Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl...
by 3abiton on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:32AM
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This is the issue with being lenient on crime but also being liberal. You have to search for the "right" patterns to find your criminal. It happens that folks who care about privacy, and criminals, two distinct groups search and use the same set of technologies: wether it's grapheneOS, or others. I am also tired of people still looking suspicious at me for not having instagram, snap or tiktok or use whatsapp, it's like I dropped out of society, and that I use linux and use open source email clients/server, I use ublock origin advanced with blocking of scripts and 3rd party domains. Why privacy is an uphill daily battle.
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Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl...
by jareklupinski on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:09AM
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> I am also tired of people still looking suspicious at me for not having instagram, snap or tiktok or use whatsapp, it's like I dropped out of society,
social media was designed to appear like it is society, by the people who _made_ your society
i think its all just an illusion to make you work harder :(
Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl...
by BoofMcQueen42 on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:43PM
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When I was dating around there was more than one instance of the other person finding it weird/creepy/suspicious that I had no Twitter/Instagram/whatever. As if a 2025 Ted Bundy would make a social media account and then post about how much he likes killing people. Surely nobody lies on the internet!