Beardy Star Stuff
@dennyhenke@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

Freeing Apple Devices from Apple

Over the past year I’ve often come across folks talking about de-Googling which largely comes down to disconnecting from Google services by finding alternatives. When I began my transition away from Apple a few months back I wasn’t sure what I would do with my various Apple devices. I knew I wanted to switch to GNU/Linux on my 2012 Mac, but I would still have several devices that would be stuck with an #Apple OS...

#Privacy#Computing
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Beardy Star Stuff
@dennyhenke@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 12 hours ago
@GuyDudeman I know that feeling! It is such a strange thing that so many people have stopped caring about it. Or, maybe more accurately, have stopped thinking about it. I suspect that most that actually stop to consider it would find that they do care. My new strategy when faced with "I don't care" or "I have nothing to hide" is going to be: "Oh, really? Please unlock your phone and hand it to me. I'm going to have a look at all your texts and photos. I'll be sure to copy some of it too!"