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Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So Canada?

  (They do have a history of going a little overboard with the homicidal stuff. But they’ve come a long way in the last few decades.)

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  • buffing_lecturer@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A lot overboard, really. There is a long way to go for truth and reconciliation.

    As for data safety, its not looking too great: tuta.com/blog/canada-bill-c2-surveillance

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    • PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh ffs… my best VPN server is in Canada lol

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  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d almost say lol, get a VPS in China.

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and they have zero say over what I do, only what they do. China could demand and scream and bitch all they want over an encrypted set of programs and you’d never have to care, move to another domain and provider and copy-paste. Lock it down, only use it with encryption and let the wolves huff and puff until they’re blue in the face.

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    • PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s more about the latency since it’s right over the border (<30ms). It’s also a full 10Gbps so I can let family/friends use it and don’t have to worry if a few of them are pulling the full 1Gbps from home connection. Doubt I’m gonna be able to match both of those with a Chinese VPS :/

      Honestly looking at Mexican datacenters right now. Some are basically the same distance, just in the opposite direction lol

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      • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Mexico actually sounds kinda brilliant, but who seems important. OVH has servers in Mexico, but I can imagine some hosters would get the Feds on the line and go “sure, here’s his data”.

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• mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  or run one by yourself?

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  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    …run a country by myself? I suppose its possible.

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    • jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Where do I apply for citizenship. Non-resident citizen, as I still need to work to survive 😕

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• lena@gregtech.eu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or matrix, which I prefer. XMPP has a myriad of issues, and matrix is more modern with a better ecosystem of clients and servers.

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  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Too heavy and bloated, and too centralized in its design philosophy, not to mention big capital flowing through Matrix from Israel and the issues with metadata making it a privacy disaster.

    Here’s a blog that agrees with me so I don’t seem lazy: lukesmith.xyz/articles/matrix-vs-xmpp/

    I get your blogger’s concern over OMEMO versions being out of whack and their encryption choices being all over the place, but other than it being somewhat of a mess, I don’t see how it devalues the service as much as he thinks. (a bit melodramatic imo)

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