It boils down to consent. You should always always get consent before taking an action that includes somebody else. Just because you can see me is not consent to record me. If you don’t have consent, don’t do it. It’s as simple as that.

So you want me to visit one of the greatest surveillance capitalist and privacy abusers video website to get tips on how to help people understand why privacy is important? Yah, about that. No.

If you have a Nextcloud instance, then https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/phonetrack might work.

Mastodon and friends are built as open conduits with very little in the way of safety or permissions. Spam should be expected.

It’s not a Fediverse vulnerability. It’s a Mastodon vulnerability. Don’t want spam? Use a better fediverse technology.

No idea. Sorry.

Sounds like something is incorrect in your setup. Nothing Lemmy does requires x11, dbus, or any display technology.

I let go and switched to the private program/service.

It defaults to config.hjson. Check the defaults.hjson file for a full list of options including the pool_size variable.

It’s in the Lemmy configuration file.

Yes. Synapse is the server side part of Matrix. You install it at a Matrix host, or on a VPS, or even a Raspberry PI device. See https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse#installing-and-configuration

Once up and running you connect a client like Element to it.

Host your own Synapse instance and lock it down to your users.

It sets the maximum number of active sql connections Lemmy will use. Don’t set it higher than what your PostgreSQL server is able to handle.

Setup a Koel instance at a host of your choice. Upload your music to it and stream from that. See https://koel.dev/

The setting goes in your Lemmy configuration file. The same place as your database settings.

I don’t use docker, so I’m not sure what you need to do there. Sorry.

Sounds like you need to increase pool_size: 5 to a higher number in your Lemmy configuration.

I take the host my own instance path. It’s safer and more stable than relying on a third party.

Good question.

There’s always options.

• Refuse to use the applications and consult with the school board with your concerns. Involve other parents and start a movement.
• Use a different local school system. Is there a local private school that’s better?
• Home schooling is another option.

I’m not saying any of those are easy options. In fact, you may have no good options today. But you don’t need to stay that way forever. Explore what options you could have next year, or the year after. What can you work toward?

At the end of the day, the more everybody gives in and allows the abuse to happen, the move it will be normalized and accepted. If you don’t like what is happening, then make changes in what you accept in your life.

I use Koel. https://koel.dev/

Install it at a host of your choice and access it in a web browser or with mobile apps.

I hear your frustration, but there are other options. They won’t necessarily be the same, or perhaps equivalent in every way, but they do exist. You don’t have to use the same corporations over and over again.