A lot of these types use ‘perfect being the enemy of good’ as their attack vector. If it’s not private and anonymous why bother? If you can’t cut out all big tech companies, if you can’t stop buying any American goods, if you can’t feed all the poor or house all the homeless, etc. It’s an effective way to attack progression by making people believe they should just stop fighting, they’ll never win. You nailed it, Signal is private, it doesn’t claim to be anything else.
Same here! I’ve been moving away from all-in-one tech to devices that only do one thing and do it well, usually with wires lol. Wired headphones in a DAP (Hi-Fi Walker) that I also plug into the car, old Sony e-reader that still holds a battery charge for a month, analogue watches, disconnected TVs, pen and paper notebooks, etc. I plug in when I can and avoid bluetooth.
It’s interesting, I’ve since changed my behaviour from buying the flashiest, coolest-looking items to focus on how well they work over how they look. Function over form. Sure, my things are less flashy and uglier, but I see a real charm to them now. It’s also driven me to retro-tech and loving using things that get worn looking and used.
Privacy and anonymity are two different things. Proton doesn’t market themselves as anonymous, they market as a privacy service, as you said. And as for the info given to gov’ts, they were legally required to do so. No company, including Mullvad, will break the law for you. Mullvad/IVPN/AirVPN, etc, will all abide by law and give up info if required.
Never heard of Droidian, but I’ve been loooking into the status of Linux phones lately. Mind giving a run down of your experience with it?
Yeah I found out it’s based on a game at the title screen lol. Might give it a go
It’s the type of film I need to be in the mood for but I do recommend it. Just a heads up it’s 99% one location on a small $3 mil budget, but it does really well with that budget IMO.
I created a new account a year ago to lurk instead of comment, but you’re right, participation = growth. I’ll be joining in again.
Yep. It’s the new grift. LLMs aren’t nearly as useful as they claim, so they manufactured need where there isn’t any, and crammed it into everything. Next step is to release the monster on the townspeople, then claim they’re the only ones who can control it. Scare the people into giving them the money and power they “need” to keep them safe.