Josh
love me fediverse, 'ate me big tech, simple as
if you don’t like it, there’s the border gateway protocol
work @ mojeek, the lil alternative search engine that can
This would be a great thing to happen; under a Starmer gov’t (and any inbound Reform administration) it is not gonna.
Also petition.parliament.uk is a tool created by Westminister to divert energy from real action to signing a petition. If you wanna get involved with doing something like this then look to and support Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, Privacy International etc.
Probably because they pull from Google
I wouldn’t say my take is that I am not doing this because I have nothing to hide.
It is; I would be mindful that one blurred house on a street of unblurred houses probably creates more intrigue to anyone casually looking at that street.
A good amount of this is available on Mojeek: https://blog.mojeek.com/2023/08/mojeek-operators-a-guide.html (my employer).
Search is keyword based so the words should be matched in most cases without quotes (omitting stemming here as a possibility); you cannot -“two words” but you could -blind -desire
All Watched Over by Machines of Glue on Pizza
As an owner of both a pinephone and a pinebook pro I would say don’t with the phone unless you’re really prepared to completely upturn everything you do with a phone. It’s really not at a place where it’s a simple consumer-grade device to be used in place of your current smartphone. My pine now gets used as a part of my home automation setup and it works well for that. The pinebook, however, is absolutely magnificent and I take it with me anytime I need a device I’m not so worried about losing and that crucially CAN CHARGE OFF A PORTABLE BATTERY OMG!
Firefox then additional hardening through arkenfox.js, minimal extensions - uBlock + Bitwarden.
First time I’ve ever heard of simple search, looks like a widget app and not an actual search engine. I’d recommended switching that out for something like Mojeek or Brave Search.