Yes, GOS’s camera app is very good. And if you still don’t like it, you can use the proprietary Google camera app, with it’s internet connection disabled. In GOS, when you don’t give an app internet access, it cannot even connect to local services like Google Play Services, if installed, which is not the case in many other custom ROMs.

Wdym? I am using the latest (1.13.6) on Graphene.

There was a news some time ago, that a man was arrested for clicking nude pictures of children, later it was found out that he was sending pictures of his child to a doctor for diagnosis. How did that happen?

I’ll link the source if I find it.

Update:

NYTimes - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html

Paywall removed - https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/technology/google-surveillance-toddler-photo.html

Yes, this happens. Even if you turn off all the syncing etc, they will shoot an update and all your settings will revert to default. This has happened with my father’s phone a lot.

And even if you keep all these settings off, they are still scanning all photos to check for CSAM.

I highly recommend deGoogling your phone. If you cannot install a custom ROM, check out Universal Android Debloater. There are many sources for degoogling your life. Check out c/degoogle on Lemmy (I forgot the instance name, just search for it). Or if you want we have small group on Signal for deGoogling related talks, DM me and I can share the link to join. (Signal does require a phone number to register, but since usernames are a thing your phone number will not be available publicly.) That group link is disabled, but I can share other group links like Linux and FOSS, or other privacy related groups.

You will also have to recompile the official apps with the new domain/IP. And then keeping both updated. That’s too much work. I’d rather self-host Matrix without federation. Or XMPP.

Not sure about Facebook, but Instagram will definitely ask you for a selfie if you sign-up using a VPN.

I am comparing Proton’s free servers and Mullvad’s paid servers. In my experience Proton’s free servers are blocked more.

Also, when paying, you get access to a lot more IPs, so you can keep trying. Whereas, free servers are very limited.

I get you. But say, a company has a policy that we give employees 2 paid leaves per month, for example, a woman can take those 2 paid leaves for the same reasons as the men do, but they would also need a day more of paid leaves to deal with the menstrual pain/stress. If that extra day is not defined as “menstrual leaves” men would argue that why are women getting more leaves, and hence the feminism thing will be broken as both are not treated fairly.

Same in the case of pregnancy. Companies give 2 months of paid leaves for that.

Or maybe the right thing to do is, just say, if you’re pregnant, you get paid time off, if you’re having periods you get paid time off. Do not include gender in it.

Idk man.

I am a feminist.

Feminism means all genders should be treated equal, but that does not mean men should also get paid menstrual leaves at their job. Equal rights, yes. Everyone should be treated fairly.

Since it’s free, huge number of people are using those servers. You will get a lot of captchas and many sites outright block all those IPs.

Trustworthy? I am okay with them, but if I need something more private I’d use Tor.

If you’re considering spending any money with them, I’d say go with Mullvad, since it would be cheaper. If you want all Proton’s services bundled, they can be good.