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See spectrum-os for a combo of both
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No, there's a "Think 25" rule where if the person looks above 25 you don't have to check.
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I run these games via GeForce NOW. There's no way I'm installing kernel-level proprietary monitoring software.
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It's a peer-to-peer video client, with part of it's data being directly shared (similarly to torrents) and part via a blockchain. This makes it highly resistant to censorship and thus is where many people are moving their channels to.
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Any reason why you think groups shouldn't be able to have private chats?
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Exploiting psychology on a mass scale like this means that the only solution will be government regulation.
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> American citizens may have freedom of speech, but they find themselves with vanishingly few public forums in which to exercise it fully.

Well put. As we've also seen from numerous leaks and incidents over the years, big business and government often works hand-in-hand, with revolving door policies and barely legal indirect bribes happening regularly.

That the government is now seeking to curtail the First Amendment by exerting pressure on these companies should be alarming to anyone.

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Every bank app is different. I'd advise getting a cheap phone which supports LineageOS (ROM with the widest device support) and see if it works there first. You can also try LineageOS with microG builds to see if it only needs basic verification with Play Services in order to work.
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A cryptographic hardware key does not allow tracking you in the same way that Google Play Services does 24/7. GrapheneOS doesn't connect to Google servers unless you opt for it to.

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