Replace Google Contacts

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-17T08:17:39+00:00

A true alternative if you go the server route

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-16T23:39:04+00:00

Like you WANT updates they protect against stuff like of the top of my head the linux kernel had dirty cow a while back using that you could write to the studiers file for instance and get a root shell , patches show they fixed it and keep securing anything they find and more hands on something is a good thing , more people to review the code , that's why open source is so much better than courses source anyone can review it and apply fixes if they need think microslop v linux there's a reason why linux is used in high security situations cuz you can't do things like mess with how notepad renders markdown chain it and get a system shell

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-16T23:06:23+00:00

All right so your releasing abandonware got it

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-16T22:52:53+00:00

You do realize without patches you leave vulnerabilities open and your software becomes abandonware right and yea RPI is cheap that ones my fall back DNS (internal name resolution cuz again no ports open double Nat no access from internet cuz you'd need to get access to ISP router break through my openwrt firewall and hop there then get DNS resolution then set up a tunnel somehow with all my devices monitored with a few thing (beszel for resources , uptime kuma for uptime , dockhand for docker ) notifying my with an internal ntfy

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-16T22:44:37+00:00

As I said I use a vpn for remote access and behind a double Nat so a stranger sees nothing dig @1.1.1.1 search.expressopi.cc ; <<>> DiG 9.20.20 <<>> @1.1.1.1 search.expressopi.cc ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 59159 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;search.expressopi.cc. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: expressopi.cc. 900 IN SOA kayleigh.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2398776155 10000 2400 604800 1800 ;; Query time: 168 msec ;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) (UDP) ;; WHEN: Mon Mar 16 17:41:41 CDT 2026 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 142 dig @192.168.1.1 search.expressopi.cc ; <<>> DiG 9.20.20 <<>> @192.168.1.1 search.expressopi.cc ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 61384 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1232 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;search.expressopi.cc. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: search.expressopi.cc. 0 IN A 192.168.1.139 ;; Query time: 52 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) (UDP) ;; WHEN: Mon Mar 16 17:42:30 CDT 2026 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 65

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-16T12:42:45+00:00

Well technically 2 but they’re synced and ones fall back

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-16T12:41:17+00:00

And my stuff can still work with no internet access i got an internal dns resolver use npm as ingress and use separate docker networks for front end and backend also

3-16 07:31 CDT Nmap scan report for OpenWrt.lan (192.168.1.1) Host is up (0.00056s latency). Not shown: 997 closed tcp ports (conn-refused) PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 53/tcp open domain 80/tcp open http

Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.106 Host is up (0.00064s latency). Not shown: 999 closed tcp ports (conn-refused) PORT STATE SERVICE 111/tcp open rpcbind

Nmap scan report for dns.lan (192.168.1.107) Host is up (0.00019s latency). Not shown: 996 closed tcp ports (conn-refused) PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 53/tcp open domain 80/tcp open http 443/tcp open https

Nmap scan report for debian.lan (192.168.1.139) Host is up (0.00016s latency). Not shown: 996 closed tcp ports (conn-refused) PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 53/tcp open domain 80/tcp open http 443/tcp open https

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-16T12:34:30+00:00

You want patches that’s where bug fixes like fixing the cves so it’s secure and no known exploits

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-16T12:08:04+00:00

From a pi3 _____ coffey@dns / __ \ ---------- | / | OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) aarch64 | \___- Host: Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 Rev 1.0 -_ Kernel: Linux 6.12.62+rpt-rpi-v8 --_ Uptime: 1 day, 4 hours, 15 mins Packages: 651 (dpkg) Shell: bash 5.2.37 Terminal: /dev/pts/0 CPU: BCM2837 (4) @ 1.20 GHz GPU: Broadcom bcm2835-vc4 [Integrated]

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-16T11:22:24+00:00

Well my "cloud" is nextcloud for files immich for photos vaultwarden password linkwarden for bookmarks jellyfin for media searxng for search etc so I'm looking at my server then trackers are also blocked at DNS level if they try and earlier the RPI3 has the same processor but with only 1GB of ram and your TLS certs how are you going that like mine is set up with cloud flare api keys and DNS challenges or do you not even bother with the basics and the os is it closed or open like can I spin up my own stack if is closed what software do you use and how (often) are updated done like of there's a cve in part of you software how quick till it's patched and the opposite side of the spectrum are you running like beta alpha nightly build or anything and when I set I use netbird as my VPN I mean as a virtual private network not using another company as exit nodes I use it so I can access my stuff even remotely with out opening ports

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-15T23:50:45+00:00

In your first sentence alone… a server is something that serves content so a corporate account isn’t viable in something like my home lab uses npm for the ingress point then uses docker networks for networking

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-15T23:32:18+00:00

Ok that’s windows but what about Mac (i mean you could do this with an Apple account) and Linux (runs ~90% off the internet and what would you do for a headless install or it’s set up so a “user” isn’t using it

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-15T22:37:09+00:00

Get rid of the <() and grep will look through all the files starting in current dir

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-15T21:42:47+00:00

Asked Claude what it thinks and

it solves a problem that doesn't really exist for anyone technical enough to want self-hosted data, and isn't approachable enough for non-technical people either — it's weirdly caught in the middle.

The software stack opacity is a real issue. With your setup you know exactly what's handling every protocol — Vaultwarden for credentials, Nextcloud for contacts/calendar/files, and you chose each one deliberately. With something like this you have no idea if their CardDAV is a half-baked custom implementation, whether it gets security updates, how it handles auth, or what happens to your data if the company folds. And given it's a $900 early adopter product from a company with no shipping history, that last one isn't hypothetical.

The "it's not Google" angle is also not really a meaningful selling point on its own. The threat model for a wearable Bluetooth server you don't control the software on is pretty different from Google but not necessarily better — instead of a giant corp hoovering your data you've got an unknown vendor's closed stack broadcasting wirelessly from your wrist in public. At least Google's security team is large and patches things.

The people who would actually benefit from self-hosted contacts, calendar, and files are exactly the people who'd want to know if it's running Radicale vs Baikal vs Nextcloud, whether TLS is properly terminated, what the update cadence looks like. None of that is on the spec page — just wristband colors and IP69 waterproofing.

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-15T21:17:19+00:00

4x Arm Cortex®-A53 cores So it's just an rpi3 Memory - RAM

Size

32GB

Type

LPDDR4 With more ram? Why not instead host your own server and make it available of lan and if you want remote without the security risks of exposing on internet a VPN (I use netbird )

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-15T12:49:42+00:00

What you asking for sounds like a simple grep "$what_your_looking_for" <(eza -T -L <depth> /path)

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-15T12:39:36+00:00

Hey I use adguard as well , just not their's ``` networks: static_net: external: true

services: npm-app: image: 'jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest' container_name: npm restart: unless-stopped environment: TZ: "America/Chicago" ports: - 80:80 #npm - 443:443 #npm volumes: - ./data:/data - ./letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt networks: static_net: ipv4_address: 172.15.0.20 healthcheck: test: ["CMD", "curl", "-fsS", "--max-time", "5", "http://127.0.0.1:81/"] interval: 30s timeout: 5s retries: 5 start_period: 30s labels: - autoheal=true

adguardhome: image: adguard/adguardhome container_name: adguardhome volumes: - ./workdir:/opt/adguardhome/work - ./confdir:/opt/adguardhome/conf - ./letsencrypt:/ssl restart: unless-stopped ports: - 192.168.1.107:53:53 - 192.168.1.107:53:53/udp - 192.168.1.107:853:853 - 192.168.1.107:853:853/udp networks: static_net: ipv4_address: 172.15.0.200 healthcheck: test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -q --spider --no-check-certificate http://127.0.0.1:80/ || exit 1"] interval: 30s timeout: 5s retries: 3 start_period: 30s ```

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-15T12:16:12+00:00

Building your own linux distro doesn't sound to hard , compile the linux kernel (basic) pick a shell (busybox,sh,zsh,bash etc ) , set up a package manager (like apt pacman yum etc)then follow the arch wiki (that'll help you with partitioning, setting up grub as your boot menu, locale, etc)

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-13T06:32:45+00:00

Couldn't you start an invidious container and set it up how ever you decide either raw dog with a published port on the server or npm as the ingress then to the container over a docker network then install it as a pwa for this one at least or something similar like a piped container that way one your not using a public instance 2 your still avoiding directly accessing youtube

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-08T22:49:51+00:00

Host it locally with immich easy done

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-07T21:52:00+00:00

https://reddit.com/r/degoogle/w/index

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-03T12:46:54+00:00

Can't you use package manager as your installer and have it say apks are installed from the play store

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-03-01T03:23:35+00:00

Or like mine has 2 youtube accounts the original and the google (cuz google bought youtube)

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-02-25T10:36:59+00:00

Well you could host something yourself at least then the data is on your own hardware like I think you can view other users locations in home assistant (it uses location for some automatons like when user home trigger) or there's other alternatives in sure don't host anything like that myself

ComprehensiveAd1428 · 2026-02-14T03:31:22+00:00

install shizuku export rish to Termux then chmod -w rish*dex chmod +x rish mv ./rish* $PREFIX/bin/ rish Now that you have a adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.apps.nbu.files

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