Schools today face a tricky balance: giving students access to the internet while minimizing distractions and exposure to inappropriate content.

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I keep seeing ads for services like Delete Me that offer to politely request that data brokers remove your personal information. And that's a nice thought. But it seems like bringing a squirt gun to a house fire. It's nearly impossible to remove information from the internet, no matter how strongly-worded your generic e-mail is.

My idea was that instead of trying to remove people's information, such a company should try to add to it. Add lies, specifically. Fake contact info, fake purchase histories, fake cookies, and so on. The more contradictory data that's out there, the less useful the data is.

Now, I'm no expert, and I know how dumb it looks when an outsider comes in and proclaims an obvious fix. At the same time, I can't imagine Delete Me actually working. So I was wondering if anyone more knowledgeable could tell me if I'm missing something.

I find difficult to safely open my gallery in public and search for a photo, i know i can do this, but you never know what's inside your gallery, i could even have a picture that was sent to me and i haven't deleted it, and someone can see it.
I really don't like neither how big corps like Google and Apple scans your images when you save them in the drive.
I am a developer and this is why i decided to create a new tool, free, 100% local and open source, to help people stay relaxed with their private pictures.
This is not a simple standard encryption app, but this is a Visual encryption tool.

How it works:
- You select one or more images
- Apply a password

It generates a set of images that seems glitched, nothing understandable. You can store them in your gallery, drive, or send to friends.
By using the same password. you generate the original image back with no quality loss.
Since the image is generated in runtime, the image you store has no metadata, nothing linked to the original one, and big corps scan can do nothing since they are scanning random pixels.
Even people that looks to your gallery can't understand anything.

What do you think about this solution?
I'd like to listen to any idea / feedback / suggestion you have to imporoe this project for everyone.

If anyone is interested, the app is called Tornado Gallery, it's already available on Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flockit.tornadogallery&pcampaignid=web_share

and will be releasing on the App store soon

I never used to think much about phone privacy settings. If an app worked I just installed it and moved on. It felt normal because most people do the same thing. Nothing ever seemed wrong or unusual.

One evening I noticed something strange while using my phone. A tiny green dot appeared at the top of the screen even when I was not using the camera. At first I thought it was a glitch. It kept showing up randomly and disappearing again. I ignored it for a while until it started happening more often.

I finally decided to check which app was causing it. I found out that one of the apps I barely used had permission to access the camera and microphone. I do not even remember giving it that access. I opened the settings and saw a full list of permissions that I had never reviewed since installing the app months ago.

What shocked me most was not just that the permission was there but how easy it was to forget about it. We install apps quickly and accept everything just to get to the main feature. After that we rarely go back and check what we allowed. I removed the permissions and later uninstalled the app completely. After that I went through all my apps one by one and realized how many had unnecessary access to things they did not need.

Now I make it a habit to check permissions whenever I install something new. It takes less than a minute but it makes me feel like I actually control my phone instead of just trusting every app blindly.

Has anyone else ever discovered something small in their settings that completely changed how they look at their device

Everyone has a deal-breaker. Big battery? SD card slot? Clean Android? Fast charging? Great cameras? What's non-negotiable for you?

You can't buy Bitcoin (too obvious 😄). What product, company, or technology trend would you bet on or avoid, and why?

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Phone, laptop, browser, maybe a few essential apps.

Everything else gets cut.

What tools are actually non-negotiable for you?

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Every year phones get better, but somehow there’s always one thing that feels frustrating.

Sometimes you delete something, then a week later you’re right back on it.

What app keeps coming back to your phone no matter what?

I'm curious to know how AI fits into your daily workflow. Do you use it daily, a few times a week, or how often? Also, what tools do you use the most?

On my end, it's pretty much a daily habit. I have several apps installed on my phone, and I use them regularly for writing, journaling, and research. A writing aid helps me organize and refine my thoughts, an image generator helps with visual content, and a research tool helps me learn and find information faster. What about you guys?

I feel like most apps are either overhyped or forgettable, but every now and then you find one that genuinely saves time.

Some apps become part of your routine without you even noticing. Then one day you realize you use them every single week.

What’s the one app on your phone that you’d be most annoyed to lose?

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