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  • Signal is easier to use, more private, and faster.

    Unfortunately, it is also effectively tied to Google services due its app distribution and push notification channels on Android (which most people on Signal use), and as a centralised service, it is vulnerable to shutdown or network-level metadata monitoring by anyone with sufficient access/influence at Signal or their data center provider (such as a government who doesn't like encrypted messaging).

    (Edit: rephrased for clarity)

  • Matrix is good for private general messaging. The fact that it's decentralised means it can also withstand things like government-ordered shutdowns or back doors, since there is no central point that controls the whole network.

    Two things to be aware of:

    • Some non-message bits (e.g. room topic text and membership) have not yet been moved to the encrypted channel, so those could be read by the administrator of a homeserver that participates in your chat room. Since most people care primarily about keeping the message content private, this is an acceptable trade-off to get all the things that Matrix offers.
    • The upcoming Matrix 2.0 features and design choices simplify the UI and fix some occasional errors. It might be worth waiting until this stuff officially lands in the client apps before bringing your contacts to Matrix, for a better experience all around.
  • Facebook: I’ll just torrent what I need burden your underfunded project and volunteers with over 81 TB of bandwidth costs without contributing anything in return, see yaa

    FTFY

  • And? The GNU General Public License and every project that uses it (including Linux) have also been likened to cancer, as have many other things that impose and spread their conventions/restrictions/requirements when added to larger systems.

    The phrase "going viral" works similarly. These metaphors may not be pretty, but they are not uncommon or inaccurate, either. Stirring up drama around their use doesn't help the project or the community.

  • I suspect the vast majority of people turning to social media as a pressure release valve feel disempowered, and don't know what more they can reasonably do. When voting is no longer enough, and you have little time or money to spare, what's next? How can a fly meaningfully change the path of a rhino stampede?

    This article is insightful, but practically useless. I think it would be better if it also presented specific actions and achievable goals that would lead to shutting down the encroaching fascism.

  • Thanks!

  • My "client" is Lemmy's native UI, and is rendering it correctly according to markdown and html specs. If your client is wrapping it or using a variable-width font, then that's convenient for you in this case, but it's violating the spec. (This is somewhat common in mobile apps, so I guess you're reading on a phone.)

  • OP, can you please remove the four spaces preceding each paragraph in your post? That syntax is for code formatting. It triggers a monospace font and puts each paragraph into a single line, forcing readers into painstaking horizontal scrolling to be able to read each one. It's like trying to read a book through a keyhole.

  • Are there any real-world examples where encryption backdoors have been successfully used without compromising cybersecurity?

    No. That concept is an oxymoron.

  • Debian user here, happy to be running such a low-maintenance OS. Thanks for making me laugh out loud.

  • Cat & Odin looks cute. Thanks for letting us know it's written in Onion.

  • It's not an English word. Its use here is most likely a misspelling of "shady", which means disreputable, questionable, or possibly up to no good.

  • Was Elivis considered particularly versatile?

  • The Reddit that was once an unmatched source of useful information has been dead for some time. Any good that might still be created there is now drowned in a flood of bots, spam, astroturfing, advertising, manipulation, and ignorance with enormous ego.

    IMHO, routing that sewage into our communities here would be a mistake.

  • As I recall, Delta Chat is a front end for opportunistic PGP over email, so I guess this must be a spec for sharing web apps over that channel. Yes?

    How does it compare to Matrix widgets?