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  2. Comment on What email client do you use? in ~tech

    freddy
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    Thanks for sharing the site - always nice to see it being mentioned on here :)

    Thanks for sharing the site - always nice to see it being mentioned on here :)

    1 vote

  3. Comment on What email client do you use? in ~tech

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    Privacy Guides (full disclosure: I'm a team member) has a list of recommended email clients. It isn't perfect - there are very few email clients on iOS that support PGP E2EE - but it should cover...

    Privacy Guides (full disclosure: I'm a team member) has a list of recommended email clients. It isn't perfect - there are very few email clients on iOS that support PGP E2EE - but it should cover most people's needs.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Fedi Garden to instance admins: “Block Threads to remain listed” in ~tech

  6. Comment on Most bingeable book series? in ~books

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    Douglas Adams' trilogy (of five novels) is really rather bingeable. Not exactly a challenging read, unless you challenge yourself to read it without laughing.

    Douglas Adams' trilogy (of five novels) is really rather bingeable. Not exactly a challenging read, unless you challenge yourself to read it without laughing.

    7 votes

  8. Comment on You should connect to Tor via a VPN, actually in ~tech

    freddy
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    The video essentially spawned out of a discussion on the Privacy Guides forum...

    The video essentially spawned out of a discussion on the Privacy Guides forum...

    9 votes

  9. Comment on You should connect to Tor via a VPN, actually in ~tech

    freddy
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    Thanks for using the site :)

    Thanks for using the site :)

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Mark Zuckerberg delivers on promise to pour 'gasoline' on Threads growth as the platform regains users while X shrinks in ~tech

    freddy
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    This was my analysis at the time:

    This was my analysis at the time:

    The man behind Facebook has somehow managed to make the Twitter experience worse. Following people, a key part of the social media mogul's earlier ventures, is meaningless on Threads. You are beholden to its algorithm and who it reckons you will interact with. (Want to see what your mates are posting about? Tough, here's an 'Epic Meme from the official Salesforce account.') Your timeline isn't chronological either.
    [...]
    Threads' naffness won't stop its success. It's data-scraping fluffily dressed up as substandard corporate twaddle. It's a cringe-inducing privacy invasion. It's not meant for users, but that doesn't really matter: you're not a user, you're a product.

    8 votes

  12. Comment on What is your preferred VPN? in ~comp

    freddy
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    Thanks for the kind words!

    Thanks for the kind words!

    4 votes

  13. Comment on What is your preferred VPN? in ~comp

    freddy
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    Privacy Guides (full disclosure: I'm a team member) has a list of VPNs all of which should be able to fill your needs. The site isn't affiliated with any of the providers it recommends, which is...

    Privacy Guides (full disclosure: I'm a team member) has a list of VPNs all of which should be able to fill your needs. The site isn't affiliated with any of the providers it recommends, which is somewhat of a rarity.

    26 votes

  15. Comment on Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it in ~tech

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    Only well-funded adversaries with the capability to passively watch most network traffic over the globe have a chance of deanonymizing Tor users by means of advanced traffic analysis. This doesn't...

    Only well-funded adversaries with the capability to passively watch most network traffic over the globe have a chance of deanonymizing Tor users by means of advanced traffic analysis. This doesn't discount the possibility of exposing yourself by mistake, such as if you share too much information about your real identity.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Try not to be evil in ~tech

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    You make a very good point, and I've removed the sentence from the post entirely. Rereading the article, Schmidt is not saying that Google is designed for outrage, but that most media is...

    How often are you outraged by the results of a Google search?

    You make a very good point, and I've removed the sentence from the post entirely. Rereading the article, Schmidt is not saying that Google is designed for outrage, but that most media is...

    2 votes