DeathMetal3000

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by DeathMetal3000 5y ago
I understand it is e2ee but not the iCloud backup which means for most people it might as well not be encrypted.
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by DeathMetal3000 5y ago
iMessage could be great except it falls back to SMS when the other phone is Android or there is no data network available. Also you lose the privacy once your messages are backed up to iCloud.
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by DeathMetal3000 5y ago
The former so called president of the US.
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by DeathMetal3000 5y ago
I tried Chrome long ago. It was a fine browser. But the it tried to log me in way too hard and gave me the creepy feeling of being followed in a dark alley. I’m sure I could have turned off that functionality but the fact it even existed wa
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by DeathMetal3000 5y ago
That lengthy blog post is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with C++. Using modules should be a trivial part of the language. Instead, we have to take a detour via historical Objective-C (a language already superseded) and there
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by DeathMetal3000 5y ago
Having a Polish developer create a game around a South American drink really shows the power of cross-cultural spread of the internet. Love it!
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by DeathMetal3000 5y ago
Sync.com already exists and is e2ee. Why people keep using non e2ee services and get outraged when their data is misused I can’t understand.
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by DeathMetal3000 5y ago
Isn’t it .3 times (30%) faster? I think they meant to say 1.3x _as fast_ which is very different.
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by DeathMetal3000 5y ago
To me anyone dispensing security advice while using Chrome loses all credibility. Sure, it’s not an insecure browser per se. But it facilitates Google slurping my data and that falls within my threat model.
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by DeathMetal3000 6y ago
I’m sure there are many interpretations of the motivations behind this. Regardless, the resulting reduction in carbon emissions can only be a good thing.
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by DeathMetal3000 6y ago
The exodus is well underway. This sleazy delay won’t stop it.
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by DeathMetal3000 6y ago
Your math is based on net new users. But a lot of people are moving to Signal and dumping WhatsApp. So they impact is bigger.
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by DeathMetal3000 6y ago
It’s called the HK (hunter/killer).