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Re: Social media

Reply #31 –
Telegram Group has always been shitty af, guys. Sorry to say that. Or... do something with it please. Because it's mostly a mob of toxic school kids with insults and racist stuff almost every time.

Here it is when I tried to take a peek at it for the umpteenth time: https://ibb.co/CtMQqM3

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Reply #32 –
Telegram has a centralized closed source server and relies on phone number.
That's why I do not like it.
Better than whatsapp however.

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Reply #33 –
Artix is an OS available to everyone, all ages, nationalities, beliefs, they are never going to see eye to eye on everything except Artix itself. If the users you dislike are hanging out on the social media you dislike, then great, fantastic, seems like a brilliant solution, leave them there  or they might come here instead.  ;D
(So long as they are genuine users though, and not some attempt to discredit Artix by rivals or other ill intentioned people.)

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Reply #35 –
Well, our TG group is far more interesting than Arch's - and we only ban people for not speaking english and peddling crypto.

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Reply #36 –
Quote from: artoo – on
Quote from: strajder – on
Telegram is anti-privacy as well. For instance, it requires phone number for registration, and all communication goes through their servers.


I would agree, it provides geolocation via the "mobile phone", accurately within few meters.
Hence, I myself don't do any "social media" which is in reality asocial, a cesspool destroying society.


And that is a medical fact.

I have no mobile phone.  I would have something if It did what I wanted and didn't spy on me and came with an off button.

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Reply #37 –
It would be really nice if we could get official Matrix support. I can't connect on IRC (Libera has some strict rules/requirements that prevent me from joining).

There's an unofficial artix community on matrix, but yeah would be nice if we could get something set up officially.

#artix-linux-unofficial:matrix.org

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Reply #38 –
Quote from: mrbrklyn – on
Quote from: artoo – on



I would agree, it provides geolocation via the "mobile phone", accurately within few meters.
Hence, I myself don't do any "social media" which is in reality asocial, a cesspool destroying society.


And that is a medical fact.

I have no mobile phone.  I would have something if It did what I wanted and didn't spy on me and came with an off button.
graphene on a pixel does that

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Reply #41 –
Quote from: Chris Cromer – on
Facebook @artixljnux
Greek Facebook @artixlinuxgr
Facebook? Really?! You guys don't read the news?
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked

Quote from: nous – on
TG offers an open source client which doesn't record your voice, turn on your front camera, analyze all your phone sensors, scan your files and shove ads in your face.
TG is indeed better than proprietary crapwares like WhatsApp. However, like other spyware infested social media platforms, they recently started shoving ads in the face of users that don't have a Premium account. As much as I am aware, these new ads in TG are server side and can't be disabled in the client.

Quote from: jahway603 – on
A Telegram group is a centralized group chat that requires you give them your phone number to participate in it.
Even signal requires a phone number for registration! Just use a temp number for registration in Telegram and call it a day.

Quote from: n00b – on
Quote from: mrbrklyn – on
And that is a medical fact.
I have no mobile phone.  I would have something if It did what I wanted and didn't spy on me and came with an off button.
graphene on a pixel does that
GrapheneOS only runs on Pixel phones which are Google hardware. A de-googled LineageOS phone is better.

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Reply #42 –
Quote from: Phosphate5 – on
Quote from: Chris Cromer – on
Facebook @artixljnux
Greek Facebook @artixlinuxgr
Facebook? Really?! You guys don't read the news?
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked

Too bad we can't see 7 years into the future, hey? To my knowledge, nobody is keeping up our Facebook presence.

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Reply #43 –
Quote from: Phosphate5 – on
Quote from: nous – on
TG offers an open source client which doesn't record your voice, turn on your front camera, analyze all your phone sensors, scan your files and shove ads in your face.
TG is indeed better than proprietary crapwares like WhatsApp. However, like other spyware infested social media platforms, they recently started shoving ads in the face of users that don't have a Premium account. As much as I am aware, these new ads in TG are server side and can't be disabled in the client.
Matrix beats Signal, but is far more weird. I am not sure that TG or WA should be used at all.
Quote from: n00b – on
Quote from: mrbrklyn – on
Quote from: artoo – on
I would agree, it provides geolocation via the "mobile phone", accurately within few meters.
Hence, I myself don't do any "social media" which is in reality asocial, a cesspool destroying society.
And that is a medical fact.
I have no mobile phone.  I would have something if It did what I wanted and didn't spy on me and came with an off button.
graphene on a pixel does that
Quote from: Phosphate5 – on
GrapheneOS only runs on Pixel phones which are Google hardware. A de-googled LineageOS phone is better.
Graphene works on a locked bootloader and Lineage does not, right? So objectively not true, right? I mean we can delve into further details if you like, but that's a killer for me.

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Reply #44 –
Quote from: n00b – on
Graphene works on a locked bootloader and Lineage does not, right? So objectively not true, right? I mean we can delve into further details if you like, but that's a killer for me.
No you have to unlock the bootloader to install GrapheneOS. The bizarre situation is that Google's Pixel phones are one of the best options if you want a degoogled phone.

The deal-breaker for me, when I finally replaced my Samsung S5 running Lineage/MicroG last year, was the lack of a removable battery on the Pixel. The S5 was the last of the Samsung flagships with a removable battery. (I'd have stuck with it but it didn't do 4G calling and all the UK networks have either switched off 3G, or are doing so this year).

In the end I went with a Fairphone 3. Removable battery and a 3.5 headphone jack, which I wanted if possible. Runs /e/OS. It also has MicroG. It's a bit of a brick but I'm fairly happy with my choice.