I write notes in markdown (I’m not attached to any particular editor) and push them to a self hosted git server. Git therefore also helps handle any merge conflicts between devices.

The “maintaining privacy” is just a bit. It’s about gaining complete access to everyone’s private communications for whatever rhyme or reason the ruling class wants

Yes, as the Trump admin clearly proves, they follow the law to the letter.

/s

The Android private DNS setting is just for a DNS-over-TLS resolver. The only thing about it that’s private is your queries are encrypted en route to the server (traditonal DNS is cleartext). There’s no filtering or blocking.

Some Android versions also have a hard coded DNS server set to Google, which based on my tinkering uses DNS-over-HTTPS. Not only is it annoying but I find it awfully insecure - even if you think you have stuff locked down it might just not be. I fixed that issue by blocking all DNS-over-HTTPS servers in my router, and also have all outgoing requests to port 53 redirected to my local resolvers (Pihole + Unbound).

If the NYT would stop cheerleading imperialism we’d be off to a great start.

All the nice switches are already made in China, and typically cost less than Cherry.

The Third Way Reich

secure anonymous access

A VPN doesn’t provide this on its own. Nothing does.

“Better than a VPN” but it looks more like some decentralised social and content network. So not a replacement or alternative to a VPN in any way. It just preys on the people who already bought the “VPNs make you private online” marketing.

Looks like a silicon valley VC cash grab.

[citation needed]

Ah yes, the magazine of British aristocrats and capitalists is muh Ruzzian propaganduh now.

Clown take.

I use whichever editor is convienient at the moment and which I lile the UX of (Micro on a terminal, Pulsar on desktop, Markor on mobile), and commit the markdown files to a privately hosted git server (Forgejo). The git server is backed up regularly.

The editor doesn’t matter too much as long as it doesn’t have spyware and/or AI “features” like vscode.

When I’m on the go and need to read or write notes I have a clone of the repo on my phone, and if I absolutely need to pull/push to origin I connect via VPN.

I’m not sure how syncthing or similar work with merging different versions of files from different devices, so I’ve just stuck with git for that reason as well as version control (I make notes about homelab configs and issues so being able to go back is handy).

Remember when the US and its EU lapdogs were crying about how Russia (and Putin personally) was using energy as a bargaining chip/leverage?

To nobody’s surprise that was pure projection.

In what way? For which use case? What threat models would exclude TP Link products?

Some BIOSes have a built-in update function that can update from a BIOS file stored on a connected flash drive.

Doesn’t matter which team nominated him. A spook is a spook, anything they touch is gonna get spookified (not that any product from Silicon Valley isn’t already a fancy surveillance and propaganda system).

Good that those things are taught in some places. I can only speak from my own experience in high school - we were required to have laptops for school but were never taught how to be safe online.

Some people put their whole lives on the internet and never once stop to think if it’s a good idea. Then again, online safety and security are never taught or communicated, at least in the west, maybe by design.

So they’ll just start shoveling wood into coal power plants in 2030 and unfurl the “Mission Accomplished” banner.

I remember a heated irl conversation I had about ten years ago with someone from Yugoslavia. That was a time I was peak lib and I couldn’t possibly fathom that what they were saying was true, namely that Russians really like Putin. Since then I have realized the error of my ways, but most people never get that far.