Hot take, really good #FOSS #F-droid apps on #Android:
1. Termux for a terminal emulator with tons of packages
2. Syncthing for syncing content between devices
3. Tor / Orbot for #privacy and onion routing
4. Newpipe for youtube with free premium features
5. Netguard for blocking internet access per app
If you can't find a certain app on F-droid, you can add a ton of extra repositories:
https://forum.f-droid.org/t/known-repositories/
ugh... the #uk #onlinesafetybill sounds like it should have been incorporated into 1984 by Orwell.
#ImageMagick: convert -trim and convert -transparent saves a ton of time compared to using #GIMP or #Photoshop, trimming images or a whole directory of images and making backgrounds transparent. #Commandline image manipulation FTW
Hello world from Toot, a #Mastodon terminal user interface... this might be too much for Windows users
Strava is a gold mine in tracking military squadrons as well as the outlines of "top secret" facilities via Strava heat maps. Same with other fitness apps. Just scrape publicly available data and anyone can do it.
https://mastodon.social/@Decentralize_today/107839697686155844
Pet peeve: #linux app developers cluttering up the home directory with the app's config files. Configuration files DO NOT belong in ~ they belong in ~/.config
Never gets old. RMS #freesoftware song.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9sJUDx7iEJw
The #onlinesafetybill can be summed up as trying to protect children by banning their #privacy
5 Normie friendly very easy ways to increase #privacy for #dataprivacyday
1. Use Duckduckgo or Startpage for search
2. Download and use Tor browser
3. Install and use Signal messenger
4. Remove all apps you barely use
5. Always opt to use FOSS software where possible and to #ownyourdata rather than rely on third parties
Bonus: #deletefacebook
Tip: ALWAYS read the man page FIRST, before searching online.
Hat tip to whoever pulled the plug on #facebook #whatsapp #instagram causing it to disappear from the internet - you did the world a huge favour! 👍
Computer nerd. Software tinkerer. Interested in Linux, FOSS, infosec, privacy, encryption.