That’s only because I left for Linux.

Yeah, sure. Like the police need extra help with racial profiling and “probable cause.” Fuck this, and fuck the people who think this is a good idea.

I’m sure the authoritarians in power right now will get right on those proposed “safeguards,” right after they install backdoors into encryption, to which Only They Have The Key™, to “protect” everyone from the scary “criminals.”

I recommend reading the article, because holy fuck is that whole thing dystopian, but here’s who was there:

Those present included representatives of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir, which works closely with the US military and has contracts with the NHS. IBM and the private prison operator Serco also attended alongside tagging and biometric companies, according to a response to a freedom of information request.

Ah, yes. The very companies that helped install a fascist in the US would be great partners to bring about safety and criminal reform, and they would definitely not inject their fascist ideals into the UK government, eroding and poisoning it over time. Sounds like a brilliant plan! /s

Pragmatically, yes. Legally, no. Progressives have been fighting for years to get internet classified as a utility in the US, and regressives and (ironically) internet companies have been fighting against that effort at every turn in the name of profit.

And now look how well that’s turned out. Gee, if only some people had warned them that deregulation was a monkey’s paw…

Fix? Bruh, they explicitly cultivate that shit. Even if they could, they’re not gonna.

If you’re willing to pay for it, Mailbox.org would be my choice. No provider will give that feature away for free (which I’m sure you know). My threat model can tolerate an extra hand via Addy, so I don’t mind them being there.

But no matter who you choose, email just isn’t the best option for true privacy. There will always be some cleartext email somewhere in the process, even if only sometimes. And as somebody once said, “No company is going to break the law for you.”

If you need an extra level of privacy with email specifically, your best option is to self host. That way you control both the server and the database/storage.

I use Tuta combined with Addy.io, and it’s been great. I never hand out the main email at Tuta, and if I ever want to pack up and move, I just tell Addy to change where to forward email.

I don’t think you need to worry about Tuta. Iirc, all of the encryption/decryption happens on your device, so they can’t see the content of your inbox, even if they wanted to. Their free tier is enough for me, and I just make sure to clean out any unwanted emails so I don’t hit the 1GB limit.

Now, there’s the caveat that encrypted email needs to be able to work with unencrypted email, so somewhere along the way, it’s possible somebody could figure out who you are and what you’re talking about by intercepting traffic or the endpoint, but if you need that level of privacy, email shouldn’t be trusted anyway.

The biggest benefit of encrypted email is a judge can’t force the company to hand over your inbox (because it’s encrypted), and you don’t have to worry about the parent company or whoever data mining it. But even if it’s in a country that could order data collection, and you “aim to misbehave,” I think it’s moot, since you should know better than to use email for that purpose.

Jesus Fucking Christ.

Y’all, remember when people freaked out over Mozilla changing their TOU (but not their Privacy Policy)? This bill is the pro-corporate, ultracapitalist, “hold my beer” version of that change, and it could be enshrined into law.

If you live in California, call your state reps (i.e. don’t just email or write a letter). Tell them to vote no on this blatant privacy violation.

ETA: this is a bipartisan bill. If you have a Democratic rep, don’t just assume they’ll vote against it. Call them, too!

Sure, if that family member is just deaf enough to mishear everything and has the functional intelligence of a cabbage.

Calling him successful is technically true, but it kind of glosses over some very pertinent details of his success. He’s a billionaire, and you don’t get to be a billionaire without doing a lot of monstrous things to good people.

The surprise isn’t whether he’s good looking enough to get a partner. The surprise is over the fact that there’s another human being who thinks that those are qualities worth overlooking, especially one who’s queer, since billionaires like Sam Altman support the current regime that’s wholly against LGBTQ+ folks. And that same person with questionable tastes in partners wanted to take care of another human being with Sam Altman.

Telegram should not be considered an encrypted solution, due to the opt-in nature of their encryption. The owner regularly collaborates with law enforcement, as well.

Signal. SimpleX is my backup.

Enjoy getting replaced at that job, you mean. If they’re replacing recruitment, those companies don’t value what humans bring to the table.

They stopped putting aluminum in homes, because it has a tendency to overheat more. The aluminum expands and contracts with load more than copper, which can loosen contact points and encourage oxidation, which then increases resistance and heat. Hot wires in the walls and outlet boxes are no bueno.

Premium supported. You get plenty with the free tier, but you get lots more with paid.

These AI apologists are deranged.

Start taking your privacy back. Use aliases and throwaways whenever possible. https://addy.io/ is free and allows you to create lots of aliases and then delete them later.

Because that’s not authoritarian enough.

Telegram is not private. When are people going to learn?

Okay I will admit it was impressive to see how they solved where to stow the wings and essentially shrink the airplane footprint to a long car footprint, but who is this for? Who out there has $1mil to blow and is like, “I have to drive directly from the tarmac to my hotel”?

This thing needs 300m of runway in its airplane form to get airborne, so forget city or even suburban takeoffs. And you’re not going to just drive this thing around. At the end of the day, this is still a (very fancy) plane that drives.

I think they’re using “geek” here to mean “fan,” but I agree that being a geek implies a level of fandom or interest that these “wounded fans” don’t have, or else they’d know more about these corporations they’re stanning.

I think a better word would simply be “fan.”