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  • OP writes “instead of their american counterparts”, and then puts signal.

    Firefox as well any opensource doesn’t have a country. You can build it and use it. Avoid any centralized service.

    The 4 freedoms of software are:

    Freedom 0: The Freedom to Run
    
        You can use the software for any purpose, without restrictions.
    
    Freedom 1: The Freedom to Study and Modify
    
        You have access to the source code, allowing you to study how the software works and make changes to suit your needs.
    
    Freedom 2: The Freedom to Distribute Copies
    
        You can share copies of the software with others, whether for free or at a cost.
    
    Freedom 3: The Freedom to Improve and Share Improvements
    
        You can modify the software and share your changes with the community, helping others benefit from your improvements.
    

    as long as these freedoms are observed it doesn’t matter the country of origin.




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    And what metadata is Signal leaking?

    We don’t know. We don’t have access to what’s running on their servers. (yes i know that the source code is available, but there’s no way to check if that’s the same thing running on the servers). And this is a problem for me: i have to trust a walled garden.

    The government seizing an entire batch of amazon servers seems unrealistic

    Usually the government goes there a just takes whatever is in the rack they want. Screw the legal business that are there. That’s what happened with the pirate bay raid. If the US government wants to shut it down. It just needs to knock on the amazon door.

    the data would be encrypted anyway. Do they even store messages on servers, anyway?

    The problem is that you have to trust them. You have to trust a chain of organizations based in the US. Signal pays millions (who pays for this? i have my doubts that monthly donations will pay for this forever) to amazon for the servers. So using them and sending them money is the same as giving money to amazon.

    If you are fine with these risks, then use it. Better using signal than using messenger and whatsapp.


  • I register on reddit 17 years ago. Before the great migration from digg. I remember /r/programming being the first sub to reach 100k subscribers.

    I got banned for saying in the /r/europe sub that russia banning youtube in russia was a good thing because then we in the west would get less russian propaganda. Got banned for a couple days. Left and never looked back.

    /r/programming is dead already since around a decade. All the good discussions moved to hackernews and lobsters.

    EDIT: never forget that spez admitted to silently edit user comments that criticized him



  • Maybe add Signal; It’s easier than Element, but it’s also centralized

    signal runs on amazon servers. Anything that can’t self host and isn’t federate isn’t worth it. Matrix (and element) fill this requirement. But IMHO, the best is XMPP where you can self-host or use federated servers located in other countries.

    Maybe add Delta chat

    Delta chat is basically email.

    Remove Stremio

    Why? Because it’s torrents?

    Other alternatives would be viaplay or britbox. Unfortunately there’s no legal alternative that’s available in all europe.

    Add aurora

    Aurora is just a front-end for google playstore. You should add f-droid