I’m surprised that someone that would use Anna’s Archive, would use Google as their search engine.

Are you referring to “tap to pay” with your phone that uses NFC?

If so, you are out of luck. Only options (at least in the USA) are Apple, Google, and Samsung.

Key point: "Flock users can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with “evidence collection and investigative work.”

This is not any kind of live link. It is just another way to request a specific video recording be shared by the user. The user has full control. Ring already has the same system in place on their “neighborhood” platform.

I use Samsung SmartTag2 devices. There is an open source application called uTag that also uses a privacy friendly customized version of Samsung’s SmartThings app. This also allows the user to use the trackers on non-Samsung devices.

Do these work with Home Assistant? I’m not an Apple user. Anyone know if video can be stored locally instead of Apple servers?

The Navy would be NCIS and they all have access because they are law enforcement agencies.

Exactly! If you don’t hold the encryption key (private), then it’s not really secure.

Proton wallet is only for Bitcoin

One of the most useful features of Google Forms is automatically transferring the form input to a spreadsheet. Any of FOSS alternatives have that ability?

I did some more testing and I can access my Nginx Proxy Manager from outside my network. The issue appears to be accessing the self-hosted applications on my home server, mainly Jellyfin. I still think the issue is the IP conflict with Tailscale. NPM is fairly easy to configure and is setup correctly with my domain name.

Best option I can think of is privacy.com

You can create virtual cards linked to your bank account and the transaction data is masked when processed by you bank. All my bank transactions show up as NSA Gift Shop. My bank doesn’t know where I’m spending my money. Yes you have to trust privacy.com…

Similar question: Android smart watches only connect to one phone. I like receiving silent notifications on my watch from my android phone. However I also have an Apple phone for work and would like a ring or some other small wearable (not a second watch) to receive notifications from my Apple phone.

I use Eufy doorbells, locks, and cameras. I realize they are a Chinese company, but that is almost unavoidable until the US gets back to actually manufacturing tech.

The reason I like Eufy is the local storage and no required subscription fees.

First quick check of the app with classysharkExodus shows the following trackers built in:

1. Google AdMob - “AdMob makes earning revenue easy with in-app ads, actionable insights, and powerful, easy-to-use tools that grow your app business”
2. Google Firebase Analytics - This logs user language preference and user location

https://x.com/GrapheneOS/status/1816643376109785217?t=6wum48jUmowGjsawMuwmcg&s=19

https://x.com/GrapheneOS/status/1816643780378001697?t=98k0IGu5OM0prBMAnOFbLQ&s=19

I think Graphene OS was commenting about them on Twitter. I’ll see if I can find the posts.

We need an online guide, based on make and model, on how to disable the transmission of this data.

Apparently not, I have a Pixel 8 Pro that I got free on a promotion from AT&T. The bootloader is locked on it and grayed out.

Not in the US. A phone “purchased” on contract is carrier locked and you can’t unlock the bootloader, which needs to be done in order to install a different OS.