oblivion96

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[–] oblivion96@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

“I think the spirit makes a lot of sense. But of course Signal can’t interoperate with another messaging platform, without them raising their privacy bar significantly,” even ones like WhatsApp that support end-to-end encryption and already partly utilize the protocol. “Because we don’t just encrypt the contents of messages using the Signal protocol. We encrypt metadata, we encrypt your profile name, your profile photo, who’s in your contact list, who you talk to, when you talk to them. That would need to be the level of privacy and security agreed across the board with anyone we interoperated with before we could consent to interoperate.”

-Meredith Whittaker (Signal President)

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/04/signals-meredith-whittaker-scorns-anti-encryption-efforts-as-parochial-magical-thinking/

So no interoperability in the near future for Signal.

[–] oblivion96@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

https://www.instagram.com/help/support/privacy and click away the login box with the link at the bottom. I haven't tried it myself, so I don't know if it will work.

On the website select "Yes" -> "How can I get support for a privacy issue from the Data Protection Officer?" -> Click the link at the bottom named "Create Ticket" or similar.

[–] oblivion96@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 weeks ago

That's true, but they have a prototype "browser" you can download from their website. And I'm hoping for a fleshed out version in the end, either from them or someone else.

[–] oblivion96@discuss.tchncs.de 122 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

tbh I'm more excited about Servo.org. They're also developing a fully independent browser engine and are funded by the Linux Foundation. Ladybird has corporate sponsors, so I'm a bit hesitant. But the more the merrier I guess.