but there are still plenty of random little things I’d like to hang on to it for.

Changing email addresses is a nightmare, I know. A lot of companies are not event technologically equipped to handle it because, as far as they’re concerned, your email address IS your account, and account numbers are not a thing. But you need to bite the bullet and get it done. That sounds like a huge security vulnerability.

It’s a Microsoft account, and my windows is tied to it

“tied to it” how? Use a local account. No Microsoft necessary. Alternatively, stop using Windows 😀

I like Commet

Are these your screenshots? If so, what hardware and OS are you running, out of curiosity?

oh, very cool

What does “enabled” mean?

What makes these “mobile apps”? Are they special versions optimized for phones?

Is that near the TPS reports?

Super interesting stuff, thanks!

Because it requires generating, memorizing and entering a secure password. Because Linux typically doesn’t support fingerprint readers or other biometrics.

Ya love to see the Steam Deck getting love from such mainstream publishers…

That smokescreen argument makes a lot of sense.

I don’t think it does. Remember the Crowdstrike blunder? Remember how many people blamed Windows?

People don’t know or care who is managing your security.

Some people believe open-source tools to be weaker since all the code is there for malicious actors to exploit.

unless they say otherwise later

This is my hope. If not because he’s wrong, then because it’s just plain stupid for him to get involved in such a capacity.

Let’s try not to miss the forest for the trees here. Proton has done an incredible amount of work in the privacy realm over the last decade. And the product hasn’t changed. Would be a shame to throw all that away because the CEO has some shitty opinions about who is responsible for that. Andy is not a tech billionaire. He’s not the enemy.

True story:

When I was a kid I wrote a review for Dexter’s Laboratory on the internet. I wrote “I think the show fuckin sucks!”. I don’t know why. Again, I was like 10. AOL ratted me out to my parents somehow and I got banned from the dial-up for a week.

Their unique selling point is having a suite of integrated privacy products under a single moderately-priced subscription.

OpenAI has taught me that the non-profit stuff is meaningless.

I mean for most people there are lots of variables here. You have to pick and choose your battles. This is the entire concept of The Good Place TV show.

The only people that are 100% “good” are living in a fuckin yurt.

I mean I always use GoG, if given the option. But there’s almost always no GoG option. Publishers want some form of DRM.

Yes I’m sure he’ll crack down hard on all the tech companies that are giving him millions of dollars and kissing his feet…

What a moron.