I will hold my breath and cross everything! The UK ministers have a nasty habit, especially in the last 15 years, of giving it away for free when aligned to the Ministers personal interests. Bent AF in Northern terms.

They also still use WhatsApp for their wider connections, but still, progress.

It’s what I did 5 years ago. All family and friends now on Signal.

If you are sufficiently wealthy in the US, you can afford what we have as routine in Europe, which is healthcare. In the US, there are many who cannot afford insurance, and even with insurance, the policy is unlikely to cover your needs, especially for anything other than acute care.

Plays flac. Hopefully the player will be able to output to external DAC bypassing Androids resampling machine (in the future).

With Chinese phones, we have no real way of knowing where the spyware is. It may may be baked into the main OS, the added apps or other. Your safest bet would be a new ROM. ADB requires knowing which apps to pull out and unless someone has identified them, you’ll largely be guessing. Debloater will only remove what it knows about, so better than nothing. Whatever you do, I’d suggest something like RethinkDNS, or Netguard. These type of apps can go a great job of locking down anything that tries to connect to the outside world. It’s easier than it sounds, you simply select and allow at all the apps that you want to have connection.

Summary New ROM or ADB or Debloater plus, RethinkDNS or Netguard or similar.

Hold tight! That trickle down money is on the next train!

Yup! The absolute best days of adventure and awe.

I tried to watch this video. Wow It’s dumb. All speculation, no science. Perhaps it’s a spoof that I don’t appreciate.

If my date had a long beard with soup in it, I’d think that she wasn’t the one for me

And so the last steps to privacy are removed.

JUST 2 short responses and space apart in time. I don’t think they are nterested at all!

The country that ran Guantanamo and supports that ongoing approach and the Australian equivalent approach, doesn’t seem to like the idea of it when the Cubans are doing it. Dear US, stand on solid ground first

The impact of Right wing bullshit hoax messages becoming viral on social media. It is the modern equivalent of how Adolf used the media to turn good people into highly concerned people who “needed to take action” against a mythical foe. Look at what happened with Brexit in the UK. There are still people believing the completely debunked lies.

In any scenario the brand of smart TV is irrelevant as thet all impair your privacy. Cost and effort are sadly now a feature, but not too much of a challenge. Never connect your TV to the internet directly. The easiest step is a Chromecast. I recently needed to replace my dumb TV with a smart TV. For me I just bought a TV at a price point that allowed me to also buy a used old PC box plus a wireless keyboard a touchpad. You could alternately use a Raspberry Pi. Either way, you ultimately have control of what is shared or escapes for your privacy.

What would we suggest as a realistic alternative? Sears? Startpage? Brave? (I am no expert by the way, just looking for tips)

Even today, only cursory recognition that the Aboriginal people remain excluded from their own lands and ways

Zee boosh should be much lower down brother

Thanks for the guidance. Bromite now replaced with Cromite. Mull remains my primary browser based upon comments. Also, far better experience already

When you are trying to remove inflammation from an area I.e. twisted ankle, you need to cool it as much as possible. That reduces the spread of inflammation and this includes reducing blood flow. Do that for a day or two after an acute injury or surgery, maybe longer to prevent inflammation. Once the tide of inflammation is under control, you can use heat to get that blood flow back and to allow removal of breakdown products and to bring in more blood to heal. There are situations where you will alternate between hot and cold but usually not with an acute injury.