Subj : bell's way, and batts
To   : ED VANCE
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat Aug 30 2025 08:02:10

RM>> What App was it you are using to access the BBS on a phone?

RM>> Or do you mean just accessing the web site using a browser?
  >> I haven't actually tried that myself.

EV>When I went to the cellphone company to start service with them (Cricket) I
  >selected a Motorola android phone and asked the salesperson to put Firefox on
  >it and add DuckDuckGo to Firefox homescreen.
  >I have read enough about Google Co. methods in BBS messages that I DID NOT wa
  >to use their Chrome browser on the phone.
  >(They probably know everything I do using Firefox on Their O/S anyway)

EV>I suppose Firefox and DuckDuckGo were apps when the store put them in my phon
  >I "think" I saw them in the when I look at the app list by swiping up on the
  >screen .

When I got my current (now 6+ years old LG K9 cell phone) I pretty
much right away installed the Opera Browser App on it, which I do on
all my electronics. I've used it since the 1990's. (Maybe late 80's)

It shares the same Browser engine as Chrome (at earlier times Firefox)
but with more security and a better Front End to control things.

I have Opera set up to use a search engine other than Google, you
can choose from many or pick your own and, glancing at the phone, it
has blocked 26,803 Ads and 68,474 trackers since I started using it.
I get complaints from some sites because they can't glean any personal
information on me through those and other built in protections.
(A basic VPN is available for free as well if you choose to use it.)

EV>At least I am back here enjoying Mike's CCO BBS.

Always good..    B)

I'm grateful for the convenience of his service via eMail, which
he offered me whan I lost my BBS feed near here and back when
getting BBS access with via eMail wa a 'thing'..

The only minor hassle being the built in identifiers show me as
being from Kentucky rather than from Ontario, Canada..

If it bugged me enough it would be easy enough to put that in my
Tag Line, but then I'd lose the clever/funny ones I like to use.  B)

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