in netGuard you can create exceptions for apps that “do not work with” a vpn

😅

green pass pdf wallet ☞ https://f-droid.org/packages/com.michaeltroger.gruenerpass/ or https://github.com/michaeltroger/greenpass-android

This app is a simple to use PDF Wallet. That means it takes over the task to store and display your most important PDF certificates.

time to work on your slingshot skills

indeed they are ☞ President of @signalapp : https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/111563865413484025

PSA: We’ve received questions about push notifications. First: push notifications for Signal NEVER contain sensitive unencrypted data & do not reveal the contents of any Signal messages or calls–not to Apple, not to Google, not to anyone but you & the people you’re talking to.

In Signal, push notifications simply act as a ping that tells the app to wake up. They don’t reveal who sent the message or who is calling (not to Apple, Google, or anyone). Notifications are processed entirely on your device. This is different from many other apps.

What’s the background here? Currently, in order to enable push notifications on the dominant mobile operating systems (iOS and Android) those building and maintaining apps like Signal need to use services offered by Apple and Google.

Apple simply doesn’t let you do it another way. And Google, well you could (and we’ve tried), but the cost to battery life is devastating for performance, rendering this a false option if you want to build a usable, practical, dependable app for people all over the world.*

So, while we do not love Big Tech choke points and the control that a handful of companies wield over the tech ecosystem, we do everything we can to ensure that in spite of this dynamic, if you use Signal your privacy is preserved.

*(Note, if you are among the small number of people that run alt Android-based operating systems that don’t include Google libraries, we implement the battery-destroying push option, and hope you have ways to navigate.)

did boogle give a reason for organicMaps’ removal?

isn’t Diaspora the most popular facebook alternative?

it also has 3 client apps on fDroid.

i know people who openly use torrents when they’re abroad. As long as you remember to turn it off before going back home, it’s not your IP that’s logged.

if it’s to hide what you’re downloading from Saudis, because they make patties from journalists or jail activists or behead hundreds of people every year, then maybe you should wait a month to get out to download them

unless, apparently, you’re a Kennedy

for that he would need to have some kind of a honor code :/

i would consider 4 years to be

• too long amount of time for a job you don’t like (it took you 4 years to realize that you don’t like it?)
• too short for a job you are committed to (you give up only after 4 years?)

After almost 4 years, I find myself lacking the energy and enthusiasm I once had

once i had? energy and enthusiasm he had only 3 years ago?! When i started reading the article i was expecting 15 years, 20, 30+

me, personally?

why would it matter how long i would (or did) stay?

After almost 4 years

he didn’t last much

there are decent note apps, like notally, that are smaller than 2mb 🤷

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.kin.easynotes/ 3mb

https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.quillpad/ 4.6 and it can sync

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fossify.notes/ 8.9

and than there’s joplin

this indeed is very interesting

same subject 3 hours ago ☞ https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/26612132

seems like it

Framacarte repose sur un logiciel libre¹.

¹ uMap – Licence GNU AGPL v3

framasoft is an organization that’s proposing alternatives to google “services” ☞ https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/

renamed your files 🤔

how? it doesn’t even have the option to rename

what’s interesting about android is that you can tweak the device to your needs. You’re not limited to the only solution your os designers/developers invented.

don’t like the keyboard? install another one. You need a particular gesture or button? install it, modify it. change the launcher. change your app store

it’s your first week and you’re searching for all these solutions at the same time and it’s probably frustrating. Give it some time and you would find them.

convincing friends and family to use signal is a challenge even for android users. (majority uses WhatsApp :/

degoogled android is not “janky”!

I’m not on graphene but my android works fine without google and almost entirely with foss apps (except those banking &c apps that i get through Aurora)

are you on android or are you dissing from an apple device?