@ami thanks! I've been using simpel tools so far and liked them at first however they changed how they use your data in all apps (sharing with 3rd party, no deletion request possible) which I didn't appreciate. But more importantly the dialer app needs too long to boot, keeps crashing during calls and needs to be restarted bc the dialer button doesnt work.

@Stomata offline usability is essential to me :)

I am looking for (idealy cheap or free) privacy minded Dialer, Gallery, SMS, Notes, Calender and Contacts apps for Android 12 phone. Does anyone have suggestions? Would be of great help!

#Apps #Smartphones #Android #Privacy #Google

The collapse of civilization is kind of annoying for me, personally

Die Titelseite der taz am Dienstag, den 19. November 2024.

Universal masking and social distancing at the start of the pandemic were so effective that they eliminated a strain of flu, and now annual flu vaccines have been redesigned because that strain no longer needs to be included in the shot. Amazing.

Story: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/17/nx-s1-5155104/flu-shot-vaccine-b-yamagata-extinct

Der BUND spricht von "Schneewittchen-Äpfeln"
Obstbauern am Bodensee dürfen Äpfel und Birnen mit dem Pilzmittel Folpet spritzen, um Schorf zu verhindern. Das BvL hat das per Notfallzulassung genehmigt. Die zulässige Rückstandsmenge bei Äpfeln wurde um das 20fache erhöht. Die Früchte dürfen nur in Deutschland verkauft werden, EU-weit gelten niedrigere Rückstandsgrenzen. Folpet kann vermutlich Krebs erzeugen und ist sehr giftig für Wasserorganismen. https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/apfel-und-birne-ginge-es-auch-ohne-notfallzulassung-fuer-gefaehrliches-pestizid-dlf-adb79a62-100.html

2/ On 22 February 2024, Putin flew on Tu-160M bomber no. 801. The Tu-160M is the world's largest, heaviest and fastest bomber, designed to carry nuclear-capable free-fall bombs or air-launched cruise missiles carried on a rotary launcher.

Less than two months after Putin flew on it, the same aircraft crashed on take-off at the Kazan Aircraft Plant on 11 April 2024. A leaked letter reportedly from the Scientific Production Enterprise (NPP) "Temp" named after F. Korotkov describes what happened:

Neue #Verschwörungstheorie : die #Bahn wird absichtluch so schlecht gemanagt, damit bei den Umstiegen an den #Bahnhöfen eine neue Generation spitzen #Sprinter herangezogen wird.

#DB #Sport #Spitzensport #DieWahrheit #Schlafschafe

Russland griff Kinderspital mit einem Kh-101-Marschflugkörper an https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000227921/russland-griff-kinderspital-mit-einem-kh-101-marschflugkoerper-an?ref=mastodon

Es wird ja immer viel darüber geredet, dass es wegen der #friedensdividende nicht genug #Geld für #Zivilverteidigung und #Bundeswehr gegeben hätte und in der Tat immer noch nicht gibt. Es gibt aber auch noch andere Gründe. Nämlich, dass Menschen mit sehr großen #Vermögen keinen entsprechenden Anteil an der #Sicherheitsstruktur leisten, die ihnen ihr Vermögen ermöglichen... Oft sogar zu Lasten der öffentlichen #Sicherheit.

#Vermögenssteuer #Reichtum #380Milliarden

https://taz.de/!6021305/

Die #Verkehrswende ist dank #Austeritäts-Zwang der #FDP in Gefahr. Was genau schief läuft erklärt dieser Artikel hier sehr gut. Bis zum Ende lesen lohnt sich!

https://www.spiegel.de/auto/nahverkehr-warum-wegen-des-deutschlandtickets-weniger-zuege-fahren-a-18a66cf5-7ef3-44fa-9a24-be508a719cc1?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh

@kallekn @ibenb @kevinrothrock @notsoloud It’s important in this discussion to include the nuance that Sputnik and RT are not “Russian media” intended for a Russian audience. They are information weapons designed against us. If you want to understand the Russian world view, you will get a lot more from looking at sites like TASS and RIA, which are for the Russian population and haven’t been blocked by EU.

Russian state TV aired a video this week of a soldier mercy-killing a wounded fellow serviceman during a drone attack. The host claimed the footage shows Ukrainian draftees “shot in the back” by bloodthirsty “neo-Nazis,” but OSINT researchers say the men are likely Russian soldiers, and these battlefield killings aren’t rare. https://meduza.io/feature/2024/07/05/na-rossii-24-pokazali-video-kak-voennyy-ubivaet-ranenogo-sosluzhivtsa

People in #germany might be thinking less about the #climate #crisis since this year is less #hot and #dry. But in fact we are living through another year of #extreme #weather. The last 12 months had more #precipitation than any other 12 month period since the beginning of weather recording in #1881.

https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/deutscher-wetterdienst-meldet-naesse-rekord-seit-messbeginn-a-dd073c06-e2be-444c-8436-ae51efa477b8?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh

The results are #flashfloods , #erosion, destroyed #infrastructure, private #property, immense #costs for the #public and #loss of #life

We live in the climate crisis. It's a matter of #public #safety.

Putin wollte uns als NATO spalten & schwächen. Er hat genau das Gegenteil erreicht. Wir haben nicht nur mit Finnland und Schweden zwei starke Alliierte dazu gewonnen, sondern wir haben Europa insgesamt stärker gemacht.

– Annalena Baerbock
#75JahreNATO

@triplex
Thanks! I checked it and it seems it collects user IDs (for app functionality) and shares financial Info. I assume this is not problematic if I don't enter any financial info 🤔

Just asking bc. i replaced all the android standard apps with the "simple xyz" apps which were recommended as privacy alternatives and indeed claimed to not collect or share any data. However after using them for a bit they updated their page to say they collect Device or other ID and App info and performance all for analytical purposes and also share those. It seems reasonable but I'm still a bit suspicious, maybe just bc I don't really know how those things work, and what's reasonable and what's not.

Sieben #Einsätze der #Bundeswehr wurden in den zwei vergangenen Jahren analysiert. Hier die Auszüge zu den Ergebnissen im Thread👇