tym

@tym@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They DID put that roadblock in place. That’s kinda my point. You have to loosen a VPN’s security to post here (as I’ve had to do to reply). It says “no posting from VPN” in the lower left if one uses more advanced/secure encryption. They also don’t allow account creation from masked email platforms like fastmail.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxi Freaks Out and Drives into Oncoming Traffic on First Day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like the indian guy driving it with a joystick was a bit hungover. You’d think they’d screen that thing at the entrance of the cubicle farm where all these AI folk drive these from. AI is just “anonymous indians” for elmo’s grifting kind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Deanonymized isn’t a risk with end-to-end FOSS-governed encryption (as compared to Meta’s mysterious backend that manages keypairs for whatsapp and messenger). Sealed Sender can even obfuscate the metadata of the recipient for further snooping hurdles. Nothing is perfect, and any participant can silently ex-filtrate conversation data with another camera.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, appreciated. I installed Nord on my linux box as well, then set that to openvpn technology and obfuscated servers which worked. I’d prefer to use their quantum-proof encryption but there’s no way to bypass VPN checks if one sets that. I think it’s a mistake on lemmy’s part to even put that hurdle up, but it is what it is. Having one’s real world identity tied to social media is a risk going forward. Data is the enemy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The irony of you posting this on lemmy, which won’t allow posting from a VPN or masked email addresses is not lost on me.

  The amount of hoops I had to jump through to make this comment and maintain some semblance of privacy is infuriating but at least it’s not reddit I guess?

  But do go on about your security standards…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  and #4: we dont believe if we take a bold step forward that our neighbors will show solidarity and endurance, which then puts us at risk of prosecution. A lot of us have kids to protect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Laws only matter if you're not rich.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Um… relating to the title and offering a unique 1st person perspective supporting the fact that one can buy their way out of most problems that aren’t terminal diseases?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Laws only matter if you're not rich.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A wise man once told me: “there’s no such thing as problems, just expenses”

  As someone who made several bold moves over the last 7 years to get on the right side of a very obvious societal slide to selfishness, I can confirm.

  The assets I cobbled together have allowed me to do the little things like sanitize all my house’s air and water on entry ahead of this digital cold war. China is literally dormant in a large percentage of US utilities’ networks waiting for orders.

  To all those who said I was crazy for putting my sweat and tears into preparing: I never could have guessed it’d be this bad, this quickly either. Happy I followed my gut though!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨White House Faith Office⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Trump: “So you’re saying I have a chance?!”