I would guess Telegram if the users hit the toggle wherever it’s not default. After what you’ve listed and Telegram, I’d guess Matrix/Element

You ever try Alpaca?

https://flathub.org/apps/com.jeffser.Alpaca

Open source alternative to LM Studio for simple chat with local LLMs

What VPN? Haven’t seen that yet with Proton

It doesn’t have performance parity with Windows yet so for Linux a 7600/7600xt is better for gaming. Compute performance though is great in their other article so a matter of if you’re planning to write ROCm or OneAPI code or just downloading applications and hoping for ROCm or OneAPI support

Really I don’t know but I remember dealing with a dual vpn years ago with Samsung phones

https://docs.samsungknox.com/dev/knox-sdk/features/mdm-providers/vpn/vpn-chaining/

The loophole in WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption is simple: The recipient of any WhatsApp message can flag it. Once flagged, the message is copied on the recipient’s device and sent as a separate message to Facebook for review.

That practically applies to every form of digital communication. Sender/recipient has it on their end unencrypted and passes/leaks it on elsewhere

After roe vs Wade and another 4 years of Republicans getting the chance to replace the old Republican appointees and maybe Sotomayor kicking the bucket, I wouldn’t be surprised if the SC did enable some future bans in the next couple of decades