If you don’t know all of your accounts made with this account, you might want to wait for 2-3 years to get mails about accounts you forgot about. I think it’s safe after that point. I did this before I finally delete my Google account and actually got some mails like these.

You’re welcome!

Well, you can say that is an experience.

By the way, this won’t help for your current case but I suggest to track this page for your possible future phones. I know I never gonna buy Xiaomi again.

Sorry about this. It happened to me with a Huawei phone in the past. I wanted to unlock its bootloader but their server was shut down and it was not possible anymore. Since that day, the first thing I do with a phone is unlocking its bootloader even though there isn’t a ROM to install yet.

Well, they already made it very hard. Their account requires a phone number. You have to use their community app to appeal for an unlock request, and it only works at a certain time on a day. If it didn’t work at the first try, you have to wait for 10 days (this part could be different, 7 or 14 don’t exactly remember). Also. it never works at your first try anyway. They limited the unlock count per account, 3 per year, then they dropped it to 1 per year. Last time I heard it was impossible to unlock older devices because they shut down their server. So the very restricted version of unlocking appeal only works for HyperOS versions I think, so if you have MIUI it’s not possible anymore.

As far as I know Xiaomi stopped letting unlock the bootloader even for older devices, so you’re out of luck I’m afraid.

Here it’s not that bad but it started to ask me to prove I’m not a bot by signing-in. Usually it was passable by when the IP changes by retstarting the modem but it’s not for a couple days now.

Since when rooting counts as a new OS?

Can you unlock the bootloader? No? Then you cannot install a new OS.

By the way, why cannot we see them as a list?

Edit: It seems that website is for webOS only.

Every one of them on the market has a vendor-locked bootloader, so the answer is no. Best you can do is to use a mini PC or a RaspberryPi with Linux on it (there are alternative interfaces for TV).

You can also go with custom Android boxes that you can install ROMs.

So basically the best you can do is to use the smart TV as a monitor. Don’t let them connect to internet.

Yeah that looks suspicious.

It’s definitely not fool-proof, apparently they can bypass DNS for their connections too. On the other hand, IP block is a thing as well, so maybe it’s a double-edged sword for them.

Yeah, I guess that would work too.

It is a hassle but usually only done once or at least between some intervals. My RegExs were also a hassle though.

I should try this. I presume you would need static IP on your TV?

I don’t know about that part (though would like to know as well), this is currently blocked on my pi-hole:

including my custom RegExs. This surely helps but there are domains constantly pop-up every now and then, so it’s not fool-proof.

I mean, it would be perfectly fine but the easiest way would be a simple encryption in my opinion. OP didn’t sound like a journalist to me. Of course they would be better off with at least something Linux but OS really doesn’t matter for a simple encryption job, unless it’s an utterly spyware like Windows.

I also suggest Joplin + password setup. It will cover all your writing needs with a good categorization. You can even connect to internet and backup it on a remote location, since backup file will be encrypted. MacOS is fine, you don’t need Linux.

From what I understand, Tails would be overkill.

Yeah, it’s actually quite clean as an interface. Though I also like my graphs. :)

You’re welcome! I also learned it from someone else on Lemmy. :)

Didn’t know about Tickmate. I see why you like it. I guess if I didn’t start with Track & Graph and met Tickmate first, I would go with it. I think both are great on their own.