• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I just have any calls that aren’t from my contacts forwarded to Google voice using Yet Another Call Blocker.

    https://gitlab.com/xynngh/YetAnotherCallBlocker

    Besides, I don’t use my phone number for calls - that all happens with messengers these days (Telegram, etc), so I know you’re a telemarketer anyway.

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      thats fine for most individuals but hospitals and doctors offices for those with medical issues. Well that makes it hard. They often to not call from the “official number”.

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        1 year ago

        Yea, that sucks.

        For those I give my Google voice number.

        Not an elegant solution, for sure. Fortunately my Healthcare system also uses video calls via their app for security purposes.

        Not sure what else can really be done.

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            Yea, I hear ya. Lots of shitty apps these days with excessive perms.

            I root, run a firewall, and lock the little bastards down. No, you don’t get location perms. No, you don’t launch at boot, or when I plug in to charge, or when a media button is pressed. So many shitty receiver registrations, and running in the background. Nope, removing that too.

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              I just don’t even want a smart phone. I have one for work because I have to but only work stuff goes on it. Im surprised most will run like that. I have a hard time getting them to run on a tablet.

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                1 year ago

                I can understand the sentiment, for sure.

                I just want my pocket computer, with everything controlled by me.

                With today’s storage capability, I can have all my dictionaries local, I could probably host a decent encyclopedia, and my physiology apps, etc.

                Everything else will go through a vpn, with no location/identifiers, etc, being sent.

                Lineage with Magisk Root & XPrivacy modules, plus MicroG can do this.

                And with self-hosting, I can use messaging apps like Snikket, Litewire, Simplex, etc (the challenge being getting others on board, which is where my self-hosting comes in. I can create accounts for friends/family, and they don’t have to do anything).

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                  yeah. One of my dreams is a feature phone with internet tethering capability so I can just use a standard tablet or laptop with it.

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                    Ooh, that’s an interesting idea. Not sure if it exists - using my Treo years ago as a Hotspot was pretty challenging, and it was an early smart phone.

                    Many laptops today have a SIM slot - just get a cheap data plan. You can also get a cell card that plugs into USB. Back in the day we had PCCARD slot cell cards. That was nice.

                    Xfinity had a deal when we switched from Verizon - a data-only Sim for $10/mo that uses the shared data on our plan. Great for the iPad.