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nix , to Privacy in Any good email service except tutamail and proton ?

I use mailbox.org personally. Disroot is probably fine. Do they have 2FA? That would be the most essential thing you want here if you're worried about being hacked by an outside party. 2FA would even mitigate a password leak in most cases, since they'd only have 1 of the authentication factors.

If you're worried about hacking, you can do some things to mitigate the damage that would cause. Download important old emails and delete them from the server, this is pretty easy to do in a desktop client (like thunderbird or outlook) where you'd just move them to a local folder. That way if someone gains access, or they sell to someone that processes the data, they won't have the old emails (unless they for some reason retained a separate copy, which seems doubtful).

Sign your email up for https://haveibeenpwned.com/. Then you'll get notifications if there's any data leaks, including of your email provider. Obviously this is only useful if nobody has stolen your account before the leak is reported, but that's more likely than not (unless you're a particularly valuable target for some reason).

nix , to Privacy in Telegram founder and CEO alledges signal has backdoors, they don't provide reproduceible builds, etc.

Yea, I couldn't tell you the specifics. I know new members of group chats don't see any previous messages. I think it might re-negotiate the keys every time someone is added. It's probably not meant to scale up to very large groups (tho I've never tried), but I've noticed no issues in 25ish people chats.

nix , to Privacy in Telegram founder and CEO alledges signal has backdoors, they don't provide reproduceible builds, etc.

It works about the same as any other app's group invite link. It can be set to automatically add the person or be treated as a request to join that needs approval.

nix , to Privacy in Telegram founder and CEO alledges signal has backdoors, they don't provide reproduceible builds, etc.

Thanks for the detailed reply. Signal does have location sharing and invite links, FWIW.

nix , to Privacy in Telegram founder and CEO alledges signal has backdoors, they don't provide reproduceible builds, etc.

What polish and features is signal missing?

nix , to Privacy in Why Apple’s iPhone Browser-Choice Option Sucks

This article is also only applicable to EU, where (as your link mentions) alternative browsers don't need to be WebKit. Chrome and Firefox are already working on switching.

nix , to Privacy in Why Apple’s iPhone Browser-Choice Option Sucks

You need to meet more young people they don't know either specifically because companies like google and apple try to obscure competition by making their way seem like the only way.

nix , to Privacy in Legitimate interest?

Amateur advice. Don't own your own device. ask your friends to look up things for you on their devices, then print them out and mail them to your PO Box. Untraceable.

nix OP , to Technology in We Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMA

I don't agree that Wikipedia used to be the only place. There were plenty of competing encyclopedias, it was simply the best long-term.

nix OP , to Technology in We Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMA

That's a good comparison I hadn't honestly thought of! Thanks

nix , to Privacy in Chromium Manifest V3 Explained for Toddlers

Anyone using a work or school Chromebook is, actually.

nix , to Privacy in Chromium Manifest V3 Explained for Toddlers

It had a leak a few years back. Not a huge one, but it'd add up on devices that had a ton of tabs or were always on.

nix , (edited ) to Privacy in Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade

Discord has real advantages over many of those, and communities are slow to pick up and move. It'll take either a very bad decision from discord or a good competitor. I want that competitor to be Matrix, but it's far from perfect.

nix , to Fediverse in Lemmy.world seems to have banned the largest piracy community on Lemmy.

That saying isn't trying to explain all of IP law. It's referring to products where there is no way to buy a copy you have permanent possession of. There's a reason you don't see the same fervor around pirating books.

nix , to Comic Strips in Dinner

My trick is to choose 3 options, tell them to pick 2 of those, then I pick from those 2.

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