calidris [he/him, comrade/them]

Y’all really believe this shit huh?

It just talks about age verification

This definitely has the feel of an ad.

You get inflated prices to cover the bonuses and maintain profit margins!

I’m excited to see what they come up with and cautiously optimistic.

You can kind of emulate this with graphene

Well done.

https://archive.md/tDOFi

One could argue it was before Bezos bought it.

In simple terms, duckduckgo does not provide meta with this data, but everything around it does (if meta is granted permission to do so). Cookies, browsing history, analytic tools integrated into the sites themselves, device info, fingerprinting. They infer your search through your other activity.

I admit my wording was poorly chosen in my response.

This right here. If you use any of Meta’s services (spyware), you likely granted it permission to rummage through your data. If you have an open browser tab, it can pull info from it.

Look for dell latitudes with 7th and maybe 8th gen Intel CPUs. Those are solid machines that aren’t considered upgradable to win11. They also have removable RAM (DDR4 IIRC) so many can be upgraded to 32GB max.

I use it. Got the early bird special they’ve been running. It’s pretty good once you get a feel for the exit nodes. It’s much more prone to being blocked by sites like YouTube than other big name VPNs I’ve used, but as time passes it’s getting better. It’s rare I can’t find one that works eventually. No account needed and the mixnet feature are great for the privacy minded.

Keep your eyes on Linux phone developments. That’s likely where the future lies for any semblance of privacy on a cell phone.

https://itsfoss.com/linux-tablets/

This list is pretty good

I agree, but this comment would hit much harder if you were to provide an alternative solution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EelUucahXVM

More encryption is the only thing I would think worthy of mention since I don’t see that listed anywhere. Encrypted messengers, encrypted storage, encrypted emails.

You pretty much got the foundational stuff plus a little more established. Aside from getting away from Apple, which you already mentioned, there’s not much more I can think of without going full tinfoil hat. The main thing, in my opinion, is just not being a wide open door and giving away your personal data freely. Sounds like you’re there, so long as you don’t have social media accounts.