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replaced it myself - it's not actually that difficult to do
I actually replaced the display twice already (got a replacement from Aliexpress for around $16) - first time because the touchscreen failed and second time because I smashed it.
Sony z3c with FirefoxOS and a Samsung A5 with Tizen
I use them as IMAP storage for a few mailing lists I am subscribed to (but not for my main emails), but they do reject legitimate emails from time to time (not often, but it does happen - and those emails don't show up in "Spam" or any logs).
I have had pretty good experience with hosting an email server on AlphaVPS, InceptionHosting and just now GreenCloudVPS.
GreenCloudVPS currently have a promotion until Sunday, and there are usually promotions around Black Friday on LowEndSpirit and LowEndTalk
Only public keys get exchanged via Meta's servers, those keys don't help you with trying to decrypt any messages (you need the corresponding private key to decrypt - and that private key stays on the device).
Sure, they could just do a man in the middle, but that can be detected by verifying the keys (once, via another channel).
Maybe so, but in this case the point was that the protocol used by WhatsApp hasn't changed in that time and it's still what they describe in their security whitepaper. If you want to use that software as is or maybe reimplement it based on that is up to you.
Governments, if they want, can decrypt any chat
Any source for that claim?
In a subpoena case in India, that turned out to be not true.
Source please.
WhatsApp admins hold keys to being able to do that under law pressure.
How do they get the keys?
They only guarantee it for 1-1 messages and statuses, and against “generic” actors for group chats…
Who is "they"?
Group chats are also end-to-end encrypted in WhatsApp (so any monitoring would need to be done in cooperation with one of the participants' devices before encryption or after decryption)
Also the location of known Wifi networks.