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New comment by Cider9986 in "Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?"

Cider9986 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:00:02 +0000

A bunch of new ones ;)

https://codeberg.org/mv12star/shitter/wiki/Instances

Mammut vs. Arc'terx – Brand Comparisons

Cider9986 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:49:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lydiascapes.com/mammut-vs-arcteryx-brand-comparison/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49558699

Points: 1

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These websites Have Been Seized

Cider9986 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:10:28 +0000

Article URL: https://seized.fyi/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49557831

Points: 2

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New comment by Cider9986 in "Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?"

Cider9986 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:14:32 +0000

https://nitter.kareem.one/dok2001/status/2095538619603628388

Popular wearable devices that are sharing your private data (2025)

Cider9986 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:49:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-popular-wearable-devices-that-are-sharing-your-private-data-and-the-safest-brands-to-buy-from/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49553016

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by Cider9986 in "Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users"

Cider9986 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:54:25 +0000

No, it's both, which is why it comes with zero connections to Google by default unlike all other alternative mobile operating systems listed here: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

See the "degoogling" section.

There's many privacy features that work to allow users to use anti-privacy apps like WhatsApp with more privacy. Contact scopes, storage scopes, sensors permission, network permission, VPN leaks fixed and enhanced secondary profiles.

Plenty of less scrupulous surveillance companies like Facebook take advantage of security flaws for their surveillance so it's important to start from a secure baseline to guard against this threat.

Shutting down our public encrypted DNS servers and sponsoring Quad9 instead

Cider9986 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:39:45 +0000

Article URL: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/shutting-down-our-public-encrypted-dns-servers-and-sponsoring-quad9-instead

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49549208

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by Cider9986 in "GrapheneOS says Pixel 11 has MTE support after all"

Cider9986 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:17:18 +0000

Care: https://xprivate.lol/GrapheneOS/status/2094974844639068534#m

New comment by Cider9986 in "GrapheneOS says Pixel 11 has MTE support after all"

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 22:58:33 +0000

I was on stock recent pixel A17 for a few hours before flashing GrapheneOS. They took over the power button for Gemini, there's gemini in Messages, there's 50 apps you don't need. Yeah you can disable notifications but it was constantly giving tips and tricks and other bullshit. The OS feels super bloated compared to GrapheneOS.

New comment by Cider9986 in "GrapheneOS says Pixel 11 has MTE support after all"

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:09:18 +0000

> If they happen to overlap, that's a happy coincidence.

I can't know what the developers of any OS are actually thinking, but based their actions, GrapheneOS does more for their users than any other OS.

Therefore I assume that doing good things for users equals care for users. It's probably stupid to try to guess about care.

New comment by Cider9986 in "I Don't Have a Smartphone"

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:06:33 +0000

I don't think that would patch it. You want me to say what it is?

New comment by Cider9986 in "I Don't Have a Smartphone"

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:34:05 +0000

> The poorer you are, the more of your life you must waste looking at a screen instead of gazing upon beautiful landscapes and friendly faces.

"Must", perhaps. But plenty of people of any wealth are addicted

New comment by Cider9986 in "I Don't Have a Smartphone"

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:30:37 +0000

> On the other hand, I have turned my laptop into a dumb computer using cold turkey blocker.

Very easily bypassed at least on MacOS unfortunately.

New comment by Cider9986 in "I Don't Have a Smartphone"

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:29:41 +0000

Don't you obviously consent if you're filling in data to a google form? Unless the form answers go nowhere then it's being collected.

New comment by Cider9986 in "I don't have a smartphone or at least I wish I didn't"

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:00:56 +0000

I want to use GrapheneOS without the ability to access the browser and without the ability to install new apps. At least without a password. A long one written down on paper would be enough friction for me. You could also give it to a trusted person. You can also write/give only a portion of a password and then memorize the other part.

Afaict there's not an effective way to do this like you can on iPhones with Apple Configurator [1].

Removing appstores from secondary profile and browser with ADB has a workaround (which I won't say in case someone uses that setup). Another drawback is enabling ADB is bad for security.

Dumbphones are stupid because they're overpriced, not secure, and lack awesome apps like maps or Signal. And I already have a phone.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171200 this is seriously great if you have an iPhone, I used to use it before I switched to GrapheneOS.

Court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:56:35 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/us-court-rules-google-will-not-have-to-sell-ad-exchange-after-losing-antitrust-case/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49539942

Points: 6

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New comment by Cider9986 in "GrapheneOS says Pixel 11 has MTE support after all"

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:54:57 +0000

You might not like their style of speech, at least they care about their users. Maybe Google uses nice flowery language that makes the reader feel nice—IDC—actions speak louder than words.

Stock Pixel is an awful experience. So many useless notifications, popups, ads, privacy not by default.

Company: "We care about your privacy" meanwhile 1400 corporations they share data with

GrapheneOS: "There's zero telemetry in GrapheneOS"

The more you read the more you realize they are nearly always correct.

New comment by Cider9986 in "Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users"

Cider9986 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:52:04 +0000

Same thing happens to me.

New comment by Cider9986 in "Hang on to Your Firefox"

Cider9986 — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:06:00 +0000

Brave has a quality ad blocker without mv2 but they also support uBlock origin

New comment by Cider9986 in "Re: S&P 500 index funds, there may be a smarter way to invest"

Cider9986 — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:47:32 +0000

I'm doing 65% FXROX and 35% FZILX in a retirement account should I switch it up :)