ffpip

23 ms·

211.
by ffpip 6y ago
pCloud has terrible security. They don't even use https in all places. They also don't state what encryption they use. They rolled their own ig.
212.
by ffpip 6y ago
More convenient. No passwords, and better security. Everything is centralized (disadvantage too) Also, "why people would use anonymous email for services like this? I always use oauth"
213.
by ffpip 6y ago
OPPO's colourOS as this. > The Personal Information Protection feature is a very clever way to bypass this situation. You can turn on protection for call logs, contacts, messages, and events. Once protection is enabled, ColorOS 11 w
214.
by ffpip 6y ago
> something designed to make readers want to click on a hyperlink The title was designed to make me click on it. Even the author admitted the title is misleading just to create attention. I flagged it. You can vouch for it if you feel di
215.
by ffpip 6y ago
Google doesn't do it as long as you are just adding a shortcut to drive. However, when the original person deletes the folder/file, you lose access to it since it was only a linked to you and not added to your drive.
216.
by ffpip 6y ago
If you forget your password, you lose your files. There is a 'forgot password' option which you can disable when signing up. https://www.sync.com/your-privacy/ Figure out what you want from the page.
217.
by ffpip 6y ago
This was flagged for clickbait a day ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25717156 It's the exact same article by the same author.
218.
by ffpip 6y ago
Whatsapp ran full front page ads on major newspapers in India today. Damage control. https://twitter.com/ndtvfeed/status/1349231715085127682/
219.
by ffpip 6y ago
Google is tweaking its search and news algorithm to bury links from commercial Australian media outlets for some users. Anecdotal evidence, seen by The Australian Financial Review, suggests the search giant is experimenting with its algorit
220.
by ffpip 6y ago
I use Glasswire. It's a good Windows firewall manager and network logger with a beatiful GUI. Some features are paid. https://www.glasswire.com/
221.
by ffpip 6y ago
It's just legalese. He wants to avoid potential issues.
222.
by ffpip 6y ago
Reader mode requires a certain layout of text and paragraphs. You can add `about:reader?url=` before the URL to force enable it.
223.
by ffpip 6y ago
The number of my contacts on signal has increased from 3 to 35 in 2 days.
224.
by ffpip 6y ago
They have been banned for not giving the messages to Russia. How can be be so confident that Russia gets copies of the messages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia Please don't post such acc
225.
by ffpip 6y ago
Have you gone and disabled the backup options for every contact you chat with, in every personal and group chat? They back it up. Your chats are included in the backups that happens to their Google accounts. WhatsApp pushes the drive backup
226.
by ffpip 6y ago
Telegram has not given any private data to any government. They have been banned (that didn't stop them tho) for this. Whatsapp backsups are strongly encouraged by the app on a frequent basis. You cannot control the backup settings f
227.
by ffpip 6y ago
Because circumventing blocks is easy with Telegram. They weren't able to block the app. I've used the app. Proxies are a click away. Even an average user can run them with a single click.
228.
by ffpip 6y ago
It should be illegal for the salesperson to put the KitchenAid product behind a mixer from another manufacturer, just because the other manufacturer paid them to. You need to actively scroll past the ads. They aren't after the organic
229.
by ffpip 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia
230.
by ffpip 6y ago
It used to be encrypted. However, Google and Whatsapp have a deal that states Whatsapp backups dont count towards drive storage quotas. It became plaintext (or at least unencrypted after that) https://www.tomshardware.com/ne
231.
by ffpip 6y ago
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/whatsapp-google-drive-back... WhatsApp recently announced that users will soon be able to backup all of their data to Google Drive without that storage eating into their allocated Driv
232.
by ffpip 6y ago
Even I hated those things in my messenger app. Until this happened https://instantview.telegram.org/ Instant View is so fast (and private) i'm never reading articles any other way.
233.
by ffpip 6y ago
> That's up to the user, I've never backed up my WA data to any cloud service. You don't but almost every person you chat with backs it up.
234.
by ffpip 6y ago
Telegram is not a third party. It's the only party you trust. When you use whatsapp, you trust Whatsapp, Facebook and Google. The default setting in whatsapp is to show a full screen prompt asking you to backup to google drive. 98% of
235.
by ffpip 6y ago
How? The user is sharing the link he already has. IP is already exposed via the browser which he just viewed the link on. The preview is generated and sent along with the message. Nothing is loaded from the other chats' side.
236.
by ffpip 6y ago
I think it uses Google by default because Google Maps is the best in almost all regions. It gives you an option to change Maybe Yandex in Russia only?
237.
by ffpip 6y ago
The link preview is generated locally, but Whatsapp blacklists domains it doesn't want previews to be generated for by marking them as 'bad domains' in the app. It did this for telegram a few years ago, and an analysis of the
238.
by ffpip 6y ago
The reasons given by them are reasonable. Whatsapp ain't e2ee since all chats are backed to google drive and iCloud. I'd rather Telegram be able to read my chats with a way I can control, that use whatsapp and feed all my messages
239.
by ffpip 6y ago
Yeah I know it's just publicity. Just like 'Apple will pay 1 million dollars for iphone hack' articles. But Moxie (or any other cryptographer) could use the money for Signal's development. It's a large amount.
240.
by ffpip 6y ago
Broken crypto ("bunch of randoms have rolled their own crypto", to be precise [0]) is pretty much the only argument HN has against Telegram. They use the same 7 year old russian article [1] to show the said broken crpyto, despite

More ›