Logarithms…

That article in Signal is bogus. It is entirely based on speculation from how funding comes in, and also either ignores, or misunderstands how Signal fundamentally works.

The EFF recommends Signal, and it’s one of the most secure ways to communicate.

https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal

You can make your own decisions, but if you just grab any random arguments, you’ll find a reason to doubt everything.

Been using a VPN since the start, never had a problem posting.

https://community.signalusers.org/t/overview-of-third-party-security-audits/13243

https://freedom.press/newsletter/crossfire-over-messaging-security/

https://freedom.press/training/locking-down-signal/

You don’t have to take Signal’s word for it, because it’s been audited. The EFF, who are VERY privacy minded, and do extensive research into this type of thing, recommends Signal because it’s known to be secure.

Signal

Not that the action against Telegram is right, but there’s a big difference between what Signal and Telegram is doing.

I fight for privacy to protect myself.

Now, what am I protecting myself from? I don’t think anyone is going to come arrest me for what I do. I don’t think any big companies are going to leak my data and embarrass me. I don’t think anyone is going to compromise my bank and drain my funds.

I am protecting myself from being influenced by advertising and targeted news.

I am protecting my thoughts and feelings, because in the end, that’s all that really matters. I don’t want to need the next toy, or jump on a bandwagon. I don’t want to see advertising and I don’t want a carefully crafted worldview pushed on me.

That’s a bit misleading, they did receive a request, and a search warrant was attempted, but since the data they wanted didn’t exist, nothing happened.

Good link, but just the word yes didn’t accurately answer the question.

Most phones that are plugged in 100% of the time allow the battery to drop to 80% and then hold there.

It’s pretty new, and only starts after a week or so plugged in.

Yes. That’s how a bunch of people get caught. Sometimes it’s just logging into an “anonymous” account that shares a username with a trackable/traceable network.

Never log into anything if you’re expecting privacy.

It’s fine for a temporary signal account, but if you let the number expire, then someone else gets assigned that number, and that new person wants to use Signal, they’ll get your account.

They can’t see your old messages, but they’ll get any new ones instead of you.

Hiking, camping, fishing, outdoor activities.

Woodworking, painting, knitting, blacksmithing.

Basically anything that’s not connected to a screen.

I’m currently looking at setting up Reolink cameras on a homeassistant setup.

Not sure if it perfectly meets your requirements, but it should be ad free and closed system.

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/reolink/

A ton of these requirements are due to regulatory requirements for securing access to accounts at the state and/or federal level.

Requirements are then interpreted by each financial institution and implemented by different teams. It’s most likely due to the fact that a desktop is assumed to be more likely to be a shared device, while a phone/tablet is most likely to be a personal device, which is password/bio-metrics protected.

As for security around a browser: if you look at how phishing/hacking attacks happen on a desktop computer, if you can be tricked into launching an virus, it can copy all of your browser cookies and login sessions to the attacker, then they can duplicate your browser session. If you have an unlimited login for a financial institution, then they now have a logged in session for your bank.

https://www.reliaquest.com/blog/browser-credential-dumping/

So if you add up all that, then they’re more likely to allow long term login sessions on an application that they control than on a desktop/web browser that they don’t.

Whenever I post a picture, I post a screenshot of the picture. It’s good enough quality for posting online, and ensures that there is no metadata on it.

I can see someone who is in a very sensitive situation, like trying to escape domestic abuse, or starting a protest, might want the anonymity but still need the communication.

Don’t worry, we’ve seen this before. Case dismissed because of lack of standing, due to the fact that there were no damages.

Deleted the app and account recently as well. I’m hoping that having the account deleted means that people don’t try to use it to message me there.