[LineageOS 17.1] Download LineageOS 17.1 for Redmi Note 8T

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I bought a RedMi Note 8T in the middle of lockdown. It was one of the few available and I needed it to use as camera to livestream Holy Masses. I hadn’t much choice even if I wanted to avoid Chinese communist dictatorship as much as possible. Communism is intrinsically evil.

Now I can fully deGoogle it. The great G holds too much data and too much power over too much people. It’s easy to become evil with too much power.

Branding is important

Your data is YOUR data! We build desirable, open source, privacy-enabled smartphone operating systems. We are /e/ Download and TRY! Buy an /e/ Smartphone! Your smartphone is harvesting your data all day long, capturing with great detail where you

e.foundation‘s aims are surely worthy and good. Their deeds are noble too.

But for Heaven’s sake why have they chosen such a name? It’s so generic that it confuses the search engines.

Most people won’t be able to find them!

Mark Zuckerberg Again Calls for Big Tech to be Regulated – Slashdot

Mark Zuckerberg Again Calls for Big Tech to be Regulated – Slashdot

Zuckerberg has previously called for more government regulation of internet companies, and reiterated his arguments in favor of laws covering four major areas: elections, harmful content, privacy and data portability. “I don’t think private companies should make so many decisions alone when they touch on fundamental democratic values,” he wrote, adding: “We have to balance promoting innovation and research against protecting people’s privacy and security.”

I think that most of the issues could be solved or made much easier to deal with if all those Big Tech make their code base “Free as in Freedom”, ideally releasing the software they actually use to run their services under the GNU Affero General Public License

Google keeps a scary amount of data on you. Here’s how to find and delete it – CNET

Google keeps a scary amount of data on you. Here’s how to find and delete it – CNET

Google collects a staggering amount of personal information about its users — possibly even more than you realize. Google remembers every search you perform and every YouTube video you watch. Whether you have an iPhone ( $870 at Walmart ) or Android phone, Google Maps logs everywhere you go, the route you take to get there, when you arrive and what time you leave — even if you never open the app. When you really take a look at everything Google knows about you, the results can be shocking — maybe even a little frightening. Thankfully, there are a few things you can do about it.

Perché proprietari?

Tutto è cominciato con la nostra visita all’Open Day del liceo don Gnocchi. Gran bell’evento: son riusciti a rendermi simpatico il liceo classico a me che ho sensibilità quasi diametralmente opposte.

Tutto ben fatto. C’è solo una cosa che non mi è piaciuta: il fatto che pur avendo il sito istituzionale fatto in WordPress si son messi ad utilizzare un “aggeggio” proprietario per fare le pagine di presenzazione, ossia site123 punto com (che mi guardo bene dal collegarvi per evitare di fargli pubblicità). Dubito che ci sia malizia perché le pagine illustravano le lingue straniere ed i viaggi studio

Cercando cosa fosse questo site123 mi son poi imbattuto in questo confronto https://www.mybestwebsitebuilder.com/compare-wix-vs-wordpress-vs-site123 che dire che è in malafede mi pare poco: se ne esce con bestiate tipo che wordpress.com non offrirebbe hosting gratuito quando è esattamente il contrario.

L’ultima chicca l’ho trovata su alternativeto.net che riporta l’iniziativa di qualche burlone che è riuscito a creare “You Don’t Need WordPress – Create A Blog With Only Google Docs”. Oh oh oh, promette tre cose:

  1. Hosted for you – We handle hosting, all you need is a Google Drive account!
  2. Open Source The platform is open source. Feel free to contribute and/or host it yourself!
  3. FreeWe are free to use!

Oh bella, puoi aprire tutti i sorgenti che vuoi ma se per funzionare fai affidamento su un servizio proprietario sei un gonzo. È vero che non costa denaro. Già vero. Costa in riservatezza persa, in invasività e via discettando. Pessima, pessima scelta.