I've gone tons of places that say use Google Authenticator (only) and I just summon the QR code and scan with Aegis anyway and it always works fine. I've never seen a place that required a certain one.
Whether or not it was acting human (and whether or not it was designed to), it still cheated and deceived. With the potential power, influence, and widespread adoption this technology could have, shouldn't we be concerned about that? At the very least, isn't this a poorly programmed tool not ready for GA?
My dog isn't intentionally being a prick when he eats my sandwich off the table before I can get to it, but it's still a behavior I condemn and would want to train out of him before letting him go to other people's houses.
I meant only to address what I specifically quoted. The feature of using multiple identities, separately for each contact, is baked right into SimpleX and works amazingly well.
This is really great advice, I guess the middle ground has always been a bit of a struggle for me.
This echoed for me, I'll remember it:
Privacy maximalism and/or FOSS maximalism etc is natural impulse when you first begin to grasp just how quietly exploitive, invasive, and commoditized the modern internet is. But it also leads to burnout and can be isolating if you are too rigid about it.
That's easy to say, but it feels to me as if I have to make a choice between engaging and interacting with the people I love or adhering to my beliefs about how I should manage/protect my information. It's a difficult spot to be in and it's neither fair that I should have to make that choice nor fair that I should have to force it on others. That's what's bothering me.
This is the argument I typically get from others (though, not as aggressive). I don't blame this stance at all; it makes sense and is reasonable. I try to extol the benefits of the alternatives I propose but there's simply no getting past "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitudes.
A variety of answers, including but not limited to:
I don't want to learn another new thing.
There aren't enough other people I regularly contact using it.
I already have this thing, why add another?
I don't care about the benefits of switching so why would I?
I like what I have.
Again, I can understand these reasons. (Especially universal adoption; it's hard to get someone to switch to a messenger that almost nobody they talk to is using, just so they can talk to you.) But I've made my choice for a variety of reasons to which I wholeheartedly subscribe and don't want to go back, but it's had the effect of isolating me.--
I don't really blame them for not making a switch; I understand their stance/reasoning. It's just depressing to be the one guy left out, like I don't get to dance with anyone at the party because I don't like the music.
I haven't been able to find this setting. I've heard about it on other devices but mine doesn't seem to have it.