@Ferk has given a more elaborate answer. As for servers shutting down. Haven’t had it happen yet. With any service you always risk servers shutting down or failing, even centralized ones like signal: so that is a bit of a nirvana fallacy.
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They are local identifiers, not global ones. Each one exists only for a single pair of users so they don’t function as stable or traceable identities. “Pairwise anonymous addresses”.
Signal for people that partly care about privacy. SimpleX for true privacy enthusiasts
Based privacy enthusiast 🗿
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com•'Nice little collection of privacy tools'1·7 days agoYet you provide no feedback on how to fix it
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Technology@beehaw.org•Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account4·7 days agoYet EU is pushing chat control more and more :(
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Technology@beehaw.org•Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account5·7 days agoAnd no, nvidia runs pretty smooth on modern linux. I run ZorinOS with intel + nvidia and have no problem
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Does anyone use SimpleX chat? Why or why not? Is it actually tangibly better for privacy than say, Signal, for example?3·7 days agoThe Signal crowd gets butthurt pretty quick lol. Have been downvoted before for prefering SimpleX over signal and trying to explain that its better in terms of privacy. They really are simps ahhahaha
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Does anyone use SimpleX chat? Why or why not? Is it actually tangibly better for privacy than say, Signal, for example?1·7 days agoWhy technical users? U just download and use it
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Does anyone use SimpleX chat? Why or why not? Is it actually tangibly better for privacy than say, Signal, for example?31·5 days agoPeople like to forget that signal uses amazon servers lmao, yet they praise it for its privacy🙄
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Does anyone use SimpleX chat? Why or why not? Is it actually tangibly better for privacy than say, Signal, for example?4·7 days agoI use it, and its pretty decent. Looks good and works.
Pros: -No user ID needed. -Can self host the server that passes on your messages. -Has the option to use Flux. -Works out of the box.
Cons: -Battery drain is a thing. Either toggle the periodic check, or turn it off and open it yourself to check messages. -Using one account accross multiple devices can be a pain. Since u can’t keep using your phone account at the same time as it is connected to your pc. Can be circumvented by having mutiple accounts in the same group chat; but yea it’s a pain the ass.
Neutral: -Convincing people to use it hahahh. But this is a universal probem vs mainstream messenger apps.
Final verdict: 4/5. Very good if privacy and anonymity is your number 1 priority. It’s less of hassle to set up than some other options, and relatively easy to get people into it. Sent invite, they download the app, make profile and are good to go.
Batterydrain and same use account across multiple devices could and should be better for mainstream adoption. On the other hand if u toggle the periodic checks then I find the drain tolerable. And how many of us are in places that don’t have a wallsocket available to charge your phone :p
Cachy has the Garuda mindset. Make Arch user friendly. I run it on a thinkpad and haven’t had any issues. It also has snapshots enabled like garuda, so if anything does break then rolling back is easy peasy. Great distro to try out!
ZorinOS, better than standard Ubuntu and more modern looking than Mint.
If u want to go Arch > Garuda or Cachy. Endeavour if u are one of the “its bloat” whishy washy purists.
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you ever go out, and while you're out, you think, ‘this is exactly why I don't go out’?5·25 days agoMost of the time I have the opposite. I dread going out, and hope that the plans get canceled. But when I’m there I really do enjoy it, and I’m glad I didn’t pussy out.
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Technology@beehaw.org•Google releases VaultGemma, its first privacy-preserving LLM41·28 days agoGoogle and privacy in the same sentence… Lol
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Technology@lemmy.world•Vibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters,’ but they say it’s worth it | TechCrunchEnglish38·28 days agoGotta love how devs and engineers are supposed to be on the front lines of innovation and progression. But most of the it’s just moaning and calling the next gen dumb. 15 years ago the current devs would be called dumb for using Frameworks amd how it’s cheating since it’s not self written. Do your part and educate and guide the next gen instead of complaining about tech evolving and being used.
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Linux@programming.dev•Former Linux user looking for stable distro1·1 month agoZorin or Garuda. Cachy is also nice
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Linux@lemmy.ml•WinBoat is a new Linux app to run Windows apps with "seamless integration"111·1 month agoSo now suddenly us lemmy linux tech nerds forgot about mass…🙄.
Unless that isn’t possible to run, then correct me pls
AmanitaCaesarea@slrpnk.netto Buy European@feddit.uk•Some tech apps/services I personally use instead of their American/Big Tech counterparts [Updated]English4·1 month agoAny recommendations for the east european retail? I’ve ordered way too much from amazom and bol
The Invicible and Outer Wilds, eat some edibles or/and shrooms with these games and you’ll be so hella immersed. Absolutely great sci-fi/space exploration games