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preasket , 19 days ago to Privacy in Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure

Honestly, a very impressive move. Makes me way more confident in the trajectory of the company and I'm happy to have been a visionary user for multiple years.

I wonder, though, just how much of Proton A.G. does the foundation now own? They say it's the largest shareholder, but they didn't say "majority shareholder".

preasket , 23 days ago to Technology in Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request

Better than Firefox being blocked in Russia. Addons can be added from files anyway.

preasket , 3 months ago to Technology in Is TV Dead? Global TV Shipments Hit a Decade Low in 2023

This. Nowadays people mostly buy TVs when their old ones break. There's no marginal improvement. The industry is here to stay, but its high growth days are in the past.

preasket , 4 months ago to Memes in Chat Apps

From my experience of getting other people on Signal, the main issue is that not everyone is already on it. People generally want to use only one app and it attracts them to the most popular one because they don't need to switch as much.

Secondary issues are:

• No automatic phone transfer (no cloud backups, has to be done manually)
• No large public channels

I might add another one, but it applies to WhatsApp too - it's crazy that there's still no easy way to move between iOS and Android...

preasket , 4 months ago to Technology in UK Trial: Pornhub's Chatbot Halts Millions from Accessing Child Abuse Content

I suspect a lot of CSAM searches come from underage users themselves

preasket , 4 months ago to Technology in Signal's Meredith Whittaker scorns anti-encryption efforts as 'parochial, magical thinking' | TechCrunch

Nice socks lol

preasket , 4 months ago to Memes in Chat Apps

Wdym "boring", what do you want a messenger app to do? It does what it's there for and it does it well.

preasket , 4 months ago to Privacy in Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy.

Yeah.

preasket , 4 months ago to Privacy in Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy.

Personally, I care about the phone number requirement not because I don't want to reveal it to Signal servers, but because it limits access to Signal for people in countries that block their SMS service - registration messages just don't arrive

preasket , 4 months ago to Privacy in Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy.

This is important context. Signal needs to make phone numbers optional...