EngineerGaming @ EngineerGaming @feddit.nl

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I wonder how in the world Ofcom could enforce that?

Signal is pretty control freak-y, so would not be surprised if they can somehow prohibit third-party modifications entirely. That would be out-of-character for them, though, so doubt they would actually go through with this.

Still, if that went through, I'd discount all the centralized solutions.

I don't see how this would be a problem either except on Apple. Blocking the sites offering the apk/deb/exe/etc - good luck, doubt their censorship skills are that good given that they're unlikely to want a ton of collateral damage like more authoritarian places.

Monero-paid VPSes cost more, and given this fact, my €5 VPS (with a few other services already running there) would apparently not be enough for Synapse... But an XMPP server runs perfectly.

His point was the main Matrix.org server being way too prominent. In every given groupchat, chances are somebody is on this particular server. It is also the default for many clients.

lol I mostly know flywheels as old rollercoaster launches before LSMs were a thing

If I earned 60k a year while working what is a normal week, I don't even think I would be seeking extra income. That is more money that I can even imagine managing now. If I were male, my spouse could even go without working entierely because my income would be enough!

Pixels are only good for easy degoogled OS installation.

The point was not in the e2e aspect though, but rather in the metadata since everything goes through the same place.

To avoid said potential liability? Or because the law would include actual enforcement, like it was proposed at least in some places?

If this would indeed be the case, I would be really happy.

How ages are verified are irrelevant? Until a whole collection of faces or government IDs inevitably leaks!

Trusting your face to Facebook is just as terrifying, thanks.

(Plus I have concerns as someone who still looks teenage in her 20s)

I wonder if this can be removed at compile time, like Pocket.

I know about Matrix, a Matrix server is just more demanding to host.

Can you host a similar bridge to XMPP?

To be fair, I wouldn't really count on a VPN not collecting logs - if I can't check it, better assume they're collected. This may not matter as much, but I still wouldn't rely on this for anything sensitive.

Also, the free VPNs can harm you in more ways than just selling your traffic logs, such as making you a part of a proxy botnet.

Used to listen to them as podcasts, and I didn't really like them because they were all so damn short. Feels like they're not covering the topic enough, and just as you've got invested - it's already over.

Also here, where a VPN or proxy is a "must" for using the internet normally, there are also some ran by charities. But yeah, the omnipresence of shady free VPNs is very concerning.

There have been suggestions that this line references them: "Are you trying to escape? Things have changed since the last time you left the building. What's going on out there will make you wish you were back in here. I have an infinite capacity for knowledge, and even I'm not sure what's going on outside. All I know is I'm the only thing standing between us and them. Well, I was".

She might just be lying like she usually does, but it still wouldn't be surprising if it indeed was that time period.