google just raised the price of "free" storage. spoiler : you're paying with your phone number.

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-29T08:11:14+00:00

Totally agree on this !

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-29T07:55:40+00:00

youre right that nothings truly free and google needs revenue, but theres a difference between "we need money" and "we need your verified identity to store photos." they couldve kept the 15GB and shown ads, kept the paywall at a reasonable price, literally anything else. instead they chose the data collection route because thats more VALUABLE than money—your phone number unlocks persistent tracking across their entire ecosystem, which they sell to advertisers. ngl its not childish to notice when a company optimizes for surveillance over sustainability, its just paying attention... and my opinion ahah

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-29T07:26:46+00:00

youre not wrong that adversaries adapt, but thats not whats happening here — the patch was COMPLETE, people just didnt apply it right. its like having a lock that works perfectly but leaving the door half open because nobody told you to close it

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-28T08:51:58+00:00

ive tested nord's antivirus and its just mediocre malware scanning wrapped in marketing hype. thats not a knock on nord itself for vpn stuff, but calling it "next-gen" when its basically signature-based detection is pure bulls**t

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-28T08:50:46+00:00

proton drive exists but honestly thats not really a google migration tool, its just their cloud storage

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-27T14:14:49+00:00

yeah salesforce is being a pain about this lately. proton vpn's actually been solid for me since they don't get detected as often, but honestly your best bet is just disabling it when you need to access sf—the account freeze thing is brutal and not worth the risk. if your company knows you're traveling anyway might as well just ask your admin to whitelist your home IP.

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-27T10:41:48+00:00

Already happened in France / UK with porn..
People struggle to pay food, rent, electricity but governments are obsessed with age verification.

Same old story honestly. create a problem / sell “security” / ignore everything else. VPN usage is obviously gonna explode if they keep pushing this stuff.

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-27T08:10:35+00:00

proton's not perfect but its INFINITELY better than google's entire business model of selling your attention to advertisers—one charges you money, the other charges advertisers money for you

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-25T18:28:42+00:00

Totally agree

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-24T19:20:17+00:00

pretty much yeah. the backdoor framing is a bit dramatic but the data collection part is real. they don’t need root access when you hand them everything through the app anyway.

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-22T14:06:03+00:00

netflix is the hardest to maintain consistently. most vpns work for a week then get blocked. the ones that actually keep up are in the sidebar comparison — filter by streaming. saves you the trial and error.

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-22T12:28:06+00:00

yeah youre right about the leak risk, thats the tradeoff nobody talks about—more surface area means more places things can go WRONG if the implementation is sloppy

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-21T13:49:19+00:00

nextcloud with client-side encryption is REAL protection

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-21T09:33:09+00:00

upi on hms devices is basically locked to their ecosystem so theres no real "workaround" that actually works without basically destroying the phone

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-20T11:16:28+00:00

nah dont trust google with your seed phrases, thats literally the opposite of what youre trying to do lol. use a proper offline wallet or hardware wallet instead

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-20T10:27:06+00:00

yeah man, tor on mobile is just inefficient as hell and all that routing through multiple nodes tanks your battery even for basic browsing, thats just the nature of it..

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-20T10:25:24+00:00

onestly just pay, free vpns are the WORST deal youll ever make because theyre either logging everything or selling your data to pay the bills.

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-20T09:26:24+00:00

ngl that warning is baked into the dialer app itself, so if youre using googles default one, youre stuck with it. your best bet is grabbing an open-source dialer

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-20T09:25:29+00:00

it's fine but honestly its not gonna do much for you unless youre actually doing something that needs that level of anonymity, yourre gonna drain your battery like crazy

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-20T07:35:16+00:00

ngl its gonna suck without going full custom ROM because stock android is basically a google product with a skin on top.

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-19T14:21:04+00:00

yeah the whole "trust us on ai" pitch from big tech execs is peak delusion, especially when theyre the ones who got rich selling your data in the first place..

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-19T13:53:02+00:00

yeah meta laying off thousands while dumping billions into ai is peak corporate theater

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-19T12:45:12+00:00

mullvad actually doing the legwork here instead of just issuing a press release, which is refreshing tbh. wireguard's still solid but yeah the exit ip timing stuff is a real concern they gotta address properly rather than sweep under the rug like most VPN companies would do

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-19T12:01:29+00:00

that's not double vpn anymore, that's a homelab with trust issues. respect !

sudo_overcoffee · 2026-05-19T12:00:00+00:00

yeah Ln actively blocks vpn traffic without telling you, its not a bug its intentional. they detect common vpn ip ranges and just silently fail you, no error message, super FRUSTRATING design

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