lengsel

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The Matrix protocol and its implementations do not provide the privacy you expect from them (matrix notes by Anarcat) in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for the correction. For Matrix encrypted messaging, does it depend on app/'program, or is it dependant on the instance?

The Matrix protocol and its implementations do not provide the privacy you expect from them (matrix notes by Anarcat) in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

XMPP is decentralized but it is not federated.

The Matrix protocol and its implementations do not provide the privacy you expect from them (matrix notes by Anarcat) in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee -2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

XMPP is decentralized but XMPP has never been federated. I'm a fan of OMEMO but it's decentralized.

Anybody looking for privacy from a federated service will never find it. It seems SimpleX is implementing more decentralized capabilties and it has superior privacy over anything else.

While Signal is the gold standard, it is not at all the best app or service for privacy.

The Matrix protocol and its implementations do not provide the privacy you expect from them (matrix notes by Anarcat) in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee 2 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Can anyone name a federated service that has built-in encrypted messaging enabled for privacy?

FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I view the repeated reply of "start your own server" as a cop out to not address what is fundimentally broken about a service, plus it doesn't acknowedge that starting a new instance requires taking on a daily obligation of attending and checking that the service is running and immediately addressing in as short time as possible.

Look at the rules of a instance that focuses on a particular topic or industry, they still have rules for public postings or acceptable speech.

Since Mastodon has the capabilty to ban IP addresses and for one instance to ban another instance from communicating with it, that's using a deny-all rule due to specfic individuals, so everybody on the internet who uses one server do not exist online for people on another server.

FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
Why does Nvidia hate linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why does the nVidia work well on FreeBSD but not Linux? Are you fully confident that the problem is only nVidia if the driver works fine on FreeBSD?

Cromite and Vanadium in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee 1 points 1 year ago

Navi has a built-in download manager, it is not a standalone download manager. I use Navi as a light web browser for websites in case I never a browser on phone.

I do not compile IceCat, it's available in different repositories.

Cromite and Vanadium in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one
[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am using Graphene abd I disabled Vanadium due to it being Chromium essentially. I use Navi or Download Navi from F-Droid. It does not have as much web functionality as Vanadium, but I don't use phone for websites, I read websites on computer or laptop, but occassionally something might need a browser momentarily so that's what Navi for.

If you want a web browser for privacy, I would suggest use F-Droid and in Settings under Anti-features, turn off every option in there, do a search for browser and see what you think of the options. It's either cheap development or old. A mobile web browser that protects privacy doesn't seem to exist with the capabilitied of a Firefox.

I'm a strong believer that there is no such thing as a privacy respecting browser that is closed source. For that reason, I use IceCat on computer.

Molly v.s. Signal in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] lengsel@latte.isnot.coffee 2 points 1 year ago

I'm planning to watch it and ask a question.

Molly v.s. Signal in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Hells Angels’ control of BC ports (tnc.news)
 

Thousands of port workers, including scores of Hell Angels, their associates, gangsters, and other criminals across British Columbia, are set to resume strike activity after failing to ratify a tentative deal that was reached through federal mediation. https://tnc.news/2023/07/19/bonokoski-hells-angels-control-of-bc-ports/

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Friendship kiss (latte.isnot.coffee)
 

For a city that is all about showing public acceptance of gays and trans, why do the men seem so uptight as a matter of respect and greeting, for a man to kiss another man's face, on the cheek of course?

Explain how people are all for 2 men frnech kissing, but a friendship kiss is too sexual, there seems to be a contradiction.

Are men not comfortable showing a bond with other men but let's love the gays? I grew up with a kiss on the forehead or cheek is strictly general affection to show a sentimental care for the person.

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IBT/BTI on Linux vs OpenBSD (latte.isnot.coffee)
 

From Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD

Over the last 6 months we've worked on adding arm64 BTI & Intel IBT support in the kernels and all userland binaries. We have been fixing all the applications along the way. Many developers were involved. There is an innovative and substantial difference in our approach compared to how Linux is doing it:

  • On OpenBSD, IBT/BTI enforcement is on by default (meaning mandatory), unless a binary is linked to request opt-out (using -Wl,-z,nobtcfi). After all our fixes, very few application binaries need that, and that count is expected to shrink quickly as we (or upstreams) fix the outstanding issues.
  • On Linux they are rehashing the same design as their executable-stack mechanism: if a single .o file in a resulting binary isn't marked as IBT/BTI enforcement, the system will (silently) execute the program without enforcement and noone knows this is happening. So for an issue from around 2001, today Linux binaries with executable stack exist and work unsafely. I expect that 20 years from now Linux binaries without IBT/BTI enforcement will also exist and work unsafely..
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New Linux kernel vulnerability (thehackernews.com)
 

A discovered vulnerability for privilage escalation https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/researchers-uncover-new-linux-kernel.html?m=1

If system security is the most important criteria above everything else, switch to using BSD.

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FreeBSD: A Successful Failure - Linux: A Failing Success (latte.isnot.coffee)
 

An interesting comparison and discussion https://yewtu.be/watch?v=f2e4FNMzyto

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Suspicious of Proton (latte.isnot.coffee)
 

Have people noticed how much popretary java code ProtonMail requires when using a web browser for email?

Also, why the required login on their free VPN service if they are all about privacy and encryption? Why do they want someone's network traffic in order to use their free VPN?

Over the past 6 months my suspicion grows bigger and bigger of who is behind Proton, the agenda behind starting the service, and how it caught on? Why don't free encrypted anti-government services catch on?

Until ProtonVPN removes login requirement and release VPN server code under open source license like RiseupVPN or CalyxVPN which are anonymous VPN's, no account, I will choose to treat Proton like a spy agency.

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Politics of libre software (latte.isnot.coffee)
 

How did the ideology of libre/free software get so politicized?

I've noticed advocates for exclusively for libre software and actively discourage simple open source software for not going far enough, also want censorship of not allowing any proprietary software to be mentioned, and don't allow any critiques of the software they use because it's libre software so there are no faults or bad designs.

I thoroughly enjoy the code purity of what is labelled as libre software, for license I only like the ISC license for freedom. My attitude is if someone changes my code and doesn't give back, it does not harm me or injury me in any way.

I also believe libre software can be used for the surveillance of other people, libre software does not be default mean privacy. How network software is configured in systems that other people don't control, it doesn't matter if it's open source when people have no knowledge of other networks configuration.

On the principal of freedom, I do support the right to develop proprietary software. The fact that it exists does not harm anyone who chooses not to use proprietary software.

It seems the die hard libre software crowd, not open source people but the ones who want to live in an only GPLv3+ world can start to live in ther own world, their own bubble, and become disconnected losing perspective that which software other people use is not something that should affect your day in any way. Unless someone is both a network engineer and does infosec or something similiar, they're not in a position to understand fully appreciate how network protocols matter more than a license and code availability.

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BC Conservatives vow to protect women’s spaces from biological men (latte.isnot.coffee)
 

BC Conservatives vow to protect women’s spaces from biological men https://tnc.news/2023/06/23/bc-conservatives-womens-spaces/

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