Some years back there was a password manager which stopped sync through cloud (probably Dropbox) & insisted it went through their own servers instead. The whiff of subscription service was in the air so I switched Keepass.

I sync Keepass between devices myself but I recommend Bitwarden to family who probably couldn’t figure out how to set sync up with Keepass if I’m not around. I stick with Keepass as I like the key file aspect & because it allows multiple documents to be added to entries (restricted on Bitwarden). The documents are available offline, such as vehicle breakdown documents etc. Could be very useful one day!

Just a few of my daydreams whilst getting kicked by The Man:

• Video editing in TV industry
• Owning a cycle/Segway hire place at some beautiful tourist spot
• Buying, improving & selling property

Lemmethinkaboutit

Wouldn’t trust any of them. Who knows where that data will end up. Especially when they suffer an inevitable breach

• Google/Apple/Samsung pay. They’ve had enough data over the years without knowing my banking habits.
• Alexa/smart speakers. Always listening device in the house? No thanks
• Smart doorbell. I don’t want to send data directly to whoever Amazon wants to share it with yet I can’t avoid being recorded whilst walking the dogs round the neighbourhood
• AI. Nervous about where this is heading

• OsmAnd. Navigated me through numerous countries on holiday. Found us places to eat. So useful it persuaded me to start updating the map locally to help any fellow travelers

• Joplin notes. Use this every day without fail

• Nextcloud. Self hosted cloud that Ive come to rely on

Yeah I just use a HDD. On the whole its pretty stable though through tinkering Ive managed to crash my setup a few times. Sometimes restarting the Nextcloud Docker container is enough (Portainer makes it simple), when i really break it i start from scratch. I use a simple script to automaticacally back up all my data to another drive weekly

I got sick of corporations forcing restrictions so looked into alternatives. Learned how to do it myself & haven’t looked back:

Joplin notes - use this every day synced to multiple devices Nextcloud - self hosted on a Raspberry Pi 4. Cloud storage plus syncs multiple stuff including Joplin

So many brilliant options on mobile: OsmAnd+ (nav), Antennapod (podcasts), Keepass (password manager), Obtainium (app updater). Was also enjoying Fritter/Quacker (Twitter without needing an account) until Elons recent meltdown. Also enjoying Liftoff lemmy app for Android

EDIT: hot off the press. For those interested, Quacker is back in the game. Not had chance to check Fritter yet

I’ve literally never upvoted/downvoted anything on Reddit or here, never understood the point of either. I read the thread & either engage or scroll on

…Downvote away 😀

Open sourced password manager + open source 2fa wherever available. For password managers many will suggest Bitwarden & i recommend that to my family for its ease of use, though I personally use Keepass (because it allows me to store multiple documents & have them readily available offline. Its not as straightforward to set up sync compared to Bitwarden, which does it by default).

I would never allow a browser to store any information such as passwords, credit card info etc

On mobile I use password in conjunction with biometrics. Sensitive apps are only ever stored inside secure folder which has no biometric access & has a different password to main area of phone.

I absolutely refuse to use google/apple/samsung pay.

Please consider password manager, once you wrap your head around not knowing any of your passwords except the strong master password it becomes second nature. Get out of the pen & paper habit!

Top tip. For any new signup, once you’ve generated a strong password make a note within the password manager of the email address you used to sign up with (yep, get used to using multiple email accounts). When that site inevitability suffers a data breach it makes life easier when they send the change of password verification email

I check in occasionally to see if my 3rd party app still works (strangely it does). Checked a few of the subs I use & some are still dark. A poster on Worldnews this morning was complaining about the lack of posts in the Ukraine thread, though sadly thats likely a combination of 4th July in the US plus the current Elon clownshow on Twitter rather than a result of the blackouts

Not smearing myself in jam. When I smear myself in jam I find them pesky wasps come buzzin

I’m brand new here so apologies if this is wrong. I’m using Liftoff & was able to search for & find your post like this:

• From any post tap ⋮ menu (top right in Liftoff).
• Select Open in browser (I have Liftoff set to use its in app browser)
• ≡ menu (top right in Liftoff)
• Tap search
• Select Search = Posts, Instances =All, Sort type = New
• You can leave community as the default All or
  • Tap community & type ask
  • Wait for the instances to populate, then select lemmy.ml/asklemmy
  • ignore that it then reverts the instance back to All
• Creator = All
• Search = type search query here. I used the term “search commumity” then tap Search
• Your post showed up as the top result

Edit: An easier way to do it

• Tap search icon at the bottom of Liftoff
• For me the instance shows as lemmy.world & there’s no option to change this
• Type your search query in the search bar eg “search community”
• Your post shows near the top in results