
It takes like 1 minute. How often do you reset your system?
Idk what the fuss is about. Brave is a decent option with all the crypto stuff turned off.
The problem is that everything is so reliant on apps nowadays. Paying for parking? There are multiple apps for that. Want to make payments on the go? Gotta use the banking app. Want to buy a bus or a train ticket? Download the app. Appointment with a dentist or a doctor? Download our app that has 500 built in trackers! Here in Scandinavia It feels like it's impossible to live without a smartphone and these stupid apps. At least make a web app so I don't have to download spyware. I would love a linux phone, but if it isn't compatible with these apps I might as well just get a Google Pixel running GrapheneOS.
I've never seen an ad in my mailbox. Even if they did, they have to make money somehow. At least they're not selling my data.
Fennec
The damage is already done. AFAIK they stopped the flood of immigrants. The only solution would be mass deportation of legal immigrants (with citizenship) that commit crimes.
They can't deal with the influx of criminals due to mass immigration so they think this is the answer.
I find that hard to believe.
How does this even make sense? The criminals would just move to another platform like SimpleX or use a VPN.
Whole article in English:
The encrypted messaging app Signal is growing - now even the Swedish Armed Forces use it.
But the government wants to force the company to introduce a technical backdoor for the police and Säpo.
- “If this becomes a reality, we will leave Sweden,” says Signal's CEO Meredith Whittaker, in an exclusive interview with SVT.
If the government gets its way, the bill will be passed in the Riksdag as early as March next year.
The bill states that companies such as Signal and Whatsapp will be forced to store all messages sent using the apps. Leaving Sweden
Signal - which is run by a non-profit foundation - has now told SVT Nyheter that the company will leave Sweden if the bill becomes reality.
- “In practice, this means that we are being asked to break the encryption that is the basis of our entire business. Asking us to store data would undermine our entire architecture and we would never do that. We would rather leave the Swedish market completely,” says Signal's CEO Meredith Whittaker.
She says the bill would require Signal to install so-called backdoors in its software.
- “If you create a vulnerability based on Swedish wishes, it would create a path to undermine our entire network. Therefore, we would never introduce these backdoors.
But don't you have a responsibility as a supplier to support anti-crime efforts?
- Our responsibility is to provide technology that upholds human rights in an era where those rights are being violated in more and more places. In today's digital world, there are very few places where we can communicate privately or whistleblow. Armed forces critical
Whittaker cites the 2024 attack by the Chinese state actor Salt Typhoon on several internet service providers in the US, where text messages and phone calls were leaked. She argues that a Swedish backdoor would open up for the same thing.
- “There are no backdoors that only the good guys have access to.”
The aim of the bill is to allow the Security Service and the police to request the message history of criminal suspects after the fact. Both authorities were positive in the consultation.
- “The ability of law enforcement authorities to effectively access electronic communications is crucial,” said Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) earlier at a press conference.
But the Swedish Armed Forces are opposed and recently urged their personnel to start using Signal to reduce the risk of interception.
In a letter to the government, the Swedish Armed Forces wrote that the bill could not be implemented “without introducing vulnerabilities and backdoors that could be exploited by third parties”.
Its the only way to make anonymous payments (XMR) in a world where everything tracks and spies on you. And it's not only used to buy illegal stuff https://kycnot.me/ . I think of it like the TOR browser. Its great for people who are trying to escape an authoritarian government, but it can be used for bad things as well. But it should exist as I believe privacy is a human right.
Issue 572 xd
I woke up to an email saying ni***r balls lol
adding the flag --bitrate 320k usually does it for me. I can't really tell the difference.
LineageOS with MicroG 😎
Fedora is pretty nice too.
Title says "Are now banned" but in the article it says "Can now be banned". That's weird..
DAITA or Multihop? (Mullvad VPN)


DAITA: Defence Against AI-guided Traffic Analysis. Which one of these would consider to be the best option for privacy? I can't have both on at the same time.
I Tried CalyxOS For 3 Months (So You Don't Have To)
YouTube Video
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TLDR: He does not recommend CalyxOS and gave it a score of 3/10
How good is /e/ privacy based LineageOS fork?


I'm looking to get a custom ROM that has good compatibility with my device. Would you recommend /e/? I couldn't find a tutorial on how to install it with Linux but I don't think it should be that hard to figure out.
How private is the Presearch search engine?


I've been trying to find a good privacy respecting browser, but I can't really decide on what to use. I don't like the search results with Brave Search. DuckDuckGo shares my information with Microsoft and SearchXNG shows me NSFW images even with strict search on. I really like Presearch, but I'm not really sure what they're about.
EDIT: After tinkering with the settings of my SearXNG instance, it seems to have reduced the amount of NSFW images. I think I will stick with SearXNG for now.