I use CMF Watch Pro, with Gadgetbridge.

That’s not corn starch.

… a ten years old PC is…

… that’s something from 2015, …

Oh my! 2015 was 10 years ago?

This is my setup.

Read more, here.

We specialize in wood

Oh, I just use this app called ANeko. Here’s the f-droid link.

It makes a cat run on my screen all day. It was there when I took this screenshot.

Catapults > Trebuchet

What is the difference between an application and a program?

Somehow, this reminded me of the Kitchen Gun video by BBC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-7NDP8V-6A

Mullvad. It’s cheaper than Proton. But Proton has more servers. Like Proton even provies Indian IPs, but the servers are hosted in Singapore, which may be something people need, as Mullvad do not have any servers with Indian IPs.

You can also try IVPN, it is almost same like Mullvad, no email for account, pay using Monero etc, but you can get a one week subscription for $2.

c/fuckcars

From the scratch?

You must first invent the universe.

If your ISP blocks port forwarding, this guide can help.

I have been using Mullvad Extended for a long time. It is great, but does have many false positives. They sometimes block some Indian government domains.

I would say DoT is more than fine. Here are their official instructions.

Which theme is it? I cannot find good Win7 Aero themes.

I would recommend using a native app, rather than a web app. If on Android, you can get Element or Element X from f-droid. Or you can also get third party apps like Fluffy Chat.

TeleGuard is not FOSS. We cannot be sure what they do. Plus, the control of their servers is centralised.

When using Element, you can decide which server to use. Also, all the appa are open source, the servers are too. You can host your own server too. I think vector (to identify people using email and phone number) is not libre.

I use Element with chat.tchncs.de as my server.

There’s a lot of reasons why I think Signal on an iPhone may not be as private as on a FOSS Android ROM.

First thing is that you are probably getting your notifications from an Apple server. While Apple cannot see the message content, it os possible that they are still collecting some metadata, as when is the user receiving messages, etc.

Second, the usage of keyboard. I cannot prove that Apple is keylogging your every keyboard stroke, but I don’t think anyone can disprove it either. On Android, we always ask users to use a FOSS keyboard, as some keyboard apps look at the screen and read messages to “provide better text prediction”.

Last is app usage metadata. Apple is still storing all the information about how many times you unlock the phone and how much you use Signal, how many times you open the app in a day, when and (maybe even) why you open the app. Which photos you are sharing through your photos app with Signal, such information is also valuable.

I would say most of your conversations are private, as Signal’s developers are very knowledgeable and they know what they are doing.

But if you have a skeptical mind like I do, or even like most people here do, I would not trust them a bit because of their proprietary code. You cannot be completely sure what they are doing. You just have to trust Apple, which most of here don’t.

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