Actually… From a data-loss POV, it’s actually pretty much fine; since the server only serves an e2ee file anyways, each end device’s data is sufficient to recover everything.
I.e. if you host Vaultwarden, log into it on your mobile device, save all your logins; then fuck up the server, it doesn’t matter, because your mobile device not only still has everything, but also does not need a server connection to export everything in a way that can then be imported again on a new server installation.
And what is the advantage of that?
Also I am pretty sure I have at least some secrets in my shell history
This comment section is… something.
If you host the bridges yourself, it makes no difference to privacy.
It’s simply convenient to have all chats in one place 🤷🏼♀️
Grew up on it. My dad set up a Ubuntu 4.10 PC for my brother and I when we were 3/5 (no internet, obv), and it stuck.
Used Windows for a brief time in highschool to be able to play online with friends.
Went right back to Linux when going to university. Will never change back, both for ideological reasons and because Linux is just better.
Next step: NixOS on a phone
Link?
Alright, thanks for the info, that’s good to know. Trying to make the jump becomes more enticing every day.
Thanks for sharing! Sounds about as good/bad as I was expecting. How’s the browser experience? Also, are there any features/tweaks you are aware of that you could not get through Nix, that the more “commercial” Linux device manufacturers have developed for their devices?
Holy crap! A NixOS-on-phone user in the wild! You are rocking my dream setup. How’s your experience been with it? Is it remotely daily drivable for phone things?
What does this have to do with Privacy?
Re: Spain: the headline was bullshit. If you are arrested and then investigated and it turns out you use Graphene, they’ll go “huh, I wonder why. We’ve seen a lot of drug dealers use Graphene. Let’s investigate in that direction as well”.
Noone is being arrested or targeted FOR having GOS.
I hope forgejo’s federation efforts come along. Being able to host projects on my own instance, yet receive contributions without having to allow people to register on my instance, would give me the push to completely abandon Github.
Some might say interconnecting everything could be a legitimate goal. Nonetheless, some people started to report about huge amounts of data and metadata being sent to Matrix central servers.
Curious that this claim is without source in the original.
I also have porblems with their claims about bridges. Bridges are Band-Aids to allow you to communicate with people not on Matrix, not a dark masterplan to build a central spionage hub.
By default, a homeserver trusts matrix.org in questions of federation and identity of other servers. You have to get that trust from somewhere. You are free to choose another source for that.
(For example, my homeserver isn’t federated at all, and has that trusted server removed; it doesn’t communicate with anyone. Also it’s not synapse, but that’s besides the point.)
Please beware that DNS over TLS is transport protection; the dns server itself of course still sees and knows everything.
How exactly does Free, non-open-source software prevent that?
Pffft. You just aren’t a Nix enjoyer yet.
No problem. If you do decide to give NixOS a try, feel free to ask about anything should things be unclear :)
That is actually a really interesting approach to moderation, huh.