For those that want more security:

https://simplex.chat/

That’s not the flex you think it is.

Your preoccupation with image here hurts you more than it helps you.

I recommend https://simplex.chat/

I wouldn’t trust windows to follow their don’t screenshot API, whether out of ignorance or malice.

There is an argument for that to an extent.

Microsoft’s support of Israel’s genocide is an exception and has been a long time.

At least… for anyone with a modicum of ethics.

Or https://simplex.chat/ where there are no identifiers like phone numbers or any other identifier.

Security review was done by trail of bits.

Nah he was right about Linux so be quiet about the racial slur stuff for sure.

Yeah, that rule is stupid and short-sighted.

Preventing supply chain attacks for one.

Sadly I found out yesterday:

Matrix is not a community-based software, it was born [00] in Amdocs [01], a multinational corporation founded in Israel.

https://hackea.org/notas/matrix.html

Many were claiming its impossible to get contributions merged as well.

I would be happy to find out this information is wrong or outdated.

Why not avoid amazon completely or as much as possible?

You can’t export your MFA? Aegis for example allows this.

You shouldn’t trust TurboTax so much.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/01/turbotax-privacy-tax-return-2024/

They also keep trying to trick you into giving consent:

https://www.moneytalksnews.com/are-turbotax-and-hr-block-sharing-your-personal-info/

They also lobby to keep taxes complex.

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free

You use Simplex over Signal for improved privacy and no identifiers, not Matrix.

Signal is still very good though.

https://devenv.sh/

Note this also builds oci compatible containers you can run with podman, kubernetes, etc.

It lets you develop on bare metal in an environment the same as the docker container and is reproducible rather than just repeatable.

This could be solved with a:

Can’t make up your mind?

Click here to choose a random general topic instance. Don’t worry, if you want to switch later you can.

Google play services betrays you.

Use https://grapheneos.org/ and it sandboxes Google play for you, but ironically requires a Google Pixel phone.