Most DRM / banking apps work fine for me through the browser and you can add them to your home screen. Android / Samsung Pay will stop working, but if you have a Garmin watch, you can still pay with that.

But this is changing. Already in multiple countries(and soon possibly EU wide) there will be only play integrity(strong verdicts) to enforce availability of many services(if not using ios, which is the same locked in syndrome).

Yes some banks still allow classic clunky 2FA(sms, card readers, sometimes SIM generators) but it'll all eventually go away in favor of "locked and favored" os unless legislation fights against it.

Only for now. Google did push the Web Environment Integrity API, which is basically "Play Integrity API for Chrome," that helps websites check if the OS, browser, or installed extensions are "safe".

Fortunately, they backed off and decided to abandon the proposal after massive backlash. But we don't know when we will see a 2.0 version of that.

Will this affect GrapheneOS users who have Play Protect / Services disabled? Wondering how they intend to do the verification.

Big thank you to the GrapheneOS team! I have been running it for a week now on my 9pro and the user / app sandboxing is great. If there's a way to donate with cryptocurrency or help contribute, let me know!

Check https://grapheneos.org/donate

Ok, and what if you use your Ledger seed phrase to connect / recover on Exodus? Hardware wallet or not, if the recovery seed is exposed, are you in trouble?

I'd say the fact that you can not enter a seed phrase into an app on computer or website should be like "level 1" required crypto knowledge. I understand that many are still failing at this daily.

Its a new 'decentralized' blockchain network. I believe SnarkOS is the virtual machine used to run (d)apps (exchanges, games, markets). Most popular blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum) are psuedo-anonymous. And Aleo aims to be private by default, with the use of zero-knowledge protocols.

There are private blockchains like Monero, however they're some-what limited to just the cryptocurrency use-case.

The VM is called snarkVM. SnarkOS is just a client utility to interact with the VM and the nodes.

Ah yes, that's right actually.

Try Bottles (use bottles.com).. I smashed through the Diablo 4 Beta on VanillaOS and Bottles and can also confirm that Overwatch, Hearthstone, StarCraft and Diablo 3 works. The scaling / DPI for the BattleNet client is a little small on my 4K monitor, but other than that, it works well.

If you’re keen on moving away from Windows gaming, try VanillaOS. Preinstalled game drivers and apps, flatpaks and ABRoot for other Linux sub-systems.

Proton GE and Bottles works well for 95% of my ‘Windows’ games. I have no trouble running Steam, Blizzard and EA stuff.

WEB3 refers to the web on Blockchain. Without extra config, Brave allows you to connect to blockchain DNS which takes you to IPFS websites. It also has a built in blockchain wallet called Metamask, which is used to interact with decentralized apps (Dapps). Some popular dapps are used for decentralized finance (DeFi), NFT's, play-to-earn games.

Almost there.. each network has its own decentralized exchange where you can swap and buy tokens. We are just missing contracts for derivatives such as futures and leverage trading.

Thoughts on ProtonVPN?

There are few real use-cases for any commercial VPN which claims to sell privacy, they are generally snake oil. The one possible exception is to get around geo-blocking, and in that case you just want to go for one with the most numerous and reliable servers in the location you want to appear to be visiting from.

For privacy, the gold (and imperfect) standard is still Tor, and even then you are at the mercy of the owners of the exit node. Freenet and I2P are also interesting.