It’s all about risks vs benefits. You can open up your domain for more users, but that also can make you potentially liable for what other users do with your domain from law enforcement if something nasty happened.
It’s all about risks vs benefits. You can open up your domain for more users, but that also can make you potentially liable for what other users do with your domain from law enforcement if something nasty happened.
When I tested it, VPN do work after sms verification. Tor nodes, however, resulted in all my test accounts being banned.
I’ve found that being consistent with what you choose to share is the most difficult thing. Conversations can get personal, and as you get closer to those random nicknames there’s the constant urge to share mundane stuff about your daily lives like weather, holidays, and such that will all add up.
It’s a hostage situation they’re doing like any proprietary social network. You want to encourage people to move away from them, but then you need to interact with those same people in order to do that.
SimpleX having PFS while Session not having it also seals the deal.
Treating phone numbers in contact list with username was a brilliant idea (for the spread of mobile messengers like Whatsapp) but also a very horrible idea (for user privacy and everything else). I can’t just change a phone number for privacy. My acquaintances will gladly update them with my name, my old and new number, ready for Zucc to scoop them up in a fucking silver plate.
Burner phone to anything that requires communication. Erase metadata of anything that will be shared and uploaded online.
Whenever I bring up the issue all I get is blank stares of “how can you not be excited if you work with computers?”. I just wanna scream.
I’m aware cock.li is for the meme edgelords, but what about purelymail?
Just my two cents here to mention that it’s necessary to see this as a journey and a mindset, not a single-step or one-size-fits-all panacea.
If she’s annoyed of advertisements creeping up, introduce her to adblockers and slowly make her get used to it. If she has shared concerns after seeing her friends or colleagues receive abusive comments on their social media accounts, comment on the dangers of oversharing one’s private life and its potential consequences and tangible threats, like medical insurance companies abusing the info, and so on.
I would have to find a way to keep them on without needing a battery inserted.
For some of my acquaintances, uploading to facebook or sending them through whatsapp counts as backing up their pictures.
Ah, the 4chan method of engagement, right?
The same used to be said for Internet Explorer in the 90s.
I can be your Guest1234
anytime you want ;)
I’m also against blocking proxies, but we the privacy minded folks are a minority that actually uses vpn or tor for everyday internet browsing. There are lots of bots and malicious actors using our resources to spam large instances, and if I were managing a popular fediverse instance, I too would have been forced to consider blocking vpn/tor, even if I didn’t want it.
I don’t understand the craze of slapping wifi or bluetooth connectivity to everything without giving proper thought. Cameras, television, vehicles, coffee pots, medical devices, laundry machines, hipster juicers… what’s next? Is my salt shaker going to have it?
It had enough eye candies for the casual market, but that was it. I still mourn for the death of IRC outside the tech-dev circles.
Makes sense. I’m happy with my current provider but purelymail is a strong candidate for if I’m out of options.
2FA must be done through the damn app. It’s TOTP (six digit) but locked behind god knows what. I asked for alternatives and they looked me like I was a caveman.