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>The only way to really fix it is to break up the wealth and power of individuals and corporations based on their total effective power

That simply transfers the power to the one doing the breakup, which in most cases, are the Governments, which are notoriously known to invade user's privacy under the guise of protection of children or whatever.

>For identity verification, Stripe is our current data processor and undergoes annual audits. Your identity is first verified by Stripe, secondly reprocessed for privacy on Changefly, then immediately deleted.

This important information is not in your FAQ or your white paper. Not even a mention of identity verfication. Transparency is crucial, if you want trust.

Nevertheless, Am I not parting more of my data by giving Govt id to another third party(stripe) rather than just my email?

The linked article seems purposely vague so much so that I'm wondering if you're a scam. It just has some privacy keywords like "zero knowledge proofs", but it doesn't really explain what's going on. Diving deep into your privacy policy, to know how it works - shows you use third party for the initial verification?

>For example, our Third-Party Providers may verify your government ID when you register for Changefly Anonymized Identity Protection[1]

[1]: https://www.changefly.com/policies/privacy-policy

Problem with matrix is ip address. Even with VPN, fingerprinting your messages is a issue. You can't delete your messages, whose copies maybe stored in multiple servers.
Re:Mastodon still can’t replace Twitter on Saturday September 03, 2022 @04:40AM (#32699962)
The block if any should be at the user level per user and not at the admin level. No matter what gab user's beliefs are, it's wrong to dehumanize them. If anything, you're doing the same thing you're accusing them of doing: Dehumanizing humans with different (race)beliefs to commit (genocide) segregation.
Design choice should be "no need to trust". If not, nefarious motivations should be assumed, unless proven otherwise.
Sure, if Amazon decide to open source their app. But we all know that won't happen. Whatever tracking they do will be entirely lost. The data is worth more than the revenue itself.
Store it in Firefox internal credentials database instead?
Re:Duck DNS – free dynamic DNS hosted on AWS on Friday March 04, 2022 @03:09PM (#30559756)
I'm familiar with DNS and read the FAQ. But, "Practically", it's used for external services(ssh, http) to get to your device. Right? Are there practical use differences?
Re:Duck DNS – free dynamic DNS hosted on AWS on Friday March 04, 2022 @05:43AM (#30552976)
New to this. "Practically", it seems the same as ngrok or tor onion services. Is that right?
Re:Show HN: TopHat Finance – free, open, and offline on Sunday February 27, 2022 @05:33AM (#30487009)
I really think the design should be mobile first.

For other mobile users, you can use Firefox+ublock to zap the overlay(Addon>ublock>element zapper> need to zap the entire screen a few times(not just the dialog) until icons are individually zap-able >swipe right twice to exit zap mode). It is designed for desktop and there is some overlap in charts, but looks usable, on first look nonetheless.

Just a PSA: Email is entirely optional. You can create multiple accounts without email.
Re:Does the human lifespan have a limit? on Saturday February 12, 2022 @03:23PM (#30316017)
Current scientific models lack a robust cause of origin of life. We don't know the beginning. If we do know the origin, how likely would it change our estimations of age of things? You have to realize that these numbers are linear extrapolations(educated guesses) and more importantly, they are not tested like vaccines or medicines(neither can be tested).
Re:Does the human lifespan have a limit? on Saturday February 12, 2022 @03:04PM (#30315843)
Not really. Because it wasn't a hard limit. Even after the Bible records that God said this, it records people living to 450, 175, 120 years and so on. After God said, the span gradually reduced to well below 120. So, a case could be made that it wasn't a hard limit.
You can change GET to POST in DDG settings > Privacy
There are different modes to boot up the device using power+volume up/down combinations.

Once in fastboot mode, you can connect to pc or another android device to boot to recovery and factory reset/wipe data. It won't be any three letter agency safe, but most data should be lost for any common tech person.

Seems OP never had a password lock to begin with
Re:Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019) on Thursday November 04, 2021 @07:42AM (#29105839)
It is ad-hominem and bias
Re:Android wallpaper images can threaten privacy on Thursday October 07, 2021 @04:53PM (#28791907)
It's not constant. I expect that people change wallpaper frequently.
Re:The curious DNA circles that make treating cancer so hard on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:19PM (#28732612)
Survivalist? You do realize once the loved one dies,the cells have to die too. A bit counter-inituitive..
Re:(L)Awful Interception on Thursday September 16, 2021 @04:03PM (#28556747)
That's not the only weak link in that strategy. On the top of my head, patterns come to mind. The date/times you do - whatever questionable activity - you're doing, the way of doing it(say, your unique words, posting style, etc) all create a unique fingerprint of you. All they have to do is match it with your logged in(Google,MS,etc) data habits.

I guess the best way to be anonymous is to be schizophrenic.

The android app doesn't work without forced broad access to all storage. The reasoning provided for the Android app's storage permission[1] is a privacy nightmare.

1. Performance reductions for sake of privacy is acceptable. 2. Feature reductions such as watching a directory are also acceptable. No other app even uses this feature. This isn't Linux.

In any case, The app can still run without storage access, but chooses not to. It can access it's own internal storage at root without permissions. It can also access a dedicated app specific directory in external storage. If I just want to use the app without storage permissions, I should be able to.

1: https://help.obsidian.md/Obsidian/Android+app#Storage+Permis...