There is a Firefox addon called ClearURLs that automatically removes all of the tracking crap. It works on PC and Android.

Just add another digit and watch the entire country break down because they can’t find someone to update their 40+ year old software written in COBOL.

Even 7zip can compress a large text file to less than 25% of it’s original size. The installer is less than 2MB. There are even better compression algorithms for text than 7zip though.

Even if the Faraday cage blocked all RF perfectly, the Johnson noise would still produce plenty of static.

You can burn through a huge amount of data streaming 4K video on your phone without using any storage. You can also plug a 20TB USB hard drive into your phone, connect to a VPN and torrent away.

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I would set up a BBS with lots of text based games on it.

If you don’t have any of those ports open, then just ignore it. There are lots of bots out there that are just scanning for easy targets.

CDs don’t have any copy protection other than the Sony rootkit mess, which they got sued over and had recall the infected discs. The copy protection on DVDs is automatically bypassed by software like Handbrake and generally not an issue.

Blurays require non free software such as MakeMKV to rip and UHD blurays need specific drives with modified firmware.

If you can get the phone to boot decades from now, the cell network could be simulated with an SDR. It has to be done in a faraday cage to avoid causing interference though.

Sure, people will still be showing off vintage computers just like they are doing now. The biggest problem will likely be finding working hard drives or SSDs that are compatible with the system.

Phones will probably be a lot harder to keep running that long though. Modern flash memory is not very good for long term data retention. OLED displays have a limited shelf life. Batteries are difficult to replace without damaging the phone assuming you can even find a replacement.

dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdx will overwrite every single byte of /dev/sdx with random data. Replace /dev/sdx with the drive you want to wipe. Optionally, specify a larger block size to speed it up more.

All fluorescent lights contain mercury, they can’t be made without it. These CFL bulbs contain significantly less mercury than the large fluorescent tubes though.

Make sure it’s an offline password manager. It’s a really bad idea to allow your password database to be stored on someone else’s server.

I just don’t answer unless the number is in my contacts list. If it’s important, they will leave a voicemail and I will call back. Spammers almost never leave a voicemail.

When I watch videos on my phone, I mostly just watch downloaded TV shows using VLC. I never use the youtube app. If I watch a youtube video, I use Firefox with uBlock origin.

I hate using a small screen, so I watch 99.9% of my videos on my laptop and desktop. I can’t stand youtube shorts, so I use an addon to block them.

Because their main purpose is to collect as much personal information as they can from their users and sell it to anyone willing to pay for it.