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Spam account ^

cm0002 has had a lot of spamm-ey accounts across several different domains. I block all of these accounts when I come across them myself

If you want F-droid’s moderation, you can still ensure the code is original to the developers by verifiying signatures with something like AppVerifier.

This really should be marked as NSFW!

That would probably be more effective as a form of protest against such technologies.

I totally misread the title 😭 That is a very deceptive title. These are problems he noticed in Windows 11, not Linux.

I think this goes well beyond “privacy tips,” though some of it is interesting to think about, for sure.

Yes. I’ve noticed this is a lot more common for Mullvad than for ProtonVPN servers.

Although fortunately none of this is about some sort of backdoor into the app’s end-to-end encryption, it’s still very concerning that they can simply get all of your contacts and message recipients.

I don’t see any reason why people don’t switch to Signal. It’s just as convenient and usable, but doesn’t spy on its users

What exactly is your concern? It’s a decentralized service, so it’s not as if any of your data has to be controlled by them to use it

I would definitely encourage you to edit the link for this post to include the correct one!

And then you use a centralized service by Google to redirect the link rather than just using the link itself. 🙁

Here’s the actual link: https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/we-need-to-go-beyond-signal-how-todays-aws-outage-shows-the-weaknesses-of-centralized-apps

I use it, although not with people who are new to encrypted messaging or who I really need to keep contact with.

SimpleX has great features for the separation of pseudonyms, which is part of why I think it’s the best concept for an encrypted messaging app so far. But it’s not only for-profit, but funded by venture capital. I don’t think it’s going to last for the long term, and if it does, it’ll probably experience a similar enshitification that other services have. Supposedly they’re going to profit by allowing businesses to pay for their service, but I doubt that they’ll actually make much money from that.

To be fair, it is $100/mo, so there is a premium for their privacy benefits.