More like a sad realization of the state of (un)education in some parts of the so-called civilized world.
You laugh not to cry.

Muricans panic without acronyms, let’em be or they’ll catch fire.

Updating windows is (usually) great for security and terrible for privacy.

a Linux distro would have no service agreement,

Ever heard of Red Hat?

Two simple options:

• don’t use a doorbell camera
• use one that is connected to local LAN only

just like in that book where 2+2 is sometimes 3, sometimes 5.

You mean book1.xls?

They don’t need to, they just need to develop their own components and ship those instead of AOSP’s. Bit by bit, “Android” becomes proprietary because google’s components are the ones that are force-fed to the users.

What are you on about? It’s Google, they’re not gonna just close-source android more and more with every release or something…

Oh…

with no strings.

I wouldn’t call the L/GPL “no strings”.

Kinda like curl.

True, but laws being written by morons with little to no tech knowledge, they’ll ban VPN companies’ services.

Hoodie, sunglasses, COVID mask. Change the way you walk.

Can they flock your property without your permission? Are those cameras stone- or spray paint-resistant?

Tor, i2p or a similar overlay network.

Proxying through a friend’s connection abroad (using a wireguard implementation like headscale).

Risking lesser-known VPNs; and ISPs being bound to net-neutrality. YMMV.

How is google any different?

Can’t graphene it, Xiaomi no longer sends unlock codes. 😢

I’m the family’s tech nerd so no.
Btw mom’s laptop will soon rock Mint. Later step will be de-gmail-ing her.

Someone tell Rossmann.

Tarantino approves.

My cat agrees.

Bitwarden’s got a free plan and you can also self-host it.
You can migrate from bitwarden to keepass, i’m not sure about the other way around.