Dark web
Any other alternatives to freenet and tor? Every single alternatice counts
TORTORTOR!!!
FREENET TOO!
If you need your id to access internet: not use it anymore, selfhosting go brrr
If you need your id for all content-sharing websites like social media or microblogging: return back to good ol webrings and static websites. Can’t kill the web on its core principles. No algorithms, pure passion and creativity.
Burn the grass
Honestly, back off. The more tech literate I get, the less tech I want in my life.
Create a local mesh for the community.
I lived great before the Internet, I’ll live just as great after it’s gone.
Go Luddite
Touch Grass maybe
grass.exe not loading
He is probably using Linux, he needs grass.sh
The commercial web that I use that might require ID would be for payment processing etc. My bank knows how old I am. I can and will pay bills directly through my bank instead of using their portal. Or they can explain to me in writing why they don’t want to take my payment. Just about everything else is optional.
I’ve gone long years without using any social media associated to my identity, as many others do, and i’ll eat my cooked shirt if I start thinking, “hey sure why not let me into this shitty internet”.
I’ll be fine without using the internet if it comes down to it, at that point it’d be a liability. Dinosaurs think they can control the internet which is a hilarious proposition in the first place.
Stop using any sites that require ID.
Stop using the Internet. Seriously.
I already only used open source products for decades now, and the Internet is just a network, you can use different networks, different protocols if you want, even embedded on current Internet protocols, or maybe use even something that completely sidesteps the Internet
Either way, the Internet has mostly been a failure
stop using internet and we can go back spending more time in farms, book, etc. what a peaceful day ✨
what different networks or protocols does exist?
Nostr is one of them, but I’d learn how to set that up first before using Primal.
Also, Nostr means Notes and Stuff on Relays, and is Free Software. This is the wild west of the internet, from what I was notified by my producer, Neigsendoig.
Meshtastic, Briar.
All of my services are in a WireGuard VPN. The Internet only transports my VPN traffic. My cloud services run in a locked box, in my house and the only thing coming out of that box is VPN traffic.
To my devices, they just think that they’re on a LAN.
I do use this site, but I limit/lie about personal details and use a VPN. I assume I’m identifiable and act accordingly.
Any tips on how I can ascend to this level of existence?
The homelab and Linux communities are a good place to start. There’s a lot of very well made free and open source software (FOSS) that can, with some effort (mostly learning), replace most of the cloud services you use.
For example: I use Jellyfin (movies, TV Shows) and Audiobookshelf (books/Audiobooks) to replace all of the streaming services. HomeAssistant for home automation, power management, etc. Zoneminder(experimenting with Frigate) for security.
It’s all free, for homeassistant and zoneminder you’ll have to check for compatible hardware and everything requires you to set up the server/networking side of things. But if you’re willing to put in the time to learn, it’s a fun hobby that pays for itself (assuming you’re paying for streaming, home automation, cloud storage, etc).
Tor for one, it rides on top of the internet.
Pixel phone running Calyx, VPN, physical maps, second name, second phone number, leaving most platforms, trying to take my people with me
Stop using any sites that require ID.
Ditto. Also:
- Try to use Memoji to make fake ID
- Go to the mall =O
- Go to the library
- Go to the brick and mortar places I used to visit before getting everything online (eg. bank, fam owned businesses)
- Talk to people instead of AI (going to practice that this weekend)
- Go for a walk outside instead of updating the firmware on treadmill
- Buy stamps! (and stationery, no more ecards or evites)
- Learn to plant food in addition to flowers
- Use iPhone to make phone calls
- Maybe buy a newspaper… maybe
- Use my cookbooks more (after I dust them off)
- Think of a new name/alias(es) for myself and start acting the part
…just to name a few.
Honestly, this makes me happy to hear. I wish I could meet people and make friends like I used to before everything got enshittified.
Don’t use iPhone, use Fairphone with /e/OS or any dump phone, even the old Nokia in your drawer, which for sure still works, and only for calls.
Use the I2P network
I’ve been seriously thinking about going back to Nokia. De-googled a few years ago, stopped using iCloud and switched to cross-platform and open-source software.
Currently, the Murena Fairphone 4 is the only one you can use in the US (Fairphone doesn’t directly deal with US customers) and incompatible with Verizon and AT&T. They recommend T-Mobile for US coverage.
Also heard about Cape here on a Lemmy post But Fairphone is “not eligible yet”.
This is the old Nokia 3650 that’s in my drawer. I loved it! Then AT&T made me upgrade because they were no longer supporting the old networks.
Thank you, Zerush! It’s nice to know that someone else thinks the same way.
Fairphone is expensive. You can get a used Motorola G7 Power and flash /e/ on it, if you like. Just need to find one is OEM unlocked, or know how to unlock it yourself.
Not so expensive on long term and anyway cheaper than a iPhone with similar specs, the advantage of Fairphone is, it’s modular, you can substitute or fix easy everything in the phone by yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UJ5k3yMvA
If you use Murena mail, Murena (e-Foundation) is a EU Cloud provider (OpenSource, selfhostable, encrypted, no-knowledge, green energy) and author of /e/OS and NextCloud, apart asociated with FairPhone, you can buy it there (Murena Phone) with /e/OS by default. It’s by far the best alternative of GDrive, made in the EU.
Murena Workspace
Powered by OnlyOffice 🤮
Only Office is an OpenSource and encrypted online office suite, made in the EU. You can even selfhost it. Full compatible with files from MS Office. But if you know better online Office suites, use it. It’s very valid that Murena use it.
It’s slow and prone to crashing. The formatting makes the documents not compatible with other clients half the time. I have lost way too many documents due to corruption when saving (both on third party hosts and selfhosting). I’m absolutely done with that junk. Or, I’d like to be, but any alternative has dropped their own efforts in favor of just setting up an OnlyOffice, basically making them one of the very few open source options out there now in terms of web based office clients.
The speed depends not of the Office suite as such, but on the server it use to host it, Murena hosted it on the own server (NextCloud), but as said, you are free to host it by yourself. I’m an old retiree and don’t need a big cloud service, enough for me to store the few things locally and for this I prefer to use the online SSuite, also privacy focused, even if it isn’t OpenSource. Also Html5, but without account, anonym, free and blazing fast, no ads, no trackers, nor other crap, files a stored locally. It’s a hobby project from 2 electricians, which gain money with their jobs, no interests of tracking or user data to make money.
