The connection stems from my belief that we shouldn’t be prioritizing entertainment over freedom. It’s about giving up your gaming PC for an older Libreboot board instead, solely for freedom not convenience.

You can join the free world my friend, and this is the way.

Lol, I’m pretty sure I found your Dread account too, weren’t that hard to find 😂

You’re completely disregarding the fact that they could possibly implement a malicious firmware update/supply-chain attack. Saying Apple is not capable of hacking their own systems is such a ridicoulously unbelievable statement.

Oh, so we’re going straight to insults because your ego got hurt? That’s cute.

Now explain to me this, how could I possibly show you one shred of evidence if their systems are proprietary? Oh right, I can’t because they don’t provide the source code to nearly any of their software.

See how this works?

Saying Apple “can’t” put a backdoor into their own devices is an absolute claim, they’re the ones who control the software, so it’s possible in principle. Business incentives and bug bounties reduce the risks sure, but they don’t eliminate the pressure or legal mechanisms major governments can apply. Snowden’s documents showed that governments have methods to compel or exploit access, and implementation flaws or covert agreements can defeat cryptography in practice.

I do have a solid foundation in how these systems work. You should read the GNU Manifesto and learn about Free Software, it explains why blind confidence in a completely proprietary stack is to remain untrusted. No one should ever be this certain a proprietary system will always respect users rights.

Do you really trust these proprietary systems to do what they say they’re doing? Sure, the key may be stored locally, but an OS backdoor or compromise could still exfiltrate it, giving users a false sense of security.

project gets ripped up and thrown in the trash

I fixed it lol

That would be interesting. Maybe a separate ISO could be created for someone like you. The only issue with using OpenBSD instead of Linux is that OpenBSD’s network stack is much different from Linux’s, which could potentially worsen your anonymity because so few people use OpenBSD. For now, I would at least try to provide optional non‑systemd Debian templates with OpenRC or runit. I do love the minimilist setup though, your other ideas are definitely noted.

Pearl clutching to the max rn lol

Lol, you sound like an incel

I wish their Android version didn’t require Google Play Services. Real bummer.

Regardless, the app is proprietary. You shouldn’t trust it.

Device permissions? That’s not the issue. I think people just lack software knowledge and should learn the difference between proprietary software and Libre software.

If people understood how to check the software license and determine if it’s a free software license, that would cover almost everything they need to do to help us stop having this problem with picking the wrong software.

Well, just uploaded a photo of someone else now it says this…

Developers should choose a different license if they don’t want to free their code or go work on a project that’s inline with their values then. Poor them, I could care less. The GPL is made for YOUR freedom. Anything that allows a developer to not release their code because they don’t want to, well, that software becomes proprietary, which invades your freedom. Of course the GPL “restricts” those types of developers freedom to do whatever they want, how else would the software stay free? Don’t really understand what your arguement is here.

How is it so far? I’m thinking about getting a used motorhome around $15k, most likely from the late 90s or 2000s (one with at least a shower and toilet). I’m not a huge traveller, but boondocking seems interesting if I had a plan lined up, I would be open to living that way. I make around $65k/year and am single, no debt, so I think I could make it out. I already live a simplistic life, all I need is my guitar, laptop, and maybe a dog and I’d be chilling. The only thing I wonder about is surviving winter time or when it gets really hot out.

If you go to dark(.)fail, go to Dread forums and head to c/OpSec, one of the top posts has information on how to bypass all Internet censorship. It’s a super in-depth tutorial on bypassing censorship in countires like Russia, China, etc.

At this point I’m just buying an RV.

If we’re talking about security, the newer CPUs have better microcode. Those older CPUs are vulnerable to attacks such as Spectre. Older boards supported by Libreboot, such as the Haswell boards (e.g., Dell 9020 OptiPlex), which support 100% free BIOS firmware, which is to be used in conjunction with 100% free software. If you do so, you will have more security, freedom, and privacy than any other modern consumer grade computer.

Then again, these boards are old, so, given the microcode is old, if you’re running a virtual machine with a bunch of malicious software, an attacker can potentially exploit your host’s CPU and break out of that VM. Of course, determine your threat model. Are you running no JavaScript ever and only using libre software?

A deblobbed kernel isn’t great either in some cases, you may need some patches. For example, someone was able to exploit Intel’s iGPU on these older boards and gain complete access to your machine. The only way to fix this is by using a blob. Though, if you strictly only use libre software, this wouldn’t be a concern as much so you wouldn’t need this blob.

If you stick strictly to 100% free software, older hardware and a deblobbed kernel might be appropriate. But if you need to run blobs along with other proprietary software like JavaScript, the security provided by something like the Intel iGPU blob patch could be beneficial.

Use Debian and install the NVIDIA driver yourself, doesn’t Mint include non-free software by default? If this is your average Joe, they probably don’t care. In my honest opinion, it should be a mandatory task for every new GNU/Linux user to learn about Free Software, the GNU Project, and libre software. I am not a fan of Mint at all.