Comment on Discussion Thread š Saturday 26 July 2025
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
Woke up š„± Back to the tech bullshit.
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Iāve already switched to Duck Duck Go on my phone which is a bit hard to get used to. Oh well. Gotta do it on the computer now. Iām making non-Gmail versions of my emails and replacing them on the appropriate platforms to ensure I retain access to those connected services if I lose access to the gmail (even if itās only to have the option to overwrite or delete them). Reddit is demanding government id now so Iām wondering whether I should use that addon to mass redact my posts and delete my account. It breaks my heart to do it. Itās a lot of history with some fantastic people, so many posts with Melbcat including adopting her, and it all probably documents stuff I might want to refer to. And itās the last nail in the coffin of me potentially returning there. </3 At the same time I donāt trust Spez with his intent to emulate Musk and the way he handled changes to the site, am annoyed I didnāt do it before ai scraped my content, and itās possibly better not to leave so much personal info sitting on there. I wonder if thereās a way to download it for myself and then wipe it off Reddit. I donāt know. Iāll have to see how long I have to decide. Probably not long :( Next on the agenda is getting my photos and files back off the cloud. Need to see how long I have to do that.
The privacy and physical media buffs were so right. I didnāt have the time or savvy to be preventative but I can try my best now.
bacon@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
We use VPN
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
VPN would get me banned or shadowbanned from socmed but I want to look into VPN for general use anyway.
The free ones have a reputation for being dodgy so Iām wondering about the free one included with the Opera browser?
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
I use Brave browser when also has a VPN option and lots of inbuilt ādo not trackā privacy settings. Iāve not used the VPN much but just adding it as an option for yiu
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
Iāll look into it, thanks
bacon@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
Ohh I need to look into that
Taleya@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
nah I live in PIA and havenāt had issues
StudChud@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
What vpn do you use?
bacon@aussie.zone āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
Just Proton. Free.
kudra@aus.social āØ5ā© āØweeksā© ago
@bacon @StudChud be careful with Proton. I've now seen several accounts of people having issues with Proton VPN then getting their entire Proton suite locked and no recourse: as bad as Google. Also they have autopayment without notification which some people will definitely take issue with.