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What's something people should buy today instead of tomorrow? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by bleustenns@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Anybody know of anything else that would be quite wise to purchase sooner than later, due to potential (or incoming) regulation that would be regarded as privacy-infringing to enforce? I was thinking about this because I've been pondering a high-quality 3D printer purchase for this reason.

Advice for varying levels of budget would be quite nice, too; I partially intend on this being a post people may want to revisit.

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[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe flashable routers, phones, SBCs, noise generators if you're an activist? Sorry if I'm not being concrete enough.

We should also consider tariffs and general inflation, which work (intentionally or not) to deprive people of "privacy-friendly" tech (along with everything else really). This is essential, knowing that basically most tech hardware comes from China, and we've seen how the govt can just say "uh actually this will be X bucks more expensive" without explicitly banning it, especially in the US and Europe

[–] bleustenns@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Any recs for flashable routers? I'm about to try and build my own but if cheaper pre-built options will suffice I'd love to save a buck. I'm not exactly raking in dough.

[–] NewOldGuard@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I have some GL. iNet routers and I like them a lot. Comes preinstalled with their flavor of OpenWRT but you can flash it to the standard image too. And they're affordable (at least when I bought in last year they were)

[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Honestly I have no idea, sorry. I never really took a personal interest, being a broke student sharing apartments and all

You might have luck asking in other coms though

[–] bleustenns@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's fine, don't apologize. I am right there with you in the monetary department...

[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thankfully I now have a job, good luck to you! 🫡

[–] bleustenns@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks! o7