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d2323on Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone

This was in the news last month and might be referring to the same source

'Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/24/replacin...

d2323on Android now stops you sharing your location in photos

Netguard No Root Firewall still works for me: https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard

d2323on Company Says It Uses Your Phones Mic to Serve Ads for Facebook, Google, etc.

Does disabling Siri disable this behaviour though? What if you're not close enough to the device at the time to see the indicator? That's the bit the worries me in terms of mic use.

On Android I can toggle the camera and mic OS wide, and per app. When I'm not taking pictures or a call I turn them both off OS wide using the quick toggle buttons. On iOS I can only find options to disable them per app which doesn't give me as much confidence.

d2323on Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf

Apologies, I meant Privoxy. Privaxy looks pretty decent too, but I've never used it.

d2323on Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf

Sorry all, I meant Privoxy. Didn't even realise Privaxy was a thing.

d2323on Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf

Privacy might be what you're after. Open source and cross platform.