Cider9986

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by Cider9986 12d ago
Should I try BJJ?
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by Cider9986 12d ago
That's cool. How are you gonna get it in the hands of people that would need it?
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by Cider9986 12d ago
And WhatsApp is E2EE with the same protocol so I don't see the big deal.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Claims without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Signal is not robust for metadata protection. Neither do they advertise anonymity. They take steps to protect metadata but it's nothing compared to SimpleX. If it's "
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Monero is the opposite. Everyone can mine on their CPU and just like most cryptocurrencies, it makes you your own bank.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
That's not based in reality. Why would Google have a hardware backdoor when 99.9% of their users run their software giving them the data they want. Google Pixels have no evidence of a hardware backdoor when a desktop is proven to be mu
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Here's an article saying that: https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-allows-android-phones-to...
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Xcancel is nitter.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Why? Just raise the prices if they get more spam on non-google payments. I've literally registered a Signal account on one of the free SMS sites floating around. Why would spammers choose the payment route over phone numbers? They woul
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by Cider9986 12d ago
GrapheneOS is more well-roundedly private than any desktop OS. Competition is Qubes but that has usability issues and does not have good hardware security.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Hopefully they eventually make a way to pay without it.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Likely soon.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
I'm curious about the cost because you can buy a phone number for Signal for ~10 cents (spammers likely get them cheaper). I would still buy it because you don't have to worry about losing your number or something.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Ah, I thought you meant using google play to do the payments to prevent spam unrelated to the cost. I know they are costing something.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
It says something about Play Billing being used specifically to mitigate spam? I understand using play payments initially but hopefully eventually there's a way to buy an account without going through google.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Nobody uses that and I think it was pre-mined. They should have implemented Monero but the UX isn't there. Maybe a Monero light wallet server run by Signal. They probably avoided Monero to not attract the additional scrutiny. They don&
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by Cider9986 12d ago
You can't see comments without signing in and there's dickovers so it's nice to have a privacy respecting alternative.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
I'm talking about using play services or Apple's version. Signal falls back to a WebSocket if you don't have play services installed.
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by Cider9986 12d ago
Molly is a security-hardened Signal client only on Android for people unfamiliar. They went through a period of not updating (there were no security updates during that time afaict), but now releases should happen faster on top of Signal. I
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Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs(community.signalusers.org)
391 points by Cider9986 13d ago|207 comments
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by Cider9986 13d ago
They added that BS and then didn't do anything with it. Molly is going to add a Monero integration while also having various other advantages. They don't accept crypto donations directly or accept them for their backups so I assum
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by Cider9986 13d ago
Faster captcha: https://nitter.privacyredirect.com/TechEmails/status/2099214...
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by Cider9986 13d ago
OpenAI Airbnb Stripe Coinbase DoorDash Scale AI Dropbox Reddit Instacart GitLab Kalshi Replit Twitch These are the companies advertised on ycombinator.com. The only one I like is GitLab which I'm neutral about. All other are companies
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by Cider9986 13d ago
Are there any banks that are good at security? Obviously none have any privacy.
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by Cider9986 13d ago
We never see, "Flock (YC S17) Is Hiring an Engineer of Mass Surveillance" on the jobs.
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by Cider9986 13d ago
Apparently Rivians can be prevented from doing this: Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967786
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by Cider9986 13d ago
I've never seen anything crypto related once I set up the browser. What happened wasn't a MITM but they fixed it, right? It's the only recommended Chromium browser by Privacy Guides. https://www.privacyguides.org&#
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by Cider9986 13d ago
Guns don't cause violence. Just look at New Hampshire–lots of guns, low crime or violence. Freedom is more important when we already have safety. People are trying to scare us into thinking we are unsafe so they can take away our freed
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by Cider9986 13d ago
I agree we should also add live facial recognition to train stations. No expectation of privacy in public does not mean we should eliminate privacy from public areas or allow our government to engage in mass surveillance.
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by Cider9986 13d ago
> Lol how is that any better at all? They are [1] implementing unlinkable payments so all that is known by credit card is that you purchased Signal and Signal doesn't know which credit card goes with which account. >Signal is an

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