2025-10-25T00:33:51Z https://yabu.me Linux https://yabu.me/npub1du093tsdmtfztvw0s5wfat3cc58drxyfc0rrtsuxw7ccg7jps5vqes5lxr https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfjrs86svmmkfa4lryyfedd9879ahrlt0kp68ywrnwz8cztymlcqzyph3uk9wphddyfd3e7z3e84w8rzsa5vc38puvdwrsemmrpr6gxz3sep06zs Looking to leave GitHub?<br/><br/>Try Codeberg — it&#39;s Git, but based in Germany (Europe), without all of Microsoft&#39;s nonsense. They&#39;re also on the Fediverse: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fh736ae0xzk98s59wggazdpqg0g78mg2rwk7qf87ew96cqhc4lrst3ee83" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Codeberg</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fh7…ee83</span>)</a></span>.<br/><br/>But wait — it gets better!<br/><br/>Codeberg is open source, and you can even host your own instance. The software is called Forgejo, built by the same folks behind Codeberg, and they&#39;re on the Fediverse too: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12r320mcnpx7hnsr9v8ydwdk9eyqrlpm8usvspwzpd4hw8g5l9rdscrzz58" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Forgejo</span> (<span class="italic">npub12r3…zz58</span>)</a></span>.<br/><br/>#GitHub #GitLab #Git #FOSS #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Microsoft 2025-09-06T16:08:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst329grvwa6lgnndkx5att5zk6qjz5pgqehprrw5l0zypq44wfr8gzyph3uk9wphddyfd3e7z3e84w8rzsa5vc38puvdwrsemmrpr6gxz3sn8zarg Anyone here sort of avoiding doing their job today, or is it just me? lol<br/><br/>My vacation is a week away, and a part of me has already &#34;checked out.&#34;<br/><br/>I keep trying to be engaging, but there&#39;s that part of me that just wants today to be over so I can enjoy my weekend. 2025-09-05T16:13:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2g84wz057d2zktu87zm7vgrjzffmpcjph9tt8vqctdnw8936swqczyph3uk9wphddyfd3e7z3e84w8rzsa5vc38puvdwrsemmrpr6gxz3sqsuw0n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgct8jm49x4mgyqs6qzh8fnva0eyw08jr9yttf6nyz0xwfxhv4wgz996zx'>nevent1q…96zx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Every once in a while, someone says something like:<br/><br/>“I do this, and that makes me safe from Facebook’s prying eyes!”<br/><br/>It’s all complete nonsense.<br/><br/>If you use our Meta products or services in any manner, we know who you are, where you are, what you’re doing, who your friends are, and so much more.<br/><br/>I am so confident of that fact that, as a Meta employee, I have been warning people about what we’re doing, and I know my job is still safe and secure.<br/><br/>Because, will everyone leave Facebook? Nope!<br/><br/>Meta is like a drug to which many people have become addicted and rely upon. There are entire nations that use WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger for everything.<br/><br/>I’ve told people we are working closely with the United States government. We are actively building lists that Donald Trump could use to single people out. And people are still using Meta.<br/><br/>But ultimately, you need to accept there is nothing you can do to keep us from knowing everything about you while you continue to use Meta.<br/><br/>There&#39;s no trick to use Meta safely 2025-08-24T01:15:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw4ql9xavrh2uzm077m8fk32gj5fqjwz3uu7m89k2f0cu0hyj0ulgzyph3uk9wphddyfd3e7z3e84w8rzsa5vc38puvdwrsemmrpr6gxz3sz6shwg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrath2yhyy575yj3knh7esw40t0zj9z2lz28cq3e404ez490pkg4s8axg9d'>nevent1q…xg9d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wrong.<br/><br/>Sign up for AdGuard DNS or Control D DNS and enable logging. Have your iPhone use that profile all the time.<br/><br/>Even with no apps installed. Your Apple iPhone calls out more than Android or Microsoft Windows 11.<br/><br/>Now go ahead and install some apps and watch the query climb rapidly. 2025-07-22T22:18:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8pqp68rsvsf654tqajcma5asc2ea04c6t0gscdk2qn0q3jht6nhgzyph3uk9wphddyfd3e7z3e84w8rzsa5vc38puvdwrsemmrpr6gxz3sz06nkn As a Meta employee, I can honestly tell you what we know, and I do not know how we obtain all of it.<br/><br/>* Your full name<br/>* Your full home address<br/>* Your phone number<br/>* Your e-mail<br/>* Your government ID<br/>* Your consumer report history<br/>* The name of every family member<br/>* The name of every friend<br/>* The name of their family / friends<br/>* Your marital status<br/>* If you are faithful to your partner<br/>* Your work history (all of it)<br/>* Your education history (all of it)<br/>* Your travel history (going back years)<br/>* Your birth gender<br/>* Your gender ID<br/>* Your sexuality<br/>* Your sexual preferences<br/>* How often you&#39;re having sex<br/>* Your partner&#39;s details (all the above)<br/>* Your political ideology<br/>* Your involvement with any group<br/>* If you protest, we know<br/>* If you&#39;re unhappy, we know<br/><br/>The amount of information we collect on you is insane. And we do it all for supposedly marketing and yes, we help the government since they have access to all this too. <br/><br/>So when someone says they want to avoid META or GOOGLE - respect. 2025-07-22T22:04:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9hq4s9fz8s28kvzh5vn96ms7kp6wl4nnswypsdzukhnttvvyzxnczyph3uk9wphddyfd3e7z3e84w8rzsa5vc38puvdwrsemmrpr6gxz3sxrrw05 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxjr5wsffd7xtlklgppmjltv6uuff3ywjmy2d746gkjmj5yjdegcvfwq0m'>nevent1q…wq0m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not all of it, and not nearly as much as if I had the official Google Play Store or Google Play Services installed.<br/><br/>microG does what I need it to do, and that&#39;s good enough for me. 2025-07-22T18:10:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswh7cyg9lech70069z63a5hl59amq6nm0x8hpzvgdvmh25ccymdnqzyph3uk9wphddyfd3e7z3e84w8rzsa5vc38puvdwrsemmrpr6gxz3sedz68t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqvlddlsk9axqh2rr2u8njxt5u53z6056fyfu4rzq5scq40vj8mnsfatl76'>nevent1q…tl76</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>GOS also does not recommend microG either, but it works. Aurora is better than installing Google&#39;s actual Play Store and needing an account. <br/><br/>Truthfully, if I could use APK Mirror, I would, but this will have to do. 2025-07-22T00:02:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9tcrfmkm2mnnyp678qxr8ryyncjr8d28ywx4y5y2axvsf9vk23wczyph3uk9wphddyfd3e7z3e84w8rzsa5vc38puvdwrsemmrpr6gxz3slkux5d GrapheneOS + microG + Aurora = For the Win!<br/><br/>True, it may not validate, but I do not do banking on my phone. I just need the bare minimum to get apps to work without using Google&#39;s actual software, and do not care if someone says:<br/><br/>&gt; &#34; But... but ... It&#39;s in a sandbox! &#34;<br/><br/>Well, if everything is inside that sandbox, communicating and connecting within that sandbox, then that is still a problem.<br/><br/>To put it another way... If you act stupid inside a visual machine, you still get stupid. <br/><br/>Google is the stupid, I&#39;d like to avoid, while still using my apps that, unfortunately, still rely upon their madness. And I am OK with tricking them, making them believe they&#39;re using that madness. <br/><br/>So yes, I am having my cake, and I am eating it too, and it seems to be working well for me. 2025-07-21T23:49:51Z