Apache isn't a copyleft license. I guess they (and everyone) can just copy or compile it, make it a derivative work and say it's now non-free and terms and conditions apply.
I mean the GitHub repo has a license file which says it's Apache 2.0. And 3h) of the EULA says it doesn't apply to open source components. So it kinda doesn't apply to itself. I think you're right, it's Free Software after all and them saying "Some builds [...]" means it's the binaries distributed by them. IANAL and it kinda contradicts the Apache license which explicitly states I am allowed to redistribute copies both modified and not modified and both in object and source form. I'm not sure why they do it and if there are components missing in the GitHub repo.
Hmm. I guess that works, too. I'm just a nerd and really like Free Software. Almost exclusively use it. My phone runs a custom ROM with just a few unfree apps and without Google services, all my computers run Linux. Even the internet router does, and my IoT smart sockets run Tasmota or ESPHome. I like the 4 freedoms and the culture behind it. I participate and regularly contribute. All of that is mostly personal preference. I guess I could as well live comfortably with using Google Drive, but I choose not to. Source-available software would allow me to look at the code, something proprietary software doesn't allow. But that's pretty much it. I often can't remix and share it as I like. I don't have the freedom to decide to use it as it pleases me. And depending on the exact license, I can't even invite my friends and family to use the services I set up...
It's just the line I draw. And with the software I really rely on and use daily, I'm pretty strict. Either it provides me with the Four Essential Freedoms of Free Software as lined out by RMS in the eighties, or I don't volunteer to use it. I have no issues though with other people making different choices.
Is it Free Software? In the repo is a LICENSE file, saying it's Apache licensed. But I also found an EULA saying it's not Free Software...
Seems perfectly alright. I think for HDDs, consensus is you overwrite everything and you're fine. If you want to make absolutely sure you can do multiple passes, like 2 or 3 with different (random) data should suffice. There are a lot of myths around though, concerning wiping data.
I generally use the common, established linux utilities: 'wipe' or 'shred' or just 'dd' on the whole device. The Arch Wiki has a long article on Securely wipe disk. I guess nwipe is fine, too.
Terms and conditions apply if you're using flash memory or SSDs. Overwriting them is not 100% effective. But for plain harddisks it is.
Sure. But running an unmaintained operating system also is an huge security issue. I mean the proper choice is quite obvious: get rid of the phone and buy a new one that's supported by Calyx or Graphene. But since I'm not willing to do that, I have to choose what's more important to me.
And with security, it always depends on the specific threat model. I'm not sure if I need secure boot that badly. Can people steal my phone, flash a different OS and access the cryptographic key to my storage? Because that'd be one of the things I worry about. If not, I don't think I care about secure boot that much... YMMV
I own the same phone. Also mine still is perfectly alright. I'm currently on GrapheneOS but that's also not supported anymore. Sometimes I get some smaller patches. I'm planning to switch to LineageOS. The phone seems still supported there and they even have Android 14 available.
I'm certainly not wasting that phone. Except for the camera which seems a bit outdated to me, compared to the camera of my partner's Samsung... It's still a really nice phone. And I refuse to buy a new one at this point.
Since you got your data off that drive, there is no way to make it worse. So sure, go ahead and open it up and learn something. But I think you're underestimating the flimsiness of the mechanics inside. It's like nanometers clearance between the read heads and the surface of the platters. You won't get it right without expensive equipment. And changing the PCBs is probably not going to change anything if it's a mechanical failure.
Not sure what they use (you could ask one of them.) Bue we've used OBS Ninja for similar things. As far as I remember it works well, has acceptable latency and everything is open source.
Edit: Obviously you have to put in some effort to configure OBS to your liking, make appealing slides etc.
And you need to configure protonvpn correctly so it uses their DNS. In the VPN world this is known as a 'DNS leak'.
I'd be more interested in how it compares to a real therapist. Since the author has experience with both, she could have given some insight instead of just describing her experience with the bot. For example, does a therapist have different conversation strategies? Do they pose the same questions? Do they behave and treat you differently? What would happen if it gets to a specific trauma... How does the chatbot compare to a therapy session regarding the same topic?
And yeah, it has a lot of ChatGPT vibe to its tone. The repeating, lecturing and providing alternatives and ending with a call to action or a question... I don't like that but YMMV. (And other LLMs talk differently. So there's the option of having a therapy bot with some other AI platform.)
Well, there's this study from 2018: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11416-018-0319-9
Given that Priton / Wine / ... try to simulate a Windows environment, it's certainly possible. But I've never heard this happened to anyone. And the discussions on the internet seem very theoretical.
Surely it highly depends on the exact kind of malware and what it tries to do. And it doesn't really seem to happen in the wild. But I see no reason why it wouldn't theoretically work.
I damaged a few insoles, so maybe take care of them separatly.
I think general advice is to remove insoles and shoelaces. Choose a program that keeps spinning to a minimum. And put something else in so they don't spin around like crazy. And dry them slowly, stuffed with old newspapers.
I occasionally wash them. I also put in a few dirty rags or something. Seems fine, but I haven't done it frequently.