jjlinux

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[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

That's right. I got a good deal for the 2 years, but at renewal it will double the cost, assuming they keep the current prices. But that gives me enough time to set up a good infrastructure for everything I can self-hosted, and find better alternatives for the rest, with the added value of not having all eggs in the same basket.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I paid for 2 years of Proton family to Jumpstart getting my family away from Google, with a domain for the family. Having said that, there is nothing 'reasonable' about their prices. Additionally, not too long ago they started nickle and diming, which is just a different type of enshittification (agreed that nothing as bad a Google, Microsoft or apple, but still).

Now that my family is 'mostly' off of Google, I'm already showing them how to sync all their stuff to my server while I handle the 3-2-1 backup. It's a tortuous road, but we'll worth it. By the time the 2 years are up, all I'll have to do is move to Mullvad for VPN, Tuta (or something else, haven't decided yet) for email, and we all use Bitwarden in my Vaultwarden server for Password Manager already

Proton is very good so far, still trustworthy for privacy, but their colors are slowly starting to show, so I'm sure they'll eventually bend to the live for money over the reasons they claim we're why they started Proton in the first place.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

It's worse than that:

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Agreed. It's a commitment for sure, and most people are not willing to, or just can't.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I'm with you here. I stopped pushing people into caring, just secured my own home and family, and bring up the subject in my circle only when someone mentions that someone was 'hacked' or something along those lines.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It is more difficult, but it is not inherently less secure if you put in the time and effort to learn what's what and how to properly secure it.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

They just call me paranoid and move on.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

You should wipe the whole thing. Ideally, don't install windows again, go with a Linux distro. But wipe it even if you reinstall windows, just to be sure you're safe.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but Canada is just one of the next in line, we'll all be battling that eventually, with very little chance at winning too. It sucks.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In Canada? Not happening. Canada is chasing the EU and the UK in everything related to chat control and all that crap.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

And only feed it every 3 days. Oh, and play fucking 'dembow' at full blast 24/7, that'll drive anyone crazy.

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