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you can use something like smspool.net to verify the account with a one time use #. then google will allow you to link an authenticator app to the account. removing the # from the account afterwards does not remove the TOTP code either.

yeah that seems to be from all the way in 2021 unfortunately. you may be stuck with the browser version :(

you can try looking it up on plexus to see if others have had success using that app

I got my 7a referbished for 350. the nothing phone is cool IMO but probably not going to have good support rn for nieche stuff. lineage & divest not having working versions for the phone raises red flags personaly.

if you are anti pixel & $500 is in your price range maybe take a look at the fairphone 4?

honestly I would personaly look into a used option just for pricing reasons. I think the 8 offered additional security benefits though. It may be a while until the 9 drops but that would also be an option.

if you want to degoogle the only way to run some apps without unprivileged code (GMS/microG) is to use grapheneos & its sandbox compatibility layer. this is unfortunately only available on the pixels.

I also worry you won't be able to use some of the customization options that the nothing phone 2 offers with its hardware when using a custom ROM. if thats something u care about.

I have the pixel 7a & have had essentialy no issues with anything for what that's worth.

only as private as you make it. they are required by law when mandated by a warrant to release IP & other (unencrypted) data they have on you. use a proxy to connect & take other opsec measures to conceal your online identity just like other sensitive web browsing activities if you want to use email "privately".

this is really only helping anonymity though, as the email protocol has no built in encryption. unless you are using PGP it really isn't apt for secure communication at all.

session doesnt have perfect forward secrecy. they removed it from signals protocol to make it more easily compatible with their onion routing/crypto network. makes it one of the easiest apps to be "backdoored" if any keys were to be compromised.

there's a foss flavor on the Fdroid repo that doesnt have any trackers I believe

oh I see interesting. seems like blatant malpractice to me. good luck on your paper o7

thank you 🙏

I meant that if you look at the "purpose" section of each cookie the ones that are older than 180 days are the only ones that dont mention advertising. thinking they may be related to the "nessecary" or "required" cookies that some websites have. I would presume they have their own or altered version of the other cookies policies since they have different purposes.

apologies, I worded that poorly before.

while I am by no means an expert on this, my gut tells me that this is probably something to do with "nessecary" cookies vs advertising & tracking cookies. its a common loophole for other policies so I wouldnt be surprised if they had some way of circumventing the normal limitations for tracking because of "fraud protection" or the likes.

looking at the cookie descriptors, all of the 1825 day cookies are used to "store &/or access information on device refreshes". the shorter cookies are the only ones that also mention "measuring advertising & content performance".