Any concerns around the fact that SimpleX Chat is Made in the UK?

And in case is stolen, you have a good amount of time to move your coins to another wallet.

In other words, restore the wallet to a different device using the master key, and then transfer the coins?

If the air-gapped phone is stolen, is guessing the PIN to unlock the phone the only thing stopping the thief from spending the victim’s money at that point?

and you can always just use an f-droid repository if they only publish releases there.

So Obtainium users can install F-Droid apps through Obtainium?

Are there any models trained on ethically sourced material? Even though this wouldn’t necessarily solve the environmental impact, there are still many times when a traditional search engine just doesn’t cut it. All else equal and without a self hosted workflow, I prefer tools that at least pretend to be privacy friendly (Duck.ai, AI Horde), and I had not heard of Proton’s Lumo prior to this post, so I do appreciate the suggestion even if it doesn’t meet all of our criteria.

Shouldn’t it be the other way around? I’d expect e2ee to be a requirement for anything for the administration even if their laws are a little funky (rules for thee not for me, etc).

Eh, yes and no. It may not have 1-for-1 feature parity, but it’s still an alternative insofar as two people can transfer files to each other. Yes, LocalSend requires them to be on the same network while AirDrop does not. I still think it’s beneficial for LocalSend to show up in search results for “airdrop alternatives” b/c it might be good enough for most people’s use cases and it is perhaps the most feature complete, easiest to use, free & open source option out there.

DCSs

Digital Combat Simulators?

I just read the blog post on pluralistic.net, and wow, that was a good read. So much to unpack, I’m kinda speechless at the moment. Thanks for the link.

Thanks for the tip about the Wormhole app. It looks like PairDrop also supports multi-recipient based on a brief visit to their website and cursory review of their FAQ (that is assuming multiple recipients can join a room). Still good to know about various alternatives, though, especially for asynchronous transfers.

Good point about the word “safe.” A better way to phrase my question is, for sharing low sensitivity SFW photos w/ friends and/or family (e.g., a group photo at a bar or restaurant, or a family photo from Christmas morning), would you trust a tool like PairDrop or Destiny over “traditional” sharing methods such as texting the photo to everybody over SMS? (assuming we aren’t or can’t get on the same network, otherwise I’d probably just go w/ LocalSend)

So for notes, do you still just use markdown or have you gone all in on typst?

Was getting great use of the Destiny File Transfer client for a while.

Did you move on to another tool or just stop needing to transfer files?

Is PairDrop safe for transferring photos from iPhone users to Android users and vice versa without having to be on the same wifi network? This is one thing I miss after ditching the iPhone. The website advertises this capability but I often wonder about sending stuff over the internet. I know about LocalSend, though I haven’t convinced many of my friends & family to install that app, either.

Do you do much buying and selling of used goods?

In my area, Facebook Marketplace is unparalleled, alternatives such as Craigslist don’t come close.

This and mods can’t be expected to monitor everything all the time, users are the mods’ eyes and ears. It’s not fair of OP to put the server on blast without having reported it to the mods.

Yup, and for SSDs specifically, I’ve read online that once you’ve stored info on the device unencrypted, then down the road you use a software tool like shred, there’s no way to guarantee nothing is left in the clear because of wear leveling, so it’s best to always encrypt them before we start storing anything on them.

Regarding encryption, I’m no lawyer, but I always figure if I were ever wanted by the authorities, it would at least give me a choice whether or not to comply. On the other hand, anything that’s not encrypted may as well already be compromised. The other thing encryption buys you is peace of mind if and when you ever sell those drives on the secondary market.

That’s pretty dope. Would you mind posting a photo or two of your 4xSSD setup? Also, what are they hooked up to, a mini PC?

How did the mods respond when you reported it?