Oh I haven’t actually tried that part of it, thanks for the tip.

So with Proton pass, I create a new email alias for every online account. It will be formatted like mycustomalias.randomword12345@passmail.com. I set the text on each to the name of the site I make it for.

If I get an email to one, it goes to my hidden “main” address, which I haven’t given out to a single person on earth, not even my wife. When I get an email, I can reply to it using the alias. The sender cannot ever see my main email.

This has a few benefits. One, nobody knows who I am. A website cannot link me to another site. If there’s a data leak, one single email address is leaked. I can easily delete that alias and make a new one. Similarly, if I EVER get a spam email, I know which alias it was sent to, so I know who leaked it, or who decided to send me spam. Again, I can delete it and the spam source is gone.

Unlike something like “myemail+customalias@gmail.com”, which does allow me to use different emails for each place, this is untraceable. You cannot find my main email by looking at an alias.

And finally, this is more anonymous than using your own domain, as you share the same domain as many other people.

When I use Proton pass the password manager, it can generate one of these aliases in about 1 second and ties it to that saved password for super easy log in. No other configuration requird. It just works. (you can use and create aliases without passwords if you want)

The only alternative to Proton pass’s seamless integration with protonmail for untraceable aliases is self hosting bitwarden, making it accessible from outside your network, then either using a 3rd party email aliasing service or self-hosting email. So in other words, not viable or easy or secure for the vast majority of users except a small portion of power users.

I desperately want an alternative, but there just aren’t any. There are alternatives to each individual piece of Proton, but putting it all together and making it as seamless and easy as Proton does is nigh impossible.

(also if you self host email, that links your domain with your aliases which is still less anonymous than a 3rd party alias service)

I personally recommend kagi instead of Google search. I’ve tried most of the ones in this list and kagi gives the best results, and consistently too.

I can’t stand virtual desktops. I have 4 monitors specifically so I can have as many things visible at once at possible without switching. I work from home so this is my machine I use for everything. 1 monitor for main task or games, 1 for side tasks, 1 for media or even more side tasks, and 1 exclusively for work and personal chat. My top monitor is very large so I often have 2 or 4 different things going on at once side by side on that one. I disable virtual desktops and tiling windows on every operating system I’ve used.

If my GPU had more outputs, I would have more monitors. I also have a 2nd computer with a single 1080p monitor to the right (I have an L desk) for home network stuff, usually keep my security camera feed on that one.

I respect anyone who does use virtual desktops because I acknowledge that if you master the workflow, it can be more efficient if you have more than like 5 or 6 tasks going at once (vs 4 monitors), however I will die on the hill of never ever using them.

Oh one other thing - it would be cool if you could link to the lemmy post from the site somehow, as I will mostly be using my RSS reader to read the the articles, but if I want to join the comments I’d have to manually find the lemmy post.

I would love to see the articles on both, if it’s minimal effort for you. Having them in lemmy without navigating out is such a slick experience. But the site makes RSS super easy too, so I think you’d be giving something significant up if either one went away.

Every minute that passes in Africa, scientists are 60 seconds closer to discovering infinite energy!

Great post, as always. We’re cheering you on with your health, take care of yourself and be comfy. That comes first.

This was in Gastonia North Carolina

Edit: just saw the 2nd link, I am an idiot

I haven’t used that in years. Does it have collection support, and can you download mods from in the app? Those are the 2 most important features that nexus has in my opinion. It’s so seamless to verify compatibility and get it all up and running with no hassle.

Yeah I was just confused at why they didn’t want it, I was under the impression that it will serve a completely unserved purpose on Linux.

What’s the alternative to nexus mods?