working on a large scale in Denmark, without issues and people are happy with it.

    So yeah, it is 'definitely not true'.

  • Is there a Linux based OS for public computers, such as at a library or a PC cafe?
  • That would be my guess, yes. Why would the danish librians and users in libraries differ from other places? We're talking ordinary people with an average in computer knowledge in cities and libraries of all sizes.

    Being a dane you have to explain the Missouri reference. If you mean something like small cities, see above.

  • Is there a Linux based OS for public computers, such as at a library or a PC cafe?
  • Sorry, but definitely not true.

    Source: See my comment regarding the majority of danish municipalities using Linux. No problem for the users or the people doing the sysadmin work.

  • Is there a Linux based OS for public computers, such as at a library or a PC cafe?
  • Good question, but no 🙂

    OS2 is a organization which coordinate software development for the participating municipalities and companies which sign up for delivering FOSS. I think OS2 stand for Open Source Software, but not sure.

    More about OS2 here: https://www.os2.eu/in-english

  • Which Linux mobile OS would you recommend for a Google Pixel 2 XL?

    I have an old Google Pixel 2 XL, and would like to get started with Linux on mobile. What Linux OS would you recommend, and why?

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    What privacy and security settings and add-ons do you use with Firefox?

    I use uBlock Origin and make some changes to the default settings. Have seen recommend configs, but haven't gotten to implement them yet.

    What do you do to make Firefox even more privacy respecting and secure?

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    Which FOSS smartwarch would you recommend?

    Nice to haves:

    • Phone
    • GPS
    • Possibility for FOSS tracking fx using something like PhoneTrack and Nextcloud
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    What Nextcloud settings and add-ons would you recommend, and why?

    I currently use:

    • Client for sync accross devices
    • TOTP MFA
    • Floccus for bookmarks
    • Phonetrack for phone location
    • News for RSS
    • Contacts backup and sync

    And more...

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    In your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?

    I'll start:

    • RSS and blogs, news vs. social media
    • XMPP vs. WhatsApp/FB messenger/Snapchat
    • IRC vs. Matrix, Teams, Discord etc.
    • Forums vs. Social media, Reddit, Lemmy(?)
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    IMHO XMPP / Jabber is the best Instant Messenger (IM) protocol

    It is battle tested, standardized, widely used, have open source servers and apps, end-to-end encryption (OMEMO), self-hostable and are low on ressources and federated / decentralized.

    I use it with family and friends. Conversations and blabber.im on android and Gajim on Linux. There's also apps for windows and Apple.

    Curious if anyone here use it and why, why not?

    EDIT: Doh. In these Lemmy times I forgot federated. Added.

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    How do you use WebDav, CalDav, WebCal & CardDav?

    I use CalDav for calendar, contacts and tasks sync and share with the rest of the family.

    Server is Nextcloud with WebDav/WebCal/CardDav and DavX5, Etar calendar, native contacts and OpenTasks on android. On Linux WebDav to access and sync Nextcloud files.

    How do you use them?

    Edit: Added CardDav for contacts.

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    Best FOSS privacy tools for Linux and android?

    Currently using: Aeris, BitWarden, VeraCrypt, GPG etc. What are your standard and can't live without privacy/security apps?

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    Best native Linux games?

    As the title says: What is the best native Linux games?

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