@delirious_owl

Unfortunately many places don't give me any choice.

I use an authenticator app where i can.

@delirious_owl

It's voip phone, texts on data. Not accepted by every bank or 2 factor provider tho.

Thank you for the suggestions.

@delirious_owl

Gotcha. I guess i do have one, Google Voice, but for various reasons i don't like that for anything important.

Do you have any suggestions?

@delirious_owl

Hmm. When I'm in airplane mode on Wi-Fi i do not get text messages (sms). I might get calls but I'm not sure.

@delirious_owl

Interesting. But I do need to get messages and calls and airplane mode kills that.

@IllNess @j4k3

I turn my Bluetooth, NFC and Wi-Fi on when i need to use them, otherwise they're off.

Partly for privacy but also for battery life.

Do most people leave those on all the time?

@EherNicht

Based on their website i don't see how.

Firefox with ublock (blokada on mobile), do not track, a few settings tweaks, and using ddg or startpage for search seems to be pretty much what librewolf is.

@JustMarkov @dethada

Is Librewolf any different than Firefox with good privacy extensions?

@SteveFromMySpace @crusa187@lemmy.ml

I just immediately block people who use terms like bidey-bro.

Life it too short and my feed is too long.

@TheOubliette

Such as?

@refalo

Not really. Online they'll need my user/pass, 2fa for starters.

If they try to do it by phone they'll need to first answer a bunch of questions (which yes they can probably get), but then upload a photo of my license....

@ChaosCoati @Chozo

Exactly.

But it's very easy and fast to temporarily thaw it when you want to apply for credit.

I've been doing it for years.

@PopOfAfrica @aard

I don't see ads in apps. You don't have to either.

@downpunxx @BookSwiftieAndrew

I bought a pixel when Google first came out with their cell service. That phone lasted less than a year for no reason I can think of.

I'm also staying with Samsung, though i had a OnePlus that was great until i dropped it into a river

@dRLY

They all have web sites.

Search Experian +security freeze
Equifax +security freeze
TransUnion +security freeze
Chexsystems +security freeze

Etc. Note they offer paid things too. But the freezes are free by law.

@rdyoung @catculation

Exactly what I was going to say. I froze everything after that will keep it frozen forever. So easy to temp thaw when I want to apply for something.

Big 3 credit bureaus
Chexsystems for banks
Lexus Nexus for you know, everything
And there's one for utilities too that escapes me at the moment

Make a social security account if you haven't already so no one else can

@jeze @yogthos

We can be like the kids and only use it for marketplace.

Then they know my secondhand shipping habits, but nothing more 😁

@sugar_in_your_tea @pezmaker

Same, and they usually don't want me to do anything to the bed. Trash on the way out and didn't be a pig.

There was a very out in the open camera in the living room of an Airbnb that I stayed in once and I really didn't care for it and hadn't noticed it in the listing. But, it was a basement suite of a family's own house and I guess they were just concerned. I started looking for that more specifically but glad to hear Airbnb banned them completely.

@czardestructo @AnEilifintChorcra

So.. It's cool to ignore the date and just change oil at the recommended mileage?

(My car is very rarely driven right now and I've often wondered this)

@unexpectedteapot @mihor

"Even a one plus" - ?