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ancom20 [none/use name]

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I like antiX. I’ve used xubuntu before and liked the old xfce UI. Now I’m on Trisquel. Not sure if these have PowerPC versions

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Mr. Monk would eat this.

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This reminds me of a good reason to “bank” with a credit union, not a bank - I read CUs are not subject to bail-ins (seizing deposits to pay secured creditors of the bank)

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If you want to get a used phone, I’ve had good luck on Swappa buying used phones. I personally like Androids. Fairphone aims to be an ethical phone that’s user-repairable (but not available directly in the US). /e/ (Android-based phone OS) sells phones also. Wish I could afford a libreboot (BIOS) Linux laptop like these: https://minifree.org/

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Just replace the references to China in that quote with US and should be correct.

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Some paid services that looked good for email privacy when I looked before (at least with regards to ads/profiting from user-data) were Countermail, myKolab (firm that supports open-source mail software development Kolab), StartMail, Tutanota, ProtonMail. Note that any email operator can access your messages, that’s why it’s important to encrypt them with GPG. Mail-headers may also not be anonymous, and could disclose IP addresses. See if your provider supports STARTTLS. An alternative to GPG for email encryption (but more centralized) is S/MIME. The founder of Lavabit started an email-like service called DarkMail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_encryption. If you’re sending/receiving unencrypted emails to GMail users, however, GMail obviously gets a copy of the message and your email address.

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