I’ve used both Graphene and e/OS (based on Lineage), ime they have one thing that they do better than the other. Graphene comes with more granular privacy controls, and e/OS comes with tor connectivity built into the OS itself (“hide my IP” option). Both are daily driver capable phones and I like them both.

Just make sure to set up a firewall as well if you want to keep unnecessary shit from connecting to the internet, as neither of them allows you to block all of the bloatware out of the box (but you can block more of it using Graphene).

Iirc a portrait photo is a part of the mandatory dataset for the EUDI now

Unfortunately not, the wallet app must have source code available except for parts deemed too sensitive, which are exempt

I would love to be wrong about this, but I don’t think it’s likely. Why would a government voluntarily spend money on making the app work for a minority of people running a privacy OS that politicians associate with criminals and gangsters?

Also, it’s not like the wallet app will actually be open source in the traditional sense where you can fork and compile it yourself, so I think getting any decent version of it seems like a long shot

I have no idea what anyone should be doing, but I’ll tell you what I personally am doing:

• emailing my representatives over and over
• emptied all cloud services and all personal big tech accounts (can’t do much about the work ones…)
• getting acquainted with Linux, VPNs and Tor
• learning to flash custom ROMs
• testing said custom ROMs
• digging into app permissions - even graphene comes with things enabled that I realized I want to turn off (like ad privacy, printer services and android services that enable nearby share which I personally don’t use)
• use Obtainium and F-droid for apps
• testing out p2p services to see which ones are useful
• stashing Linux isos, so I hopefully always have at least one that either doesn’t have age verification or one where it’s easy enough to rip out
• downloaded “linux from scratch”, but I’ll admit I haven’t read it yet

I thought we were supposed to stop caring about the environment now because data centers are the current priority

/s

Not just influencers, but also politicians and news media. I have a master’s degree in statistics, and it’s not at all uncommon for politicians and media to misrepresent scientific results. Correlation does not equal causation. If a study hasn’t been peer reviewed, I wouldn’t say that it proves anything just yet. Studies on a non-representative sample aren’t generalizeable to the population as a whole. And so on…

But polyphonic music really does summon the devil!

Could these principles be used for ID/age/humanness verification?

Well at least some years ago, Apple’s face ID stopped working when I got bracers. I’m guessing the models are better now, though

I have actually been looking for something like this, look forward to giving it a go!

The first thing I ever did in Python, after the obligatory “Hello World”, was to follow a tutorial to make a simple task tracker web app. Then I made a small routine to edit Excel files. A few months later I was getting paid to write Python code (and yes, I got lucky as shit, but my point is that it was easy to keep going as soon as I just got started). Just start making things, it doesn’t really matter what as long as you enjoy it. It will be useful. Follow tutorials, look stuff up online, you’ll absorb syntax without cramming it. You’ve got this!

I’d rather accidentally stumple onto pain olympics or lemon party than accidentally stumble into a black mirror episode

If anyone irl asks, I’m “trying to learn how to use Linux”. Which is technically true, I still learn new things all the time!

10€ extra total, 8 extra for Tidal instead of Spotify and 2 for a paid email service.

But that’s not an entirely fair comparison, Tidal is a better service than Spotify, and there are plenty of free email providers to choose from.

I have never internally facepalmed harder in my life

Gotta love it when people who have no understanding of how Linux works writes laws about how Linux should work…

The meaning of life is listening to groovy basslines on the way to and from work. And hugging your loved ones.

Don’t let anything distract you from that.

Did we have the same mom? I wish I could give you a hug, sis!

Gardening is awesome, by the way! What are you most looking forward to planting / doing in your garden this season?

I hope you’re right! I saw something flashing by about the UK suing Steam over price fixing, with the threat of enormous fines or being banned if they don’t pay them. Steam has many flaws, but I believe the world is better with them than without them.