What are ny options for SMS/RCS?

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I have a lot of friends and family that use SMS/RCS and I can’t get them all to use Signal.

I have the option to send SMS from a simple FOSS SMS app, and them we can communicate back and forth.

I’ve heard something about RCS getting E2EE and find that appealing.

What is the future of RCS? What are my options, and should I just stick with SMS?

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KeePassXC + YubiKey: How to set up a local-only password manager
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/18/installing-keepassxc-and-yubikey/

https://redd.it/1jeakqc
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Do background check sites actually work?

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Fastbackgroundcheck. com says there’s info on me on truthfinder, spokeo, peoplefinders and instantcheckmate. When I try going through all four of those sites takes a super long time, including a few times in the past when I tried getting reports on myself.

The progress bars reach 100% and reset continously. If these sites are legimate like some reddit users claim, then why or be upfront about wanting me to pay? Right now I’m convinced that these sites are snake oil, maybe they work if you pay but the behavior of the free options turn me off. They act 100% like typical scam websites, the kind that asks you to complete three surveys on external sites with fake progress bars.

Basic info like my full name, address, age, and siblings can be found with search engines easily but I feel like there’s no point in trying to wipe it if there aren’t methods that could definitely work.

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Opting out of eBay's use of personal data for AI

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https://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences

I recently discovered this setting and thought it might be of interest to others::

This setting is intended to help our users in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland control the use of their personal data to train, test, validate, and align our own Al models as well as third-party Al models

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Privacy-Respecting European Tech Alternatives
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/

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Privacy-Respecting European Tech Alternatives

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https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/

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How to protect against someone forcefully unlocking my phone and password manager with biometrics?

submitted by MoonlightFox to privacyguides
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I really like the convenience of using fingerprint unlock for lockscreen and password manager. I do however don’t like the thought of being forced to unlock both physically.

I use Android with GrapheneOS.

I have set up lockdown, but it takes some time to hold the power button and then click lockdown.

Any creative solutions?

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do regular apps work with eOS?

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Privacy is Also Protecting the Data of Others

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https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/10/the-privacy-of-others/

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Privacy — why should I care

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Hi 👋 just shared the site with one of my buddies and he told me he doesn’t care much about it because there’s no way you’ll be 100% privacy enforced since you’re using an iPhone and sharing your location, name, birthdate , personal files, photos.

I’ve to say this gets to me but on the other side I’m also respectful of everyone‘s opinion because after all, this is what makes us special

How are you handling these circumstances usually, do you say something?

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disappointment...

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Am disappointed that there is no gecko based browser recommended for android. Why not Fennec, firefox klar, ironfox, or just mozilla firefox with hardening guide ?

Is blink based browsers are future ? We are gonna bury gecko based ones ?

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GrapheneOS partial offline backup?

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I may need to visit the United States briefly, therefore I want to offline backup my text messages and signal messages from my GrapheneOS phone. Once I return home I want to restore my data from the offline backup. Does anybody have experience and recommendations for this?

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Privacy Means Safety

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https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/25/privacy-means-safety/

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Help test Mullvad Browser Alpha

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https://mullvad.net/en/blog/help-test-mullvad-browser-alpha

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Life Without a SIM Card

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https://blog.thenewoil.org/life-without-a-sim-card

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Signal's nickname feature can protect you from accidentally adding the wrong person to a group chat

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https://www.404media.co/you-need-to-use-signals-nickname-feature/

Encryption can’t protect you from adding the wrong person to a group chat. But there is also a setting to make sure you don’t.

You can add your own nickname to a Signal contact by clicking on the person’s profile picture in a chat with them then clicking “Nickname.” Signal says “Nicknames & notes are stored with Signal and end-to-end encrypted. They are only visible to you.” So, you can add a nickname to a Jason saying “co-founder,” or maybe “national security adviser,” and no one else is going to see it. Just you. When you’re trying to make a group chat, perhaps.

Signal could improve its user interface around groups and people with duplicate display names.

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Pixelfed leaks private posts from other Fediverse instances

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https://fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.html

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London: Police to install permanent cameras equipped with live facial recognition

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https://posteo.de/en/news/london-police-to-install-permanent-cameras-equipped-with-live-facial-recognition

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23andMe users struggle to delete their highly sensitive data

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddy8d63262o

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Creator of HaveIBeenPwned Data Breach Site Falls for Phishing Email

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https://www.pcmag.com/news/creator-of-haveibeenpwned-data-breach-site-falls-for-phishing-email

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Secure encryption and online anonymity are now at risk in Switzerland

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https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/secure-encryption-and-online-anonymity-are-now-at-risk-in-switzerland-heres-what-you-need-to-know

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