it’s not private, and could technically read and collect messages sent via e2ee services, FYI.

it used to be on F-droid (not sure if on the default repo or Izzy’s), but it appears it’s been removed.

AND 1-on-1 chats only, no e2ee for group chats available at all.

https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi/112410704497640450

I’m currently stuck using DuckDuckGo myself, just with the AI fluff disabled in settings. I’ve tried various other search engines but they’re either also buying in the LLM hype, or are just Not There Yet™ (https://stract.com, for example), or both.

Is it good

no.

Organic Maps. just long press the address of the POI.

from the ISP likely to analyze my traffic to a VPN provider who didn’t provide any data after being raided by the police because they didn’t store any

many ISPs over here offer a ~5-10% discount on monthly bills if you agree to have your traffic analysed for marketing purposes. the last time I signed a contract I had to explicitly opt out of that. the ISP providing internet to all of my landlord’s flats offers a similar deal when signing a contract, and 1. I’m willing to bet that my landlord has opted in, and 2. I have no way of opting out of that for my flat. I think I’ll stick with a VPN for the foreseeable future.

Christ almighty

that article

it’s a post on a personal blog of a person on the internet. a blog post. not an article.

when it’s listed as one of the company’s official communication channels with the owner of the company frequently participating, then I sure as hell am going to judge the company by it.

it’s very likely that Cory didn’t have enough time to do research, visit the company’s Discord, and so on.

Wtf is wrong with someone sending you emails to an email you decided to make public

there’s nothing wrong with that. continuously messaging someone after being told more than once that the recipient doesn’t want to continue the conversation, though? that’s not okay.

the CEO sealioning after the author asked them not to contact them anymore is a bit icky, too.

I mean yeah, I get it, and I know the same’s the reason behind everyone and their dog using Electron, but in both cases the result is… not great.

I just wish any of them had a native Android UI instead of a weird, janky mess that is Logseq and iOS clone in Obsidian.

hasn’t some EU entity just ruled that it’s illegal?

edit: yeah https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control

yeah, which LLMs seem to be very fond of. every ChatGPT-written article I’ve seen includes “to sum up” and similar fillers.

In this blog post we explain why competent service operators can avoid having to share sensitive information about you without facing severe legal consequences. The reasons laid out will also highlight why you are better off choosing a VPN service run by privacy activists who will prioritise principles before profits in difficult situations

is it me or does it read like someone used an LLM to write those sentences?

yes.

https://www.heise.de/news/Whatsapp-muss-sich-oeffnen-Threema-und-Signal-winken-ab-9636224.html

Signal does not want to lower its standards for WhatsApp either. “Our privacy bar is extremely high, and not only will we not lower it, we want to keep raising it,” says Signal President Meredith Whittaker. “Currently, working with Facebook Messenger, iMessage, WhatsApp or even a Matrix service would mean a degradation of our privacy standards.”

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the nextdns app hasn’t been updated for about 3years on iOS

probably because it doesn’t require an app to set up: https://apple.nextdns.io/

I wonder if the statistic includes mobile users, because mobile ad blockers are definitely less popular than browser addons on desktop.

note: this isn’t an invitation to tell me about all the wonderful mobile ad blocking solutions, I’m already aware of virtually all of them.

here’s your daily reminder not to conflate privacy with anonymity.

it used to not be for a long time, even after they’ve introduced e2ee for messages.

we will not open source

Would make Richard Stallman smile :)

pick one.

someone has recently found Adguard make some really weird DNS requests upon installation: https://lemm.ee/post/26798423

https://lemmy.ml/post/13144346

NextDNS should do the job.

DuckDuckGo uses the VPN slot to work, so if they’re using it to block trackers, they can’t be simultaneously using an actual VPN.

your coworker might’ve looked up things related to the conversation, and the ad provider figured out that you two are in the same social circle. so far I haven’t seen any actual research that would prove that ads are tailored based on microphone recordings (and actually seen the results stating the opposite a few years ago), just a bunch of anecdotal stories.

as far as I know, Youtube still supports RSS.

an account on a Piped or Invidious instance would do the job, too.

there should be an “Enshittification” community

basically every technology one

startpage is already on google level

probably because it literally proxies Google’s search results.

with a screenshot that did not show anything

the screenshot shows a thread on Kagi’s Discord that’s been deleted almost immediately after that screenshot has been taken, while other user’s calls to “stop shoving LGBTQ down our throats” have been left up.

I’m not a fan of them doing business with Brave and how they handled criticism from the community.

Even if he was sometimes right, it always came off as skiffy

https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends/issues/219

yes, preinstalled with their degoogled /e/OS.

please don’t use the code formatting for non-code things. it’s a pain to read on mobile because the lines don’t wrap, so you have to scroll horizontally back and forth when reading long lines.

the ones that track whoever clicks on them, you mean?

inb4 “HOw Is tHiS nEWS”

the more it’s being talked about, the more difficult it will be for people to ignore.