oftheair
@oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone
pronouns: cele/celes
Plural. Trans{gender and species}.
We don’t identify as human, thank you!
- Comment on biodegradable 1 week ago:
Yes, however, it’s the other chemicals they mix it with that make it not biodegradable. Thankfully there are some companies not using those chemicals now which is lovely.
Also, for those who are allergic to latex, unfortunatley the only option is polyurethene which is plastic, and as such not at all biodegradable.
- Comment on Aether Collector is a mysterious point and click adventure set inside an anomaly 3 weeks ago:
Too bad a lot of it is using LLM/Machine Learning instead of actual work.
- Comment on A Modern Private Messenger 3 weeks ago:
Signal doesn’t lack group video calls. It can support video calling up to 40 devices at once.
- Comment on A Modern Private Messenger 3 weeks ago:
3, 4, 5 and 11.
Not sure about 1 as we run it on our tablet so it definetly can be linked to other devices but we aren’t sure how many.
7 can be done by linking devices, so not sure what is meant by this.
- Comment on A Modern Private Messenger 3 weeks ago:
Yup, all the ‘more private’ ones like SimpleX or Session don’t have as many features and are have pretty suspicious funding sources (or involved in crypto).
WhatsApp might be private but there’s no way to be 100% sure, since it’s closed source and can leak some messages in reports which is intentional.
Yes and no about Signal supporting multiple Android devices, the Molly fork might be able to if you set it up as a linked device, and we know that tablets can be linked in the actual Signal app.
- Comment on A Modern Private Messenger 3 weeks ago:
Matrix should not be considered as their security has been pretty bad until recently (they intentionally shipped bad code and knew about it for years): soatok.blog/…/security-issues-in-matrixs-olm-libr…
Threema has been pretty bad historically: soatok.blog/…/threema-three-strikes-youre-out and their desktop pffering is not one-to-one with the mobile apps, it’s pretty limited in what it can do and has to have a device connected to the network at all times, open on the app and unlocked with the screen on.
- Comment on A Modern Private Messenger 3 weeks ago:
The only thing that firs all your needs is Signal, we have looked into this heavily and nothing has as many features, is as easy to use as and has a strong of focus on privacy and security as Signal, so it’s either that or Whatsapp.
Matrix should not be considered because of this:
soatok.blog/…/security-issues-in-matrixs-olm-libr…
and Threema is pretty bad historically, even though they have improved in the last year or two, but their desktop offering is pretty awful, as unless you want to use the beta and use iOS then you have to keep your device attached to the network, on and open on Threema only.
Signal really is the only option here.
- Comment on Should you have to pay for online privacy? 3 weeks ago:
Yes, we think we should but in the sense that we should put more money into non venture capitalist, non shareholder, non-commercial, open source sites and services etc, and forgo the commercial sites and services that think they need to erode our privacy in the first place.
- Comment on Technically Correct 5 weeks ago:
You can freeze sunscreen, however, it’s a bad idea to do this as it makes the chemicals in the sunscreen inert and thus useless in actually protecting you from the sun. Same as letting it overheat, ironically.