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Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

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Tm12

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Join him, please.

What's that longest time you went without eating? Why?

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FRYD

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I went roughly 2 weeks without food after I got out of the hospital from a severe head injury. I tried to eat, but I temporarily lost my sense of taste and my brain hallucinated this absolutely terrible taste in its place. Even my saliva and the inside of my mouth had this taste. In the hospital I mostly got my nutrients via IV.

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Plane crashes north of Fort Worth, officials say

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The Big Tech Walkout 2025 - full programme

Please share with friends and family who are being a bit slow to up their privacy game 😁

The Big Tech Walkout 2025

Here is the full detailed programme for the Big Tech Walkout 2025.

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L7HM77

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Huh. I've... already done everything on the list. Very slowly, over the better part of a decade, piece by piece. It's nice to have a sanity check to know I've kept up with the jargon. The work is never done tho, almost have a site-to-site intranet set up to make it easier to loop family in.

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Paddy66

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Also: if you sign up for the email newsletter you'll have an easier time as it's in light mode.

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American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

A viral man in a frog balloon suit facing off against ICE is the key to understanding how the internet-poisoned politics of the second Trump presidency work.

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I think Mint is using my CPU for rendering instead of my GPU, how do I fix that?

I have a Nvidia GPU, which I understand is problematic with Linux. I've heard this is something can happen, so I assume it's why the "Cinnamon" process is using around 20-40% CPU resources at all times. So, how do I switch to using GPU for that? I've installed Nvidia drivers through the driver manager already

Edit: I figured it out, SecureBoot was turned on on the UEFI-level. I disabled it and reinstalled Mint, and it seems to work now.

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frongt

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You can use it with secure boot enabled. See if Mint has documentation. Usually it's just setting it up with dkms, and installing your cert to the BIOS.

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golden_zealot

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The Debian docs were really useful for me in setting up my 3090 on Debian proper.

Since Mint is downstream, maybe they will help you.

wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphics…

NvidiaGraphicsDrivers - Debian Wiki

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Arab states expanded cooperation with Israeli military during Gaza war, files show

Even as key Arab states condemned the war in the Gaza Strip, they quietly expanded security cooperation with the Israeli military, leaked U.S. documents reveal. Those military ties were thrown into crisis after Israel’s September airstrike in Qatar, but could now play a key role in overseeing the nascent ceasefire in Gaza.

Over the past three years, facilitated by the United States, senior military officials from Israel and six Arab countries came together for planning meetings in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan and Qatar.

Qatar, whose capital was struck on Sept. 9 by Israeli missiles targeting Hamas leaders, was one of the countries that had quietly strengthened ties with the Israeli military. In May 2024. A planning document for the event, written two days before it was set to begin, shows that the Israeli delegation was scheduled to fly directly to the air base, circumventing Qatar’s civilian points of entry that could have risked public exposure.

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MachineFab812

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Of course they did. The US bribes them on an on-going basis, and they fear being targetted next.

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Israel-backed gangs kill Palestinian journalist in Gaza City

Saleh Aljafarawi, a well-known Palestinian journalist, was fatally shot in Gaza City on Saturday, just days after a Gaza ceasefire agreement was announced.

Various media reports suggest that Aljafarawi was killed when Hamas security forces had surrounded members of an armed militia.

Aljafarawi was cornered by armed men and killed with seven gunshots to his body.

The New Arab reported that Aljafrawi was targeted and killed by Israel-backed armed collaborator gangs while documenting the extensive destruction in the Sabra neighbourhood following the withdrawal of Israeli troops.

Israel-backed gangs kill Palestinian journalist in Gaza City

Israel has killed over 250 journalists in Gaza since October 2023.

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Will the US Attack Venezuela?

All the elements are in place for a strike inside Venezuela
Diplomatic relations with Venezuela have been broken since 2019.
In 2020, the US indicted President Maduro for narco-terrorism, placing a $15 million bounty on him, subsequently raised to $25m and now $50m.
On January 20, Trump took office. Executive Order 14157 declared a “national emergency” and designated international drug-trafficking groups as “foreign terrorist organizations” (FTOs) and “specially designated global terrorists,” citing authority under the Alien Enemies Act.
By February, Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued that FTOs posed an “existential threat” and laid the groundwork for treating cartels allegedly linked to President Maduro as enemy combatants.
In May, the administration opened the path to use military force against FTOs.
Then in July, a “secret directive” authorized military operations against FTOs at sea and on foreign soil.
By August, the US launched a massive naval deployment off the coast of Venezuela. By October, troop deployment reportedly reached 10,000.
On September 2, the US blew up the first of four or five alleged drug boats in international waters off of Venezuela, resulting in extrajudicial murders of the crews.
By mid-September, the Pentagon notified Congress under the War Powers Resolution that US forces were engaged in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels.
This was followed on October 1 by the Defense Department’s “confidential memo” and more congressional briefings that the US was engaged in armed conflict.
Trump then terminated the last back-channel diplomatic contacts with Venezuela.

Will the US Attack Venezuela?

By Roger D. Harris on October 10, 2025 Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolut…

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Korkki

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The most convincing argument of why nothing will happen is that an another forever war would basically sacrifice Taiwan, Ukraine and Iran project. US is peaceful when all the warhawks can't agree on what country they should coup or bomb next.

This Gaza seize fire could however mean that they want to give themselves some space to either go after Iran again or attempt to do Venezuela quickly.

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mistermodal

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I'm just not convinced they can restrain themselves.

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commander

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It'd be a forever war. It won't be as terrible as Vietnam since they're a lot further from arms suppliers than Vietnam but Venezuela still has a significant military. They have a varied terrain including jungles and mountain ranges. US has historically antagonized every country in Latin America including now neighboring Colombia and Brazil - Brazil itself having a significant arms industry. You may not have a steady stream of Russian fighter jets to Venezuela, but I'm certain missiles, guns, artillery would all manage to make it to Venezuelan resistance. I wouldn't be surprised if people all the way out from Nicaragua would make their way into Venezuela to fight the US

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HobbitFoot

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I think it would look more like Iraq or Afghanistan than Vietnam. The USA would destroy the existing regime within days, but it isn't going to be able to snuff out the various post war factions to create a viable country for years to come.

The war would be won, but the occupation would be lost. Even if other countries don't fund the resistance, there is always cocaine and that funded FARC for decades.

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Joe

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You need boots on the ground if you want a change in regime.

They'll otherwise just move underground like Iran did, and keep hold of power through gangs (which they already control).

I'm sure the opposition won't live long in the country if the US attacked, so as to make sure no one's able to lead a revolution.

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HobbitFoot

in reply to Joe • 1 settimana fa • •

If you're going to compare a war to Vietnam, that assumes boots on the ground. Also, the US strikes against Iran were never considered by either side to be an official act of war.

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wurzelgummidge

in reply to HobbitFoot • 1 settimana fa • •

They don't want to create a viable country, they want to destroy the country and create chaos.

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frongt

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Yeah it'll be like Vietnam. FARC was around for 50 years. Now imagine they were fighting with the government instead of against it.

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FranklyIGiveADarn

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It won’t be as terrible as Vietnam since they’re a lot further from arms suppliers than Vietnam but Venezuela still has a significant military

What? It'll be worse than Vietnam because the enemy is even closer.

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commander

in reply to FranklyIGiveADarn • 1 settimana fa • •

The US portion of the Vietnam war killed ~3 million Vietnamese, Lao, and Cambodian people. US bombings in Cambodia during the war lead to the fall of the neutral Cambodian government and the rise of the Khmer Rouge. Immediately before the US portion of the Vietnam war, the French killed hundreds of thousands more. Immediately before that was fighting against Japan and France during WW2. Immediately before that, fighting France for freedom. The Vietnam war was incredibly long and killed millions and set Cambodia towards a genocidal regime.

For Venezuela to be worse, millions would have to killed. Hundreds of thousands killed in neighboring countries. Chemical warfare employed that would lead to birth defects for decades to come. A neighboring country be bombed to civil war where a genocidal dictator rises power and commits a genocide. Venezuela then be successfully sanctioned to an extreme level of poverty for nearly 20+ years

The sanctioning power is already falling apart and non-US centric trade routes are a lot more mature than the 50-90s. The US military runs with extremely expensive equipment compared to the 60s/70s. Slow to build. War in Venezuela means it can't sustain a war in Europe, the west Pacific, or the Middle East. Russia-Ukraine, Iraq and Afghanistan, Ethiopia-Tigray civil war, Sudan civil war. Got to add up numerous wars to compare to just the US portion of the Vietnam war

Also the US lost like 60,000 people in Vietnami believe France lost a similar amount as the US in the post-WW2 portion of the war

Going back to the Korean war, that too was far more brutal than people bother to learn

The Internet and the large Latin American population in the US may also lead to far more unrest in the US compared to Vietnam war American unrest. Venezuelan immigrants are substantial in the US compared to Viet people in the US during the Vietnam war

The brutality of Vietnam and Korea is like taking the European portion of WW2 and putting them in single countries. Carpet bombing, fire bombing, massacre after massacre. There's been nothing comparable since. The wars in Africa have had way less difference in killing equipment between the factions compared to Vietnam and Korea and strategy has shifted from destroying everything to being more economical with military equipment. Recall that the US had major factions pushing to use nukes in both Korea and Vietnam. I doubt that'll be the case for Venezuela

European and by extension American, Australian, South African, etc colonialism were far more genocidal than people get taught. By the 50s it was a lot less genocidal and look how that went. The previous centuries, elimination and replacement of local populations weren't unpopular ideas, just impractical and not understood how to yet

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"significant" can somewhat describe it yeah, but it somehow feels a little generous. taurus makes notoriously shit weapons and i doubt there is any political will from this admin to support venezuela on this.

for once we can hope our moguls get that greedy but they will do what they can to stop as much help from crossing that border as they possibly can.

i'm curious but i do NOT want to find out on this one.

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆

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Given the amount of forces the US has brought to surround Venezuela, it seems almost a certainty at this point.

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MisterOwl

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Count on it. Cheeto Mussolini needs an excuse to suspend elections.

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queermunist she/her

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No he doesn't. He can just make shit up! That's what he's doing to send soldiers to US cities, after all.

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mistermodal

in reply to queermunist she/her • 1 settimana fa • •

The president cannot break the law. That would be illegal.

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mistermodal

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Every day I wish for the ability to go back in time to stop the release of that idiotic movie Wag thr Dog. This is not a cohesive explanation. It's clear he will face no consequences for being a child rapist. Which should make sense considering he is overseeing the largest modern day rape and genocide opetation possible, why would his hogs draw a line there?

You follow my reasoning here? There's so much more to what producrs the jingoistic US leadership ideology than accomplishing petty personal goals. The US lives off of predating on poor countries like this, and their development is a fundamental threat to its way of life.

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Marshezezz

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They have attacked Venezuela

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mistermodal

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First line of the article, folks.

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Marshezezz

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Marshezezz

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Headlines shouldn’t end with a question mark. When I see a headline with a question mark, it screams to me that it is click bait and not worth reading.

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mistermodal

in reply to Marshezezz • 1 settimana fa • •

Didn't ask.

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Marshezezz

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Well you wanted to be snarky about the shitty article so I’m telling you

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mistermodal

in reply to Marshezezz • 1 settimana fa • •

It's a succinct article that lays out a timeline of events so we can better discuss the possibility of invasion. It takes care of the basics, so we can move to the geopolitical. How much can the US escalate? How much is bluster? How much of the bluster is so politically insane that it must be followed through on? There is a reason General MacArthur never became president.

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Marshezezz

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Then don’t use a click bait headline if you want people to take it seriously

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mistermodal

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It's remarkable that you think there is some sort of point to be made about how it's good you don't click before commenting, and I will take it seriously. You seem crabby and have nothing to add, so please go away.

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Marshezezz

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There is a point. It could have had a decent title and I would have read it and we could have engaged in more meaningful discussion but alas, here we are debating clickbait titles. You seem defensive, I wonder why.

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mistermodal

in reply to Marshezezz • 1 settimana fa • •

No, it could not have had a title that fit your imaginary posting standards. That would have required me to either share them, or intuit and care about them. The post would then go against /c/worldnews rules against editorializing in title text. You did read those before quadrupling down, right?

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Marshezezz

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Why are you sharing shitty articles then?

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mistermodal

in reply to Marshezezz • 1 settimana fa • •

First of all, you probably still don't even know if the article is shitty, you lazybones. You're not my editor, so my posts will never meet your imaginary posting standards. Especially now that you're blocked for being so annoying after being given far too much magnaminity. 😮‍💨

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Marshezezz

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Well you put it out to the public so expect some criticism. Especially when it’s clickbait bullshit.

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WanderWisley

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Yes they already have, will they do it again to distract from the Epstein files? Oh hell ya!

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Jaximus

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

To the people saying this will be like Vietnam: that was a conflict between the rising mightiest superpower the world has ever seen and an agrarian economy that has undergone colonial occupation that had brought it to its knees, the superpower still lost. The current US may be stronger militarily on paper but on every other respect it is in decline (there is a possibility the US military is in decline as well but we cannot see it). I don't think an attack on Venezuela will go well for the US, in fact a full blown war could be the catalyst that shows the superpower's weaknesses more than anything else.

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BeMoreCareful

in reply to Jaximus • 1 settimana fa • •

Not declined military, but there have been a real significant shift to special forces. I think these groups will still be utilized for foreign industry interest. It's pretty effective.

Ironically, assuming we don't destroy our own infrastructure, a modern police state might better fit for the lionshare of US military. Lack of infrastructure and basic services were a huge part of the reconstruction or whatever failing in both states. Plus air superiority just comes free.

Anti-insurgency and occupation are really the only thing the military at large has proved itself capable of supporting.

I don't think we have the capacity to invade hold, and strip mine Venezuela, but with Europe looking East, I guess we could shift to a wartime economy and make it a project.

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Jaximus

in reply to BeMoreCareful • 1 settimana fa • •

Yeah, a military economy is a very likely scenario. The religious nutjobs the US ~~got handed as a government by its economic elite~~ elected do admire Russia so perhaps will imitate it economically...

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☂️-

in reply to Jaximus • 1 settimana fa • •

I like the optimism, but they have been manufacturing consent for a war against Venezuela for a long time now, even here in south america. they have also been preparing the opposition for a long time. Honestly, Venezuela is probably happening in a way closer to the customary coups in latin america.

I also doubt they would let their military decline so much when it's one of the only things they have an upper hand on these days. I guess we will see how they do in a full blown direct invasion like this in a country that can defend itself.

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Jaximus

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Yeah I meant this will be worst than Vietnam if the US goes all in, not if it's a limited operation.

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SlartyBartFast

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Since you're asking me, I will say Yes

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electric_nan

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Don't forget that the Nobel Peace Prize was just awarded to a right-wing, pro-US, pro-Israel Venezuelan lady.

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The AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy and four times the subprime bubble, analyst says

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai-bubble-is-17-times-the-size-of-the-dot-com-frenzy-this-analyst-argues-046e7c5c

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TurkeyDurkey via Privacy

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Why Signal over Jabber/XMPP?

Over the past few years I have gone through a bunch of different apps and protocols to find the best one for "securely" communicating with my family and friends.

I ended up with the amazing XMPP protocol and my family/friends frequently use its clients to contact me.

Monal for IOS and Cheogram/Conversations/Quicksy for Android. The android app I install depends on if I can get F-Droid on their phone or not.

It's been great with OMEMO encryption and the clients/apps available for XMPP. But sometimes I have issues introducing people to it.

Jabber (friendly name for xmpp) sounds silly to say. The clients all have weird names. And after trying the Signal mobile app it feels more focused than what anyone in the XMPP community has whipped up.

But the capabilities of XMPP makes it better.

Signal Cons (immediete)
- Centralized
- Single app
- Phone numbers

XMPP/Jabber Cons
- Picking server
- Apps are sort of less friendly

What really scares me about Signal is the centralization. Any nerd can easily host an XMPP server these days. But Signal from what I've heard really wants us to use their server.

If XMPP gets more attention I'm sure we can get people supporting projects and creating better apps.

I keep seeing people recommended Signal instead.

This is a bit of a tired ramble. What I wanna know is why anyone is preferring Signal over XMPP apps. I assume it might be not knowing about it. Tell me what you use to message people.

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SteleTrovilo

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Signal is the best intersection of genuine security and ease-of-use that I've ever seen. No choosing a server, no making an account. Just install the app, get a confirmation SMS, and now you can communicate with future-proof encryption and authentication right away.

For more technical people, who aren't going to be intimidated by things like making accounts and secure passwords and choosing servers, Signal is not the best. But when I need to communicate securely with non-technical people, it's a wonderful quick go-to solution.

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shortwavesurfer

in reply to SteleTrovilo • 1 settimana fa • •

With some spit and polish, I think that SimpleX could actually be very similar in that regard.

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rirus

in reply to shortwavesurfer • 1 settimana fa • •

Its even simpler and more secure and privacy friendly. But the battery usage...

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shortwavesurfer

in reply to rirus • 1 settimana fa • •

I have not noticed it causing a significant hit to my battery usage, but maybe I just am lucky or something.

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rirus

in reply to shortwavesurfer • 1 settimana fa • •

In how many larger groups are you and which notification style do you use?

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shortwavesurfer

in reply to rirus • 1 settimana fa • •

I'm in two large groups and quite a number of smaller ones.

For the most part, I have notifications muted on most things, except for a couple of very small groups that don't get chats often.

I'm not sure exactly what notification style I'm using because I can't remember, but I do know that I do not have Google Play Services or Google Apps of any sort.

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notarobot

in reply to shortwavesurfer • 1 settimana fa • •

I wouldn't recommend simplex just yet because contacts are tied to servers. If the server you are using with a contact for down, you lose the contract

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Cobrachicken

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Signal & Conversations (XMPP). Apparently the move from WA to Signal seems easier for most of my bubble. Can't understand why.

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masterspace

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You can't understand why? Are you incapable of evaluating a user experience?

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Cobrachicken

in reply to masterspace • 1 settimana fa • •

Care to explain, kind person? What's so different between Signal and WA that a user could not find their way? Enlighten me.

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masterspace

in reply to Cobrachicken • 1 settimana fa • •

For start, search xmpp on the app store and notice how the first result is a paid app that costs $8 and isn't clear whether or not it will connect you to your friends.

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Cobrachicken

in reply to masterspace • 1 settimana fa • •

Well I seached for "jabber" and found Trillian as fourth or so hit. Dunno how good it's on Apple, but I seem to remember using a PC build somewhen with no negative memories. It's free.
Your concerns till now seem like rambling. Or general, as in: How do I make people leave WA, which is, admittedly, complicated.

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masterspace

in reply to Cobrachicken • 1 settimana fa • •

You cant make anyone do anything, you can entice them over.

To do that they need to be simple and easy to use, what you're describing is already more complicated than downloading signal or WhatsApp, signing up, and starting.

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Cobrachicken

in reply to masterspace • 1 settimana fa • •

Was that too many words for you or what?

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masterspace

in reply to Cobrachicken • 1 settimana fa • •

Use this thing called empathy and try and imagine how a non-tech nerd thinks. If you lack the capability of empathy, then you're never going to get a satisfying answer.v

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mumblerfish

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I used xmpp with otr encryption... maybe also omemo, it rings a bell. This was some years ago. But it was barely usable. Otr refused to connect at times and only unecrypted worked, messages were encrypted with wrong keys or something and history became unreadable. It worked on the desktop, but then not on the phone, only with this and that client, but not those. It was a confusing mess and I had to stop using it. If it works today, thats great.

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Björn

in reply to mumblerfish • 1 settimana fa • •

Android's bullshit made me quit XMPP. We needed instant messages to be instant but Android kept making that harder and harder until it was impossible.

With Signal we're still fighting but it works a little bit better due to integration with the messenger service or whatever it's called. Dunno, maybe XMPP can work with that as well by now.

Sigh, I want my Linux phone where I can control battery life vs availability myself.

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Lazycog

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I'm not going to push anyone who uses a secure decentralized FOSS chat already to signal, but someone who uses telegram/viber/whatsapp is easier to get gradually on signal, which is super low effort compared to the ones you mentioned.

I've tried. I'm happy that I got friends and family to move from SMS and WhatsApp to Signal. Some I got to move to e.g. matrix but that's only a few.

Just my two cents since you asked. I agree with you but I don't want perfect to be the enemy of good.

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りん〜

in reply to Lazycog • 1 settimana fa • •

Why is your name red

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Björn

in reply to りん〜 • 1 settimana fa • •

It means they are your god and you should bow. (they're an admin on your instance)

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Lazycog

in reply to Björn • 1 settimana fa • •

Ah.. But there is another. The all mighty creator (app developer of voyager) whose name is in purple!

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りん〜

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Ohh cool 😀

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Lazycog

in reply to りん〜 • 1 settimana fa • •

I'm guessing you are using Voyager app. It's because I'm your instance (sopuli) admin 😀

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masterspace

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Because the most useful communication apps are the ones that you can reach people on. XMPP's lack of user friendly UX or long term support and commitment make it DOA for most normal people, which in turn makes it DOA for everyone who might want to talk to one of those normal people who are turned off by it.

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CoyoteFacts

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

There's nothing wrong with Signal's centralization model in a worrying sense. It acts only as a clueless message relay, and it has near-zero information on any of its users, even as it delivers messages from person to person. The only information Signal knows is if a phone number is registered and the last time it connected to the server. There is great care taken to make sure everything else is completely end-to-end encrypted and unknowable, even by subpoena.

The only real issue with Signal's centralization is that if Signal the company goes down, then all clients can no longer work until someone stands up a new server to act as a relay again. Signal isn't the endgame of privacy, but it's the best we have right now for a lot of usecases, and it's the only one I've had any luck converting normies to as it's very polished and has a lot of features. IMO, by the time the central Signal server turns into an actual problem we'll hopefully have excellent options available to migrate to.

Also TMK, the only reason you still need a phone number for Signal is to combat spam. You can disable your phone number being shown to anyone else in the app and only use temporary invite codes to connect with people, so I don't count the phone number as a huge problem, though the requirement does still annoy me as it makes having multiple accounts more difficult and asserts a certain level of privilege.

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notarobot

in reply to CoyoteFacts • 1 settimana fa • •

I like signal but they do probably know who you talk to, when you talk to them, your IP, their IP, and size of your messages. The fact that they are pretending they can't get this info with just server side changes worries me

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CoyoteFacts

in reply to notarobot • 1 settimana fa • •

Check their transparency log for subpoenas etc: signal.org/bigbrother/

Government Communication

When legally forced to provide information to government or law enforcement agencies, we'll disclose the transcripts of that communication here.

^{Signal Messenger}

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notarobot

in reply to CoyoteFacts • 1 settimana fa • •

Are they legally required to publish that?

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CoyoteFacts

in reply to notarobot • 1 settimana fa • •

No, and in fact they have fought to unseal and publish the articles they have. The point is that if you read the subpoenas, they request a lot of data from Signal and Signal can only ever return the phone number, account creation date, and last connected timestamp. So either Signal is consistently lying to various governments or they actually don't have any of that data. Signal's client is also open-source and has been audited, and they have published many blogposts about how the technology works.

I'd strongly recommend digging deeper into this and trusting the auditors and experts instead of dismissing it based on lazy and cynical guesses. If you don't trust anyone you're welcome to read the source code of the client yourself. Soatok recently posted an 8-part series going through Signal's encryption that you can read as a primer: soatok.blog/2025/02/18/reviewi…

Reviewing the Cryptography Used by Signal - Dhole Moments

Last year, I urged furries to stop using Telegram because it doesn’t actually provide them with any of the privacy guarantees they think it gives them. Instead of improving Telegram’s c…

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notarobot

in reply to CoyoteFacts • 1 settimana fa • •

Since they are not required to publish these they could be publishing only the ones that make them look good. You might also notice that they haven't published any for over a year. I know how siglan works and I trust the client and the security. I even recommend it. But let's not pretend they are INCAPABLE of building your social graph

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CoyoteFacts

in reply to notarobot • 1 settimana fa • •

Since you've clearly not read or comprehended any of the subpoenas that I linked, nor the encryption analysis, nor read any of Signal's blogposts, I see no point with responding any further. You are spreading FUD, and I question your motives.

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notarobot

in reply to CoyoteFacts • 1 settimana fa • •

I'm not the one that is not listening. I don't care about the ones they post. I care about the ones they don't. I trust they client code. I don't trust ANYONES server side code. Their encryption is top of the line and an industry standard. But is DOES NOT hide your IP, the time of the day you send messages

ONCE AGAIN (this is the third time I'm saying this) I like and recommend signal. I have no evil motives nor I'm trying to be paranoid. But let's not pretend they are perfect.

If you are hurt because I said mean things about a company you base your personality on, that is not my problem.

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notarobot

in reply to CoyoteFacts • 1 settimana fa • •

From the blog you provided. Next time. Read your sources

In the absolute worst case, a totally malicious Signal Server can perform traffic analysis to correlate the IP address assigned to the messages arriving with the delivery token for a recipient.

And

Sealed Sender cannot totally hide the recipient (else the server wouldn’t know where to route the messages).

Edit: removed the word "moron". I'm not a native English speaker and I thought it meant something else. It seems its like "retard" which I wouldn't use as an insult. I've used it so much...

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pedroapero

in reply to CoyoteFacts • 6 giorni fa • •

Note that Signal is not a company, it's an NGO. Would you say that Wikipedia is at risk of disappearing because it's centralized?

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CoyoteFacts

in reply to pedroapero • 6 giorni fa • •

Yep, I forgot it's not a company. The point stands though; someone has to pay for the servers and administration, and if they run out of money or the foundation falls apart, then the problem happens in the same way. I don't know much about Wikipedia's structure, but I would guess it's a similar situation in terms of needing money to stay running and also being able to be salvaged by the community if it does go down.

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commander

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Signal is really simple and has a sizable userbase now. I've worked with people in non-tech companies and they'll have signal installed because theres someone in management that cares for security to a degree and does official nonofficial team communication with signal

Element/Matrix I think has a chance. The newest Element X app looks a lot better on the phone and on desktop. It's progressing to good user experience

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Em Adespoton

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I’ve used XMPP since shortly after it was developed. I still use it today.

HOWEVER, while the clients are relatively good, as long as they support the extensions you want to use, I’ve found maintaining the server to be a royal headache. Between protocol and extension improvements, security updates and general server instability, I find that it’s a constant struggle to have it running and compatible with whatever client someone is using, when someone actually uses it.

Signal, on the other hand, pretty much always works, has a single client, and nobody has to worry about managing the server except Signal. So as infrastructure, it makes a lot more sense.

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CerebralHawks

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I use Telegram. Eek? It's just my wife and I though. All these things I've heard about Telegram? Never actually seen them in mine. I have looked at groups, but I've only seen memes, crypto crap, and what look like scams ("post this in 5 Reddit threads to get invited to the actual group"). There's nothing of value out there that I've seen. So I just use it to message my wife, because texting wasn't good enough when we started using it (both our phones have RCS now) and I don't use Facebook, and she doesn't have an iPhone (so, no iMessage).

I completely reject this notion that you have to pick one and stay with it. My messaging apps include iMessage, Session, Signal, and Telegram. I also have a fork of Telegram that lets me use it from my watch (as in, it has a watch companion; official Telegram does not). I also have Discord (need it for a couple things).

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airikr

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I totally agree with you. But!

But Signal from what I've heard really wants us to use their server.

Signal doesn't have their own servers. Instead, they rent servers from 4 companies, 3 of them is Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. So Signal is relying on Big Tech and if Big Tech decides that enough is enough, they can easily shut Signal down.

THAT is what I find most terrifying. And why not use their own server? Not enough money, but they are working on it (good).

And to make it a little bit worst: Signal depends on a third party company for sending out SMS. Your phone number is therefore handled by not Signal, but by yet another company, highly likey an American company. And they are against privacy invading companies at the same time they are one. Oh, the irony.

You want sources? Sure.

signal.org/legal/ (below "Information we may share")
signal.org/blog/signal-is-expe…

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the idea of Signal. But there is flaws that makes Signal more privacy invading than privacy friendly.

Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

Signal is designed to never collect or store any sensitive information. Signal messages and calls cannot be accessed by us or other third parties because they are always end-to-end encrypted, private, and secure.

^{Signal Messenger}

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to airikr • 1 settimana fa • •

That's the part that makes me nervous. If I get a bunch of people locked on Signal, then they take away services or change how they run the servers, then it would be a hassle to move people to a completely new interface.

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airikr

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Yeah. Let say Signal goes down because of Big Tech and lets say that 50% of their users use Signal as their only messaging app. What will happen then? Hysteria!

No, XMPP all the way for me until Signal becomes decentralized with zero external connections and when they also have removed the phone number requirement.

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pathief

in reply to airikr • 1 settimana fa • •

If the worst part about Signal is having a third party send you an SMS to confirm your phone number then that's amazing.

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pedroapero

in reply to airikr • 6 giorni fa • •

Nobody would host a worldwide instant messaging (including a lot of data such as video) on its own servers. That would be incredibly costly and inefficient. Designing for E2E (nothing critical happening on the server) is the way to go.

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extremeboredom

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Because it's nearly impossible to convince friends and family to use anything other than iMessage or "the text app" on their phone. The process you've described is basically akin to swimming the English Channel for the general public. I'd do it. But expecting anyone else to is just a pipe dream.

I'm already a social outcast and second class citizen for not using imessage. Asking my friends and family to install a whole separate app just to communicate with me puts me firmly in weirdo territory.

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to extremeboredom • 1 settimana fa • •

It can be tough trying to stick to good privacy and staying social. I can do it because I've set boundaries and have a passion for what I believe in.

If somebosy actually wants to contact me, they join a privacy friendly platform, or just take my email. Most people my generation do not use email for instant communication, and neither do I.

I've gotten myself to be someone people want to reach out to, almost entirely in an effort to promote/market FOSS. To be a likable, knowledgeable, and friendly resource. That's how I managed to convert a lot of people. If I say anymore I really bet I could be identified from my post. 😆

Tough pursuits will never be a pipe dream. It just takes enough time and grit. And a little mojo.

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Lunatique

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Use simplex. Funny the cons you named about signal, people were arguing with me about a few days ago. (Phone numbers aren't good for privacy)

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I Cast Fist

in reply to Lunatique • 1 settimana fa • •

It does suck if you do a lot of filesharing, since files only stay in the servers for 2 days

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to I Cast Fist • 1 settimana fa • •

We should definetly not make it a habit to store files for long on volunteer servers. 🙁

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I Cast Fist

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

XMPP also supports federation, or server-to-server communication, but it's whitelist based from my cursory read

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to I Cast Fist • 1 settimana fa • •

Such a benefit indeed. Like email, you can use any server and app. Except it has more instant messenging features.

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PiraHxCx

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

If I could get a single person to use Signal instead of Whatsapp... or even the nerds I know to use matrix instead of Discord...

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to PiraHxCx • 1 settimana fa • •

There two kinds of nerds. Ones that are actually curious to try new things, and ones that conform and sully the name. It's like tech bros vs real IT professionals.

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psycotica0

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I think the slightly more charitable division is "nerds who want to work on the tool" vs "nerds who want to use the tool to work on something else"

Some people want their discord chat to work with little effort or errors because what they're actually interested in is some video editor, or something. And if the chat is broken, it prevents then from getting to what they really want.

I personally use XMPP, so this isn't just to clear my own name, or anything.

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SwooshBakery624 [they/them]

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Against XMPP+OMEMO

Against XMPP+OMEMO - Dhole Moments

XMPP is a messaging protocol (among other things) that needs no introduction to any technical audience. Its various implementations have proliferated through technical communities for decades. Many…

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to SwooshBakery624 [they/them] • 1 settimana fa • •

Signal is a much better recommendation when leaving Telegram. And the OMEMO implementation concerns are something I need to consider. That unprofessional response from one of the devs is not a good look at all.

Though as a comment pointed out, control of servers is like the one main checkbox that I really need filled.

On the point about clients not being OMEMO by default or enforced. This isn't the biggest issue for me. I'm not doing crimes, but I still wouldn't want my saucy messages to be read by server admins or third parties. Whenever I message somebody, I confirm that they are the proper recipient and are using OMEMO. And the clients I found myself comfortable with all support PGP key use instead. (That would be Cheogram & Gajim if anyone was interested.)

This was a great read though, at least to me. It gave me some thoughts to consider.

I'm gonna look into what kind of threats these improper dependency versions and such might pose. Hopefully by now most of these issues have been resolved.

The biggest thing is getting people into the loop of "secure apps" before they really need it.

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I Cast Fist

in reply to SwooshBakery624 [they/them] • 1 settimana fa • •

I'll be honest, most of the crypto/security jargon flies straight over my head, but Tim Henkes' reply at the end, for fucks' sake man. I don't suppose xmpp has an alternative encryption to use instead of omemo?

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to I Cast Fist • 1 settimana fa • •

Pretty much any encryption you can send over text. My favorite clients support PGP instead. But it's up to the clients to implement envryption and not really the protocol I guess.

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to SwooshBakery624 [they/them] • 1 settimana fa • •

I think this post is a noteworthy response.
Against Silos+Signal

moparisthebest.com - Against Silos+Signal

The home of runescape cheating

^{www.moparisthebest.com}

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pishadoot

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Noteworthy perhaps, but one is based on analysis of facts and the other is based on principle. I think they're both valuable points of view, but they're not actually debating the same points IMO even if they think they are.

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CoconutCream

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

First of all, thank you for your recommendation. I was on the fence between Siskin IM and Monal, so I went with Monal to replace AstraChat.

I’ve used Signal before and it was fine but I prefer not to give a phone number to open an account; there are other services that don’t require it.

Speaking of services, I use Simple X, Session, Matrix and Delta Chat (occasionally). Most of my eccentric mix of family, friends and colleagues are happy to try something new or switch as long as it doesn’t require a phone number to sign up. They’re slowly leaving Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram and limiting access to their iMessage.

In my experience, Session syncs very well between my devices which makes it my favorite. I chose FluffyChat over Element because of the App Privacy in iOS.

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Steamymoomilk

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Speaking of wacky hole in the wall messagers!

reticulum.network/

Its tectonically a network stack but theres a few apps, to use it.
And MAAAN is it decentralized

Reticulum Network

^{reticulum.network}

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glitching

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

to answer your question - if you wanna eventually talk to normies. like cute boy/girl you meet at a bar or a business contact from a random meet. even Signal has dogshit penetration compared to the big players, so XMPP/Matrix/Briar/etc aren't even a blip on the dradis.

also, you sorta sidestepped the UX. if you're coming off the hyper-polished world of Telelgram and iMessage, all those things have dogshit UX. yes, you'll eventually find your way around them but you have to be motivated to endure them ugly and slow and unrealiable apps (comparatively speaking); you got that shit covered, your contacts do not.

the situation is kinda like with The Linux Desktop - it's competing with gargantuan corpos with unlimited resources, and to add to that the miniscule dev teams aren't working together, they're competing, pulling in different direction (Gnome, Plasma, Cinnamon, etc.) with duplicated efforts and tons of abandoned paths. can you imagine where we'd be if all that dev effort went towards one goal?

same thing with the messenger space, it's doubtful any of them will become mainstream, but they have their uses.

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mistermodal

in reply to glitching • 1 settimana fa • •

Wrong, XMPP is the only option that actually lets you talk to baddies on their phone number without them downloading a new app just for you. Aside from some kind of tortured solution such as AirMessage/BlueBubbles involving buying a literal Macbook.

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☂️-

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

i agree the bubble color trash is shitty and manipulative, but i'm unaware of any baddies using open XMPP at any bar for their messaging.

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mistermodal

in reply to ☂️- • 1 settimana fa • •

Cheogram offers a phone gateway. They don't even know they are using XMPP.

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☂️-

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

does it work with whatsapp, telegram, fb messenger and insta contacts? i didn't find it from a quick google, but i'm sold if that's the case. i mean, that's what baddies are using.

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mistermodal

in reply to ☂️- • 1 settimana fa • •

Matterbridge works with some of those, but I doubt anyone wants to talk to a relay bot. Just directly get people's real phone numbers and run the Insta from your home PC in browser. All of those apps are cancer and even in a separate profile on Graphene or some shit, I would feel like a dirty bastard.

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mistermodal

in reply to ☂️- • 1 settimana fa • •

Oh, since you mentioned Telegram, I ought to mention that it's totally possible to puppeteer your account on there so it looks just like you are using the real app. If a lady asked me to use TG or Signal I would unironically assume she knows drug dealers 😭

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☂️-

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

It does, but that kind of thing defeats a lot of the purpose of leaving these apps in the first place. Same with bridges that work in a hacky way. I usually sandbox these apps and hope for the best.

I consider FOSS third party clients an improvement (but not a solution) in most of these cases btw, so i'm very open to alternatives that are practical while keeping my semblance of a social life.

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mistermodal

in reply to ☂️- • 1 settimana fa • •

Yeah if you want to use Signal and TG, Molly and AyuGram are a bit better than stock FYI

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☂️-

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

til about ayugram, thanks for the rec, ill try it out.

do you happen to know of anything similar for whatsapp?

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mistermodal

in reply to ☂️- • 1 settimana fa • •

None whatsoever sorry. I got made fun of as a Westoid for mentioning Whatsapp though, apparently the cool kids are on Viber now.

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☂️-

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

it's hugely popular in my global south country, but i think they are more proactive in blocking third party clients. i hate it with a passion.

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mistermodal

in reply to ☂️- • 1 settimana fa • •

100% it is aggravating that I cannot make something as simple as a chat relay on the mighty computer. It is the work of depraved individuals

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

We still probably show up as green bubbles though. Might have given the baddies the ick.

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mistermodal

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Not a real thing, you just have high bodyfat and poor eye contact skills. Hope this helps

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

Just an unrelenting FOSS agenda and weird aversion towards social media 😭

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mistermodal

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

If you avoid technical stuff a lot of people are pretty understanding of not having socials. Instagrsm ks HITLER NOW! Everyone jokes abt it. Way I do it is I just post hiking photos on Insta and other stuff. In order to avoid booting it up yourself, it can be automated with IFTTT (proprietary but so are the datamining services you use it to reach so who care??). Problem is being responsive to notifs but I just check half of them every other day so people don't think you died and hit like

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

Yeah people have been talking (real life) about their breaks from it and thoughts on leaving the social media sludge whenever I say I don't use that stuff. It's refreshing, but I still reject sharing my number except for work and maybe a baddie every now and then. Wish I didn't even need to pay for one even for how cheap it is.

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mistermodal

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I try to get people to add me on musicbrainz and link up music services to it. It's cool bc you can funnel music player program listens, funkwhale (which is activitypub!), scloud, spotify, yt music, apple, all of their ʜᴏᴛ ɢᴀʀʙᴀɢᴇ right, but it still works with open source shit. It can absorb lastfm which a lot of ppl have hanging around. None of this solves the reality of being at an information disadvantage vs someone who plays weird games with IG likes. But are people like that worth the stress anyways??

But if you get each other's music recs and can dm realistically what else do you need? Am i boring? Lol

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

Right? Although I'd love to communicate with everybody in my community and be reachable on the ready, do I really want to give up my values for people who don't care to understand them? If you wanna contact me outside of face to face, then use what I use. And it goes for the other way around too. Not worth the stress.

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mistermodal

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

You know if Movim really takes off I admit that would be amazing because it's like a hardened facebook. Public photo albums are important to people

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

Any good mobile apps? I'd love to have a place to share updates with my friends like social media does. Integrated with XMPP makes it all the better I'd say.

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mistermodal

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

They're just in browser at the moment, but it's very flexible since you can login to instances with XMPP accounts elsewhere. It's under pretty active development although TBQH I find the Povoq guy difficult 😂

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Joe Bidet

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Many people will tell you you have to sacrifice your principles because interface, because "normies" (which is an elitist way of telling you that non-elitist people are idiots....), etc. I say: stick to your dreams!

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pathief

in reply to Joe Bidet • 1 settimana fa • •

It's not elitist, it's realist. They don't want to install Signal just as much as I don't want to install Facebook messenger.

Yes you can nag people but it will more often than not have the same effect as when people try to convince me to install Facebook messenger.

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cdzero

in reply to pathief • 1 settimana fa • •

I find this resistance weird. (From the "normies", not the Signal users)

Most of them have phones filled with all sorts of crap that they download willy nilly, yet they only seem to put the walls up for Signal.

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pathief

in reply to cdzero • 1 settimana fa • •

They can say the same about me, right? I have so many communication apps on my phone, why do I draw the line on Facebook Messenger?

Most likely you're the only person they know on Signal and it makes more sense to them that you move to Facebook rather than moving their entire friend-sphere into Signal.

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Joe Bidet

in reply to pathief • 1 settimana fa • •

speaking of "normies" is elitist, because the term is used usually people privileged/experienced with knowledge about technology to describe people who don't have this privilege/experience. It is implying that there would be a class of (sub-)humans who are not capable of taking the same path as the person who employs this term. I stand by the term "elitist". In a world of diverse people, life-paths and needs, in my own experience everybody is capable of understanding the political reasons to use a piece of software over another one (because one company sucks, because their model of centralization is detrimental to freedom, because they got shady funding, because they pretend to be something else but bar free software authors to modify their software, because they're from the USA, etc.). Everyone has their own way of understanding these things. Everyone has some arguments that will resonate better than others. Pretty much the same way you probably decided to not install Facebook messenger. Well the good news is: everybody is capable of understanding these things. It may take time and effort, it may make elitist people realize it is not as easy as they first thought it would be, and require to fail and try again. It requires efforts and a humble approach as to listen to these people and take them where they are and walk a bit along the way with them.

My personal experience is that most people are capable of understanding such things. It may take time, but everyone is capable.

I also saw tons of elitist tech-enthusiasts and other tech-savvies "bros" not even addressing who they call "normies" out of pure lazyness, to avoid to speak outside of their own comfort zone and question their own status, and to avoid sharing their elitist knowledge.

-> "'normies' won't do that" = "i am too lazy to engage meaningfully with people who do not know the same things as i know."

That's a major part of the problem. Elitist feedback loop...

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pathief

in reply to Joe Bidet • 1 settimana fa • •

First of all normie not an insult or a derogatory term. The term "normies" is often used in many niche communities to refer to someone outside the community. It has nothing to do with being smart, privileged or experienced. It means more like "the average user" or "the typical person". Example: a person in the boardgaming community may refer to you as a normie, not because you're dumb but because you don't play hobby boardgames (check out Brass: Birmingham, what a game).

The problem isn't about comprehending the problem, most people understand that Facebook is selling their data. They just don't care. They would rather have their data sold than to have the trouble to move to yet another communication app. WhatsApp is working just fine, Facebook is sparking joy. They don't care.

"Normies won't do X" is a perfectly acceptable way to express that the hurdles are too high for the average user. The average user wants a sleek UI, a user friendly experience and most of all they want to be in the place everyone is already at. The average Joe doesn't want to be the first guy on Simple X, they actually really want the hassle free platform everyone is already at.

Also, the next great communication app is constantly changing. It used to be IRC, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Signal, Matrix, Simple X, Session. I'm sorry to say that the average person is not willing to migrate that often. Facebook works, their friends are already there, they stick to it. This isn't elitism, it's just stating what I see.

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BaldManGoomba

in reply to Joe Bidet • 1 settimana fa • •

Normies isn't an elitist term it is a counter culture term for people outside the norm to refer to the general opinion. It is the not like us statement or the fact that there is experience that one would not understand fully unless they are in a subset group.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normie_(…

was first used in its original meaning of "ordinary, normal" in English in the 1950s.[6] According to Merriam-Webster, the term "normie" appeared in the late 1980s in the United States. It was used ironically by people with disabilities in reference to the rest of the population.[2] In the late 1990s, the term was used in Alcoholics Anonymous literature to refer to individuals who were not addicted to any substances.

[7]Since the early 2000s it has been spreading on the Internet.[2][4] In the Russian-language sphere, popularization was promoted by the use of the imageboard Dvach, whose users consider themselves representatives of informal culture, which is expressed in controversial publications, non-standard political views, black humor, involvement in various subcultures.[8]

slang term

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

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Lyra_Lycan

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Don't forget that OMEMO on XMPP has no backward decryption - all messages are lost with every new client. Massive dealbreaker for me, as I value message history between those I love.

I've gone for Matrix. Signal doesn't interest me until they get rid of the requirement for phone numbers.

Others have noted that XMPP servers hold user contacts (and maybe other parts) wholly unencrypted, and if the server isn't yours, that's a trust risk.

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mistermodal

in reply to Lyra_Lycan • 1 settimana fa • •

Do you not use backups?

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Lyra_Lycan

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

As in, backup messages to import into new clients? Is that possible?

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mistermodal

in reply to Lyra_Lycan • 1 settimana fa • •

Yes!

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Lyra_Lycan

in reply to mistermodal • 1 settimana fa • •

Son of a... Thank you! Time to reassess my server aha

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mistermodal

in reply to Lyra_Lycan • 1 settimana fa • •

The whol eXMPP ecosystem is really confusing I just strongly disagree that matrix is a step forward. On the subject of its backups, I had multiple mysterious failures with matrix it before switching to XMPP. I use a password manager so the likelihood of user error is low

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Jerkface (any/all)

in reply to Lyra_Lycan • 1 settimana fa • •

I recently switched some of my contacts from Signal to Matrix and I really prefer the user experience. The room-based model and the video chat features are great.

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hexagonwin

in reply to Jerkface (any/all) • 1 settimana fa • •

which client are you using? the element client on androud and desktop/web seems to be pretty glitchy.

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shortwavesurfer

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I use SimpleX

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AmanitaCaesarea

in reply to shortwavesurfer • 1 settimana fa • •

Based privacy enthusiast 🗿

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balance8873

in reply to shortwavesurfer • 1 settimana fa • •

Do you use simplex or do you have an account with simplex?

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shortwavesurfer

in reply to balance8873 • 1 settimana fa • •

I use it daily

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balance8873

in reply to shortwavesurfer • 1 settimana fa • •

That's honestly shocking. Where do you find other people who actually use it?

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shortwavesurfer

in reply to balance8873 • 1 settimana fa • •

simplex.chat/docs/directory.ht…

SimpleX Directory

^simplex.chat

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undefinedTruth

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Signal may not be the best in a technical sense, but it is good enough and it has the network effect. I've been pleasantly surprised when in the span of a few months I met two different people actually in real life, who happened to already be using Signal.

Signal is also just as usable as the big tech alternatives, which makes it not a very hard sell to friends and family. For quite a few years now I have managed to convince everyone I communicate with to do so over Signal. There is no chance I would be as successful with something else.

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☂️-

in reply to undefinedTruth • 1 settimana fa • •

yes baby steps. more important to get rid of zucc and his big brother eyes on everyone than to be 100% perfectly private from the get go.

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Mgineer

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

For most people, Not this community, it's trying to get people off Whatsapp. So even signal is better

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AmanitaCaesarea

in reply to Mgineer • 1 settimana fa • •

Signal for people that partly care about privacy. SimpleX for true privacy enthusiasts

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balance8873

in reply to AmanitaCaesarea • 1 settimana fa • •

I love the irony of the name. It's probably the best thing about the app.

One of the things I'm curious about and the website doesn't explain: how are the message queues not identifiers?

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AmanitaCaesarea

in reply to balance8873 • 1 settimana fa • •

They are local identifiers, not global ones. Each one exists only for a single pair of users so they don't function as stable or traceable identities. "Pairwise anonymous addresses".

simplex.chat/#privacy-of-ident…

SimpleX Chat: private and secure messenger without any user IDs (not even random)

SimpleX Chat - a private and encrypted messenger without any user IDs (not even random ones)! Make a private connection via link / QR code to send messages and make calls.

^simplex.chat

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balance8873

in reply to AmanitaCaesarea • 1 settimana fa • •

But those are still identifiers linked to you and in a global space because it says multiple servers need to know how to route data.

Nvmd: seemingly if the server hosting your queues shuts down you lose all contact, so your UIDs are shared but only to a specific set of servers you choose with the drawback of fragility. Seems like someone else shutting down a server kills your contact list?

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Ferk

in reply to balance8873 • 1 settimana fa • •

When it comes to initializing the connection, It's true that those identifiers (or perhaps more accurately, addresses) are susceptible to collisions in a "global space". But they are temporary, ephemeral addresses (they are discarded after use and/or expiration), and the space is astronomical so chances of collision are tiny, and even in the rare event of a collision you still have a step in which you verify a fingerprint code that's independent of the address, related to the individual local device.. so you have a second factor authentication of sorts, if you are adding a person and the code does match then you can be pretty sure it's the correct person, since both the shared address and the internal locally-stored key match.

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balance8873

in reply to Ferk • 1 settimana fa • •

If there's a permanent global fingerprint code isn't that, well, the opposite of what the marketing says? Why is that not a unique user identifier?

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Ferk

in reply to balance8873 • 1 settimana fa • •

The fingerprint (or you can also call it "security code", it's just a code for verification), is generated from the combination of the locally stored encryption keys from each side of the conversation, it will be different every time. I believe it's also not technically required by the protocol that the same encryption key should be used for all conversations (although I don't really know if the client does generate a new one every time or keeps reusing the same, that's up to the implementation I believe).

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balance8873

in reply to Ferk • 1 settimana fa • •

Makes sense, thanks for the explanation

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AmanitaCaesarea

in reply to balance8873 • 1 settimana fa • •

@Ferk has given a more elaborate answer. As for servers shutting down. Haven't had it happen yet. With any service you always risk servers shutting down or failing, even centralized ones like signal: so that is a bit of a nirvana fallacy.

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balance8873

in reply to AmanitaCaesarea • 1 settimana fa • •

I didn't compare it to signal. I just asked if that was the facts of the situation.

If I were to compare it might be to the topic of this thread which I can self host and thus control.

However, since you opened the door on signal I'd comment that the entire signal org would have to go down for that to happen, not just a few servers. Is simplex managed by a large well funded entity that is unlikely to fail or are the servers more mom & pop setups? What happens if Kurt Cobain wakes up one morning and shuts down his server?

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Galactose

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

TBH it's worrying, but at the same time, it's better to have people on something that's somewhat Privacy-respecting.

Baby steps, you know. BTW how many here are familiar with GNU-Jami ?

Jami

Jami - the distributed and open source communication platform

^Jami

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to Galactose • 1 settimana fa • •

What's that? GNU-Jami?

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Galactose

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

Very similar to Signal, but Libre software & uas no phone-number requirement
jami.net/

Jami

Jami - the distributed and open source communication platform

^Jami

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to Galactose • 1 settimana fa • •

Oh okay! Didn't recognize the GNU in there. Was there a trademark issue in the past?

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Galactose

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

No I don't think so. It's a high-priority GNU project

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hexagonwin

in reply to Galactose • 1 settimana fa • •

I tried using Jami with a very technical friend. The android version kinda seemed to work, though a little glitchy. The desktop linux/windows version was complete garbage, completely unusable.

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RheumatoidArthritis

in reply to Galactose • 4 giorni fa • •

Jami is a mess, when i tried it first it starting calling as it were to receive a phone call. The second time i tried it on 3 devices, out of which 2 could contact each other lol. My last attempt was when I needed to send a few strings from a (internet connected) VM to its host machine*, installed Jami on both and the 2 instances couldn't talk to each other. Joke of a program, really.

i know i could do it much easier

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Wigglesworth

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I use XMPP, and the original idea was for it to be a family chat and a way to securely ask for things on Jellyfin.

No one uses it. (XMPP, not JF)

What's better?

No one cares. They know it's a hassle to ask for media. They know they can only ask me in person if they don't use it. They just won't bother installing a client. Can't be bothered.

Oh well, I can't be asked, then. So we sit in this perpetual state of tug of war. I can't be contacted, it's complained about, the situation is explained again, they complain again, and still never resolve the situation.

Going on three years now.

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TurkeyDurkey

in reply to Wigglesworth • 1 settimana fa • •

I've been slimming down the services that I don't personally feel the need to use. And Jellyfin is right around the chopping block. Started Jellyfin to replace costly streaming services. Only one person is using Netflix and that's the only reason my parents are paying for it still.

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Wigglesworth

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 1 settimana fa • •

I'd still use JF if no one else did. It's convenient for streaming. The alternative would be maybe kodi and samba and that's three steps back, two forward imo.
I use xmpp for notifications a lot, its close integration with the server its on allows for using it kinda like ntfy.

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cookie019

in reply to TurkeyDurkey • 6 giorni fa • •

Most people don’t understand what is instance and do not want to do 3 step registration if they can do 2 step registration on Signal. Also, if I understand correctly, xmpp protocol and client didn’t support stickers and Signal added that feature and gifs? Not sure

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TurkeyDurkey

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Protocol and client are different. I know Cheogram has some kind of sticker thing, but I don't think it's as robust as what Signal probably has. I can download Signal stickerpacks to use on Cheogram (the xmpp client), but using them was a tad difficult.

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China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries

archive.ph/TL07i

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-11/us-china-trade-talks-battery-export-controls-provide-new-leverage

#Worldnews

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All Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens volunteers freed after Israeli abduction

Dozens of testimonies from participants of the Freedom Flotilla and Madleens missions described degrading and often violent abuse by Israel

Archived version: archive.is/newest/thecanary.co…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

All Freedom Flotilla Coalition, Madleens volunteers freed by Israel

^{Skwawkbox (The Canary)}

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Russia attacks Ukraine's power grid as Moscow worries over US Tomahawk missiles

Russia has attacked Ukraine’s power grid as part of an ongoing campaign to damage energy infrastructure before winter.

Archived version: archive.is/20251012130927/apne…

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China says Taiwan president is 'prostituting' himself, after interview lauding Trump

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is "prostituting" himself to foreigners to try and win their favour but his schemes are doomed to fail, China's government said on Wednesday after he gave an interview lauding U.S. President Donald Trump.

Archived version: archive.is/20251008085459/reut…

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Canada eyes putting nuclear reactors on the moon

'Canada is ... really good at nuclear' says CEO of space mining company

Archived version: archive.is/newest/cbc.ca/news/…

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sadschmuck [none/use name]
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How do you come up with a strong password?

Something that you can actually remember

#technology

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UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (Unifil) said Sunday that one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country's south, the third incident of its kind in just over a month.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/middleeastey…

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UN force in Lebanon says peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade

^{Middle East Eye}

#globalnews

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lemmyseizethemeans

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The lede is so insane. Did the "Israeli" grenade just walk into Lebanon and explode itself? There's never any actor or agent, just passive voice when Israel does illegal shit

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BrikoX

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"Just before noon yesterday, an Israeli drone dropped a grenade that exploded near a Unifil position" in Kfar Kila, the force said in a statement published on Sunday.

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Faneto accusato di violenze dalla ex: foto dei lividi e messaggi social. Le reazioni e cosa sappiamo finora

È diventato un caso nazionale quello che coinvolge Faneto, rapper emergente della scena urban italiana. La sua ex compagna, Alessandra, ha pubblicato sui social un racconto dettagliato di presunte violenze fisiche e psicologiche, accompagnandolo con foto di lividi, video e screenshot di messaggi. Il materiale, rilanciato da creator e pagine tematiche, ha alimentato in poche ore un’ondata di attenzione e solidarietà. L’artista, al momento, non ha diffuso dichiarazioni pubbliche.

COSA SAPPIAMO: Faneto accusato di violenze dalla ex: foto dei lividi e messaggi social. Le reazioni e cosa sappiamo finora

Faneto, accuse di violenze della ex: foto dei lividi e messaggi

La ex di Faneto pubblica foto e messaggi denunciando violenza e minacce. L’etichetta prende le distanze; l’artista non ha replicato. Cosa sappiamo.

^{Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)}

#spettacoli

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GOG Games

I downloaded from the website posted on fmhy but I don't know why my pc got really slow? Did I get a virus? From gog-games.to

I scanned the files with Malwarebytes and Windows Defender but I got nothing

#piracy

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ActivityPub - Collegamento all'originale

https://lemmy.billiam.net/u/bad_news

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Almost certainly. For pirating games you're really playing with fire unless you're torrenting using a source that's well established and trusted directly from their official account, like FitGirl
[edit: can we take a moment to appreciate the downvoting here... whypastor.gif]

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ModOfThePalace

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i have 1TB worth of GOG games, and i got all of it from there. Never experienced any malware.

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CDC walks back hundreds of firings as U.S. shutdown persists

In the second week of the U.S. government shutdown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified some 1,300 employees they would be laid off — then rescinded hundreds of those notices within hours, a person familiar with the matter said.

The Trump administration is set to lay off entire offices and hundreds of CDC workers as part of mass job cuts during the federal shutdown, four sources told Reuters on Saturday.

A crowd-sourced list from CDC employees, reviewed by Reuters, suggested several units, including the entire Washington office, were targeted for termination. Two sources within the CDC and two at other health agencies confirmed the list’s validity.

CDC walks back hundreds of firings as U.S. shutdown persists

Among those initially cut were staff responsible for the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a critical vehicle for disseminating public health findings.

^{Reuters (CNBC)}

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This is what I see whenever a comrade say that they are from the USA

#memes

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Le Iene, nuovi audio sul caso Asia Vitale: anticipazioni e ospiti di stasera (12 ottobre)

Tornano stasera su Italia 1 le inchieste e i reportage de Le Iene, condotto da Veronica Gentili con Max Angioni. La puntata del 12 ottobre 2025 mette al centro due blocchi forti: i nuovi audio e le nuove dichiarazioni legate al caso Asia Vitale, vicenda che ha scosso l’opinione pubblica, e un viaggio ad alto rischio in Messico sul fentanyl, firmato da Matteo Viviani. In studio, tra gli ospiti, Neffa, Ernia e Beatrice Valli.

TUTTE LE ANTICIPAZIONI: Le Iene, nuovi audio sul caso Asia Vitale: anticipazioni e ospiti di stasera (12 ottobre)

Le Iene, anticipazioni 12 ottobre 2025: nuovi audio su Asia Vitale e reportage sul Fentanyl

Stasera su Italia 1 Le Iene: nuovi audio sul caso Asia Vitale e reportage di Matteo Viviani sul fentanyl in Messico. Ospiti Neffa ed Ernia.

^{Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)}

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AI image blocklist for uBlock Origin & Pi-hole

Found this AI art block list recently and thought I would share it with you guys. It definitely comes in handy!

GitHub - laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist: A huge blocklist of manually curated sites that contain AI generated imagery for uBlock Origin & uBlacklist.

A huge blocklist of manually curated sites that contain AI generated imagery for uBlock Origin & uBlacklist. - laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

^GitHub

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Pleat1752

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This doesn't have anything to do with privacy.

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mistermodal

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Seeing this shit feels like an advertisement though, in a way.

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Catalyst

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Thank you! I got it installed!

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Winded windows become a privacy nightmare?

So I just started messing around with the settings in my windows and account tied to it. And good Lord, this thing's just as bad as Android. 😒 ? The thing is literally saving all my inquiries and everything to my Microsoft account. I can't even turn off some of these features as far as trying to stop them. Many privacy settings are also buried all over the place. When did this happen?

#privacy

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irmadlad

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Windows 10 or 11?

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stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]

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It was the switch to Microsoft accounts. Everyone started using online accounts to login and when people complained apple said “okay, you don’t need to and here’s some ways to make it safer” after some high profile leaks, google said “we’ll anonymize your data so when we use it for tracking it’s not tied to you, also here’s some ways to make it safer” after everyone realized they weren’t not being evil and Microsoft said “are you fucking stupid? It says right there in the tos that we’re gonna take and use everything!”.

Go to massgrave.dev and start reading. Convert your Microsoft account to a local user account. You will still have a Microsoft account but you won’t use it to login. You will lose access to stuff you bought under your Microsoft account until you sign in. This may or may not be acceptable to you.

Use your knowledge from massgrave to convert your windows edition to enterprise iot ltsc if you’re on 21h2, otherwise either downgrade or flatten and reinstall that edition. You will now be able to receive security updates and stay on windows 10.

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Colonial Farm Road - The Brain

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dls #6

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Fires reported in Russia's Belgorod Oblast amid suspected power plant attack -- NATO aircraft carry out 12-hour flight near Russian border amid rising tensions -- German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports -- Ukrainian air defenses ope

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Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery 1,400 kilometers from front, SBU source says. Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) drones struck a Russian oil refinery in Ufa on the morning of Oct. 11, resulting in explosions and a fire, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent.

Fires reported in Russia’s Belgorod oblast amid suspected power plant attack, local officials say. Falling debris from downed missiles sparked fires and caused damage in Belgorod, Russia, the regional governor reported Oct. 11 amid a suspected attack on a power plant in the city.

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Ukrainian air defenses operating at 74% effectiveness, military chief says. “Over the past month, (Russia) has increased the number of air strikes 1.3 times,” Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

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Trump threatens China with additional 100% tariffs amid trade tensions. “The United States of America will impose a tariff of 100% on China, over and above any tariff that they are currently paying,” Donald Trump said.

UK, France, Germany to move forward with using Russian assets to aid Ukraine. “We agree to develop further bold and innovative mechanisms to increase the cost of Russia’s war and ramp up pressure,” the British government said in a statement.

Latvia orders over 800 Russian citizens to leave by mid-October. Latvia has ordered 841 Russian citizens to leave the country by Oct. 13, citing their failure to meet legal requirements, including proof of Latvian language proficiency and passing a national security screening, Politico reported.

Belarus launches military readiness check as security concerns grow. The Belarusian military is implementing a “set of measures” to bring select units to their “highest level of combat readiness” under Alexander Lukashenko’s direct orders.

North Korea displays new ICBM during parade with Russia’s Medvedev in attendance. The parade, attended by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and United Russia party leader Dmitry Medvedev, featured a display of advanced weaponry.

Estonia closes border crossing with Russia over unusual military activity. Estonia has temporarily closed the Saatse border crossing following heightened Russian military activity near the area, the Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Oct. 10.

NATO aircraft carry out 12-hour flight near Russian border amid rising tensions. The joint U.K.-U.S. operation was conducted on Oct. 9, following recent airspace violations by Russia targeting several NATO countries.

German airlines call to shoot down drones threatening airports. Germany’s airlines are calling for drones that threaten airport operations to be shot down, Der Spiegel reported on Oct. 11. The call to action comes amid a recent surge of unidentified drone sightings that have disrupted airports in Germany, prompting efforts to address the threat.

Hungary launches petition against EU’s Ukraine war funding, Orban says. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Oct. 11 that Budapest has launched a nationwide petition drive to collect signatures in opposition to the European Union’s “war plan” to finance Ukraine’s war effort.

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Israel raids homes of West Bank prisoners set to be released in deal

The Israeli army has raided the homes of several Palestinian prisoners in the occupied West Bank whose names were included in the list of prisoners to be released in an exchange deal following the Gaza ceasefire.

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For the third day running, Israel violates Gaza ‘ceasefire’ to maim and murder Palestinians

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Israel has violated the ‘ceasefire’ it agreed with Palestinian militia to bomb, murder and maim Palestinians for the third consecutive day – the first three days of the supposed ceasefire period.

Israel: horrific violations of the ceasefire

On Saturday 11 October, an occupation drone targeted a group of civilians in the Jabalia refugee camp, killing one civilian and seriously injuring several others, including one man left with both lower legs shredded or gone:
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Cryptologist DJB Alleges NSA is Pushing an End to Backup Algorithms for Post-Quantum Cryptography

"The problem in a nutshell. Surveillance agency NSA and its [UK counterpart] GCHQ are trying to have standards-development organizations endorse weakening [pre-quantum] ECC+PQ down to just PQ."
Part of this is that NSA and GCHQ have been endlessly repeating arguments that this weakening is a good thing... I'm instead looking at how easy it is for NSA to simply spend money to corrupt the standardization process.... The massive U.S. military budget now publicly requires cryptographic "components" to have NSA approval... In June 2024, NSA's William Layton wrote that "we do not anticipate supporting hybrid in national security systems"...
[Later a Cisco employee wrote of selling non-hybrid cryptography to a significant customer, "that's what they're willing to buy. Hence, Cisco will implement it".]
What do you do with your control over the U.S. military budget? That's another opportunity to "shape the worldwide commercial cryptography marketplace". You can tell people that you won't authorize purchasing double encryption. You can even follow through on having the military publicly purchase single encryption. Meanwhile you quietly spend a negligible amount of money on an independent encryption layer to protect the data that you care about, so you're actually using double encryption.

Cryptologist DJB Alleges NSA is Pushing an End to Backup Algorithms for Post-Quantum Cryptography - Slashdot

Cryptologist/CS professor Daniel J. Bernstein is alleging that America's National Security Agency is attempting to influence NIST post-quantum cryptography standards.

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utopiah

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Nobody gives a shit about NIST if they lose the 1 thing that make them useful : their credibility.

If some credible doubt is shed on them ... then NIST is just an acronym with no power.

That being said IMHO a pragmatic heuristic is spotting "Do what I say, not what I do" and thus if NSA relies on PQ, or hybrid, or something well you can deduce from that they assume whatever solution they do NOT use if then not safe in a useful lifespan (which might be totally different from your threat model).

Edit : did tinker with openquantumsafe.org/about/ in particular github.com/open-quantum-safe so if you have an opinion on that I'd be curious.

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Danitos

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If some credible doubt is shed on them ... then NIST is just an acronym with no power.

Doubt it, given tha NIST has no credibility among researches, only in the general public that ignore their shenanigans:

NIST already aproved NSA backdoors.
NIST has extensive record of colaborating with NSA, including following their orders.
NIST is pushing for unsecure post-quantum algorithms, that may be secure against quantum computers, but weak against normal, modern computers.

NIST doesn't need credibility, it simply needs to pass along NSA's aproval stamp for $next_algorithm, so $next_algorithm becomes a widely used standar.

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someacnt

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Pushing for insecure post-quantum algorithms, that may be secure against quantum computers

Eh, I doubt that is how it works. We do not have quantum computers yet, so how we prove security in quantum settings is by specifying the adversary to have specified quantum capabilities, in addition to classical capabilities. Hence, broken under traditional attack means broken under quantum attack.

You can say that new post-quantum schemes are less verified compared to established classical schemes, but that does not mean classical is necessarily more secure.

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Danitos

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I think we both agree on the same thing, I comunicated it badly. The better approach is to apply a post-quantun algorithm on top of a classical one, so you are safe against both types of computers. The advantage of this approach is that you need to crack both algorithms at the same time.

NIST seems to prefers a hybrid approach, where a single algorithm is supposedly safe against both classical and quantum computers, leaving you with a single point of failure.

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PowerCrazy

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You can always encrypt the payload twice if you want. But really what are you arguing? That every time you encrypt something, you should encrypt it serially with all known encryption algorithms "just in case?" Hell why not do it again just to make sure?

A key component of encryption is efficiency. Most cryptographic processes are going to be occurring billions of times across billions of transactions and involving billions of systems. It's worthwhile for robust encryption algorithms to be efficient and avoid unnecessary calculations unless those calculations demonstrate some advantage. For example PBKDF2, where the multiple rounds of identical encryption convey a demonstrable increase in time to decrypt via brute-force mechanisms. If the standard is 4096 which it was in 2005, you coming along and saying, but why isn't it 4097? The CIA is using >4096, therefore that means that 4096 is insecure! Isn't really understanding why 4096 was chosen to begin with. Additionally no one is stopping you from using one million iterations with key1 and then doing another million rounds with key2.

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Danitos

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That's not what I'm trying to say. I'm not saying apply 1000 classical algos on top of 1000 quantum algos. I'm saying that post-quantum needs to be an extra layer, not a replacement.

This is explained further in the first few sentences of the third link I posted: blog.cr.yp.to/20251004-weakene… Note the author is an expert in the topic: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J…

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PowerCrazy

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Well I haven't see the arguement for why Quantum resistent encryption would somehow be weaker to traditional cryptographic techniques. I understand that early "quantum encryption" alogrithms were flawed, and it'll probably be a long time before we get the DES of Quantum Encryption. But all that means is that we don't have vetted "strong" quantum encryption techniques yet, and should stick with traditional encryption since quantum encryption isn't worth it yet. If Quantum encryption becomes worthwhile, we shouldn't have "traditional encryption", because it will be obsolete.

If the first cylinder lock was easily bypassed compared to my old reliable wafer lock, then why should I use the cylinder lock at all? Now that cylinder locks are better then wafer locks why should I use a tumbler lock at all? There is no added security by using a wafer lock.

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Danitos

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Quantum computers represent a complete paradigmatic. Modern quantum computers beat classical ones on some problems, while still not being able to factor some 2 digit numbers.

A single algorithm would be probable arrive some day, but why risk it right now? The Signal protocol adopted Post-Quantum some years ago. They going for a hybrid, not well tested over several years against classical computers, algorithm, would have been a security disaster.

Quantum Resistance and the Signal Protocol

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kalpol

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I was wondering what djb was up to lately. Glad to see he is still poking bears.

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Cryptologist DJB Alleges NSA is Pushing an End to Backup Algorithms for Post-Quantum Cryptography

"The problem in a nutshell. Surveillance agency NSA and its [UK counterpart] GCHQ are trying to have standards-development organizations endorse weakening [pre-quantum] ECC+PQ down to just PQ."
Part of this is that NSA and GCHQ have been endlessly repeating arguments that this weakening is a good thing... I'm instead looking at how easy it is for NSA to simply spend money to corrupt the standardization process.... The massive U.S. military budget now publicly requires cryptographic "components" to have NSA approval... In June 2024, NSA's William Layton wrote that "we do not anticipate supporting hybrid in national security systems"...
[Later a Cisco employee wrote of selling non-hybrid cryptography to a significant customer, "that's what they're willing to buy. Hence, Cisco will implement it".]
What do you do with your control over the U.S. military budget? That's another opportunity to "shape the worldwide commercial cryptography marketplace". You can tell people that you won't authorize purchasing double encryption. You can even follow through on having the military publicly purchase single encryption. Meanwhile you quietly spend a negligible amount of money on an independent encryption layer to protect the data that you care about, so you're actually using double encryption.

Cryptologist DJB Alleges NSA is Pushing an End to Backup Algorithms for Post-Quantum Cryptography - Slashdot

Cryptologist/CS professor Daniel J. Bernstein is alleging that America's National Security Agency is attempting to influence NIST post-quantum cryptography standards.

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Excuse me for being denser than a neutron star here… but that mean we won’t be able to “home brew” some sort of our own equipment and our own double encryption system (crowd sourcing like where Linux is right now from where it started) is that feasible? Or am I way off the mark here?

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Mubelotix

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Of course we do and that's what Signal did. But if your platform doesn't care (like most), then the NSA can see everything

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vacuumflower

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We fight wars to live in peace, we grow sheep to eat lamb chops, and we keep trust to gain reputation to then spend it. That quote about stones.

Still very good to see someone as famous as Bernstein say this.

But yes, it's weird, TLS allows whatever the software on two sides of the negotiation allow and support. GOST, something Chinese, something you've made yourself. Anything.

Except if there's somehow a vulnerability in TLS hidden in the open, but, eh, that's a bit too conspiracy-minded for a post not discussing TLS itself.

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Any UK-Layout keycaps identical to 8BitDo's C64 Keycaps?

When I first brought it year ago as it the first Mechanical keyboard I own, I only just notice it's a US Layout when I tried to use it which I assume because I got it on Amazon UK, it would be in UK Layout. ~~Note to myself, do few minutes of research before buying it online again.~~

I saw on 8BitDo's subreddit of someone contracting customer service if they sell UK-layout keycaps which they said no. I did tried look one identical to it but it both different colour and also in US-Layout.

Before tells me "Just use US Layout", I tried it and still feels unnatural to me. I really don't want my keyboard picking up some dust but if there's isn't any keycap that both looks identical and in UK, I'm considering maybe getting Keychron Keyboard at some point.

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Create your own at YuzuKeycaps, as I did for mine.

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A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

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yesman

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But with OpenAI, [Sam Altman] told me, "there's something real happening here".

This sentience strikes me because it's a tacit admission that AI as it stands is way less valuable than people like Altman promised it would be. But trust me bro.

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It also jumped out at me too cause it was literally the opposite of the most true thing about AI.

Sure, you can argue that it helps and that improves productivity in some niche use cases, but by definition, there isn’t anything real there. It’s an empty husk that has been contorted to echo user prompts based on past Q&A.

It’s literally like calling a foot print something real cause you can reconstruct some of the foot.

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vermaterc

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I believe the same thing was said about the Internet in the ’90s: “It speeds up communication, but how would anyone earn money from it?”

Although I don’t think we’re anywhere close to AGI or anything like that, current AI development fundamentally changes a few things in our lives: how we find and process information (information retrieval works very well), how we interact with computers (using natural language instead of clicking through interfaces), and how productive we are.

Video generation models are going to bring entertainment to a whole new level. A single person can now create an entire movie without even buying a camera. Entire game development studios can build worlds larger than ever before. Text generation makes disinformation and propaganda insanely cheap and effective. Surveillance will be much easier now, as owning a communication platform not only allows you to search for messages by phrase but also by meaning. Ads will be far more personalized, as AI chat platforms now know us much better than Google — the current leader in this field.

So:

there isn’t anything real there?

I really don’t think so.

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shalafi

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Installing internet and talking to my customer who was a day trader. Told him Google was about to launch their IPO and that I'd go all in if I had any money.

"Their search is the best, but I just don't see how they'll ever make any money."

These AI investors are banking on not being that guy.

And here I am in 2025, saying, "Just don't see how they'll make any money."

The costs are staggering. When the dust settles, who the hell is going to pay those staggering costs to the bubble survivors? At the consumer level, can't see it. OTOH, people pay for stupid shit like weather apps. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I foresee AI looking toxic to business pretty quickly. It will be a subscription that's limited to employees and departments that can demonstrate a need. I don't fault CEOs for their FOMO, but they'll quickly wise up.

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Tim_Bisley

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Reddits search function was so bad it spawned an entire industry.

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Optional

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So far as I can tell they’ve stolen everyone’s content and use it to pretend AI “knows” everything, or anything.

If that’s never addressed, and they will make it almost impossible to do that, AI will survive in several forms.

One outcome will be a sea-level-rise in superfluous text that’s all coming from the same point-of-view and is pretty bland.

You know how people don’t like to read now? Imagine every report, every article, every pullquote being three times longer than it needs to be and basically saying the same thing over and over.

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pinball_wizard

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One outcome will be a sea-level-rise in superfluous text that’s all coming from the same point-of-view and is pretty bland.

Searching the Internet for a banana bread recipe allows us to experience this full distopia, today.

The web used to be full of recipes. Now most of the web is copies of the same mediocre recipe wrapped in meaningless filler text and ads.

It feels like the village at the end of "A wrinkle in time".

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vacuumflower

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It's a bubble all right. Except it bursting will be the result as expected. What we should do is try to first deflate it carefully, and then try to prevent it from just going boom.

Bubbles are not some unexpected crisis, they are basically a system created by people with a lot of power to suck the power others possess to themselves, to have even more power.

One can even call the British empire becoming less official and other colonial ventures drying up as a sequence of bubbles. Notably the European monarchs were not at a loss from it all.

The dotcom bubble sucked this way a lot of money in unclear directions (hedge funds are a thing, to launder such events), then somehow Facebook and Google and Amazon happen, all not very sophisticated things, but with a lot of convenient financing and publicity.

By the way, it's interesting that early concepts of NLS and Xanadu as things similar to the Web all didn't have the ditches requiring a bridge with tolls, speaking metaphorically, that the Web requires, and these big companies occurred as bridges over these ditches exactly. Like - when you have two-sided links, you don't need them. Not only many small places link to one popular place, but also the one popular place links to many small places. This, of course, also requires the system to be message-oriented, not connection-oriented. Otherwise why wouldn't the big place censor out reverse links. Like Usenet.

This would, of course, require globally identifiable objects and versioning, with a tree of versions, so that there could be plenty of versions of the same webpage. (I've always felt Torvalds is sincere when he says Git is his main contribution to humanity as a programmer.)

And links would have to be version-dependent. And links would have to be not part of objects, but associated objects themselves. This way you can have object directories, or fan-in objects (objects A, B and C combine into the object D, or maybe D follows from A, B, and C as a logical statement), or fan-out objects (there's object A, for which there are comments or subscripts B, C and D at some corresponding marks in the A structured text). Or, well, normal links referring to two objects (the exact location, again, of what part of a document is a link is contained in the link object).

This is a bit similar to voting systems, where ranked choice and ability to give a negative vote can change a lot. And this also encourages wide participation.

I just have that feeling that we as a humanity are led on a path of prepared bubbles enriching very specific people creating them and firmly knowing when and how they burst. When these people collect enough power, they might start changing the world in a direction we won't like at all.

OK, dreaming again.

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Tollana1234567

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dont you mean a tangled web of lies, that were sold to hype up other ceos, and csuites, and to continue the grift of vc money.

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Meta Tells Its Metaverse Workers to Use AI to ‘Go 5X Faster’

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https://www.wired.com/story/meta-mark-zuckerberg-ai-push-metaverse/

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In bizarre move, Framework embraces deeply extremist views

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I'm curious about the cute mason jar. I've got plenty in various sizes, including roughly the volume of the pictured jar, but they're all taller than wide. Not sure what I'd even put in it, though (besides tater tots).

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Le celebrazioni di Genova per Cristoforo Colombo

[img=https://cloud.mastodon.uno/s/ft72q9poj8aXsQk/preview]alt text[/img] Domenica 12 ottobre, Genova celebra Cristoforo Colombo con una serie di iniziative che culminano nella cerimonia colombiana a Palazzo Ducale, che si conclude con il conferimento del

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Domenica 12 ottobre, Genova celebra Cristoforo Colombo con una serie di iniziative che culminano nella cerimonia colombiana a Palazzo Ducale, che si conclude con il conferimento dell’onorificenza del Grifo Città di Genova alla partigiana Mirella Alloisio. Come da tradizione ad anticipare l’evento più solenne, alle ore 15, le partenze dei cortei storici, che animano il centro cittadino.
La prima iniziativa ha come protagonista il Corteo Storico del Comune di Genova, con una sfilata da Palazzo Ducale che attraversa piazza Matteotti, piano di Sant’Andrea, Porta Soprana e vico Dritto Ponticello per raggiungere la Casa di Colombo dove si tiene una cerimonia commemorativa con deposizione di corone e interventi istituzionali.

Il secondo appuntamento, intitolato “I Chiostri del Tempo di Colombo”, è organizzato dal Comitato Nazionale per Colombo di Bruno Aloi ed è patrocinato dal Comune di Genova. L’evento prevede la partenza contemporanea di due cortei che confluiscono in piazza De Ferrari: il “Corteo del Nuovo Mondo” (percorso via Garibaldi, piazza Fontane Marose, via XXV Aprile); il “Corteo del Vecchio Mondo” (Casa di Colombo, via Dante, via Fieschi e via XX Settembre). Insieme, poi, lungo via San Lorenzo sino a Calata Falcone Borsellino, al Porto Antico, dove viene rievocato lo sbarco di Cristoforo Colombo a San Salvador il 12 ottobre 1492. L’iniziativa coinvolge complessivamente circa 350 figuranti.
Dalle ore 17, nel Salone del Maggior Consiglio di Palazzo Ducale, si svolgerà la Cerimonia Colombiana, istituita negli anni Cinquanta. La celebrazione sarà aperta dal saluto ai liguri nel mondo da parte della sindaca di Genova Silvia Salis alla presenza di Mario Menini, presidente dell’Associazione Liguri nel Mondo.
Seguiranno gli interventi del presidente di Regione Liguria Marco Bucci, dell’assessore comunale alla Cultura Giacomo Montanari e del direttore del Galata Museo del Mare Piero Campodonico. In rappresentanza del Consiglio dei Ministri interverrà il ministro per la Pubblica Amministrazione Paolo Zangrillo.
La relazione annuale, affidata a Roberto Santamaria, ricercatore dell’Università per Stranieri di Siena, avrà come tema: “Non solo Colombo: i genovesi dominatori del commercio del marmo nel Mar Mediterraneo”.
Nel corso della commemorazione verranno conferiti i Premi Colombiani. La Medaglia Colombiana al professor Antonio Musarra, riconoscimento destinato a chi, indipendentemente dalla nazionalità, si sia distinto per ardimento, impegno negli studi e nelle esperienze, nonché per audacia nelle realizzazioni di alto valore umano o in efficaci contributi scientifici e divulgativi.
Il Premio Internazionale delle Comunicazioni “Cristoforo Colombo” sarà conferito al Corpo delle Capitanerie di Porto – Guardia Costiera, per il contributo offerto, attraverso scoperte, ricerche o iniziative di valore tecnico, scientifico, sociale e umano, al progresso delle comunicazioni e alla collaborazione tra i popoli.
Il Premio Internazionale dello Sport andrà invece a Giovanni Malagò. Il premio viene conferito ad atleta, sportivo o ente, associazione o persona che abbia meglio contribuito nell’anno a valorizzare lo sport, considerato non solo nei suoi aspetti fisici ed agonistici, ma anche in quelli spirituali ed educativi.
Nel corso della cerimonia sarà inoltre presentata l’offerta dell’olio da parte del Comune di Riomaggiore, destinato alla lampada votiva che arde presso le ceneri di Cristoforo Colombo, custodite nel Faro di Santo Domingo.
La commemorazione si concluderà con il conferimento dell’onorificenza del Grifo Città di Genova a Mirella Alloisio, da parte della sindaca Silvia Salis, in riconoscimento del suo costante impegno nel rafforzare i valori e l’identità della comunità genovese.

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cinturanza rinnovistica di grado 3 per la banda ximi numero 9 (i nuovi cinturini arrivati)

Alla fine, a ritirare i fantasmagorici cinturini per la mia povera Mi Band 9 castigata ci è andato mio padre ieri sera, che doveva fare la spesa con mia madre, e allora è passato al bloccatore Amazon… e ora si gode? Non saprei, a dire il vero, ma l’emergenza è sicuramente passata, e ora posso […]

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cinturanza rinnovistica di grado 3 per la banda ximi numero 9 (i nuovi cinturini arrivati)

Alla fine, a ritirare i fantasmagorici cinturini per la mia povera Mi Band 9 castigata ci è andato mio padre ieri sera, che doveva fare la spesa con mia madre, e allora è passato al bloccatore Amazon… e ora si gode? Non saprei, a dire il vero, ma l’emergenza è sicuramente passata, e ora posso di nuovo indossare il mio orologino magico cinese come un orologio, anziché come una collanina strana come ho fatto per questi giorni — perché alla fine, in realtà, devo dire che quell’idea non è stata terribile, e almeno come ripiego base ha funzionato, riuscendo a contarmi quantomeno i passi e permettendomi di vedere l’ora senza ricorrere ad altri oggetti… 😯

Beh, i cinturini a questo giro sono ben 3 — …che sono in realtà pochini per essere venduti in blocco, ma questo passa il convento nel nostro sistema economico malato — perché, con un budget ridotto, ho preferito comprarne una serie di uguali, anziché uno solo con gli stessi soldi… Cioè, partendo dalla condizione di avere 0 cinturini da parte, è meglio comprarne qualcuno in più di soltanto 1, perché, se se ne compra solo uno, e poi pure quello si rompe, si è punto e a capo nella stessa vecchia rogna… cinturini simpatici più pazzi, che da soli costano abbastanza, li posso sempre comprare poi, magari su AliExpress addirittura. 👌
E allora, boh! Solita marca assolutamente sconosciuta, e un totale di 9,99 euro… quindi, 10 euro… però con uno sconto del 5% al momento dell’ordine… quindi di 50 centesimi… quindi 9,49 euro… e ok, va: amazon.it/-/en/Msksjer-Compati…. Devo dire però che i colori nelle immagini non rispecchiano per niente bene quelli effettivi (mentre nei dettagli testuali dell’inserzione sono giusti, stranamente)… il bianco è più bianco, senza quella strana tinta giallognola che percepisco (e direi che è un bene), quello che sembra marrone è in realtà un rosa “secco” (gradevole, ringraziamo il cielo, altro che marrone), e il verde nella realtà mi appare più pallido (e questo è sia un pro che un contro a seconda dei casi, penso io). Non rendono al 100% nemmeno nelle mie foto, a dire il vero, anche se ho fatto il meglio che potevo, quindi si abbia pazienza… 🔪
Appena tolti dalla confezione ultraminimale che non permette una goduriosa esperienza di unboxing, però, questi cosi mi hanno fatto decisamente scoppiare il cervello, perché ci avrò messo, tra capire come fare a regolarlo in primo luogo, e poi come regolarlo per il mio braccio, non meno di 7 minuti buoni… Perché, a differenza di quelli che comprai per la Mi Band 3 l’anno passato, che semplicemente usano il velcro, questi sono di un qualche tessuto elastico (anche qui, dicono nylon, ma io che ne so) per permettere di essere tolti e rimessi, e per la regolazione usano un ferretto… che è però persino meno intuitivo di quelli che si usano negli zaini, quindi ecco; ma questo non è un problema del prodotto, è semplicemente un problema di skill (e quando mai…). Chissà se, col bonus di niente velcro, ma col malus dell’elasticità, possano durare di più o di meno… 🤥
L’importante è che, avendone provato uno da ieri sera fino a stamattina, e ovviamente ancora ce l’ho addosso in questo momento, sembrano boni. Di tutti, ho per ora messo quello rosa (e c’erano dubbi?), per cui casualmente una delle watchface che avevo già installate si abbina in misura sublime (anche se, ahinoi, in foto si nota poco), quindi l’esperienza mibandica è stata in un istante potenziata. È abbastanza comodo, lo percepisco più sottile e meno ingombrante di quello ufficiale di gomma che si è spaccato (e beh, in effetti lo è), e mi da decisamente molto meno fastidio di quello, quando sto alla scrivania… in tutti gli altri casi è semplicemente buono, non noto differenze, va benissimo!!! E chiaramente, grazie alla regolazione a ferretto anziché a buchi, e all’elasticità della stoffa, sta regolato perfettamente al polso, senza essere né troppo lasco né troppo stretto… Vabbé, dai, a questo punto è giusto dirlo: godo. 🥰

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