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A service that requires a telephone number simply shouldn't be called an Internet service. It can't be used purely over the Internet. Telephone numbers are fundamentally incompatib…

Me too. Several teams are trying to land grab by "wrapping" Nix with extra stuff. But as good as flakes are, they still have big problems. flake.lock size explosion, UI hassles, no…

Please put your apps on F-Droid.

Owners may want to disable this in hardware rather than relying on a sketchy opt-out mechanism. The relevant part is the "data communications module". It has an LTE modem and a bac…

Here are some reasons. 1. Cost. I'd rather not pay for hardware and software I won't use. 2. Environmental impact. Unused and unwanted hardware is waste. 3. Unauthorized users conn…

Will any of this be available on Linux or owner controlled systems?

Please, stop using phone numbers. There is no reliable way to hold a phone number. The messaging protocols are insecure. If your service uses phone numbers or SMS, that means it's …

I was never even able to sign up. "Customer service" just repeats the same thing on a loop. Tech companies will slowly put themselves out of business with fraud detection algorithm…

I wonder how hard it would be to have my personal residence classified as one of these protected places. Incorporate some kind of business or non-profit, make sure it shows up the …

The loss of pay phones over the last 20 years is a loss to society. We used to have widespread access to cheap and anonymous emergency calling.

I fear services will force the use of certain devices, like those on the FIDO certified products list [0]. Will there be a way to use open hardware, open firmware, and user-control…

The services I interact with that support WebAuthn usually only allow you to register one key. Backup and recovery is a confusing puzzle for most of these services.

Yes, and there are surveillance companies dedicated to tracking people and the returns they make [0]. Many retailers now demand personal information like ID cards to make returns. …

Mozilla is big tech. They are funded by big tech and they support big tech's censorship ideology. If they want to actually break with big tech, they can retract and apologize for t…

This is an important document and the best piece of writing I've ever seen on the topic of systemd.

It's best to run it yourself. On NixOS it's a one-liner: "services.invidious.enable = true". Then it will be up at http://127.0.0.1:3000 . Blazing fast and zero annoyances.

It's chilling how quickly the tech industry has coalesced around oppressive and biased social media censorship policies. A scant few years ago, the tech industry was a beacon of fr…

Are there any companies or organizations working to protect Internet freedom?

Here's the telemetry documentation: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/P3A So it's sending some amount of telemetry, but it's not so bad compared to mainstream browsers. A…

It's a matter of preference and threat models. Brave isn't perfect, and has had some controversy in their business practices. They also have some telemetry and cryptocurrency ads. …

It's important to have content-neutral browsers. Several days ago Mozilla indicated their support of the Internet censorship regime: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-nee…

Our critical communications infrastructure is in danger. Are there any serious companies or organizations out there countering this wave of censorship?

We are seeing an emerging system of privatized sanctions enacted by a collusive tech oligopoly. Safari allows people to view any content they want on the Web. I wonder if they will…

Why does Signal require a phone number, after all these years? It's a gigantic red flag that they unnecessarily require a tie-in to the primary governmental communication surveilla…

For anyone that hasn't heard it, ten states have alleged Facebook entered into an unlawful agreement with a competitor to manipulate advertising auctions. [1] [1] https://www.texas…