lynx would like a word…

OK, let’s do this step by step. We’re going to use a prepaid SIM like op mentions:

• Buy SIM prepaid at Walmart with cash
• Activate that SIM in a phone at a static location, not your home
• This is sold to broker 1
• Buy SIM from normal provider using your CC
• This data is sold to broker 2
• Broker 2 asks broker 1 for into on person
• Broker 1 has no discrete match due to lack of payment data

Your cell phone company associates SMS with your location all the time, and sells that data to brokers who overlay it with app data associated with a phone number.

I’m not sure what you’re not following. Just because another provider has my location, doesn’t mean a broker can associate that location to a phone number on another provider (and thus connected apps).

Glad to see it, thank you.

The provider of the SIM on the old phone who provides the phone number, and data brokers associated with them, will never be able to associate that number with my actual location, because the old phone will be in a static location.

The provider of the SIM in my main phone will have a number that is never used, and it’s location can never be tied to the number that is actually used because the old phone relays VI’s matrix.

Is it better than avoiding SMS altogether? No. Does it obfuscate? Yes.

I also plan on having VNC on the old phone for running banking apps that GrapheneOS may not support in the future.

Can you turn Steam Input off on the Deck? I did find a partial solution (see edited post)

Oh perfect, see edited post for a partial solution (so far), I will use this game to test my findings.

No plugins, but see edited post for a partial solution (so far). Thanks!

So, this got me thinking. I turned off thr FPS limiter and allowed Tearing in Gamescope. Turned off Vsync and set FPS limiter to 144 in Rocket League. Lo and behold, playable. I think this lay have more to do with the display than the controls.

Wondered if there was a good FOSS Loom out there. Will give this a shot.

Edit: Chrome only. Will give this a shot when that changes.

But what about extra spaces? 😉

My mispeak there was voltage.

I could, but honestly the guides for Matrix and then for the mautrix (not a typo) bridges are pretty good if you click through to them: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/sms/

These changes are not linear with extension cords, as the gauge variance is less than changes in length. 100% longer doesn’t mean 100% thicker, and there are material differences in the different lengths, too. Also the heat does not just occur in the wire. Whatever is at the end of that cord has to work harder due to the voltage drop, and harder means hotter.

Consider adding the Dash To Panel extension. It was the polish Gnome was missing for me: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1160/dash-to-panel/

I’d also be a bit remiss if I didn’t recommended WinTile, too: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1723/wintile-windows-10-window-tiling-for-gnome/

Current and Voltage don’t change, but resistance does (between cable types)?

A bit out there, but I plan on doing this soon:

• Get a SIM
• Grab an old Android phone
• Relay SMS to Matrix via the SMS bridge

I already use Matrix bridges for Signal, Discord, IRC, etc, so this means the number is never tied to my location, but I can use it for things like banking 2FA.

GV doesn’t work anymore for many services, such as banks.

The longer the cable, the thicker it needs to be to carry the same amount of current without getting hot. This is due to resistance (Wikipedia does a good job with the details). Basically:

20’ cable be long and thick.

10’ cable be short and thin.

10’ + 10’ cables be long and thin.

Long and thin = heat then fire.

That being said, put an LED light bulb at the end, no problem. Put a gaming PC on the end, problem.

I run my own instance, so supremely displeased as expected.