on windows all terminals are cursed

Run r2modman as Administrator Right-click on r2modman and select “Run as Administrator” to ensure it has the necessary permissions to make requests.

wat??

sorry but I’m not sure you k ow what you’re talking about. Internet access does not need admin rights

though it can’t read the chat itself.

it can. I’m not saying it does, but it absolutely can

the address there can be faked, maybe your email client did not warn about it. if you can check the mail’s headers (maybe easier on desktop), look at all the addtesses you see in there and if thry seem suspicious.

also check the link they sent. Don’t open it, but copy it only.

this is a joke, right?

a default keyboard combination does not have such a meaning. they don’t want to “dress as proprietary software”. probably the creators were used to using that other combination, or they decided that it could be worth to keep the keyboard mapping similar to a very popular graphics editing software, irregardless of whether it is proprietary or open source.

don’t worry! the freedom is yours to rebind that button to whatever you want.

for that you really dont need ID verification. that and 2FA serve entirely different purposes. ID verification is to ensure you are not hiding your identity. 2FA is to ensure that you are really the account owner.

yes, but actually no.

there are apps (like rethink DNS) that pack multiple functions in the app. if an app is being used to handle a VPN connection, it gets to process all your network traffic, see for each packet which app does it belong to, and can do both firewalling, split tunneling by app or type of traffic, and can also filter packets. most VPN apps just don’t bother with it because its a complex task, and most users wouldn’t use it anyway.

There’s also AFWall+ that can configure the kernel’s firewall with root permissions, without setting itself up to handle a V0N connection.

both of these apps are available on f-droid

are you sure the wife’s tv doesn’t try 8.8.8.8 or another public DNS server, or perhaps DoH after failing to resolve domains through the pihole?

you can turn off the google stuff

until google allows that

it always had ads. that was its point, not the shortening

same opinion here. but sometimes it’s not a choice. Especially on a company phone, but also on a personal one. Don’t forget either that not everyone here did/can degoogle their phone.

if that’s the case, that feature seems to work rather poorly

any that has got permissions to do so. its a toggle in the permission settings for apps that use it

Op: read about pgp/gpg. Do it now. When you don’t understand something ask questions about it instead of giving up.

While that’s usable for files, they cannot use it for the app backups and conta ts and such that the system creates on iCloud

that’s not what I meant. but that when you export the contacts, that happens to shared storage, that other apps can see

except that the model is not offline if you access it through yet another online service, doing who knows what with your data

ok, I see. was asking because OP said that it works everywhere, including phones

fair enough. but I think I remember an option on the main settings page that allows you to change it this way

and that is not what I was complaining about

which probably also collects and keeps everything you say in the chat. just look in ublock origin’s expanded view to see their approach to privacy, by having a look at all the shit they are pushing to your browser