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None. I get my news from 4chan.

OK there are 2 completely opposite thoughts on shredding SSDs

1. All SSDs have a trim functionality so any unused data gets set to 0 automatically by the os or in some cases by ssd controller

2. Even if trim sets it to zero there is always some deviation from the original zero and a very very sophisticated attacker can find the actual data. And simply using shred or /dev/zero doesn’t help because SSD controller always writes to different physical location even for same file. And the only real way to ensure data can’t be recovered is to smash it

Pick and choose depending on your threat model. If you’re just selling it to someone or you know that no nation state actors are after your data then just do normal delete and then do the trim. If you think someone with capabilities is after your data and that they are willing to spend few hundred thousand dollars or even few million for whatever data is in your SSD then just microwave it and then smash with hammer. No need to shred or zero.

No need for anything extra proton already comes with alternate routing

A platypus you mean Perry the platypus

Yeah it might be safe from nuclear winter but it is Australia it already has 10billion other things that can easily kill you.

Download umbrella app it can help

OK and where is helm

If you want to run full Foss system then there is pinephone with Linux OS and physical switches to turn off camera and microphone and other stuff. But it is still in very very early stage and it may increase your privacy but it will definitely reduce your security.

I understand camera and microphone access to malicious actor could be a valuable. But if you think your phone’s camera is compromised you have bigger problems.

That being said, graphene OS is considered by far the most secure android OS. It has features to turn off camera, mic, sensors. But more importantly it has a lot of additional security features making it harder for anyone to break in. And that using Graphene is or any other is doesn’t directly make you secure.

Yes I can agree to assume baseband and all the other proprietary firmware is running a malicious code. But they can’t use it to do mass surveillance, because if they do someone will detect it sooner or later. And also this is not the right tool for mass surveillance. 99% people will and have already downloaded apps that track almost everything they do.

And if your threat model requires you to be safe from malicious firmware, then maybe smart phones aren’t for you.

mutt or nothing

Simple pick up your airfryer and throw it outside the window

Heavily customized LFS

Yes even if you are dead you have to file taxes

I know nftable is more secure and robust but sometimes I feel like iptables is the way.

a post from last year from my personal X account suddenly became a topic of discussion here on Reddit.

You mean last month right.

It’s true Indian government has banned Element and other Apps and forced Signal, WhatsApp and other such apps to have a local representative so that they can arrest someone and force their will. But there is one silver lining, it is that these politicians don’t fully understand how open source software works. So just banning Element app doesn’t do much I can switch to schildiChat or just download element source code and change the name and logo and boom I’m back in.

And also most of their app bans are just requests sent to Google play store and Apple App store, You can always download from FDroid or from other sources

and there is no real way they can enforce these stupid laws.

They started going through chats on traffic stops, but there are ways to avoid that also

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We are still on JDK8

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