https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/tags/privacy/ Recent content in Privacy on forgettablePyromaniac Hugo en-US Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/privacy-only-gets-worse/ Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/privacy-only-gets-worse/ I’m seriously trying. I have talked to friends, online and local, as well as my local goverment whenever this shit comes up, and it all passes anyway. Why even bother? I’ve been so glad to switch most of my personal life to free and open source shit (with few exceptions, notably FL and Steam games), throwing my excess dollars around to try and get some shit done, no matter how small. https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/replacement-applications/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/replacement-applications/ A list of decent alternatives & my reasoning. I’m just going to get right into this to be as informational as possible. I’ll try and go over both Phones and Computers, although I have more experience with the latter than the former. OS You should replace your PC OS first, before doing anything else. Seriously. Microsoft makes you their BITCH and Apple is the abusive ex you crawl back to anyway. https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/the-world-is-falling-apart/ Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://forgettable.xyz/thoughts/the-world-is-falling-apart/ You should never have to show ID to use the internet. Seriously. That’s fucking stupid. Imagine if you had to give ID to enter a public park - fucking nasty idea, huh? That’s the reality we’re gonna be hitting soon at this rate, all thanks to the UK and Aussieland. On one hand, I agree with the sentiment of “protect the children”. On the other hand, it’s not about protecting children, it’s about knowing WHO is saying WHAT, so unless you are singlehandedly the most milktoast person ever, you can and will be scrutinized; especially with the UK’s no-vpn, no encryption (or at least backdoored) shit.