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Cake day: September 22nd, 2024

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  • It’s not too hard to use your own domain and it is certainly worth it. It can even be cheaper price-wise if you go for providers that specialises in “bring-your-own-domain” mail providers. Used to use MXRoute, but I switched to NameCrane because their deal was even cheaper. It’s still available, I think.

    The only disadvantage I can think of is that you need to take care of your domain. If you let a spammer spam with your domain, you might ruin your domain reputation, in which case your domain might get blacklisted. Also, try to stick to well-known TLDs (.com, .net, etc). Domains ending in .xyz is usually filtered out because it’s commonly used by spammers.











  • The hardest part would be how to trigger the kill-switch periodically without showing it to your adversary whilst keeping it easy. Having your device queried directly would be a dead giveaway. My idea without involving people would be as follows:

    1. Set up a program that syncs files to a remote third-party cloud
    2. Sync it to a directory that frequently changes when you use your device (your docs, for example)
    3. Have a server that queries the third-party drive for that synchronised directory
    4. If there are no changes, trigget the alarm

    But since this plan relies on the secrecy, it’s kind of ruined now. That, and I think your threat model is a bit too extreme.





  • A couple of things come into my mind. Note that this isn’t exhaustive.

    • Google will obviously know you signed up for that service. Additionally, they will know when you log into your account.
    • Google may provide personal information that are listed in the signup screen, such as your name, birthday, etc. You will be notified of what will be provided (highly doubt Google would blantly lie about this part), and it’s up to you to decide whether you want to provide them or not. The site itself may ask for more than necessary.

  • Object@sh.itjust.workstoPrivacy@lemmy.mlAnyone here use GrapheneOS??
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    6 months ago

    Honestly, not quite sure why it happens, but I know it’s something to do with using it in Korea, where Pixel phones are not natively supported. In other words, it happens with Pixel phones, regardless of the OS.

    As to how I knew it would work with the fix, it was a gamble. I rooted my phone and enabled VoLTE prior to that app.