Thanks. Since I’m just starting my privacy journey, I’m sticking with the mainstream options for now, but using an aliasing service will make it easy easy for me to switch in the future. I’ll check it Migadu and I appreciate the suggestion.

I switched from Google Authenticator to Ente Auth recently and am very, very happy. It works great.

I haven’t tried their other apps yet, though. I intend to take a look at their images app.

My answer to this is to use a custom domain with an email aliasing service.

I’ve gone through about half of the 400 accounts in my password manager and moved them over. I’ll migrate the rest over the next week or so.

So, I’m switching from Gmail to Proton for now, but if Proton starts to get worse or Tuta catches up on functionality or there’s a better provider that emerges or I decide to try to self-host, it’s one easy change at the alias provider to redirect all of my mail to a new email provider.

I’ll get hate for referencing a solution that involves AI, but this looks promising: https://github.com/Captcha-Sonic/CaptchaSonic-Extension

No. It’s for IPTV channels that already exist. It lets you organize them and then make them available in Plex or Jellyfin.

If you’re looking to make your own channel from content you already downloaded, that’s what ErsatzTV and dizqueTV do.

If you’re looking to stream torrents without downloading them first, I’m pretty sure that can be done with Streamio and plugins, but I haven’t tried it.

I’ve tried Dispatcharr and was pleased.

It’s definitely not 60% hallucinated, and that seems like an insane assumption to me, but I’m new here and did not realize that use of AI was considered inhumane.

That is not accurate. My AI query used far less energy than the average gamer uses in a minute of gameplay.

I’m not a gamer, but I’m curious – do you hold the same attitude towards video games?

https://vger.to/lemmy.ml/comment/26190217

Here you go. (Disclaimer: I used AI)

This video by Hardware Haven, titled “6 Tips for Finding Good Deals on PC Hardware,” provides actionable strategies for finding cheap and heavily discounted used computer components, servers, and office PCs.

Here is a breakdown of the six main tips covered in the video:

• Find local ITAD (IT Asset Disposition) businesses [01:40] These companies wipe, recycle, and resell old equipment decommissioned by businesses. Since they deal in bulk, you can often score incredible deals on enterprise or office hardware. If they don’t have a public storefront, you can sometimes find them by searching for local eBay sellers dealing in bulk office PCs.
• Use eBay local pickup [04:27] For large or heavy items like servers and tower systems, sellers bake the high cost of shipping directly into their asking price. By filtering for “local pickup only,” you avoid those shipping costs and can often secure a much lower base price.
• Get creative with the platforms you use [07:46] Don’t rely exclusively on eBay. Check out niche component sites like jawa.gg, local thrift stores, university surplus auctions, or GovDeals. When using Facebook Marketplace, browse generic local buy/sell groups rather than PC-specific ones—you are more likely to find sellers who don’t know the exact value of their hardware.
• Use unconventional search terms [11:04] Instead of searching for highly sought-after product lines, search for the specific, less-common processors inside them. You can also find steep discounts by intentionally searching for minor cosmetic defects using words like “missing,” “cracked,” or “damaged.” For local marketplaces, try generic, non-technical terms like “CPU tower” or “good computer.”
• Put in more effort than other buyers [13:46] You can find extreme discounts if you’re willing to buy hardware that requires a bit of troubleshooting. This includes buying locked systems and clearing the BIOS, flashing custom firmware onto cheap Chrome boxes, or taking a calculated risk on “for parts” listings that might just need something as simple as a new CMOS battery.
• Be patient [18:03] Used enterprise gear hits the secondary market in massive waves when companies do their hardware refresh cycles. If a particular component is overpriced right now, don’t overpay—wait for the next wave of surplus gear to flood the market and drive prices back down.

It will be, once there’s code to share. I made this a couple hours ago, and as the name implies, I intended to turn it into an interactive wiki that could be community maintained.

I don’t know how else to explain to you that it’s a static site. The “source”, as it currently exists, is being served to you as soon as you browse to the website.

How does this not relate to your question? Literally click “view source” in your browser or use the command that I already gave you. Feel free to download all of it. You have full access, right this moment.

I was just collecting resources for myself and thought it would be helpful to share for others and maybe turn it into a wiki that everyone could use.

It’s not a dynamic site. No code is being rendered on the server. It’s all static assets, pushed to a CDN.

You can download it all with the following command: wget -m -k -E -p -np https://theprivacywiki.com/

Yes, to organize some of it, and it’s a static site. So you can literally click “View Source” in your browser.

Exactly. We can just fork it, if the need ever arrives.

There’s no reason for is to suffer through a more clunky solution when this is all open source.

Thanks. Here’s a comparison, for anyone else who might be interested:

Feature matrix

Repos: AppVerifier · Verified Apps · AppVerifier BG. From each README as of June 2026; stars/releases change over time.

While I’m not willing to accept the legal risk associated with running one of these, I wish the best to those who do.

I’m also curious to examine the hosting practices employed by the mirrors that survive, as I think these are the hosts, DNS providers, and domain registrars that are actually pro-freedom, in practice.

Thank you for sharing, but is this the third version of AppVerifier? I’m having a little trouble following all of them and their differences.

Jumping on the bandwagon here.

Yes, I intend to use my own domain name when I switch.

For IMAP, it looks like there are bridges for both Proton and Tuta that I can run locally.

https://gizmodo.com/tuta-email-denies-connection-to-intelligence-services-1851022465

And again, I’m not saying that I believe this. I have no idea what to think. My original point was that it’s all very confusing to beginners.