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@ Andromxda @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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  • [Discussions] Lemmy clients

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  • I know that this is stupid and petty, but I dislike Voyager, because it's essentially a web app. I prefer native or near-native apps (things like Flutter or React Native). I tried it out and it's pretty nice UI/UX-wise, but I still prefer Arctic on iOS, because it's an actual native app written in SwiftUI, and thus closer to Apollo for Reddit (which Voyager tries to imitate).

  • Is there an app that turns a android phone into a CCTV camera? (Preferably Free and Open Source and doesnt require a server)

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    Is anyone else on the February update without 80% charging?

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  • [Discussions] Lemmy clients

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  • The only good apps are Thunder on Android and Arctic on iOS, change my mind

    Edit: Eternity is pretty great as well, I used to use Infinity on Android back in the Reddit days

  • Time to get serious with E2E encrypted messaging

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  • There was a period where they didn't push changes to the repo, but all the code was released afterwards and it's been getting regular updates ever since. But it also doesn't matter at all, since the Signal client is designed in a way that avoids putting trust in the server. Signal servers could literally be run by the NSA and it wouldn't matter, as everything is fully end-to-end encrypted, including metadata. The Signal protocol was also updated to use post-quantum cryptography in 2023.

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  • below a large bold warning that discourages people from actually using it

    Yeah, because an APK downloaded from the web isn't automatically verified. You need to perform the verification of the package manually, which most users probably won't do. So it's safer to download a build from the Play Store, which does this automatically in the background.

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  • Signal’s default, well-supported installations use Google services

    Signal only uses FCM for notifications, with a fallback mechanism (WebSockets) being available in all builds of the app, as well as Google Maps for location sharing (which most people probably don't use anyway).

    so unless you’re an extremely atypical user, those services are present on most of your contacts’ devices

    Google Play services being present on people's devices has nothing to do with Signal including the library. They are present on almost every Android device, because Google pressures OEMs to include them and grant them system level privileges.

    Let’s also remember that E2EE doesn’t protect the endpionts

    Yeah, but that's the case with EVERY messenger app, so I really don't know what your point is here?

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  • As far as I know moxie, signals lead dev, considers only the use of the officially build and distributed client authorized to use their servers.

    Moxie has resigned a few years ago. The article you linked to is 9 years old, Signal leadership has changed a bunch of times since. Signal can't detect that you're running an alternative client, because that check would require them to include some new code in the official client. Even if they did this, they couldn't just ban anyone who's client doesn't pass the check, since it could just be an older version of the official client. They could force everyone to use the official app, but they really have no reason to invest time and effort into enforcing this. Molly is only available for Android, and it isn't even on the Play Store or the official F-Droid repo, so the user base naturally won't be as big.

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  • if you don’t mind connecting your Microsoft account to the computer

    Just log into the Microsoft Store

    Typical Micro$oft bullshit

    I can't even describe how much I hate this company.

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  • AFAIK they offer a free upgrade to the home version of Windows?

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  • I'd just like to interject for a moment.

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  • sudo finger

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  • Same for Linux Mint I guess

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  • Windows S sucks anyway, why would anyone use this?

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  • Your comment shows up twice. Which Lemmy client are you using?

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  • Yes, it recently came back to live

    There are a few new instances: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances#public

    Nitter (the software) recently had an update, as long as you just provide a valid Twitter account, you can easily run an instance. The previous versions of Nitter used an unauthenticated GraphQL API, but it was shut down at some point. I still don't know how xcancel.com and nitter.poast.org managed to survive though.

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  • Time to get serious with E2E encrypted messaging

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