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Random guess: Tiktok might actually generate revenue

Justice he dicides on and can get away with.

There are some FOSS SMS clients tho. I used to use Simple SMS, but there were no updates for 12 months.

Maybe try Deku SMS: https://github.com/deku-messaging/Deku-SMS-Android

It seems to have at least some traction for what it's worth.

100% agree, anonymized data is pretty much irrelevant to the GDPR. An exception would be if it can be de-anonymized with reasonable means.

I'm gonna go with no, because of containerization and permission management. On your computer, any program can do pretty much anything, unless you explicitly take measures against this. On a smartphone, you get a lot of control over your apps. In newer Android versions you can even completely disable cameras and microphones (even if only in software).

I would use a throwaway account and avoid giving Google any personal data tho. Of course they could still figure stuff out, but it's harder and unreliable, not to mention super-duper illegal (at least in the EU), so I kinda doubt they go the extra mile.

We have not failed to prevent climate change. We have failed to prevent some climate change. How much more we get depends directly on what we do about it now. And now the best you can do is keeping that in mind when going to vote and spending money.

Ya know, Signal has been audited multiple times. It's OSS. IT sec elite has looked at it and says it's sound. If anything is plausible, it would be your device spying on you rather than Signal.

What's weird tho is how people think this has anything do with messaging or data privacy. This is about Telegram being used as a public platform. They can't force Durov to decrypt anything, nor do they need to, because they already know your groups...

Sounds reasonable enough. I think in most of Europe that's about when kids finish elementary school.

Make a habit of reading takes (from reputable / serious sources) that you think you'll disagree with.

Even if it doesn't change your mind, you will understand other people's POV. This is very important for understanding your own stance better and finding flaws and uncertainties in it.

It also tends to humanise "the other side" (whoever that is for you), which makes it easier to have a constructive argument rather than meaningless fights.

Yes, what I meant is actually a kind of pepper. Although I would like to point out that literally the only difference is that it's stored elsewhere.

It does, I'll give you that. However, I will hold the fact that their maximum is actually reasonable against that. The minimum of 8 is more concerning imo

I'm just gonna go ahead and say it: 16 Characters are sufficient and 20 pretty damn secure.

That is assuming they do stuff right and there are no vulnerabilities, which they won't and there are. However they may manifest, they are a greater concern at 16+ characters, especially if they don't offer 2FA.

The reason is that even if machines become powerful enough that 16 characters can be bruteforced, which they can't atm, you can effectively defend everything against bruteforce attacks by other means. Including but not limited to limiting login attempts, salts and pepper, multiple encryption layers etc.

With just ~~a salt~~ pepper you can make a 16 char password effectively a 24 char password... Or a 2.000.000 char password. Assuming it is not stolen alongside that is.

Edit: Changed 'salt' to 'pepper'.