All good, thanks for clarifying! Yeah, the warrantless searches the government thinks they can do, along with the ability to change the rules to target anyone they don't like, means that everyone is now in a "highly targeted by the CIA" scenario. At least, I've updated my threat model, and I'm ready to nuke everything at the first kick on my door. I don't have anything to hide, but I also don't plan to give anyone anything without my consent.
And the point of my original comment is that encryption alone will not save you; please go read the thread from the start. All I've been saying is that sometimes destroying the data before an imminent breach, like this tool does, is the only way to be sure you haven't been breached. The person I responded to clearly thinks encryption would be enough and this tool is unnecessary even in the event of a breach, as does every response after, including yours, and that is simply untrue. Encrypt, and consider using this tool or one like it. Like you said, hammer + nail (though that isn't a guarantee 😋).
Uh-huh. Scenario: you're breached and your encrypted data is exfiltrated. Please describe the update process for the encryption of the copy the attackers now hold.
Your encryption might take the age of the universe to break with current computing hardware, but we wouldn't be having this conversation if vacuum tubes were still a thing. 1024-bit DKIM used to be the gold standard, now it's unusably weak and 2048-bit is king, due to advances in computing hardware.
Are you really going to bet we don't make faster computers in the next 20 years? Or that you'll be aware an adversary can break your encryption the instant they have the capability?
We let them call themselves that. Just stop respecting their self-identification, they've basically abdicated any right to our respect anyway by breaking the social contract.
Hopefully, some folks smarter and more capable than me can figure it out.
I have some terrible, chilling news for you: nobody is that much smarter or more capable than you. We're all in the same boat, looking at each other with raised eyebrows while the screeching gibbons some other arsehole put in charge throw their own shit at each other instead of doing their supposed jobs. Some of the crew have tried bailing out the bilge or correcting course to avoid the impending iceberg, but then they get hit by gibbon shit with startling accuracy. Everyone's varying levels of worried, nobody has any answers.
edit: sorry, allowed myself a little fun with the analogy. It's a dark morning. I don't think some extraordinary hero is going to come fix this, though.
You're the one saying it's reasonable to expect a reset of the warranty on every repair. I just said why that's not reasonable; your follow-up here makes no sense.
If you've ever fixed an issue with the family PC, and then had a relative call 6 months later because "what did you do, it's broken", you'd understand exactly why warranty isn't offered on warranty repairs.
If you have any experience in software development, you’d realize it makes sense more often than not to use other people’s solutions if they exist before building your own.
First of all, I'd advise avoiding talking down to people unless you're damn sure you know what you're talking about. But, since you're comfortable patronising people you know nothing about because they call you on your bullshit, then I'll stoop to your level to get the message across:
If you knew anything at all about engineering, software or otherwise, you'd know the best solution is the one that does exactly what you want for the lowest cost. By your own admission in your post, existing Lemmy instances do not do what you want because you are not in control of the moderation. That is the actual problem because the only solution to your complaint - that you don't like the way the instances are moderated - is to moderate your own instance.
The fediverse is built such that anyone can take the solution someone else built, e.g. the Lemmy or Mastodon source code, and host it themselves, without having to build their own version. This is a feature, and you're just too lazy to use it.
I mean, it's your instance so that's your call, right? All it means is your community will be smaller because fewer people will make it through the filter of your values, but if your goal isn't endlessly adding users then who cares if the community you build stays small? The beauty of the Fediverse.
"Should be"? Where do you think you are, Walmart? This is free and nobody is making money off your use of it. If you don't like the way other people run their servers, make your own with blackjack and hookers. Complaining makes you seem entitled, like you crashed a party and started bitching about the canapes, because there's nothing stopping you from having your own party.
I bought it way back in the day, in the beginnings of the Humble Bundle, but it's never felt finished to me. Admittedly, last I remember of it was that tech demo which includes a few arena maps, so maybe it got updates I didn't play. I was really impressed with how the combat felt when it "clicked" though, even in the early stage.
Yeah, that's just the zeitgeist - closer and closer to midnight.