Rolling Resistance @ rolling_resistance @lemmy.world

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That's my situation, except I haven't deleted my partition yet, mostly because it sits on a separate physical disk. Maybe one day…

Not being able to see my old messages on desktop is a privacy benefit? I don't think you are correct.

So just like I said, illusory security gains.

Whatever, I mean 3rd party access to messages, which includes both security and privacy.

Have you ever heard of Viber? Even though their chats are E2EE, there's an option to sync them from mobile to desktop, and it was available for more than a decade. Messages are not stored in a central location.

Signal just isn't good enough for anything serious. It's a rather simple and not a very convenient app, that is getting too much attention from privacy enthusiasts.

Well, I don't like this. The idea of sacrificing messaging history in favour of illusory security gains doesn't sit well with me. Same goes for Signal backups.

I don't have it on desktop anymore, but if I install it now, the desktop app won't have any conversations that I have on my phone. I use a Matrix bridge instead that doesn't forget messages.

Right until the reference breaks. Ask me how I know.

If only it synced messages with the mobile app properly

“You click on a reddit link but their certificate expired and the page isn't opening”

We just don't know if it attracts them.

Browsers have user-agent identifiers, websites can see what browser and what version you use.

They are mostly used to run browser-dependent code to avoid some things breaking in some browsers.

For SMS/MMS, I find Right Messages to be quite good. For RCS, I don't think there are any alternatives. And surely you know about the variety of messengers (Matrix, Signal, …).

!monero@monero.town

I guess the point was to NOT buy devices that require tinkering.

My plans for today:

• beat a cop
• eat a cat
• steal a job

I see you like when something threatens your livelihood.

My workplace has this common braindead policy where we have to change our passwords every 3 months. So every time I change it, Microsoft page asks me, “HOW WAS IT?”

Like it wasn't annoying enough.

I keep businesses in my area up-to-date, doesn't take much time at all.

It says “page not found”, maybe because I'm not in EU.

Yeah but then your system starts behaving weirdly here and there.