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**c_th1** @c_th1@digitalcourage.social · 1d

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann

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#DSGVO #TDDDG #unplugtrump
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung #Adguard
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows10 #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #OpenAndroidInstaller #Nobara
#Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann 🔐

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**Kevin Karhan** @kkarhan@infosec.space · Jun 5 *

Jun 5 *

Kevin Karhan @kkarhan@infosec.space

Bruh this isn't a #competition anymore, but a public execution of how #enshittified devices get just with #Windows instead of #Linux on.

And that's the #OEM #Preinstall of #Windows11 vs. #SteamOS, so not even like some custom 1337hax0r gentoo config optimized to maximize battery life!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajVvu9M2Y-I&t=507

Battery Life showing up to 2x the battery runtime with SteamOS vs. Windows 11

#enshittification #bloatware #govware

**c_th1** @c_th1@digitalcourage.social · May 29

May 29

c_th1 @c_th1@digitalcourage.social

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann

als PDF Datei:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/8os68Lk8YMPfPi1UvHYtTTQI/

#DSGVO #TDDDG #unplugtrump
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows10 #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #OpenAndroidInstaller
#Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

**Nosaj** @nosaj@aus.social · May 15

May 15

Nosaj @nosaj@aus.social

Is it just me or is "micro" fiction just getting longer and longer nowadays?

#MicroFiction #BloatWare ? #enshittification ?

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**AndyGER** @andreas_heitmann@troet.cafe · May 7

May 7

AndyGER @andreas_heitmann@troet.cafe

@heiseonline Ab wann ist #windows eigentlich #bloatware? O.o ...

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**Kevin Karhan** @kkarhan@infosec.space · May 3

May 3

Kevin Karhan @kkarhan@infosec.space

@mjdxp @storm also the #Ribbon is #wasteful in terms of screen space, bricks existing #workflows (it's worse than #IntelliMenues) and doesn't even make it eadier for newcomers.

#MicrosoftOffice is just #bloatware and needs to be abolished.

**Todd Alström** @toddalstrom@mastodon.social · Apr 29 *

Apr 29 *

Todd Alström @toddalstrom@mastodon.social

I’m only using one #Slack workspace these days, but this sucks…

“This is a notice that starting June 27th, 2025, messages and files older than one year will be deleted from your workspace if you remain on the free Slack plan. To retain access to content older than a year, your workspace needs to be on a Slack paid plan.”

…but also Slack sucks, so this isn’t surprising.

#enshittification #bloatware #customerlockin

**YES, Dan get more disgusted!** @WastelandWandrr@freeradical.zone · Apr 22

Apr 22

YES, Dan get more disgusted! @WastelandWandrr@freeradical.zone

FUCK!!!!! How I hate Windoze when it refreshes the Explorer when I'm trying to click on a file or directory! #windows11 is crap #bloatware

**Phil** @phil@fed.bajsicki.com · Apr 21

Apr 21

Phil @phil@fed.bajsicki.com

Factors:
1. Accessibility. Not everyone has really fast (or stable) internet.
2. Environmental. There's no reason to use more computing power than necessary for the task at hand. It's wasteful. Very few people need the fancy features advanced text editors introduce.
3. Interoperability. Text files I write and send are readable *everywhere.* Try loading up Google Docs on a 1024x768 screen with a 256MB RAM Pentium 3. You'll be lucky if Google Docs even loads.
4. Privacy. A text file is easy to protect. GPG is the most straightforward. It remains small, and there's no way middle-men can read it. Google Docs? Google has root and they're not encrypted from them. So, good luck.
5. Account requirements. Text files require no accounts anywhere. All you need it an Internet connection and a DNS server that'll point your computer the right way. SaaS requires that you also have up-to-date software, a powerful computer, and that you register an account with them to access files shared with you.
6. Storage space. A text file takes kilobytes. A .docx file takes megabytes. My daily journal, which granted has some meta-data but is still plain text, is nearing on 580kb after three years of diligent, detailed journaling. I can't help but doubt that Word would even open a .docx file that large if formatted natively. (Thousands of headings, links, timestamps, etc.)
6. Feature-set. Plain text lets you do enough for 99% of all tasks. Yes, it's not as pretty, but within the bounds of putting characters into a file, you have complete freedom. Proprietary services, on the other hand, have a very very rich feature-set, most of which is irrelevant for 99% of users. The drawback of this is that every user is forced to load these rarely-used functions onto their own computer when the applications load up. That's wasteful, and likely cost the world hundreds of millions in unnecessary energy expenditure already.

TL;DR: Use plain text unless you absolutely positively can't help it. It's seriously better in every way.

#plaintext #emacs #txt #notepad #bloat #bloatware #saas #googledocs #msword #microsoftword #rant

RE: https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0

IpseityIpseityA family instance.

**c_th1** @c_th1@digitalcourage.social · Apr 20

Apr 20

c_th1 @c_th1@digitalcourage.social

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann

Teilen erbeten

als PDF:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/iLDoTt03wkGUL3dA39ScX6hV/

#DSGVO #TDDDG ( #unplugtrump )
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für die Allgemeinheit

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**Kagan MacTane (he/him)** @kagan@wandering.shop · Apr 16

Apr 16

Kagan MacTane (he/him) @kagan@wandering.shop

@spencersb That Reddit page led me to this, which seems very helpful: "How to Stop Your Samsung Phone From Automatically Downloading Apps"

https://www.makeuseof.com/stop-samsung-phone-from-automatically-installing-apps/

MUO · Jul 4, 2022How to Stop Your Samsung Phone From Automatically Downloading AppsThe Samsung Galaxy Store can sometimes download and install bloatware on your phone without asking you first. Here's how to stop it.

#Samsung #bloatware #consent

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**IrishMASMS** @Irishmasms@defcon.social · Apr 6

Apr 6

IrishMASMS @Irishmasms@defcon.social

Talking with the folks in the local #vintage / #retrocomputing community, they clued me in that the #ThinkPad #RAID is a steaming pile of and not worth the trouble.

Oh well. Thanks for cluing me in

So I swapped out the two testing #NVMe drives I was using and reinstalled the original sticks - to have #windoz10 demanding for the #bitlocker recovery key.

Well, time to wipe & install #windoz11 then.

Install went fine, only 4 rando #drivers to find for all #devices to be recognized and working.

Using my #CTT scripts to install the majority of applications, then to remove the #spyware #bloatware and other garbage #micro$oft added to #windows11

Then migrate my #data from my other ThinkPad. Welcome to my #sunday #funday

#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHard-ware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot

A ThinkPad P70 workstation laptop, in the process of being rebuilt: Windows 11 having bin installed, now installing all the applications. The HWiNFO application is displayed on the screen, showing the specifications of the laptop.

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**Kevin Karhan** @kkarhan@infosec.space · Apr 5 *

Apr 5 *

Kevin Karhan @kkarhan@infosec.space

@P1Madsen @avatter probier' mal @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS und dann willste nie mehr #Windows10 oder gar #Windows11 samt #Bloatware & #Enshittification nutzen!

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114287240402258307

Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@avatter@mastodon.social Ich wünsche mir dass @libreoffice@fosstodon.org, @CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social, @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz & Co. erfolgreich gegen @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu & @Bundesregierung@social.bund.de wegen Verstoßes gegen #EU-#Vergaberecht klagen! - Weil dem ist ja [offensichtlich der Fall!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7583HNrZJs&t=13m55s)

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**Kevin Karhan** @kkarhan@infosec.space · Apr 3 *

Apr 3 *

Kevin Karhan @kkarhan@infosec.space

@ajsadauskas @JessTheUnstill @tomiahonen @fuchsiii obviously, that would've been a good standard for everyone, given that almost all non-#Gaming #Apps these days are #WebApps and at that point we'd not have 100+ MB #bloatware that essentially just loads a #Website and can't even cache shit!

/me stares angrily at #Cordova

Personally I believe the @europarl_en & @EUCommission could do that and establish as well as enforce an #EC #norm, just as they did with #USBc, #CCS2 and #GDPR!

It's just lack of political #pressure and #will to actually deal with the #AntiCompetitive-ness of #GAFAMs and given #Microsoft got forced into the #BrowserChoice setup in #WindowsXP & #Windows7, I demand the same for #iOS, #macOS and #Windows11 to include not only #Firefox & #Chrome but also #TorBrowser!

#Android needs to be better as in being more than just the "lesser evil" compared to iOS!

**c_th1** @c_th1@digitalcourage.social · Apr 2

Apr 2

c_th1 @c_th1@digitalcourage.social

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für die Allgemeinheit

Teilen erbeten

als PDF:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/NdmBgSYkRCto8B+JmJkE9mQ4/

**Muntashir Akon** @muntashir@infosec.exchange · Mar 14 *

Mar 14 *

Muntashir Akon @muntashir@infosec.exchange

I've launched a new website to make it easy for #Android users to discover, share, understand, and investigate pre-installed applications (AKA #bloatware).

https://muntashirakon.github.io/android-debloat-list

muntashirakon.github.ioWelcome! - Android Debloat List

**CEOTECH.IT** @ceotech@mastodon.social · Mar 14

Mar 14

CEOTECH.IT @ceotech@mastodon.social

SteamOS: il sistema operativo Valve per PC è in arrivo
#Bloatware #GameNews #Gamer #Gaming #Indiscrezioni #Leak #Linux #Notizie #Novità #PC #PCGaming #Prestazioni #SistemaOperativo #Steam #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Tecnologia #Valve #Videogiochi #Windows10 #Windows11

https://www.ceotech.it/steamos-il-sistema-operativo-valve-per-pc-e-in-arrivo/

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**Kevin Karhan** @kkarhan@infosec.space · Mar 14

Mar 14

Kevin Karhan @kkarhan@infosec.space

@roman78 @scottwilson still...

Feels like #bloatware the same way #Windows10 & #Windows11 are constantly shoveling #MicrosoftOffice on a device even against explicit consent of the user & admin!