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Extrasvhx9he ,

Just a tad bit confused are you trying to back them up or keep your bookmarks synced across different browsers/devices? I'm a bit slow today, haha

Extrasvhx9he , (edited )

Just to add on what you want is the 3,2,1 method of backing up. You're asking for trouble if you just rely on cloud storage for anything that important. Export your TOTP seeds or copy your 8-10 generated OTPs. If shit hits the fan you'll be able to use a TOTP generator or a password manager that has one built in to get your codes.

Extrasvhx9he ,

The first major step is a tracker and ad blocker (DNS based, software or even both) a VPN could help with this since some do offer to block trackers and ads. Everything else is pretty secondary imo and depends on your threat model

Extrasvhx9he ,

A hell of a deal

Extrasvhx9he ,

Its been a while since I last checked the forums but iirc no. Best you can do is set up automatic reboot in order for it to be in it's most encrypted state after a specified time period again this info might be dated. My personal method is setting up a going out profile with the bare necessities with a weaker passcode and relying on a passphrase on my main user profile if it is found by a good person both the profiles have my burner email as a note on the lockscreen if they want to contact me.

Extrasvhx9he ,

That headline reads like a tongue twister

Extrasvhx9he ,

"Haha April fools"

Extrasvhx9he , (edited )

Besides ublock origin like the other posted stated your biggest scam threats would be coming from social media websites, Facebook or meta whatever its called and email being the biggest. Since I assume you can't monitor her 24/7 and she's an active user, setting up some kind of DNS solution and firewall on your network, you managing her passwords and 2fa via hardware, setting up a non admin local account for windows and maybe some kind of easy reference material like pictures with text in a booklet should be used also. Assuming she's still sound of mind

Edit: as for the phone portion of the question it really depends on how much media do you want her exposed to? You can make a pretty dumb phone via grapheneos and install the games she plays normally (network access restricted of course) with automatic updates. But if she uses social media, messaging apps and other apps like that maybe an iPhone would be easier and simpler for her. At that point you will have to rely on your network solutions, you managing her account credentials, bank included, and the reference material to protect her from scams

Extrasvhx9he ,

Top of my head: like a Linksys MR7340 hydra should have enough ram and storage for openwrt for a few years iirc but only 3 Ethernet port so a switch might be needed. Think its 50 USD rn but I'll have to double check that. Another option would be like a used Linksys AC2200

Extrasvhx9he , (edited )

Actually was doing some research on this the other day for a friend and here's what I found.

Used:

  • ASUS ZenScreen (MB16ACE) 15.6” - buy used for around 140$ USD on amazon maybe cheaper on eBay

  • ViewSonic VG1655 15.6 Inch - buy used for around 120-130 USD on amazon maybe cheaper on ebay

New:

  • ASUS ZenScreen (MB166C) 15.6" - currently limited deal of around 100 USD new. Its the best bang for your buck imo if you want to go with a known brand
Extrasvhx9he ,

Hahahaha

Extrasvhx9he ,

Think there's also an official emulator from android studios but I could be wrong

Whats the purpose for usernames on signal?

Been using signal for years and love it and got the majority of my contacts on to it. My question is how are usernames useful now? You still need to register with a phone number with signal to limit spam and bots afaik and I'm assuming you should protect your username just like you do your phone number anyways because spam,...

Extrasvhx9he OP ,

Honestly didn't even think about that. I usually use my work phone number for that purpose and if I get close to them then my personal/signal. You're so right though a very good addition

Extrasvhx9he OP ,

That's a solid point I also know some people that use those services so this will help me too

Extrasvhx9he , (edited )

I rather buy used ssds off eBay from a known brand.

Extrasvhx9he , (edited )

I guess it really depends on your area. I hear stories that it's the bee's knees and then other ones where the signal is so congested, especially if using a mvno. Personally I'm sticking with 4g, in my area 5g is about the same in speed unless you want to stay up til like 4am to get a decent boost.

Extrasvhx9he , (edited )

Unless you want to add in your firefox login info to mull best option would be adding each bookmark to a spreadsheet and ~ manually adding each bookmark to your new browser ~

Edit: got a case of 2am brain over here and forgot an easier way. After saving the spreadsheet make sure its formatted correctly as hyperlinks that way you can export the spreadsheet as an HTML file. Depending on what desktop browser you can then import the HTML file in your bookmark manager

Extrasvhx9he ,

Yeahh its not a feature on Mull. Think OP got confused with Mullvad browser or something

Extrasvhx9he , (edited )

Yeah you can select multiple bookmarks on mull and "copy to clipboard" then paste them into whatever spreadsheet editor you want if that's what you meant? You can then format the links correctly on something like Calc or excel. I never personally tried extensions but that might be another route you can take. Sorry for all of the downvotes the privacy community isn't always this hostile to a simple question. Hope you have a good one

Extrasvhx9he , (edited )

No worries honest mistake their names are really similar, haha. Check it out its on android its like a hardened Firefox

Extrasvhx9he ,

Used to say liftoff but now Voyager is easily my favorite. Took some time getting used to but not bad at all.

Wiki for android packages

Another post made me wonder if there is some kind of wiki or website for android packages with descriptions that can/should be removed via adb. Back when I had a bloated phone, about 3 years back, I remember how much of a pain in the ass this was and had to go through XDA developers and reddit posts just to get the info on which...

Extrasvhx9he OP ,

Assuming yes but does it function the same when used on android tv? Don't particularly have one just curious

Extrasvhx9he , (edited )

By PC do you mean a desktop? Guess any desktop you build yourself. Are there features you want like the best Linux support or something?

Extrasvhx9he ,

He has mix feelings about it...that's it

Extrasvhx9he ,

Ba dum tss lmao

Extrasvhx9he ,

Regardless of where you get your secondhand drives do yourself a favor and make sure they package them correctly (antistatic bag, 1-2inches of bubblewrap and a cardboard box) by messaging for that. That's my biggest complain when I brought used drives. Think Serverpartdeals and goharddrive are the main eBay sellers with great reps but I sadly haven't done business with them so can't verify

Extrasvhx9he ,

Don't own an android TV or box but can you really not change the default launcher natively?

Extrasvhx9he ,

I'd go the mini PC/sff route, on eBay for instance you can get like a HP EliteDesk 800 G3 for around 50-80$ depending if you want a drive and adapter included think that's the best bang for the buck. I would've recommended buying a 20-30$ onn android TV box but seeing how restricted android tv is from another post kinda made me rethink that.

Edit: also if you can wait like a year more I bet the market will be flooded with cheap mini/sff desktops.

Extrasvhx9he ,

What's going on with HP?

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