I’m always skeptical when something is called privacy focused and the article lists no privacy features.

Does this actually provide any new unique privacy features or is it something akin to arkenfox where it is just getting everything upstream from firefox?

As someone who worked in the restaurant industry this name made me shutter.

3 minutes in before its revealed its actually a sponsored video to advertise daily.dev

Honestly i found that whole excerpt to be pretty nonsensical.

Don’t see how that relates to what i said and then you quoted but reworded (why?). Plus it all just circles back into “its bad cause the UX is slightly more inconvenient”.

If the author had any substance to his argument it wouldn’t require laying out a ridiculous scenario just to get the reader to understand what in hell he is trying to say.

He basically tldrs the whole article a few sentences later with " I want it to be easy to use." The author never seriously considers if that’s worth the cost.

Author seems to ignore that FOSS projects tend to be much smaller teams without budget to create the user experience that private VC funded projects can.

Ths whole accountability argument seems to be pretty disingenuous, allowing anyone who wants to evaluate the source code is about as accountable as it gets.

The not-so-subtle “you will be lazy about what your doing if someone is not paying you not to be” vibe throughout this article is off putting to say the least.

I also find prioritizing user experience over the sharing of source code to be misguided. Allowing folks to gate keep knowledge and hide what they are doing is a big price just for a better user experience.

The real issue with FOSS is the same as with P2P networks. Most people are leechers whose only contribution is lip service.

My problem with these lists is they never provide any sort of evidence as to why these suggestions should be trusted. No discernable criteria that a suggestion in a category has to meet, no evidence the site fact checks its suggestions.

Problem for me is a lot of news and journalists are still only on Twitter.

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This. There really is no point in installing something like tinywall, when there is a built in firewall that has more functionality (granted its much less user friendly).

I get what your saying and obviously overpaying by 15x, like in your example is a terrible idea but, I will say, overpaying by a much smaller amount to save time is sometimes worth it.

One thing your example does not do, and its something most people don’t do is factor in how much your time is worth. Is spending an extra $500, for example, worth as much as multiple hours of your time?

I typically use a desktop but I’ve worked office jobs all my life, so I have a bunch of spare “retired” thinkpads I use if I need a laptop.

If I was going to buy a new laptop Framework really appeals to me although the continuing issue of slow firmware updates might keep me away.

Probably would just go with a secure core PC instead, especially if I was going to keep personal data on it.

Sucks to see something destroy a mans spirit. Not only did it change his outlook on creating open source but it soured his view on open source in general. Reads a bit overly salty but, understandable as it sounds like he went through a lot.

Or just generate a random series of 5 words (through bitwarden) separated by the character of your choice and have a much better password that’s relatively easy to memorize.

Relevant xkcd

Bitwarden has an import tool. You should be able to convert your spreadsheet into the format they like and import relatively easily.

For backups, you can create encrypted backups through bitwarden. So it shouldn’t matter if synching itself is a secure process as what your syncing is already encrypted.

I generally would recommend staying away from third party modified versions of Windows. This would be especially true for OP as you seem to be a relatively inexperienced user.

Usually the security risk isnt worth whatever they offer and most of the time any features they offer could usually be accomplished within standard Windows.

That guy really hates 2fa.

Uhhhhh…

Eternity for Lemmy has users as a filter option.

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/eu.toldi.infinityforlemmy

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I use cryptomator to encrypt what im uploading ahead of time.

Its one of the rare times where Google pays off. G drive is relatively secure and cryptomator makes it decently private.