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space , 4 months ago

Not an issue if you don't have friends.

space , 4 months ago

You mean selling unrepairable beta products of questionable usefulness at insane prices?

space , 4 months ago

Opera gave up a long time ago when they abandoned Presto. Today it is owned by some Chinese company, and they are just chasing the latest buzzwords, crypto, AI, you name it.

space , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago)

I wouldn't recommend a phone. It would kill your battery, and speeds would be terrible. Find an older computer or a beat up laptop and install qbittorrent on it. You might also need to forward the port.

To allow multiple simultaneous connections over the network, computers use these things called ports, which are numbers used to identify the connection. When the operating system sees that a network packet has arrived, it looks at the port and then forwards the packet to the right application.

Routers create a local network that is isolated from the outside, and all the traffic that goes to or comes from the internet, goes through the router.

If someone wants to connect to you, they have to go through the router. By default, routers will just refuse any connection coming from the outside. They do allow connections from the inside going out. Note that after the connection is established, communication can be bidirectional. Think of it like a social network where you need to be friends with someone to chat. Establishing a connection is like sending a friend request.

Port forwarding basically means telling your router "if someone tries to connect to you on port XXXX, forward those connections to port YYYY on computer ZZZZ".

space , 5 months ago

Another reason why copyright should be shortened... Society has changed massively in the last 100 years, but every expression of our modern society is locked behind copyright.

space , 5 months ago

Would work great if samsung actually let people unlock the bootloader. Afaik you can't do it in certain regions like North America.

space , 5 months ago

Or just download an older live CD that is compatible, and use it in a VM.

space , 5 months ago

They could just watch on the security cameras. I'm pretty sure they exist in every class and parents can access them at any time.

space , 5 months ago

You can find a password checking utility on haveibeenpwned.com (the tool doesn't send your password to the server, but only the first 5 characters of the hashed password, which is very safe). There are CLI tools on GitHub you can use to bulk test passwords. They also provide a downloadable list of hashes.

Alternatively, check if your password manager has a built-in tool for checking for passwords in known databases.

space , 5 months ago

Google isn't any better. And there aren't a lot phone operating system options you can choose from.

space , 5 months ago

Android is not privacy respecting by design. Your best option is to use a normal PC running Linux. However that has its own drawbacks, like lack of HDR support, no Dolby Vision or TrueHD, incompatibility with streaming services DRM.

space , 5 months ago

Not only that. If you buy an app, you are at the mercy of its creator. If they decide they want to fill it with ads and tracking, or switch to a subscription model, there's nothing you can do. You can't rollback updates, you can't install an older version from the play store. If they decide to remove it from the store, you won't be able to install it any more.