Ungoogled Chromium flatpak

No, I don’t want to attract thieves and weird fans.

Indeed, I was happy to share that nothing weird happened and that the update does not worsen the phone, in light of the timing of this release and the lack of a changelog.

Aside from my secondary phone, convincing a couple family members to use GOS was a victory, convincing them to upgrade an otherwise perfectly functional phone is another thing. Justified or not, a bad update would not help my credibility in their eyes.

The flush mounted camera

Of course! I’ve procrastinated having to edit the images, but here are the results:

The X230. Only removed the coating on the bottom cover since the coating on the lid has yet to go sticky. Not perfect, but I personally like the resulting “rugged” look of it.

The half-S230U which I refused to let go of after transplanting its IPS display to the above X230. Exposed palmrest surface is black plastic.

Close-up of scuffing and damage to Intel sticker left by the cleaning process. Could certainly be polished, but couldn’t justify the effort here.

Bottom of the S230U, a magnesium part.

What are NCD and MWoG?

Well said. LUKS implements AES-256, which is also entrusted by the U.S. government and various other governments to protect data from state and non-state adversaries.

Possibly overestimating the value of the data entrusted to me, but whenever I see that xkcd, I like to think that I at least have the option to remain silent and die with dignity if I really don’t want the contents of my disk out there.

It’s been quite a journey:

• Posting accurate personal info to my Google+ account when I first signed up
• Signing in to Google on my phone and browser
• Using an Android phone from eBay of dubious origin
• Sending confidential info via email
• Using the same gmail address for everything
• Signing up for things with my real info when it wasn’t necessary
• Handing out my phone number to loyalty programs
• Running hacked game APKs without checking for malware
• Using the User Agent Switcher extension on MS Edge, which was subsequently updated to include an infostealer
• Using browser extensions of unknown provenance

How to avoid:

• Ironically, Windows 10 started me on my privacy journey. Microsoft was in my face enough with privacy offenses that I began moving to Linux and investing time into my privacy.
• Don’t post unnecessary info to social media.
• Never email confidential info.
• Use a password manager, or at least some organized text file if you have an encrypted disk.
• FOSS software is more available and user-friendly than ever, always look for a FOSS alternative.

Virginia Tech did. But university shootings seem far less common.