For what it's worth, it is now possible to delete your threads account without also deleting your instagram account.
Not to discredit your arguement but isn't Signal also centralised?
There's also GoToSocial which is made to be lightweight from the get go.
I already use proton on PC, I needed one for mobile as well hence Calyx caught my eye.
(ProtonVPN's free plan is limited to one device at a time, that's why)
I came across CalyxVPN while browsing through F-droid, it seems to be offered by the same people who make CalyxOS. I couldn't find much discourse about it online, is it reputable enough to use?
My use case would be to hide whatever I do online from my ISP (I'm not torrenting, just browsing).
And yes, I know free VPNs are untrustworthy in most cases but this seems to come from a somewhat privacy respecting background so I was curious.
Yeah, I made this post after reading that article. There is clearly a problem with how domains and their renewals are managed. I'm not sure what a solution would look like, though.
A lot of folks suggest getting your own domain name for having control over your online presence but the question that I have always had is what would happen to them when I die?
Wouldn't the domains eventually expire and anyone else would be able to register it and access my email attached to that domain? With that email, they can theoretically get into all my accounts which don't have 2FA on (a lot of the sites just don't have the option to turn on 2FA) via the 'Forgot my password' services?
Similarly, if I have a blog or website that I have poured my heart and soul into for my entire life, wouldn't that just go down forever when the domain expires? Maybe services like The Internet Archive would help in that regard but I don't know how many people are actively searching for an archived version of a website when they can't access it on it's actual domain.
I understand that after I die, all of this wouldn't by my concern and wouldn't matter but I still think about this a lot.
To the people who have their own domain, email and/or blogs, what are your thoughts on this?
I use Ecosia, it plants trees with the profits from its ad revenue! Results are sourced from Bing and Google.
This worked, thanks!
Solution: Go to Settings > Home > Enable Shortcuts > Go to a new tab > Google will be pinned by default, hover over the Google icon > Click on the 3 dots menu > Unpin
Yes, my default search engine is Ecosia.
I haven't changed it manually though, I installed their extension and it changed the default; if this matters in any way.
I found this support forum post but the solution provided doesn't work.
Edit (thanks to @moreeni@lemm.ee for the Stack Exchange link):
Solution - Go to Settings -> Home -> Enable Shortcuts -> Go to a new tab -> Google will be pinned by default, hover over the Google icon -> Click on the 3 dots menu -> Unpin
Over the past days, two popular chat services have accused each other of having undisclosed government ties. According to Signal president Meredith Whittaker, Telegram is not only “notoriously insecure” but also “routinely cooperates with governments behind the scenes.” Telegram founder Pavel Durov,...
You don't need internet to access the passwords stored in Bitwarden if you have their local clients installed. It stores an encrypted copy of your database locally to your device which syncs (updates) over the internet.
I'm sorry if I sound naive but what's wrong with using a mobile?
I thought people use traditional music players like iPod and Tangara only because of their retro feel, is there something else to it?
Just FYI, in India the president (head of the state) is more or less a ceremonial figure. It's the prime minister (head of the government) that you're probably talking about.
There's also https://justbeamit.com which iirc also functions in a similar way.
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They aren't E2EE by default. You have to enable it manually.
Proton and the end-to-end encrypted note-taking app Standard Notes are joining forces. We’ve long been admirers and are excited to welcome Mo and his team.
In my country, the state provides you with legal representation if you're unable to afford it on your own. Is that not the case in other countries (USA and Europe specifically)?
They also run bookwyrm.world! A fediverse alternative of Goodreads.
The clip is from a documentary called "A President, Europe and War" and it is not fake AFAIK.
This is "A President, Europe and War - Extract" by Scorpion TV on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
This is "A President, Europe and War - Extract" by Scorpion TV on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Their generous offering of 10gigabytes of free storage along with a private, ad-free, end-to-end encrypted experience always sounded too good to be true. There was no way they could sustain that business model long term. At least they're giving users enough time to jump ship and have not sold their data to Notion (judging by their twitter replies).
Skiff Mail privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted product home, with Mail, Calendar, Pages, and Drive overview.
All skiff users have received a mail in this regard and Skiff has also tweeted about the same.
Currently, I'm just using the default 'Drive PDF Viewer' on my Android devices, would love to switch to something FOSS and non-google. Any good recommendations?
If it's available on F-Droid, that would be preferable.
Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?
From 2015 to 2022, I spent hundreds of hours on Duolingo, translating articles, answering language questions on the forums, and helping to improve the smaller courses by reporting mistakes. There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo: the course creators who wrote their course...
We can follow lemmy accounts from Mastodon but I was wondering if we can do it the other way round?
I tried searching the username of some Masodon accounts into the search bar on Lemmy and nothing came up but when I search up the username of any Lemmy account, they do show up.
So, I'm guessing it's not yet possible?
Just curious to know the different possible use cases.
You might see a lot more simulcasting.
ISRO's Vikram lander successfully soft-landed on Moon’s south pole — an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold important reserves.
ISRO's official announcement on twitter (archive.org link)