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schmensch 34 points 3 years ago

According to Exodus Privacy (they analize mobile apps for trackers), Ally only contains Amazon and Google trackers (Google Firebase Analytics is used by almost all apps): https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/...

Others also say their Ally app doesn't connect to Facebook. Maybe you have a Unicorn or a modified app (rather unlikely though)?

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schmensch 28 points 3 years ago

or they're just doing tax evasion, which is way more likely.

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schmensch 23 points 3 years ago

what kind of prof is that?

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schmensch 18 points 3 years ago

While we all hate reddit, them changing the app icon to make a reference to what used to be a fun event shouldn't be our main point.

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schmensch 13 points 3 years ago

Some children Songs I could never sing vor hear again, they make me cringe a lot (racism, sexism, ...)

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schmensch 13 points 3 years ago

Depends in how clean your room is. I have a case without dust filters and it's been running for over a year without any visible dust accumulating.

Also it's mounted up high, the further you can get from your floor the cleaner it'll be.

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schmensch 11 points 3 years ago

You don't really need any airflow there. The only thing that gets hot there is memory, but that is already cooled through the PCB (good heat conductor because of the copper), which is cooled by the regular heat sink.

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schmensch 11 points 3 years ago

Firefox Sync exists though, and it does the same.

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schmensch 11 points 3 years ago

Almost all Linuxes are really private. Because of your ethics and morals, I would probably switch to Debian or Arch, and use Flatpak where possible to prevent apps from spying on one another and reading files from other apps or your system.

Kicksecure, Whonix, Tails, Qubes, ... exist but they're not needed and to much of a hassle for day to day use for most people.

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schmensch 10 points 3 years ago

Somehow they might got a special version of the app. Really really unlikely though, it's probably just A/B testing or false logs.

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schmensch 10 points 3 years ago

free libre open source software.

Basically software by the people for the people controlled and kept in check by the people.

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schmensch 9 points 3 years ago

I'm German myself, and luckily I haven't heard "polen" so far (Edit: Might be because I live next to France not Poland). But a lot of my classmates make a lot of kinda racist jokes about the AfD (right, potentially extremist political party) and I can't tell whether they're actually racist or not.

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schmensch 9 points 3 years ago

Hey, macht es einfacher für Nutzer wie mich, die ihr Lases-Konto (und alle Kommentare, Pfostierungen und 31k Karma) gelöscht haben!

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schmensch 8 points 3 years ago

DDG proxies Bing results with extra privacy. Startpage proxies Google results with extra privacy (it's a bit slow in my opinion though).

Ecosia proxies both with a bit oft extra privacy, as long as you don't click or block the advertised results.

SearX proxies whatever you want, but its kinda slow last time I tried it.

Brave Search builds their own index, which is pretty good (on par with Bing) even though they're only about a year old at this point. The company is a bit sketchy though.

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schmensch 8 points 3 years ago

A lot oft ROMs allow you go completely disable Internet access for a certain app. Disabling the data collection toggles in GBoard and disabling internet access for GBoard, Play Services, Play Store and the Google App should prevent most logging.

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schmensch 5 points 3 years ago

Automatically agrees to everything. Can be dangerous, use with caution. If you're able to, I wouldn't use it.

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schmensch 4 points 3 years ago

Idk about coffee as I don't drink it, but if a drink is too hot or too cold the temperature tends to mask the flavor.

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schmensch 4 points 3 years ago

I dislike the US power plug way more than the Europlug (or compatible sockets like Schuko). It just slides in, only thing holding it in is friction. Also, there is a connection while the contacts are exposed, exposing the user to the risk of shock.

Also, I like DisplayPort more than HDMI, it clicks really nice on insertion and in my opinion pulling it out is also more satisfying.

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schmensch 4 points 3 years ago

If your games are on Steam, check ProtonDB.

If not, you're probably out of luck, but check recent Search Engine results. Best to limit results to around last 6 months, otherwise you'll probably get outdated information. Only a few bigger non-steam multiplayer shooters work, I can only think of Overwatch right now.

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schmensch 3 points 3 years ago

It doesn't require you to use Facebook though. They might use FB analytics or tracking, but probably dont, or only for very few users.

Exodus Privacy detects trackers in apps, here is their report for Ally: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/...

Many other apps contain way more and worse trackers, just some Amazon and Google Firebase is on the light side.

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