As I understand it “automatic” will use the DNS of the VPN provider. I always leave it on automatic.

Sure, disable airplane mode whenever you need to. I just find a public wifi network but my phone usage is very minimal.

That how I mostly make and receive phone calls, over wifi at home.

I’ve used Mullvad and Proton. There are others but those are the only two I’ve used with a good rep.

I never go to Shell, they have a speaker right above the pumps blasting out music and ads. Fuck Shell. Too many other places to get gas.

Put the phone in airplane mode. Only turn off airplane mode when you want to check your voicemail or make a call. This will stop all celltower tracking which is the only type of tracking GrapheneOS can’t do anything about.

I’m using VoIP with my phone in airplane mode. Calls come in over wifi if the phone is connected and the voip app is active. When I’m not connected, calls are sent to voicemail (in my case are sent to my email account as an mp3 attachment)

My voip provider is very kyc. I’m thinking of switching to JMPChat.

Elon. Turns out he was always a conman and liar.

Dark themed apps and websites. Vertical video. Blurry photos and videos when it’s done for “artistic reasons”.

Have you seen this one?

Walking toward the elevator - Dark Vader theme.

Elevator door opening - Psycho stabbing music.

Or Baby Shark cause that is evil.

The link I posted, at the 10 minute mark explains the dangers of an unlocked bootloader. It’s an interview with one of the devs of GrapheneOS who know far more than either of us.

7 years for the newer models.

With an out of date phone it will be easier to bypass it’s security. Normally, cops and hackers have to use a series of exploits to bypass an Android’s security. With a phone not receiving security updates this gets easier.

Installing LineageOS will not fix the security problem because Lineage requires the bootloader to be unlocked. With a locked bootloader, the phone checks to see if the OS has be altered, this is called “verified boot”.

This video from TheHatedOne explains verified boot around the 10 minute mark https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=WkQ_OCzuLNg

I tried both DDG and Brave search and got 489. The strange thing is Startpage didn’t give a result even though it uses Google results.

Kevin Conroy died in 2022. I’m not over it.

I never unlock my phone if anyone is nearby. Yes, I look around first before unlocking.

Zipper merge isn’t a thing where I live. It’s advised in the provincial drivers’ handbook to merge early. Some folks from other provinces are trying to change things but it’s too ingrained, been this way for as long as I can remember.

I watched a couple of Mike’s videos. Seems like good information and he is entertaining. No music, no ads, no goofie sound effects.

I worked in a kitchen where all the cooked had to enter a room to get ingredients. Nearly everyone forget what they were looking for (might have had something to do with walking past the hot servers). I always said to them “What was the last thing you were doing” Bingo, memory triggered.

Several years ago I watched an interview on tv, bud has Celiac and is annoyed at all the people going anti-gluten. At the time I was thinking this guy is an idiot. The bigger a trend gets, the more options there are.

I can live with getting that important information a half second later.