Hello! I have not been in action for a good while, and feel a lot of guilt for this.
The Lemmy community is quite dead, as I have ignored this place, and I feel even more guilt for it. I am sorry.
No excuses, I just am not able to find good topics to write about. And I do NOT want to write tabloid journalism tier fodder. One could call me lazy too, but I have been on a constant lookout and I am still unsure.
There had been a lot of chaos in the privacy community until recently and the dust has settled, so addressing that has been important. I am looking into writing some stuff again.
Just to give a heads up, I am indeed active and not gone anywhere, but want to keep this place open for anyone seeking help, and want to keep it a great resourceful decluttered space for privacy, security and freedom, the ideals for this community.
I am grateful to every single one of you ~2K people, who have considered this place to be of value, and want it to grow even further.
Please give me a little boost, I feel a little dead (not tired) and want to seriously write on something that could help flourish true privacy. Any topic suggestions, any case studies…
Hey, I just found this privatelife community five minutes ago and Lemmy just a few days ago. Really appreciating your work so far :) keep it up!
That said, after 6 years of being on android and learning more and more about privacy I am finally going back to iPhone. :( I know.
I have played with the concept of going LineageOS but I want security and privacy (and away from ad trackers). With iOS going away from ad tracking in iOS 14 next year. They’ve given me some hope, and to be honest, I’m worn out fighting the good fight. I want to be accepted by my family who ALL own iPhones… UGH.
So far I’ve seen your amazing writeups about making Android private and secure. Truly amazing work and I cannot wait to use it on my old phone as soon as I get my new one. Do you happen to have any resources on making iPhones as private and secure as possible?
I do not provide help for iPhones as they cannot be controlled at all. The only protections you get are what Apple decides for you, and their decisions are quite the antithesis of privacy, let alone anonymity.
I do not want to rant about Apple devices, which I am sure you know well, since you are surrounded by them, but the 3 key factors would be no sideloading of apps, no third party app stores, and only one browser engine with no PWA (web apps) functionality. These make it nearly impossible to help user gain control over privacy, security and anonymity.
So true. :( RIP my dreams. Thanks for that though :)