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Do you know what personal info gets landed on their server when you send an Email to a Gmail account? Presumably Email address and name, but is there much more, hidden stuff?
I never actually thought about it from this angle. Moreso about how much they have access to by having a Google account, but not the exposure if yiu Email someone on their servers.
If you are concerned about your information getting on a Google server when you send an Email to a Gmail account, is the issue still the same no matter what provider you use? Or am I misunderatanding? You are still to a Gmail address no?
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Open Source@lemmy.ml•NoPeek - free open source Android app that detects nearby Meta Ray-Ban glasses and VR headsets via Bluetooth
2·16 days agoOK thanks for that. The build is beyond my skills to I’ll wait a while and keep an eye on it in case it becomes available.
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Open Source@lemmy.ml•NoPeek - free open source Android app that detects nearby Meta Ray-Ban glasses and VR headsets via Bluetooth
5·17 days agoAnyone having trouble downloading the APK from the Git page? Tried a couple of browsers.
This is the link text:
https://github.com/getnopeek/nopeek-android
Keeps circling back to the same page.
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Off My Chest@lemmy.world•It's obvious foul play was involved but not enough people are pointing it outEnglish
4·18 days ago4 feet deep, based on data from an AI summary on a Google search page.
Seems legit.
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Opensource@programming.dev•Android Fediverse client that does not send user agent to servers
4·23 days agoI’m not 100% sure if it is what you are looking for but I use Voyager in conjunction with TrackerControl. TC blocks all the trackers.


Although I am curious why on the main screen of TC it says that Voyager contacted one country last week if trackers are blocked.

Apologies if this isn’t what you need, is this am example of a Fediverse client? Is that what you meant?
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DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml•The era of 15GB "free" Gmail storage is ending - but the truth is that it never was
12·28 days agoSayonara Google.
Thanks for the context, appreciate it.
Isn’t it the case though that no matter what is set up, no matter where it is set up,and no matter what by, that it will eventually become polluted by fools? Broadly speaking.
This is why posts like this raise the spirits a bit.
Honestly, people like you are keeping my faith/interest in being online alive. It’s dying at pace and things like this, that you do, help to keep it alive a bit longer.
This has genuinely made my day better and will make every day I go online just a little bit better.
Thank you genuinely.
Thank you for being great. Ireland appreciates you.
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Technology@lemmy.world•AI coders are carrying half-open laptopsEnglish
1043·1 month agoUtterly pointless thread. Drivel. Change your power settings so that you can close the screen and have the machine “do nothing”.
Is this the level of content that is deemed worthy these days? Literally a non-story.
I’m using Proton Mail and use an alias to sign up for each service. Works well and if you start getting spam you can pinpoint who leaked your data due to to the unique aliases.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Any experience with e-ink displays?English
3·1 month agoThis is what I use: https://www.seeedstudio.com/XIAO-7-5-ePaper-Panel-p-6416.html
Using ESP Home Builder in Home Assistant I can push updates to it.
It works, but for me its far too much work for what it is. Updates are a pain in the hole, and come fairly frequently.
I’ve just ditched it now to be honest.
I was using it to display the weather where my wife worked each morning so she could dress accordingly. It did what it was supposed to do but was too much work. Wireless firmware updates seldom worked and it needed to be connected to a computer to reliably update.
For me personally the convenience isn’t there. Compare it to a similar sized tablet that I can run Fully Kiosk in to display a Home Assistant dashboard that updates effortlessly, and its a non-runner.
May be absolutely fine for other use cases but for me it was prohibitive. Battery life is a few months based on waking up each morning to refresh and going back to sleep until the next morning, but, you can’t monitor the battery level, a known issue with these. That simply is bananas!
I’m using Heliboard too but yhe correction is really bad. Very frustrating. Have to go back and correct yhe same words all the time. As yiu can see here, it still has not learned that yhe should be the. And yiu also.
Just goes to show how bad my manual typing is!
I’m.tolerating it but its immensely annoying.
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Technology@lemmy.world•AI Assistants Are Leaking Your ConversationsEnglish
62·1 month agoDid anyone really think they were actually private at any time ever ever?
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Technology@lemmy.world•A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower | The VergeEnglish
4·1 month agoThis sounds like a storyline for the next Honey I Shrunk the Kids movie?
And shouldn’t it be…em…the Grass Verge?
I’ll get my coat.

Home Assistant have their own device that can provide Thread.
Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2
It does ZigBee also bit you can only run one protocol at a time.
I bought one for yhe exact reason you stated; trying out IKEA stuff. My setup is similar also.
Good luck!