people refuse to boycott anything, for any amount of time. thats what leads to getting to be so expensive.
in reality, it would be ideal if everyone was willling to boycott anything (maybe everything ) for any amount of time ( possibly up to a max of infinity )
better to keep track of a ton of torrents and seed the ones that go completely dead
And cache
You really trust a company(google) who warns users about malware from apks(non-google)… and then hosts plenty of unchecked malware in their own store. Im sick of this shit. I have my own friends distrusting me because of what google is telling them.
Google is corrupt
i think google just says that to scare ppl away from foss
I cant find any information that discusses the security risk. But it would seem that this transfering all content to the owner of the phone number is a standard feature.
So, maybe its not discussed because it doesn’t frequently happen.
It doesnt seem like a trustworthy way to ensure users’ content remains secure.
Update:
https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/8r7tbc/someone_impersonating_me_using_my_old_number_what/
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-Change-Number
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062452-What-do-I-do-if-my-phone-is-lost-or-stolen
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Messages
If someone trys to register with an existing number then it wont work if its already being used.
Im not sure on this^
Better to enable a security pin if you are concerned.
The traditional phone system involvement is annoying.
Windows problems
”It’s important to maintain control of this phone number."
I strongly feel that this is false.
This is what flatpak brings to the table
There are way more companies who want to text-mine user content than there are blind people using the internet to read my content.
I think ping is this: https://m.slashdot.org/story/64339
Google sucks
Diaspora has private groups. But many downsides.
For example… discovering people, first involves sharing with them.
It would be dfficult to keep all kinds of random things in an affordable database.
I’m more concerned about the meaning of life. Which, conveniently is 42.
webserver software can compress.
https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/compression/ .
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Project_Fission