[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 16 points 11 months ago

Signal on the Google play store isn't FOSS but it facilitates the delivery of notifications to the user. The protocol itself is open source and notifications are handled securely even with Google play services on the phone. If you want a FOSS version, use the APK on their website, it has an auto updater.

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 13 points 11 months ago

Molly is only available on Android, as far as differences it is a hardened fork of signal with an encrypted database, what that means in practice is even if someone was actively probing your phone to try to gain access to messages they wouldn't be able to due to the encryption. It's very useful if you are an active target or you don't trust your phone os to play nice. I personally use it myself and really like it but in general it's not terribly different.

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 39 points 11 months ago

I don't see an issue as signal is designed not to trust the server. Signal also uses sealed sender and Perfect Forward Secrecy, which is something almost all e2ee messengers lack. What it means in practice is signal leaks very little if any metadata, if you leak metadata you give away details about who your talking to and for how long, etc. Examples might include talking with a suicide hotline, or a doctor, maybe a customer service agent at a company and for how long. Those details will give a lot away about you, even if the messages or calls themselves are encrypted. Matrix is not recommended for communication because it fails to properly hide metadata and actively trusts the servers. When you make a call on signal, as long as both users have "Always Relay Calls" set to disabled, your calls will be peer to peer instead of trusting a central server to facilitate the connection and trusting a middle man. What this means is since the connection is peer to peer you can leak your IP address to the user you're talking to, however a VPN fixes this issue.

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 44 points 11 months ago

Once again, I'm still trying to figure out how apple users can defend this. Yes, Google maps had this feature, but everytime I talk to apple users I'm always told they got their phone because "it just works!". But then I learn that features I consider basic at best are completely missing. If my iphone should "just work" I expect the features I want to exist without another app installation. Things on iphone only seem to work if you don't know anything better.

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 15 points 11 months ago

I hate to say this, but this is a blessing in full view. If people want the "freedom" to not take a vaccine because "risks, 5G mind control, whatever" then let's let them. Life is full of risks and they need a wakeup call.

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 23 points 11 months ago

So toll lanes, cameras, cell towers, and cars with licence plates (that can be looked up in a public database for personal data) are what 15 minute cities are? No you ignorant fucks, that's what we have now! And yet you'll call it freedom... More like kiss my ass and keep dreaming bucko, your reality of cities with tracking and surveillance already exist and you have the AUDACITY to call it freedom. Fuck off mate.

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago

Printers print very small dots on the sheet of paper you print so it canbe identified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 20 points 1 year ago

You love to see it, I genuinely smiled, probably not the normal reaction for most people but it makes me happy to see people use signal.

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 14 points 1 year ago

Me when I run sudo pacman -Syu

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago

Honestly I wish I was surprised but I'm not. I am so blackpilled about humanity its not even funny... the general masses really do fuck everything up, they accept things for what they are, like Netflix password sharing, look at how well that's going for Netflix. The masses will accept anything if they get a little dopamine hit. Doesn't mean I won't stop fighting for a better future, I'm just somewhat disillusioned.

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 28 points 1 year ago

HELLO?? Am I in some kind of weird fever dream? Can the people running the matrix simulation tap the breaks so I can actually assess one platform burning at a time please?

[-] CaptainAlchemy@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year ago

For all the faults Google glass had, at least they were similar in size to regular glasses. I would only consider these things if they were as non-intrusive as possible, aka not ski goggles

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