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I’m a member of a Discord server like that. It’s named Past Gen. This is the server’s own introduction:

Welcome to Past Gen Gaming! We’re a community of generally older, but mainly patient and relaxed gamers. There is no age requirement to join us, just the mindset. We won’t tolerate elitism, toxicity, nor any form of hatred. A lot of us don’t have a lot of free time, so when we do, we like it to be a good time. So sit back, relax, and let’s play some games together.

Just let me know if you’d like an invitation link. If so, I would DM it to you instead of posting it publicly.

Mastodon is a huge part of the Fediverse. It allows you to control who can follow you (you can set it to prompt you to approve each new follower). You can make your posts visible to your followers only. Each post you make has a visibility option, and you can set it to followers-only by default.

To answer your question, yes, you’re being paranoid and irrational.

Please see rule #4.

That CVE is in the Linux kernel, which CalyxOS should be handling for you, via their security updates.

I think you’ll be fine as long as CalyxOS is supplying your device with Android security updates. As an average user, with no reason to be the subject of targeted attacks, firmware vulnerabilities are not a huge concern (assuming your OS and other software are up to date with security patches).

Of course, if someone hostile gets physical access to your device, firmware becomes more important. Remote exploitation of a firmware vulnerability typically requires first exploiting a software vulnerability (and CalyxOS is updating your OS software). With physical access, one might skip that step by connecting a cable to your phone and interacting with it directly.

I definitely support federal Privacy legislation. Here’s at least one take on the issue.

I never knew anybody who used it. I had one contact on ICQ. Everybody else used AIM.

Tildes fits that description. The posts are text-only or links to websites. No memes.

I use that site in addition to Lemmy, not as a replacement but a supplement. It’s just a different flavor of discussion.

It’s invite-only but I can give you an invitation code if you’re interested. Take a look, see if you like it, and send me a private message if you want an invitation.

Butt Truckers

Yes, SELinux is enabled (in “enforcing” mode) by default in Fedora. In my experience, it doesn’t hamper usability.

I remember seeing old advice from blogs and listicles about turning it off, on the theory that it might get in the way. But it’s better to leave it on if you care about security – especially if you want to learn.

When SELinux blocks a piece of software from doing something sketchy, an alert is generated to explain what happened and why. That’s rare but it’s a learning opportunity for you, not to mention preventing a potential security threat.

Maybe it’ll be the SWiitch.

I was going to answer this but I can’t remember.