I would not interact on a centralised Cloudflare node like LW. But I still appreciate your suggestion because it might inspire me to check with some of these decentralised venues:

• krabb.org/c/selfhosted
• europe.pub/c/SelfHosted
• lemmy.nexus/c/selfhosted
• lemmy.rmict.nl/c/selfhost
• selfhosted.forum/c/main

That looks useful for sure. Not sure what it does as far as direct PC-phone transactions but I think it would help with some of my needs.

It apparently uses a server for a lot of things, but in some cases that will be useful, such as reaching heavily restricted websites.

(edit: I don’t find the phone app.. i wonder if the jar file can run on android)

sideload what, exactly?

To get apps, I usually bring a tor-only laptop into a cafe and download apk files, then later sideload them using adb. But this does nothing to solve the problem I described.

Oh, sorry about the confusion. Indeed I framed it in the context of software we need, then crossposted to relevant groups. I will adjust the title.

I should add that part of the idea is to solicit suggestions from those who have perhaps hacked something together.

Fighting for your rights… with gdpr, yeah, I’m sometimes doing it, but the problem is, sometimes tcompanies fail to respond … and if they take 30 days… or longer to give a response you’re really at a huge loss

Not sure what you mean by being at a huge loss. Filing a GDPR complaint is gratis, by law. It’s indeed typical that data controllers ignore complaints. After 30 days of ignoring your request, you have a sound case for an art.77 complaint. The DPA will also likely do nothing, but you’re not at a loss for complaining. If the DPA decides to simply contact the data controller, they will dance. The case will still go nowhere, but the data controller will respond to the DPAs inquiry, if they make one.

Indeed it may very well be in vain to file an article 77 complaint. I am saying you might as well do it, if you have the urge and the time. It is gratis. Technically the DPA must accept the complaint and file it. The reality is they will do that much but then the case will rot.

From there, I’m not sure it’s entirely useless. If you file an art.77 complaint against Google and it gets mothballed, then the DPA has another case against Google for another reason, perhaps they will add the art.22 reports into the mix.

I also think the reports are tracked for metrics and stats. By filing a complaint, you add to the overall stats which will add to the embarrassment of GDPR inaction by the DPAs who will look bad in the face of the EU eval every 4 yrs. Perhaps it would have the effect of increasing figures that prove the DPAs need more resources. If you don’t file a complaint, they don’t even know there is a problem. So it’s about getting light on a problem not necessarily going as far as to fix it.

Some folks are happy to take the art.78 route and directly sue. I heard a Brit say he does that. Costs him £50 or something which he does not get back, but for him it’s worth the satisfaction of getting a symbolic win.

Every method has a barrier:

• snail mail: requires postage, which is particularly costly if you need proof of delivery. Also generally entails revealing your physical address to the controller.
• email: requires revealing your email address to them. And if the recipient is MS or Google, or a user on those platforms, their mail server is fussy. I cannot email any MS or Google users because their server blocks my mail server.

A webform could potentially have the fewest barriers, but they blew it.