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  • Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

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  • I'm not too knowledgeable on that topic, but doesn't Linux store WiFi or smb-share passwords in some keychain?

    Edit: missread your comment a little, I'm guessing you meant that there are multiple different keychains on Linux

  • Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

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  • I just read the full article, and I'm not even that concerned about storing the key in plaintext. I find the possibility of copying the files, and then being able to run the same session simultaneously a lot scarier.

  • Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

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  • As the article states, currently all processes are able to read the file which contains the key. Instead, you could store the key in the macOS Keychain (and Linux/Windows equivalents), which AFAIK is a list of all sorts of sensitive data (think WiFi passwords etc.), encrypted with your user password. I believe the Keychain also only let's certain processes see certain entries, so the Signal Desktop App could see only its own encryption key, whereas for example iMessage would only see the iMessage encryption key.

  • what features would you look for when choosing between flip phones?

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  • It seems to also have american stations, I'd recommend you still give it a try.

  • what features would you look for when choosing between flip phones?

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  • I was never in a situation where I had to choose which fliphone to buy, but most don't have a normal headphone jack, with a decent number of them also using a fully proprietary headphone port. So I guess I'd look out for it having a normal USB connection and ideally a fullsize headphone jack, or at least one of those smaller diameter jacks.

  • what features would you look for when choosing between flip phones?

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  • I don't know its source for stations, but Transistor has direkt links for many German radio stations and probably other regions too.

    I still vastly prefer FM, DAB or Satellite radio, but when those aren't available Transistor is a nice alternative.

  • Sony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable

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  • I believe Blurays are still a very good medium for long term data storage, like a cold offsite backup.

  • Youtube and Android 5.1.1.

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  • If by 'Experience' you mean the UI, I really like LibreTube. As you already said, personalized recommendations will only work with the 'proper' YouTube app. In that case I'd suggest looking into ReVanced. Afaik it doesn't improve privacy, but it does revert some of the stupid changes YouTube has made over the years.

  • New dishwasher video drop

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  • Same! I'm lowkey tempted to get a fancy one now, but deep down I know it just isn't worth it.

  • best foss app for OCR?

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  • I cannot make any post/comment containing the string [slash]etc[slash]passwd on lemmy.world

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  • Damn even though you explained the abbreviation I still read it as Wife Approval Factor for a second and was very confused

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  • If your hate only goes towards touchscreens and not having physical buttons, Mazda is (or at least was) very anti-touchscreen. I haven't done any research on their current stance or if they have good EVs, but a neighbor of mine was really happy with his Mazda ICE car for having a button for everything.

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  • It's not a full car or even entertainment system, but comma.ai is an opensource autonomous driving software. Last time I looked into this was a few years ago, but basically for most newer cars you can rip out the adaptive cruise control, and effevtively replace it with autonomous driving. Either powered by certain supported phones or dedicated hardware.

  • What it's like to be a developer in 2024

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  • In that case you can try adding before:2023 or similar to your search

  • Easiest way to create player targets for Music Assistant to connect to an active speaker via SPDIF for <$30 ? Squeezelite seems like a good candidate, but unsure how to connect to SPDIF

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  • You could try getting a Raspberry Pi Zero together with some kind of SPDIF output card, but that will probably go over $30.

    I have no idea what pricing is like, but you could possibly try getting a used Logitech Squeezebox player.

    If you're desperate to stay on the cheap and don't mind BT quality, you could also install Snapcast on an old phone, enable the Snapcast player provider and then use the phone to connect to your speakers over Bluetooth.

  • My Pixel 5a just died after 5 months of use. Looking for a new phone I can deGoogle.

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  • I'd recommend the Sony Xperia lineup, but it seems as though the IV and V devices aren't supported by LineageOS (maybe just not yet?).

    The Sony Xperia 1 III or 5 III might be fitting for you though.

  • TV recommendations

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  • TV recommendations

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  • I bought an LG TV, connected it to the internet once to download Jellyfin, blocked internet access directly after.

    If you're cool with connecting it to the internet once, I'd recommend LG, the Magic Remote is light years ahead of the competition.

    Other than that, just get any OLED TV and don't give it internet access (or one of the new QD-OLEDs if you have the money for it).

  • Are there no fully working map apps besides gmaps?

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  • Yes, but as you say, they have a good privacy policy. Also their revenue model backs up their privacy policy, and I find their reasoning as to why they aren't FOSS fair:

    Will Magic Earth be Open Source?

    No; since it is also used commercially (we have a paid Magic Earth SDK for business partners), we cannot make the code public.

    (from the FAQ)