[kwlug-disc] FAANG-free walk

[L.D. Paniak]

Maybe you need a PinePhone?
https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/pinephone-ubports-community-edition-pre-orders-are-open-271

But the not/working list is still a little rough:
https://gitlab.com/ubports/community-ports/pinephone#what-works-what-doesnt

On 4/19/20 12:40 PM, Doug Moen wrote:
> > Do you turn off your cell (screen/flip) phone when you walk around? :)
>
> Yes. I keep it in airplane mode almost all of the time. No cell radio,
> bluetooth or GPS, but I do use wifi. If I want to do a web search or
> check my email, and I'm out of wifi range, I will briefly turn on the
> cell radio. These things are long established habits, so they don't
> seem like a burden or require a lot of thought. Airplane mode also
> saves me from spam phone calls and those national security alert
> things where the phone makes a loud noise design to provoke maximum
> anxiety until you acknowledge that a child has gone missing in Thunder
> Bay or that you should consider washing your hands. I'm done with that.
>
> There's more I could be doing. I could install a more secure and
> private Android distro (one that is fully degooglized). That's on my
> TODO list. I could power off my phone and store it in the fridge
> (faraday cage) when I'm not using it, as recommended by Edward
> Snowden, but I'm too lazy and/or internet-addicted to do that.
>
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2020, at 1:38 PM, Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc wrote:
>>
>>> Funny, your comments about "cash", my experience in the Current
>>> Times with cash;
>>> - Food Basics takes cash, at least the one on Laurelwood Dr. in Waterloo
>>> - B&T Grocers(Viet/Thai joint) in the heart of Kitchener takes
>>> cash(prefers actually)
>>> - LCBO whines and I have to pull the "cash is legal tender and it is
>>> illegal to deny me the transaction"  Staff and I are gloved. They
>>> capitulate
>>> - Zehrs whines and I have to pull the "cash is legal tender and it
>>> is illegal to deny me the transaction"  Staff and I are gloved. They
>>> capitulate
>>> - Gas stations don't care much, at least, no one has hassled me when
>>> I do cash payments
>>> - Stemmlers in Heidelberg is cool with cash(gloved), and the 3
>>> farmer folks that I frequent are more than good with cash, no gloves
>>> required(!)
>>>
>>> Life is so simple now, food, liquour and gasolene, the essentials:-)
>> Do you turn off your cell (screen/flip) phone when you walk around? :)
>>
>>
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