Mullvad (Sweden) and AirVPN (Italy) seem to be the best for respecting privacy from my research. The AirVPN guys are a bit dogmatic though.
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It was. Its parent company is based in Florida.
So if you don't have anyone on WhatsApp then I suggest just uninstalling it. When a new international contact asks you to use it, suggest an alternative because the alternatives are now common and known (like Telegram and Signal). 1) it shows you're principled and they should respect you for that and 2) if they don't want to spend 3 minutes downloading an app for you, they probably aren't worth your time.
However, if you're really attracted to them my opinion above is moot of course.
Technically; you could theoretically disable the app and only enable it when you need to use it. When the app is disabled it's not allowed to run any processes, such as collecting metadata about your phone and sending it to the home server for analysis. But when disabled you wouldn't receive any notifications, and as soon as you reenabled it it would send that metadata. Essentially it would be like treating your WhatsApp account like an email address, and at that point, why not just tell your contacts to contact you by email?
Really good points
I think that's party why I prefer GPL licenses over more permissive ones. A GPL license is essentially a declaration that one wants a community built around the software. A permissive license like Apache/MIT is saying, well I reserve the right to sellout later if I feel like it.
My what a temper lol. You're really into Libreoffice 6! I suppose you'll never upgrade to 7 now without thinking about me 😵😆. Even when you're outdated distro does eventually, I suppose you'll think of me and how much of a goof you were being. Oh well, I suppose you could use OnlyOffice or WPS office or FreeOffice or Calligra instead. Such a strange fellow, stubborn and insults the people trying to help him. Meanwhile I'll enjoy my tabs in Libreoffice 7 muahaha
Don't feel comfortable for privacy reasons but it was out in the prairies.
Oh yeah. My university was quite garbage.
Why do you have such a hard on for Libreoffice 6 that you've resorted to name calling? Are you embarrassed about your distro not being up to date?
No. Google Docs format is proprietary. You'd have to export it and then reupload it and that would create a bunch of track syncing issues.
You could suggest to your Universities IT department that they use Nextcloud and OnlyOffice (both Open Source) instead of Google Docs, offer to show them a demo and tell them it would save them millions in licensing costs. But I imagine if it's a Canadian University IT department they're lazy AF. Mine switched everything over to Microsoft Office and then tried to cut professor wages to make up for the cost increase. Garbage.
Yeah I know. The link is for an outdated version though, from my perspective you're being stubborn.
"This doesn't work"
"We fixed it in a new version"
"No, it has to work in the version I have"
"Your version is 3 years old, we're an open source project and don't have the resources to backport it."
"It has to work in the version I have."
"But--"
"This random third party guide says it works in my version. and it doesn't. Tell me how to fix it."
If you're so hung up on it having to work in the 3 year old version then message the author of that guide and ask them. And please send me the screenshot when they reply you should upgrade to Libreoffice 7.
Some solid recommendations here, a lot overlaps with my own research. Good to know I'm on the right path.