That’s the point of digitally signing the app, to ensure its authenticity and integrity. TM and others wouldn’t be able to resign the modified app with the Signal Foundation signature.

EDIT: Yeah after thinking more about it it’s not a trivial problem, as you need to assume that the endpoint is inherently untrusted.

At the moment you can’t. The only realistic way I could see that happening is the the server would check the app digital signature and refuse the app from communicating with the official infrastructure if it didn’t match.

Self-hosting isn’t only just about owning the metal, but it’s also the freedom to configure things the way you want, and to be sovereign of your data.

I had Tchap in mind.

At least they kinda get the implications, with their own Matrix derivative at the government level.

AI trends

Yeah that part kinda sucks, but it’s not all bad. For example, there’s the offline translation engine that relies on a trained model that runs entirely locally, which is kinda neat and great privacy-wise.

I think you mostly just need to block incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org

I’m surprised DOGE themselves aren’t using it to skirt FOIA.

Or maybe they are.

Service-specific link shorteners are alright, like youtu.be, a.co and goo.gl/maps. At least know roughly where you’re going.

For anything else, I rather see the full URLs, and if I need to share a link on a paper medium, I also make it available in a QRcode form.

Yeah I’m not saying Bridgefy is better, just that it’s available on both major mobile platforms while Briar isn’t. I do prefer Briar on technical and privacy levels.

Bridgefy was used more during protests since it’s available on both iOS and Android, while Briar is Android only.

There’s CryptPad that has a form feature which you could use for surveys.

You’d be better of security-wise looking for a secure alternative to the Yubikey, such as the NitroKey, Feitian, and some others. As long as their hardware is FIDO2-certified and the key has the capabilities you want (FIDO2, GPG, etc), you should be in business.

Not really, especially if there an MDM pushed through Apple Business Manager, which will be forced upon it at first boot.

These CEOs really don’t want the average people to like them.

Delete it, then embrace the fediverse through Pixelfed and Loops.

I use as as I don’t even want to bother hosting a PiHole, and honestly it works quite well. Set it as a DoT on Android and you have it outside from home without having to think about it.

The DNT flag amounted to the equivalent of a digital pinky swear from website operators. Oh they still tracked you? That’s too bad… South Park’s rubbing nipples meme

On the other hand, it makes it easy to find which apps aren’t to be trusted with your data.