another person here also highlighted that mullvad can already do btc + monero + traditional money, so I guess maybe it could just work that way.

interesting though, that mullvad had that for many years now, didn’t it? and this podcast is not old. why did Andy say what he said?

tbh I didn’t read the petition page until now because I didn’t expect an official source, but this is going to be interesting

I don’t think it’s that easy. the CEO Andy Yen talked about this briefly in this podcast, it boils down to financial auditors not liking cryptocurrencies. he said even just by accepting bitcoin most of the auditors won’t agree to audit their company, all the while they are legally required to have regular audits

https://optoutpod.com/episodes/protonwallet-andy-yen/

their point is not the custom domain usage, who cares about that, for that you need a domain to begin with and its not that common to have a personal one. but that you can’t set up automatic forwarding without continuously paying. that makes switching considerably harder for the everyday people.

using? having! better uninstall them all, confine them into firefox if you still need them.

don’t forget to get rid of the 3 iconless meta apps either that are installed to lots of phones from the factory:

• Meta App Installer
• Meta App Manager
• Meta Services

you can only see these in the settings, installed apps list, after finding the hidden option to also show system apps.
App Manager or similar tools will also show them.

Probably. I think they may fine homeserver operators in the EU, maybe even raid their homes or jail them. But to me its unclear whether hosting it, or also using it will be a criminal offence.

Hopefully neither, and we can jail the real terrorists, those who want to get this implemented.

It’s more about the name for me

truth be told, the former branding was much better. It’s unfortunate that they needed to resort to have a fork

there is a blocklist with a name like block outsider intrusion to lan, but it’s off by default

antiviruses are a scam. they were never flagging actual spyware as such

or automated trains, which would probably be more efficient

and diesel fuel

honestly thats why I don’t like signal and simplex for people who send lots of images. something server-based is much more suitable for them, like Matrix. that is, if their apps were more stable. there’s also the security about metadata, but for most people that’s probably not a huge concern

Telegram does that? how? you need a phone number, so essentially a smartphone too. or is it common in your community to use feature phones, so that the problem is no registration on PC?

I use it too in a VM, but this doesn’t support being installed on routers, right?

We left out fully distributed FOSS that doesn’t have any fixed location - maybe we’ll update it some time with a box for that.

maybe you could show the jurisdiction of the devs for them, when known. for legal reasons that can affect development decisions

well, they do. unlike cryptobros, for some its not a form of invesrment gambling. but I hope most of them don’t write crypto with a capital C.

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yet you still don’t fully own it.

and it even spies on you for commercial data mining and whatever other reasons!

but what I said is not only a concern with the dealer’s repair shop, see my other response to their comment

yeah OBD and whatever maker-specific extensions, because lots of things only work that way

Having said that, it’s probably only an issue when taking to the dealer for anything. Your everyday, local mechanic likely only cares about the diagnostic codes that might be active and point to the issue at hand.

used to be! but nowadays manufacturers are upgrading their diag software with DRM, that these tools refuse to work without internet. and this has been going for years now as I know. and sometimes the mechanic needs to pull up that diag software, because the other one does not tell enough, or maybe they are just always using that because it’s easier for them