Despite it being easier to self-host XMPP and less expensive on resources, Matrix is more popular. Why?
The real reason Matrix is popular is because corporate and FOSS developers like the encrypted group chats for their internal use. (XMPP is NOT encrypted group chats). So then devs host a Matrix room to answer end-user questions, and having all these rooms encourages overall adoption.
The part that's not usually mentioned, is that only the devs usually use self-hosted Matrix servers, and the vast majority of the public uses Matrix.org which is on Cloudflare with Gmail verification.
In theory Matrix is decentralized, but in the real world, everyone gets Cloudflare metadata surveillance, and uses the same Element client.
Here's my core message:
Try to be Self-Sovereign with what you're doing.
If you're hosting a website, 1 core VPS for email, whatever. Then host your own XMPP/Matrix. XMPP uses so little resources, it's near free.
If a VPS is really not for you, even if you pay someone like me $100 to set it up:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-cloud-combo/index.html
Then public SimpleX/Session servers are right for you. That's fine. This isn't about me trying to force you to use my favorite protocol. It's about you not using Cloudflare (and Protonmail seeing your metadata) and thinking you're "doing privacy".
The main difference between SimpleX/Session and XMPP/Matrix is that:
SimpleX/Session hide metadata even through you're using other people's servers.
While as XMPP/Matrix don't hide the metadata at all, but expect & empower the end user to run their own server.
So something like self-hosted XMPP, with a Tor Onion, is a higher level of privacy than trusting random SimpleX/Session servers, but also a higher barrier to entry, as most are not willing to read docs and pay for a VPS.
Side note: You can configure an XMPP client like Gajim to force Tor, even if it's not system-wide.
SimpleX does have a self-host, but if you just use your own server, then it labels/identities these accounts as you. So you'd have to have a popular server, and even then the other person in your conversations picks the other server.
Ok, let's pause here and resume tomorrow.
If you host your own SimpleX and your friends use it on a Tor Onion, This is essentially "turning it into XMPP". So yeah that's fine if you're using simplex anyway with other accounts
Pornhub plans to block access to its website in Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska in response to age verification laws designed to prevent children from accessing adult websites. The website has now cut off access in more than half a dozen states in protest of similar age verification laws.
While users in these states can just use a VPN, the real scary part is the precedent these age verification laws present to end online anonymity. As the number of things requiring KYC ID spreads, it has chilling effects on free speech. And ironically, it is US politicians who are abusing minors with the pornographic pizzagate.
The only hope is that enough people get so pissed off they can’t masturbate without setting the VPN to such a far off location that it slows the videos, that eventually Americans can wake up to free speech. It’s sad, but I think “slow porn” stands a better chance of converting people than Nostr.
Poll: Can I seize this socialist's Nostr key?
@Lucky Kite wishes to force me to obey Karl Marx and rails against the evils of capitalism. But yet he has private ownership of his Nostr key? I seek to draw attention to his hypocrisy.
Today, I put forth 'Amendment 453 Nsec Liberation'
Under this proposed legislation, we as a community, take control of any Nostr nsec keys under the control of corrupt Marxism. To bring peace and justice to Nostr.
All Those in Favor 453, Like this post. Repost for double.
All those against it, Like the Marxist's post I'm replying to.
Seize the Npub:
npub10wsue32ln2w2a9gsy52ylk359n8ams4zj7932j4knvxlk2p84vmq5y3hd3
nostr:nevent1qqsg8ru2dqcwxthv0hy0ssd2xraavnfuw95r2k7z0drpkahc30la0aqpzpmhxue69uhk2tnwdaejumr0dshsz8nhwden5te0dehhxarj94c82c3wwajkcmr0wfjx2u3wdejhgtcpremhxue69uhkummnw3ezuenvv9kkjmn8dukk6ctfdshxxmmd9ucnkmw4
There is no difference between personal and business property because the line is grey and blurred.
To even talk about something on Nostr is to advertise it… which is a business.
Google is known for spying on us, but yet researching THEIR executives, leads us to:
Prabhakar Raghavan was put in charge of Google search and was effectively running the entire company. But this the same guy who ran Yahoo search from 2005 to 2012, during which the company collapsed, because Yahoo search results sucked. So of all people to improve Google’s quality?!
Google search used to be the icon for American innovation worldwide, but now has turned into mostly AI spam and clickbait garbage. Raghavan’s decisions included:
--Make Ads look like organic search and blend in (starting in 2019)
--Prioritize ranking of Google ads customers in organic search
--Prioritize SEO optimization over quality
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai criticizes republicans as “low information voters”, but yet he previously worked at McKinsey which:
--encouraged banks to load up on debt and flawed mortgage-backed securities in 2008
--Cut costs to outsource labor, getting everyday people fired
So the CEO wants us to accept his left-wing socialist dribble, when his company went out of its way to gut middle class jobs?!
Source: Edward Zitron, https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
I believe you have a fundamental misunderstanding of capitalism.
Google gets government money for military cloud, propaganda, educational computing, and more. The government extracts money involuntarily. That’s not capitalism.
No, capitalism is part of a republic of self-ownership of the fruits of an individual’s labor and time,
While it’s socialism that is whatever the majority wants, even if it’s corrupt.
By your logic, Why should you be entitled to own your private Nostr key?
I propose a bill to seize and control your Nostr key. If you fail to hand it over to a vote, then you do not believe in socialism.
Remember I wrote an article a few months ago on "why privacy", and I said the reason changed based on who you are. With few examples such as conservative, black, muslim, gay, ect.
Well one of our readers took my examples, and expanded upon them, with an epic amount of groups and over 40 references,
https://rebelnet.me/news/15d79277604c484a017e
Although I fight with him on many political issues, shout-out to @cactus
Why is Telegram horrible
--No MetaData Protection
(Who and When)
--Only Mobile is Encrypted
(Phones have insecure hardware) [1]
--Invented their own encryption algorithm
Unaudited with a history of security vulnerabilities [2]
--Most VoIP Numbers are Blocked
--Tor Often Blocked
--History of handing over to police [3]
--Centralized
--Forced Google/Apple Stores
(Telegram requires Google Push which is closed source,
So the binaries can't be compared to the code,
and therefore, Telegram's claim of "open source" is a lie)
Your friend will try to pressure you, claiming you're a fringe minority.
But if you repost this, we can be the majority.
(Sources linked in comments)
If you register over Tor, you get often labeled spam and can't send outgoing without them adding first.
If you register without Tor, then use Tor, it doesn't care. But you've already "doxxed" yourself
Sorry if it was unclear the sources were in the comments. Phones have a baseband modem which is insecure, and easily hacked. This has just one reference, but basic search will show a lot. We also might write an article on it in the future.
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Yes and no.
Signal lets you use literally any VoIP
While as Telegram is very strict on VoIP. and even banning Tor, and even checking if the IP country matches the phone area code
Watchman Privacy interviewed SimpleX, But yet
If you hit the contact on his website, only Telegram and Protonmail are listed. And Google analytics, Google fonts, Google forms, Gmail, and Cloudflare are used.
First of all, Telegram leaks metadata (who/when is talking), and that's why people use SimpleX. You'd know this if you listened to your own interview.
Second, even if we ignore that Proton's board of directors has a World Economic Forum member, which is the organization pushing for forced digital IDs. Protonmail is not really end-to-end, if they force you to have your private key in their web app, that's cloud-to-cloud. As I've went over previously, they even ban PGP signatures from external apps. Even Mikkel Thorup, the guy who SELLS Watchman Privacy event tickets, said on his podcast "Protonmail isn't as private as people think".
So surely they self-host right? No, Gabe Custodiet’s "Privacy Summit" with Expat Money used Google forms and Gmail to collect the info of those seeking to flee the US for privacy. Thorup’s ExpatMoney.com and io are both on Cloudflare with Google emails, and these coordinated all Watchman events of political asylum seekers and 2nd citizenship applications.
Do you really want Cloudflare and Google knowing you're fleeing the US for financial privacy? Now, I know Thorup would respond to this by saying "well your data goes to the countries you apply to citizenship for, so it's not private anyway". But this is misleading, because many countries may only need a fixed investment or time spent in the country. While as applicants to these exclusive Privacy Summits, often feel pressure to exaggerate their assets, to get accepted as clients.
Then on Watchman's site, he sells “Bitcoin privacy” through Gumroad, which is on Cloudflare, Google analytics, and Facebook analytics. But the worst part is Gumroad blocks new account sign-ups unless you enable Google. Watchman can’t even figure out how to not have Google fonts API on his WordPress. And then he only sells his book for Amazon CIA contractor fiat, only uses spyware Twitter/Youtube and no alternatives, and lists the following: "CONSULTING: Few humans have the experience and knowledge I do with private and freedom living."
Few humans have your knowledge? Give me a break bro, maybe in scamming people. Here at Simplified Privacy, our message is the opposite,
I am not claiming to be anything special. I'm just a regular dude without even an undergrad computer science degree. All I got is a dream to spread freedom. And if I can learn this open source technology later in life, so can you.
So if you want to see Watchman come on Nostr or SimpleX, make some noise. Smash that repost. Because the only way he's going to adopt freedom tech is when its undeniable that he's being left behind.
Why can't one legit choice be on the menu? Just as an option?
It's not about it being a state secret, it's that he's not using freedom tech... like nostr.
So if the freedom tech influencers won't use freedom tech, then how we gonna grow?
I'll tell you how, we stop letting those individuals be the freedom influencers
First of all, Protonmail is creating their private key on their end and then giving it to you. And the purpose of this encryption is to protect you from them. So that’s a conflict of interest. And what does end-to-end encryption even mean if it’s not on your device?
You can audit the code served in the browser yeah (which can change at every page refresh), but you have no real way to audit their cloud backend or database to know if they even use this key in the ways they claim. Proton’s mobile app is far better than a web browser, but if they are so secure, then what are they handing over to the 3000 government data inquiries a year that’s growing?
He’s not CIA. He’s not dumb either. He just doesn’t give a shit.
Only if it financially affects his reputation will he care. Which is possible, so I’m optimistic.
If you're looking for a fancy academic whitepaper, here is one example:
An Analysis of the ProtonMail
Cryptographic Architecture
Nadim Kobeissi
September 6, 2021
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1121.pdf
and the part me & you are talking about is:
Pg 7 of 14.
Section 4.1.1
If you're looking for me to say it to you in raw shit, here it is:
When you use Nostr you have the private key on your device, browser extension or client.
When you use Protonmail, their web app is unlocking/signing/or generating for you the private key stored via encryption on their server. So there are many ways they can screw with you. Including SOME:
a) serving you bogus code to phish the password
b) telling you the other proton guy's public PGP key is something else
c) brute forcing you, they have unlimited attempts with no time lock. And your password is weaker than a PGP Key.
d) messing with you during registration to begin with
Yes, all web apps have the problem, and so it's not end-to-end.
No, It does NOT avoid middle attacks, since they can serve you phising info. Also there's some analysis of proton of your password at account creation to make sure you're not a bot. So if you have 90 random characters, its more likely to reject you as a spam bot, and not let you make an account. But if you have basic WORDS that aren't random like "carrot" it will. This means they are seeing the password, connected to the backend spam filter. That's not private at all. And the source on this is me. We may release an official paper on it, but for now I'm just making the statement.
It's your subjective opinion if the trade off is good, but it's far less secure than self-hosting. And a self-host VPS costs the same as a Proton Pro subscription.
Kagi.com is literally hosted on Google Cloud, so no.
Tip for the future, you can do a Whois or DNS lookup and figure it out.
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Leaked Lies at Google
Google accidentally leaked their search API on Github, giving everyone insight into that they:
--Lied that they track users clicks as a factor for search rankings [1][3]
--Lied about using data from Chrome browser for search, including clicks. This contradicted their sworn testimony to the Department of Justice on anti-trust. [1][3]
--Lied about having a sandbox (to prevent "some" new sites from ranking) [1][2][3]
--Purposefully gave smaller "personal" sites their own category which ranked lower, EVEN IF they had more relevant information. To favor larger brands. [3]
They after removed the leaked data, but it was already published under an Apache open source license. [2] So now anyone can do whatever with it. The irony of Google having crappy privacy.
What should you use instead? Use a variety of engines.
Mojeek: Best privacy, but they aren't as well-funded. You gotta know what you want in advance
MetaGer: On Hetzner, so if you're coming through Tor which Hetzner dominates, its a conflict of interest
SearXNG: FOSS front-end for an aggregate. Farside.link has many instances.
Duckduckgo: They are not that private, but it pains me to say the results are not that bad.
Brave's Search: It's on Amazon AWS, but not bad indepedent results. As a heads up, if you use the Tor Onion it lets you do it without JavaScript.
And for Fs sake man, avoid Chrome browser.
(Sources in the comments from a burner account)
CIA is on Nostr.
As @Mike Dilger brought to my attention, the CIA just started using Nostr for propaganda to legitimatize their coups. If you are unfamiliar with the worldlibertycongress.org it's a Washington DC bullshit front to legitimize the overthrow of any dictator the empire wants out. (Iran, Venezuela, ect.)
What will be different about this over Twitter, is this time, they can't get our side removed.
IPFS PGP directory updated
You can verify your software against uncensored DNS.
Brave Browser:
SimplifiedPrivacy.sol (landing page)
SimplifiedPrivacy.x (pgp directory)
PrivacyFreedom.x (articles)
Here's the guide on how to view it on Brave:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ipfs-brave-browser/index.html
You should resolve the domains because the hash will change on the next update. But here's the directory hash for the IPFS browser extension:
ipfs://QmTSyyZ1Rxq2YNfHvBTusKFmZ9MRHtHepSwtA4JkVbVZ49
The fact I’m even doing this (even if unpopular) is a threat (in and of itself) to keep Github in line.
So think twice before you talk shit. These are the versions covered:
KeePassXC
2.7.8
Feather
2.6.7
GetMonero Official
0.18.3.3
Session
1.12.3
SimpleX
he's got 3 keys,
so I just put up keys
Tor Browser, Linux
13.0.15
VeraCrypt
1.26.7
Whonix
Oracle Vbox
17.1.3.1
Whonix KVM
17.0.3.0
SimplifiedPrivacy.com is moving servers. And will be down for 1-2 day(s)
In the meantime,
SimplifiedPrivacy.net is a placeholder
It's also being turned into a static site for load-speed.
Our Tor Onion is changing as well:
privacyy3tsy4mge4qmg4nsid2vnhl7szzupphhkfsxvayx5tl2ztbqd.onion
Also SimplifiedPrivacy.sol is updated on IPFS
You can access this with Brave Browser or the IPFS extension using:
ipfs://QmVPsvEXqoyiiZteT1kgfDdBRfNhxZ29Fj2pwj24F7D8LG
(I will post more on both IPFS and Tor later for education)
Finally, RebelNet.me is already transitioned.
So you got:
RebelNet.me (Nostr)
SimplifiedPrivacy.net
privacyy3tsy4mge4qmg4nsid2vnhl7szzupphhkfsxvayx5tl2ztbqd.onion (Tor)
SimplifiedPrivacy.sol (IPFS)
ipfs://QmVPsvEXqoyiiZteT1kgfDdBRfNhxZ29Fj2pwj24F7D8LG
Love you bro,
See you on the other side of the move.
Hi I'm a developer with {insert fancy bullshit}
And our new revolutionary technology is going to remake the internet with blockchain and/or AI.
So because we are going to liberate all of humanity with this simple easy to use app,
We invite you on our AWS-Cloudflare website, to join our Discord and Telegram rooms,
Where you can fill out Discord's captchas, obey IP restrictions, SMS/email verify, and submit to surveillance, in the name of Web 3 Freedom!
Tor & IPFS are opposites
Tor Onions are famous for "No JavaScript" since JavaScript can be used to fingerprint your browser and identify you. While most darkweb markets completely avoid JS, many other sites such as WordPress can achieve this same trick. Our team did it a year ago by moving the WooCommerce code to the SERVER side, so the client's browser does NOT have to do it.
IPFS is the opposite. There is no server, and IPFS nodes share copies of static files. The word "static" doesn't mean it doesn't have JavaScript, it means the code is pre-defined and known to the client in advance (so it’s more truly open source). With IPFS, clients are running all code locally.
In summary,
Tor Onions do it all server-side, hide where the server is, and who is connecting to it.
While as IPFS does it all client-side, turns your local PC into a node, which publicly broadcasts you are sharing it (like a torrent).
Both are difficult to do complex apps with, and that's why they both are not that popular. However, it is possible. And as long as it’s possible, there’s hope.
I agree IPFS is flawed and Nostr is more useful/better, but the two are not mutually exclusive.
For example Nostr doesn’t do images/video, and IPFS could do that for Nostr. The reason that’s unlikely to happen is cultural, not technical.
The new SimpleX release hides IPs with onion routing.
Next he's going to do blockchain vouchers to pay the relays. And add a 2nd identity with PGP keys.
-Onion hops to hide IPs
-Relays paid w/ blockchain
-2nd key for identity
Sounds like Session.
Now if he's going to step-by-step copy Session's features, while promoting propaganda about Session, I will still try to promote education of both, to benefit the end user's freedom. I wish those who tried to haze me over the last year for promoting these ideas would do the same.
Yes I agree it sucks he removed forward secrecy.
Yes I agree that simpleX hides metadata better when BOTH parties want to be invisible.
Yes I agree that he should make the pin and notification on devices would be good.
Yes I agree it would be better if you could pick your entrance node like Tor.
This isn’t a real debate because I have no say in what KeeJef does. Remember, I am a USER of session, and NOT a developer. So my goal is to educate people on the pros and cons. We use a Session bot we made to distribute content, I’d like to do the same for SimpleX in the future. But I’m not going to do it if it’s a toxic culture.
What I do like about Session is a complete separation of physical locations from identity or communication, the ability to own your identity like a crypto wallet, and rotate the key to a new identity via the blockchain. As we outlined in our uncensored discussion for it’s use on a VPS.
http://simplifiedprivacy.com/uncensored
This makes Session more suited for pure censorship, unlike simpleX with government domain name identities.
If you think about it, SimpleX heavily relies on a secure off-band mode of communication to begin with, to prevent bogus URLs from being sent as man in the middle. Now, you said you’re adding PGP keys, and that’s great. I look forward to it. But I’m still relying on the regular government internet stack to deliver me the public key.
SimpleX excels at TWO way anonymity.
Session excels at ONE way anonymity, since anyone can quickly tap into your blockchain name and verify it easily. Many people in life may want to be invisible, but in most cases you don’t.
A journalist doesn’t want to be invisible, I want to know that I’m talking to the right journalist.
A crypto-trader doesn’t want to be invisible, I want to know that I’m sending funds to the right trader.
Additionally, users can achieve the same thing as SimpleX by having multiple Session identities on Linux.
I like SimpleX, and I’m excited you have made progress. I’m NOT saying don’t use it. I’ve just grown frustrated over the last few months with the simpleX linux clients having errors that caused me to abandon accounts, which makes the whole thing real vulnerable to phising attacks. As I mentioned in chat previously, SimpleX’s reliance on android first is one I disagree with as mobile devices are not secure. Also, the motivation to host your own server is somewhat confusing, if using your own server causes you to stand out. I hope your voucher system fixes this.
At the end of the day, I’m not looking to cause fighting for the sake of drama. I get excited about freedom technology for the love it. I wonder if you bashing Session 24/7 while adopting very similar features is in the same vein. I think KeeJef should be the one to debate with you, not me.
If it's literally in your home, you have IP publicity issues, which you can solve with Tor Onion. Also most residential homes change IPs, which Tor helps with.
If you're talking about a VPS, then I'd recommend the official script from the SimpleX website
It’s offband, but more easily verified, remembered, and advertised.
Transferred from one keypair to another, kept offline in cold storage, and unstoppable.
lol you posting this cause monero town is talking about retroshare? I'm not familar with onionshare, but its like Briar right? If it's peer to peer, both parties have to be online at the same time. (like Briar)
I am not the dev behind SimpleX or Session. Session has onion routing built in. SimpleX can do Tor optionally. Onion routing is good, not just for privacy but also censorship, we also just got a new Tor Onion on a new VPS btw:
privacyy3tsy4mge4qmg4nsid2vnhl7szzupphhkfsxvayx5tl2ztbqd.onion
Can Nostr sway a Raging Hypocrite?
Jake Peterson of LifeHacker wrote an article
"Google Is an Even Bigger Privacy Nightmare Than You Think"
In which he describes the usual abuse cases like leaking corporate data or abusing children’s data without consent. But he ends the article with, "There's no getting away from it: Google is now everywhere, and we can only hope they are being as responsive and thorough as they claim in safeguarding our data."
No man, that's where you're wrong. LifeHacker chooses to have Google analytics on it's site.
From a DNS lookup, I can see, LifeHacker chooses to route emails to Gmail, which means you got your direct by-line contact jpeterson@lifehacker.com going to Gmail.
As a “Senior Technology Editor”, you make it seem like we have no choice. But there are, here’s just a few to scratch the surface:
Android → Graphene/Calyx
Chrome → LibreWolf
Gmail → Mailu
Google Docs → Cryptpad
Google Authenticator → KeePass XC
Google Play Store → F-Droid
I say, you have more power than you think. There’s an entire world out there of options and choices. And we do not have to sit by and take it.
And if you want Jake Peterson to get the message, I want you to tell him right here in the comments what technology alternative he should be writing about that ain’t on my list. Because if we make enough noise, he just might listen.
Here’s the thing on covid-19 restrictions,
Some people are allergic to Peanuts. If you take out a peanut sandwich, you might kill someone.
The vast majority of people are deadly allergic to Anthrax. If you open an Anthrax container, you might kill someone.
Well our society accepts that so few people are allergic to peanuts compared to the overall population, that it’s tough luck for the allergic ones. We say, “you are such a small minority, we will not inconvenience the entire population, like we would Anthrax”. This is called cost benefit analysis.
Now is covid-19 anthrax? No. Is covid-19 peanuts? No. Where is covid in-between on this scale?
Well, I don’t get to decide. And the government shouldn’t either. Because no small elite group can weigh the cost—benefit for all of humanity. Instead, I propose that individual participants and land-owners at a local level decide what the peanuts and anthrax of their own lives are. Only they can weigh the benefits vs the cost.
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Yes. But offering self-host and linking with other instances too. As well as other protocols beyond Nostr with Ethereum keys as well. So it’s about interoperability and linking up groups, for a shift away from Big Tech, to encryption as identity.
New GrapheneOS release has the Duress app built in.
This wipes the phone if the “Duress password” is entered. Like if a cop asks for your pass
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Ironic self-defeating?
AI
AI creates garbage content, ironically ruining AI search
Keynesian Economics
Central Banks create inequality for the very minorities they claim to protect
Microsoft Windows
Increased ad surveillance slows performance, reducing desires to upgrade, which hurts profit
Covid restrictions
Rampant propaganda created widespread distrust of authority
Minimum Wage:
Creates unemployment for the oppressed groups you claim to want to help
Joe Biden: “If you don’t vote for me, you’re not black”
Rips money from minorities to pay white Ukrainian nazis
Google
Their AI sucks compared to competitors. For a company whose only good product used to be search, they can’t seem to find talent.
What did I miss? Add your own!!!
Yes I agree with this. And WHY do these elites influence government? Because it has power.
So the less power government has, the less these leeches will push to take control.
The entire system of fractional reserve banking causing inflation is corrupt to begin with. The free market should decide the price of money and interest rates, not the central bank. To add minimum wage on top of this is disorting it even further.
If your landlord charges more, you don't have "nowhere else to go", you can go to a different landlord and change apartments. If they ALL rise, then that's what it's worth, that's the true value.
It's only because the Fed disorts interest rates that real estate goes up to begin with. That's why your rent is so high
There's never going to be the utopian government you desire. It doesn't exist.
At least with a private business, it is voluntary. Government is force. You're interested in blind allegiance to the crown.
Hey maybe instead of you owning your nostr key, we should have the government decide what you can type? Let’s have a vote!
Well what are the requirements on the bounty? Because ours doesn’t have a built-in wallet, it’s the server side level first. Then we’re going to add the wallet-client later. How’s the android version doing the server-side? It just posts it with a certain tag to the main relays, and then only that client can see it?
Yes if it’s kept private, then its totally fine.
Yes complex zkProofs can also be used, that our team is ALSO NOT doing due to cost.
I’m sorry to hear you’re thinking of quitting, maybe your client can be integrated with our rebelnet.me setup? I’m not concerned with the bounty, more so with spreading adoption
it would be good to work with retnull regardless of bounty, our's has an API he can easily add to get the server-side. Do you have his contact info? Thanks so much for your replies
Not only do covid masks not stop the spread of covid,
But they actually increase deaths
Because if you try to force me to wear it, I’m going to kill you
your philosophical statement is a contradiction. you can own the land, but you can't
your practical level statement is just agreement with AnCap
lol ZAD, what was that a 1 week protest?
Ukraine? like we're talking when? You're listing off countries as though the words "ukraine" and "spain" were some magical thing. Ukraine is in war. Spain is tyranny crackdown on catalonia with rampant poverty throughout the EU from the failed euro. Not going 1 by 1 on your list
The question is not should one wear a mask or not. The question is who gets to decide. In your example, I say it’s the patient who decides. You say the government. The purpose of a constitution is to outline what decisions governments can make, and failing to abide by this is a dangerous slippery slope because it’s essentially unlimited power. “No rocket science”
You can disagree with my choices, but don't let that be the reason you stay trapped.
Twitter -> Nostr
Discord -> Matrix
Telegram -> Session
WhatsApp -> Signal/SimpleX
Gmail -> Self-host
Reddit -> RebelNet.me
Google docs -> Cryptpad
Dropbox -> NextCloud
SMS -> VoIP (if you have to)
Robinhood -> Hugo's Way
Netflix -> LibreY Torrents
DocuSign -> Detached PGP on Arweave
Github -> protocol.land
WordPress -> Hugo
Coinbase -> Basic Swap DEX
SIM cards -> GLinet Travel routers
LinkedIn -> Host a website with your stuff dude
What would you add?
The purpose of Session's onion routing is to prevent a single actor from gaining knowledge.
Or with SimpleX you can self-host the server.
With Threema, you’re trusting a single entity with censorship/privacy.
Aren’t you on Nostr to avoid centralization?
Self-hosting is trusting you. the operator of the server. it could even be on a tor onion in your home
How is trusting you better than trusting Threema? doesn't make sense
4 Open Source Software/Apps for your Liberty and Pleasure!
MPV
Super high quality video player. Open MPV and VLC side by side on something like Game of Thrones and you'll immediately see the graphics are just on another level. In fact, when I drank Moonshine, an elf told me that the ONLY way Stevie Wonder could see movies was MPV.
Zathura
Fastest PDF reader in the wild west. If you lined up every PDF reader and opened them side by side, Zathura will outgun every other one in record time. In fact, it pops up with such speed, even after I play drinking games with Alzheimer's medications, I still wonder if it was already open.
OpenKeyChain
Your friends say they'll check the encrypted messenger, but they never do! You have to write them on Facebook or WhatsApp to remind them to check Signal or Session. But what if you just sent something directly encrypted on the platform that they check? Meet OpenKeyChain, the easiest and fastest PGP toggle app. In fact, my blind Amish grandmother easily navigated these basic buttons and is now evading the NSA.
AntennaPod
If you're not already using this podcast app, you're missing out. Corrupt Big Tech platforms want to destroy freedom through tyrannical censorship. Ditch them and instead use reliable RSS feeds, where AntennaPod lets you directly pull your favorite shows. Did you know that Simplified Privacy's videos show up in RSS? Add this URL:
https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/feed
We answered you via the Session group right ? Session is better at censorship for a server, SimpleX is better at security/privacy for an individual.
Session is marketed wrong. The DNS makes it better for censorship on a VPS, as we documented here: simplifiedprivacy.com/uncensored
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